FY2026 NDAA: Congress Hardwires Economic Security Into Defense Law

Posted 1/5/26

President Donald Trump has signed the Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law, enacting a sweeping defense policy statute that authorizes more than $900 billion in national defense priorities while significantly expanding U.S. authorities over investment security, export controls, sanctions, and defense trade. The law represents one of the most consequential structural shifts in U.S. national security legislation in decades, embedding economic and technological controls directly into the core of defense law.

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