S 1071 · 119th Congress · Armed Forces and National Security
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Bill Progress
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Introduced✓
Committee3
Senate Vote4
House✓
EnactedLatest: Became Public Law No: 119-60.(2025-12-18)
Recorded Votes
PassedSenate · 2025-12-17
Roll #648 ↗Yea 77Nay 20
PassedSenate · 2025-12-17
Roll #648 ↗Yea 77Nay 20
Plain Language Summary
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This bill requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to disinter the remains of Fernando V. Cota from Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, Texas, after notifying his next of kin. The VA must relinquish the remains to the next of kin or, if no next of kin responds to the notification, arrange for the disposition of the remains. Cota was interred prior to the enactment of regulations that would have barred his interment due to a 1975 rape conviction.…
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CBO Cost Estimate
Congressional Budget OfficeEstimated Changes in Direct Spending Under S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
Dec 9, 2025Rules Committee Print 119-16, As Posted on the Website of the House Committee on Rules on December 7, 2025
Full CBO report ↗Official non-partisan budget analysis by the Congressional Budget Office