Rep. Omar Submits 10 Amendments to the National Defense Budget Bill (NDAA)
WASHINGTON – Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) introduced ten amendments to the FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The amendments aim to rein in the Trump Administration’s unconstitutional expansions of power; center human rights in trade, military, and foreign policy; cut down military funding not aimed at benefitting our servicemembers; restrict our nation’s role in enabling endless wars abroad; delay the transfer of arms to Israel; and hold governments that engage in transnational repression accountable.
“This year’s NDAA flies in the face of one that centers the needs of the American people,” said Rep. Omar. “As our Pentagon spending reaches a trillion dollars a year, we’re facing an Executive that has grown too comfortable exercising unchecked, unconstitutional expansions of power. I introduced ten amendments to reorient our foreign policy, center human rights, and stop our complacency in advancing endless wars that only harm our reputation abroad and do nothing to make us any safer. I’ll keep fighting for a Pentagon budget that puts the American people first, not defense contractors.”
The amendments introduced by Rep. Omar include:
Omar #11 - Cuts $150 billion from the topline, with exemptions for Defense Health spending and troop pay/benefits. Coled by Rep. Pocan.
Omar #46 - Strikes language establishing tech partnerships with Israel
Omar #54 - Repeals the 127(e) program. Coled by Rep. Gosar.
Omar #100 - Bans arms sales to any country engaged in transnational repression against U.S. citizens.
Omar #106 - Repeals the Alien Enemies Act.
Omar #162 - Requires a report on UAE foreign policy in specific countries in East and North Africa, including an assessment on whether U.S.-origin equipment sent to the UAE is being used for gross violations of human rights in those countries.
Omar #164 - Repeals two different Syria sanctions statutes (Caesar and the Syria parts of the Iran Threat Reduction and Syria Human Rights Act of 2012).
Omar #167 - Requires a strategy for providing direct support to Sudanese civil society, including the Emergency Response Rooms.
Omar #169 - Repeals the War Reserve Stockpile Authority for Israel.
Omar #1096 - Expresses the sense of Congress that a foreign terrorist organization designation is not an authorization for the use of military force.
Additionally, Rep. Omar cosponsored the following amendments:
Sherman #79 - Mandates compliance with the War Powers Resolution.
Gosar #328 - Nullifies Executive Order 13338, National Emergency declaration relating to Syria.
Gosar #331 - Nullifies Executive Order 13566, National Emergency declaration relating to Libya.
Sherman #528 - Expresses a sense of Congress and requires a report in support of a formal end to the Korean War.
Casar #883 - Prohibits funds from being used for unauthorized military force against Venezuela.
The full text of the amendments is available here.
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