A petition to the United States Senate and the FY2027 NDAA Conference Committee
No Military Merger Without Debate: Reject Section 1217, Strike Section 219
We, the undersigned constituents, petition our Senators and the House–Senate conferees on the Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act to:
Reject Section 1217 of the Senate NDAA (the "United States–Israel Defense Technology Cooperation Initiative," incorporating the FUTURES Act); and
Strike Section 219 (originally numbered Section 224) from the House-passed H.R. 8800 in conference; or, at minimum,
Guarantee a standalone, on-the-record floor vote on the provision in each chamber before any version becomes law.
Why
This provision would establish a dedicated executive agent to integrate United States military technology, industrial capacity, and supply chains with those of a foreign state — spanning counter-drone systems, missile defense, artificial intelligence, cyber tools, biotechnology, and manufacturing — creating a permanent structural commitment of the kind the Constitution reserves to the treaty process, without treaty ratification, and to date without a single up-or-down vote on the provision itself in either chamber.
Whatever any signer's view of the underlying alliance, the process here should alarm everyone:
In the House, the rule governing the bill (H.Res. 1438) expressly barred any amendment to strike the section from receiving a vote. [H.Res. 1438; H. Rept. 119-755]
The rule was adopted 214–211, and the NDAA then passed 216–212 — with the section shielded from separate consideration at every step. [Roll Calls 254 & 278, Clerk of the House, July 21–22, 2026]
Opposition to this provision is on the record from both parties — Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY), Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA), and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) among them — and spans the full political spectrum outside Congress. Members have publicly committed to fight the provision in conference.
Independent analysis (Quincy Institute, Cooperation without Oversight) documents the provision's lack of oversight architecture.
A measure of this magnitude — binding American defense industry and military technology to any foreign state — deserves open debate and an accountable vote. It has had neither.