Watch Kennedy’s comments here.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) called on the Senate to block a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to kill roughly 453,000 North American Barred Owls.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
“I know the bureaucrats at the Department of the Interior. I realize this: They're smarter and more virtuous than you and I are. I get that. But who appointed them God? Who appointed them God?
“Barred owls are expanding their habitat because the forests in the east have been cut down. That's called adaptive range expansion. And do you know what? Whether you believe in God or nature or whatever, that happens every single day in our ecosystem. It's a naturally occurring ecological phenomenon. It's a core behavioral characteristic of animals.
“The barred owls are not hurting anybody. They're just doing what nature teaches them to do. We're going to change nature? We're going to control our environment to this extent? We're going to pass DEI for owls? We're going to pass quotas for owls? Spotted owls, good. Barred owls, bad. But the barred owls won't lose their constitutional rights. They will kill them. They will kill 453,000 of them, dead as Jimmy Hoffa. Give me a break.”
. . .
“Ecosystems are like markets. They regulate themselves. Trying to change nature is like trying to have a federal government direct a free enterprise system. It won't work. It never has. And it never will. . . . But this, to me, is just bone-deep, down-to-the-marrow stupid. I have rocks in my driveway that are smarter than this. . . . Life is hard. But it's a lot harder when you're stupid. Don't do it. Pass my resolution, and let's stop this.”
Background
- In 2024, President Biden’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service issued a plan to kill roughly 453,000 North American Barred Owls. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Record of Decision for the Final Barred Owl Management Strategy outlines a plan to “swiftly reduce” the barred owl population to protect the northern spotted owl. The strategy takes a stepped approach, starting with smaller kill levels in the first three years before increasing.
- This plan is a misguided attempt to protect the spotted owl, a nearly identical owl species that has been in long-term population decline. The government should not be picking winners and losers in business or in the environment.
- The plan laid out by this rule is certainly not efficient, and the proposed plan will not even work. A U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist said of the plan, “to try to control barred owls across a large region would be incredibly expensive, and you’d have to keep doing it forever because if you ever stopped, they would begin to come back into these areas.”
- Estimates show this rule will cost the taxpayer around $1.35 billion. A $4.5 million contract was awarded in 2024 to kill about 1,500 barred owls over four years. The cost was $3,000 per owl killed, including babies.
- Kennedy introduced a joint resolution of disapproval under Congressional Review Act procedures to repeal the U.S. Fish and Wildlife’s plan and save the Barred Owls.
Full text of the resolution is available here.
Watch Kennedy’s speech here.
ICYMI: Kennedy in The Washington Times: Congress, EU must back lawful confiscation of Russia’s frozen assets
Oct 27 2025
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this op-ed in The Washington Times, calling on the European Union to provide banks the legal certainty they need to confiscate frozen Russian assets so Ukraine can put the funds to use.
Key excerpts of the op-ed are below:
“European leaders met Thursday to discuss the next steps in their support for Ukraine in its fight against Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Ending this war will be complicated, but there’s one straightforward step the European Union can take to pressure Mr. Putin into peace: recognizing the lawful plan to thaw Russia’s frozen assets and send them to Kyiv.”
. . .
“If Russia is going to break international law to attack Europe, carve up sovereign Ukrainian territory and otherwise generate global chaos, its central bank shouldn’t reap the security and safety of Western investments. Confiscating this $300 billion is the punishing blow Mr. Putin deserves for embarking on this unlawful war in the first place. You break the peace, you buy it.”
. . .
“I introduced a bipartisan resolution with Sens. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, Richard Blumenthal, Connecticut Democrat, and Sheldon Whitehouse, Rhode Island Democrat, to affirm Congress’ recognition of the legal validity of a plan to seize Russia’s frozen assets and distribute them in tranches of $10 billion to fund Ukraine’s reconstruction.
“The resolution also urges European leaders to issue similar proclamations in support of the lawful confiscation of Russia’s assets and calls on President Trump, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth to prioritize the sale of U.S. weapons to our allies that comply with our effort.
“The resolution will easily pass the U.S. Senate if Majority Leader John Thune, who controls the Senate floor, allows it to be considered.
“This war will end only if it becomes too costly for Mr. Putin to keep fighting. There’s no better way to drive up the costs than to use Russia’s money against him. It’s time to unfreeze the assets and finish the war.”
Read Kennedy’s op-ed here.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) in introducing the Enhancing Necessary Federal Offenses Regarding Child Exploitation (ENFORCE) Act.
The ENFORCE Act would subject child predators who use generative artificial intelligence (AI) to create or distribute Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) to the same laws and penalties as criminals who create or distribute other forms of CSAM.
“Child predators are resorting to more advanced technology than ever to escape justice, so Congress needs to close every loophole possible to help law enforcement fight this evil. I’m proud to help introduce the ENFORCE Act, which would allow officials to better target the sick animals creating deepfake content of America’s kids,” said Kennedy.
“No one who abuses children in any way, shape, or form should be let off the hook due to outdated laws. This legislation would update current law to hold those who use AI to create and distribute CSAM and obscenity accountable, ensuring our justice system keeps up with the growing threats of a rapidly advancing online world,” said Cornyn.
“The ENFORCE Act bolsters protections for our nation’s children against online sexual exploitation and strengthens enforcement measures against such vile crimes. AI-generated child sexual abuse material haunts young people across our country. This legislation is critically needed to combat the scourge of online child sexual abuse and to provide children and families with tools to safeguard themselves from these harms,” said Blumenthal.
“Online predators victimize children through AI-generated imagery. Such filth is not protected speech, and I am proud to cosponsor the ENFORCE Act to empower federal prosecutors to defend our kids against AI exploitation and hold predators fully accountable. This bipartisan effort strengthens the TAKE IT DOWN Act signed by President Trump to protect America’s children from explicit deepfakes,” said Lee.
While current law, like the Kennedy-backed TAKE IT DOWN Act, protects children from the threat of AI-generated CSAM, the ENFORCE Act would update outdated definitions and enhance federal enforcement policies, ensuring that law enforcement can prosecute offenders to the fullest extent of the law.
Raven, Thorn, the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network (RAINN), the National Children's Alliance, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), Rights 4 Girls and the National District Attorneys Association (NDAA) all support the bill.
Full text of the ENFORCE Act is available here.
Kennedy, Tim Scott introduce bill to cut red tape, update 1970s financial reporting standards
Oct 21 2025
WASHINGTON – Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Tim Scott (R-S.C.), chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, introduced the Streamlining Transaction Reporting and Ensuring Anti-Money Laundering Improvements for a New Era (STREAMLINE) Act, which would modernize the Bank Secrecy Act’s reporting requirements for currency transaction reports (CTRs) and suspicious activity reports (SARs).
Kennedy and Scott’s bill would update the law’s outdated financial reporting thresholds to account for more than 50 years of inflation, reducing unnecessary paperwork and protecting more Americans from debanking.
“Washington’s financial reporting requirements may have made sense in the seventies, but in today’s economy, they simply weigh down our financial institutions. My STREAMLINE Act cuts red tape and modernizes these requirements, so law enforcement can focus on real criminals—not debanking hardworking Americans or drowning our financial institutions in burdensome paperwork. It’s time to bring the Bank Secrecy Act into the 21st century and use a little common sense,” said Kennedy.
“For decades, banks and credit unions have been weighed down by outdated reporting requirements and layers of unnecessary paperwork that make it harder for them to serve consumers and small businesses. By increasing the reporting thresholds for currency transaction reports and suspicious activity reports, we are bringing much needed modernization to a law that should root out financial crimes, not get in the way of everyday Americans,” said Scott.
Background:
- The Bank Secrecy Act, a law signed in 1970, requires financial institutions to assist government agencies with detecting and preventing financial crimes.
- Under the law, financial institutions must submit a currency transaction report (CTR) for cash transactions exceeding $10,000 and a suspicious activity report (SAR) for transactions exceeding $2,000 or $5,000 depending on the circumstances. For more than 50 years, Congress has not updated these thresholds.
- Kennedy and Scott’s STREAMLINE Act would raise these thresholds from $10,000 to $30,000, $2,000 to $3,000, and $5,000 to $10,000 respectively, and require the Treasury Department to adjust these amounts every five years to account for inflation.
Sens. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Bernie Moreno (R-Ohio), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) cosponsored the STREAMLINE Act.
“When banks and credit unions are bogged down by red tape and outdated reporting rules, it’s small businesses and everyday Americans who pay the price. The STREAMLINE Act modernizes reporting to reflect today’s economy, raising the threshold for currency transaction and suspicious activity reports, without compromising security. I’m proud to join my colleagues in ensuring Americans have access to efficient, modern financial services that meet the needs of the 21st century,” said Lummis.
“This is important legislation that simply updates outdated reporting thresholds that place unnecessary burdens on small banks and credit unions, allowing them to focus on their customers rather than on navigating onerous reporting requirements. These financial institutions play a central role in serving countless communities across the nation, and I’m proud to support legislation to help accomplish that,” said Britt.
“Financial institutions face unnecessary burdens from outdated reporting requirements that impede service to customers and small businesses. The STREAMLINE Act delivers long overdue modernization, helping to ensure the Bank Secrecy Act targets true financial crime instead of generating excessive paperwork,” said Crapo.
“For too long, American banks have been forced to comply with outdated, burdensome reporting rules that do very little to stop crime. The STREAMLINE Act cuts through bureaucratic red tape and allows our financial institutions to detect and disrupt illicit activities. Americans deserve a modern regulation system that works for them,” said Moreno.
“For decades, our banks and credit unions have been burdened by reporting requirements that haven’t kept pace with modern risks. I’m proud to partner with Chairman Scott and Senator Kennedy on legislation to update these standards for today’s financial system and prevent us from being stuck with the same inefficiencies another 55 years from now. Financial institutions should be investing in tools that stop crime, not outdated compliance exercises that don’t improve safety,” said Rounds.
“After more than 50 years of inflation, the Bank Secrecy Act’s reporting thresholds are badly outdated. They must be modernized. The STREAMLINE Act cuts red tape for banks and credit unions. It ensures law enforcement still has the tools they need to do their job. It focuses enforcement where it matters and respects the privacy of law-abiding American consumers,” said Ricketts.
The Independent Community Bankers Association, American Bankers Association and America’s Credit Unions support Kennedy and Scott’s bill.
Full text of the STREAMLINE Act is available here.
Kennedy, Louisiana Republicans seek answers on alleged October 7 terrorist living in Lafayette, La.
Oct 21 2025
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined a letter led by U.S. House Majority Leader Steve Scalise (R-La.) to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem seeking a briefing on the presence of Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi in Lafayette, La. Al-Muhtadi is a Gazan native who allegedly participated in the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel.
Al-Muhtadi entered the United States under false pretenses on September 12, 2024, according to the Department of Justice.
U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Reps. Julia Letlow (R-La.) and Clay Higgins (R-La.) also joined the letter.
“We appreciate the job you are doing to keep Americans safe here at home and write you as members of the Louisiana congressional delegation to request a briefing regarding how Mahmoud Amin Ya’qub Al-Muhtadi came to reside in Lafayette, Louisiana, after entering the United States in 2024 during the Biden Administration’s dangerous open borders policy,” the lawmakers began.
“According to public reporting and Department of Justice filings, Al-Muhtadi is alleged to have participated in the October 7, 2023, Hamas-led terrorist attacks against Israel and to have entered the United States the following year after falsely concealing his affiliations on his visa application. He was later located living and working in Lafayette, Louisiana, before being taken into custody by federal authorities,” they continued.
“We would also like to be informed about any additional terrorist threats in our state due to President Biden’s dangerous and deadly immigration policies,” the members of the Louisiana delegation added.
“We appreciate your leadership at the Department and your continued commitment to keeping our communities and our nation safe. We look forward to a briefing from your team to help us understand the circumstances surrounding this individual’s entry and residence in Louisiana,” they concluded.
Read the lawmakers’ letter here.
Read more about the letter in Fox News.
Kennedy on crypto market structure bill: “I hope we’ll move it quickly, but I hope we’ll move deliberately”
Oct 16 2025
Watch Kennedy’s comments here.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) delivered remarks on the U.S. Senate floor about the future of digital asset market structure legislation in Congress.
Key excerpts of the speech are below:
“The Senate Banking Committee is in the process, as we should be, of considering market structure legislation for digital assets, for Bitcoin, for crypto. And it’s important because there’s an enormous amount of confusion out there.
“I remember when blockchain technology started, many of us do. Today, one in five Americans own cryptocurrency. Its growth has been nothing short of breathtaking. But as oftentimes happens when you have an innovation, it creates enormous confusion on the way that the subject of that innovation integrates with the federal government, and that’s the case here.
“Those who are in the cryptocurrency business and in the blockchain technology business don’t know who to talk to in the federal government. The Securities and Exchange Commission has announced, under President Biden, that it has jurisdiction over digital assets, and so did the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the CFTC. And there’s been a lot of litigation, and there have been a lot of court cases, and it’s been enormously confusing.
“Those in the crypto business understandably have the reaction, ‘Look, we don’t mind being regulated. We have nothing to hide, but we’d like to know who to talk to. Is it the CFTC? Is it the SEC? What do we do?’ That’s why we need legislation. That’s why we need market structure legislation. Not because the government needs to stick its nose in everything, but because there has to be some certainty here. Clearly, there’s a turf war between the CFTC and the SEC, and it’s Congress’s role to delineate who has jurisdiction over what.”
. . .
“We need to hold hearings. This is a complicated piece of legislation. I’ve spent a lot of time on it, and it’s one of the most complicated pieces of legislation I’ve ever seen. This is just one person’s opinion as a member of Banking: I think it’s going to take at least two hearings for us to be able to understand the pros and the cons of this legislation and understand the legislation itself.”
. . .
“These are not issues that you raise and solve over a weekend. But I wanted to start talking about this bill, Mr. President, because it’s one of the most important pieces of legislation that this body will consider. It may not be the sexiest, it may not be the most interesting for some, but when one in five Americans own cryptocurrency, it’s certainly important.
“So, I will probably be talking about this issue several more times on this floor, but as the Senate moves forward with our digital assets market structure legislation, I hope we’ll move it quickly, but I hope we’ll move deliberately. I hope we’ll take the time to hold the hearings and, again, I think it’s going to take more than one hearing to address these weighty topics—and then additional time, once we get a bill, to mark it up, as we say, to amend it and make sure that we do the job for the American people.”
Watch Kennedy’s speech here.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined a letter led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to four major telecommunication companies seeking all records of Congressional Republicans handed over to Special Counsel Jack Smith as part of the Biden-era Arctic Frost investigation.
The letters, addressed to Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile and Lumen, additionally question whether the companies challenged Smith’s subpoenas on any grounds.
“By law, the Senators’ offices retain possession of their Senate data from both dual use and Senate specific devices and service providers do not acquire ‘possession, custody, or control’ of that data,” the lawmakers wrote.
“Even if the phone numbers above do not fall into those categories, there are serious constitutional questions that those communications are still subject to constitutional protections. Indeed, the time period Jack Smith focused his secret efforts to obtain the records from constitutional officers falls squarely within a core constitutional duty – certification of the electoral college,” they added.
“That raises a reasonable concern that calls, texts, and emails sent from or to those devices may have been acts consistent with the duties of office. Accordingly, we request records of all requests or orders made by the Department of Justice (DOJ) or any federal law enforcement agency to you, informally or formally, through service of legal process, for all data or information related to the following Members’ devices where you were the provider,” the members of Congress continued.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.) and Ashley Moody (R-Fla.) also joined the letters, as did Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.).
Read the lawmakers’ full letters below:
On Oct. 9, Kennedy joined another letter led by Grassley and Johnson seeking information from the DOJ and FBI related to Smith’s subpoenas for the telephone records of Republican lawmakers.
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) penned this column in the Oct. 2025 NWLA Biz Progress Report explaining how Congress and the Trump administration will help Louisiana businesses by cutting regulations and keeping taxes low.
Key excerpts of the column are below:
“Louisiana is building a stronger economy than we have ever had before, and we haven’t even begun to see how our economy can thrive when the federal government gets out of the way.
“Since the pandemic, Louisiana has steadily added jobs to the economy for 51 consecutive months. Louisiana has registered more than 2 million jobs this year for the first time in our history. Our manufacturing sector has climbed to 20th in the nation.
“Much of this growth occurred in spite of policies coming out of Washington.
“President Biden added hundreds of regulations on American businesses—more than any other president in American history. It has cost American companies an estimated $1.4 trillion to comply with these regulations.”
. . .
“Fortunately, the American people recognized that President Biden’s policies were gutting our economy like a fish. They voted for change, and the Trump administration and the Republican Congress are already delivering.”
. . .
“Lower taxes and deregulation are a recipe for economic success anywhere in the country, but especially in North Louisiana. Between shale production, the expanding Port of Caddo-Bossier, and several new ventures into artificial intelligence, North Louisiana has become a hotbed of new investment and small business growth. It’s one of the reasons Bossier City made the 2025 list of best cities for starting new businesses in America.
“The government doesn’t create jobs. Hardworking people do. But the government can make it much more difficult for the businessmen and women in Louisiana to continue to grow their companies.
“The Biden administration laid on our economy like a wet blanket, and Louisiana businesses still managed to add jobs and develop new industries in our state. I can’t wait to see how Louisiana thrives when the federal government stays out of its way.”
Read Kennedy’s column here.
Kennedy, Grassley, Johnson seek DOJ, FBI records on Biden admin’s effort to spy on Congressional Republicans
Oct 10 2025
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined a letter led by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) seeking all records related to the Biden administration’s efforts to obtain the cell phone records of several Republican Members of Congress (MOC) in its Arctic Frost investigation.
“The Biden administration’s blatant weaponization of the federal government should shock every American. . . . We request that the DOJ and FBI immediately produce all records in unredacted form referring or relating to the collection of the MOC’s call logs as it relates to the Arctic Frost investigation,” the lawmakers wrote.
“We expect both DOJ and FBI to take the necessary steps to provide complete transparency to Congress so that the Biden administration’s targeting of sitting elected officials is thoroughly investigated and all wrongdoers are held fully accountable,” they later added.
Sens. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Katie Britt (R-Ala.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Ashley Moody (R-Fla.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) also joined the letter, as did Rep. Mike Kelly (R-Pa.).
Read the lawmakers’ full letter here.
Read more about the letter in the New York Post.WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) applauded the U.S. Senate’s vote to approve the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026, which includes three major Kennedy-led initiatives and other Louisiana priorities.
“This critical defense authorization bill helps ensure America’s military stays the best in the world at full strength—not second to anybody—and it delivers major wins for Louisianians. I’m especially proud that it also advances three of my top priorities in the Senate: ending the foolish practice of paying dead people, helping young families finally afford their first homes and forcing foreign insiders to play by the same set of rules as American investors,” said Kennedy.
The Senate-passed FY26 NDAA includes:
- The Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, led by Kennedy and Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.).
- The Build Now Act, led by Kennedy and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.).
- The Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act, led by Kennedy and Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.).
Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
The federal government sent $1.3 billion to dead people in 2023 alone. To address this problem, Kennedy first passed the Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act in 2020 to allow the Social Security Administration to share the Death Master File, a record of deceased individuals, with the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay system temporarily. This bipartisan law helped recover $31 million in improper payments in just its first five months as law.
Kennedy, Peters and Wyden’s Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act would stop fraud and save taxpayer money by making Kennedy’s original bipartisan law permanent.
It would also allow the Treasury Department’s Do Not Pay system to compare death information from the Social Security Administration with personal information from other federal entities and share it with any paying or administering agency that is authorized to use the Do Not Pay system.
The U.S. Senate also voted to pass the Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act as a standalone bill in September 2025.
Build Now Act
Unaffordable home prices have driven the median age of a first-time homebuyer to a record 38 years old. To address this problem, Kennedy and Warren’s Build Now Act would change homebuilding incentives within the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)’s Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).
The legislation would:
- Require HUD to remove 10% of CDBG funding from cities that fail to improve their rate of homebuilding above the national median.
- Order HUD to proportionally reallocate those CDBG funds to cities that exceeded the national median rate of homebuilding. Under the Build Now Act, cities with the highest rates of growth would receive larger shares as funds are reallocated.
- Allow metropolitan areas two years to start building homes before HUD determines their level of CDBG funding.
Kennedy wrote this op-ed in The Hill about the Build Now Act.
Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act
Foreign investors are not held to the same insider-trading reporting standards as American investors under current law—a disparity that has allowed foreign insiders to dodge $10 billion in losses while American investors are left holding the bag.
Kennedy and Van Hollen’s Holding Foreign Insiders Accountable Act would require executives of public companies based outside the United States to make electronic disclosures of trades in their company’s stocks to the Securities and Exchange (SEC) within two business days. The SEC would then make that information public, as it currently does with U.S.-based firms.
Kennedy and Van Hollen authored this op-ed in The Wall Street Journal outlining their bill in April 2023. In March 2025, Kennedy penned an additional op-ed on the subject in The Hill.
Louisiana priorities
The NDAA also contains several provisions to improve Barksdale Air Force Base in Bossier Parish, La., and bring defense manufacturing to Louisiana. The bill includes:
- Guardrails around any changes to the composition of Air Force Global Strike Command housed at Barksdale Air Force Base.
- Funding for the design of upgrades to the Child Development Center at Barksdale Air Force Base.
- Funding for dormitories at the weapons generation facility at Barksdale Air Force Base.
- The purchase of Ship-to-Shore Connectors made in Slidell, La.; 40-foot patrol boats made in Jeanerette, La.; and Yard, Repair, Berthing and Messing (YRBM) vessels made in Morgan City, La.
Full text of the Senate-passed FY26 NDAA is available here.
