The U.S. Senate has approved the 2026 fiscal defense bill that costs over $900 billion on a vote of 77-20. 

The National Defense Authorization Act is an annual bill that funds the Pentagon and the U.S. Department of Defense. 

The US House approved the measure last week, meaning this bill now moves to the desk of President Donald Trump. 

The spending bill aims to codify 15 executive orders issued by President Donald Trump, according to a 30-page summary. The bill is over 3,000 pages long.

The bill, if signed into law, will authorize about $900 billion in defense spending, including a 3.8 percent pay raise for service members for the next fiscal year. 

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Sen. Tom Cotton, R-AR, welcomed the bill's passage. 

"The FY26 IAA will enact many of these reforms, which will mean a more efficient intelligence community and a safer United States. This law also includes many other important provisions to ensure and enhance our nation’s security. These include prohibiting the intelligence community from contracting with Chinese military companies, improving the security of CIA installations, identifying the threat to America’s food security posed by Communist China, and directing necessary resources towards defending our nation from threats posed by Iran. I’m glad this bill passed both houses of Congress as part of the NDAA and I look forward to it being signed into law by the President,” Cotton said in a statement. 

Cotton said that the Intelligence Authorization Act will: