Rep. Mario Díaz-Balart on Fiscal Year 2026 National Security Spending Bill

Fiscal Year 2026 National Security Bill

• 🇺🇸 The bill aims to advance U.S. national security by reducing spending by 22% from the enacted level, with an additional 6% cut from FY24.
• 🎯 Priorities include national security, particularly in the Western Hemisphere, Middle East, and Indo-Pacific.

Support for Allies and Confronting Threats

• 🤝 Provides $3.3 billion in security assistance to Israel and supports key allies like Egypt and Jordan.
• 🇨🇳 Includes provisions to confront the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), prohibiting support for U.S. academic institutions partnering in STEM programs with CCP-controlled colleges.
• 🇹🇼 Allocates $500 million in foreign military finance and up to $2 billion in loans/loan guarantees for Taiwan to strengthen deterrence.
• 💊 Continues investments to combat fentanyl trafficking and transnational criminal organizations.

Programmatic Changes and Accountability

• 💡 Creates the America First Opportunity Fund for enhanced leverage abroad and rapid crisis response.
• 🏛️ Establishes the National Security Investment Programs Account for efficient strategic deployment of programs.
• 🚫 Prohibits funding for controversial or ineffective programs, including those that fund drag shows, DEI hiring, or labs of the Chinese Communist Party.
• ⚖️ Demands unprecedented accountability of the United Nations and other international organizations, scrutinizing member states' voting records.
• ❌ Excludes funding for the UN regular budget, WHO, UN Commission of Inquiry Against Israel, UNRWA, UN Human Rights Council, ICC, and ICJ.

Foreign Policy and National Sovereignty

• 🇨🇴 Funding is cut or withheld from countries like Colombia due to failures in preventing political violence and economic deterioration.
• 🇲🇽 Assistance to Mexico is blocked until it meets water delivery requirements under the 1944 water treaty.
• 🇨🇺 Blocks assistance to entities supporting the Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces or Ministry of Interior.
• 🇺🇸 Supports full implementation of Trump administration executive orders on national sovereignty, secure borders, limited government, free speech, and ending DEI programs.
• 🗣️ Aims to reassure the American people that funds promote national security and interests, acting as good stewards of taxpayer dollars.