Congresswoman Kat Cammack Secures Ten Amendments in House-Passed National Defense Authorization Act

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Congresswoman Kat Cammack (FL-03) today announced that ten of her amendments were adopted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 (H.R. 8800), which passed the House by a vote of 216-214. The legislation authorizes a pay raise for every service member and now advances to the Senate.

"Our troops deserve a raise and our adversaries deserve a reason to think twice. This bill delivers on both," said Congresswoman Cammack. "I fought to make sure it delivers accountability too. We cannot just throw money at the Pentagon. My amendments force answers to hard questions about who is in our supply chains, whether we're ready for tomorrow's threats, and where American taxpayer dollars are going."
 

Together, Rep. Cammack's ten adopted amendments strengthen military readiness, reduce dependence on foreign adversaries, improve care for military families, accelerate the adoption of emerging technologies, and strengthen America's disaster response capabilities.

Congresswoman Cammack's Ten Adopted Amendments

1. Countering fentanyl and precursor chemicals. Requires the Department of War to expand coordination with the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Justice to target fentanyl and precursor chemicals. Requires a report to Congress identifying gaps in detection, monitoring, and interdiction efforts.
2. Combating foreign malign influence. Requires the Department of War to develop a strategy for identifying, assessing, and countering foreign malign influence activities in the cognitive warfare domain, including disinformation, propaganda, psychological operations, and other influence activities conducted by foreign adversaries.
3. Reducing reliance on Chinese-sourced defense materials. Requires the Comptroller General to assess the Department of War's reliance on Chinese-sourced materials used in munitions, microelectronics, and energy storage systems and recommend alternative sourcing strategies.
4. Strengthening partnerships with research universities. Requires the Department of War to prioritize partnerships with institutions of higher education conducting research in hypersonics, biotechnology, and artificial intelligence while expanding reporting to Congress on those partnerships.
5. Securing military medical supply chains. Requires the Secretary of War to assess vulnerabilities in military medical supply chains, including reliance on Chinese sources for active pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices, and report the findings to Congress within 180 days.
6. Assessing threats from foreign-controlled digital platforms. Requires the Secretary of War to assess the risks posed by foreign adversary-controlled digital platforms to operational security, force protection, military personnel, and military installations, including threats related to data collection, cognitive warfare, foreign influence operations, and propaganda.
7. Accelerating artificial intelligence adoption. Requires the Department of War, in coordination with the Department of Commerce, to develop a strategy for adopting, fielding, integrating, and scaling artificial intelligence across the military and the defense industrial base.
8. Protecting military mothers during PCS moves. Requires the Department of War to establish procedures ensuring continuity of care for pregnant and postpartum service members and military spouses during permanent change of station moves, including timely transfers of medical records and assignment of receiving providers.
9. Auditing Chinese Communist Party exposure in defense contracting. Requires the Comptroller General to audit the participation of entities owned, controlled by, affiliated with, or influenced by the Chinese Communist Party in Department of War contracts and supply chains, identifying risks to military readiness and national security.
10. Strengthening National Guard disaster readiness. Requires the Department of War, in consultation with FEMA, to submit an annual report identifying National Guard equipment shortfalls in every state and assessing how those gaps affect disaster response capabilities, including hurricane response, while recommending equipment modernization and strategic prepositioning.
     

Taken together, these provisions position the Department of War to better compete in the era of cognitive warfare while strengthening America's military readiness at home and abroad.

"Our adversaries wage cognitive warfare against the United States every single day, from propaganda to influence operations carried out through platforms they control," Rep. Cammack continued. "My amendments require the Pentagon to build a real strategy to fight back. That is where this fight is going, and America will not show up unarmed."

Rep. Cammack also secured provisions to improve care for military families and strengthen disaster preparedness by ensuring continuity of care for pregnant and postpartum service members during permanent change of station moves and requiring annual assessments of National Guard equipment shortfalls that affect disaster response.

"When a hurricane hits North Central Florida, our Guard shows up," Rep. Cammack said. "My amendment makes Washington identify exactly what they need before the storm instead of after it."

The full amendment text is available through the House Rules Committee at rules.house.gov.

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Congresswoman Kat Cammack proudly represents Floridas 3rd Congressional District. She sits on the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and is the lone Florida Representative on the House Committee on Agriculture.