Senate Passes FY26 NDAA With Military Veto on Lower 3, 7/8 GHz Bands
The Senate voted 77-20 Thursday night to pass its version of the FY 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (S-2296), which retains language to authorize the DOD and Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman to essentially veto commercial use of the 3.1-3.45…
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and 7.4-8.4 GHz bands, as expected (see 2510090048). Senate Commerce Committee Chairman Ted Cruz, R-Texas, who tried to persuade chamber leaders to remove that language in Section 1564 (see 2510070037), was among three senators who didn’t vote on S-2296 Thursday. The House-passed FY26 NDAA (HR-3838) doesn't include similar language.