I will continue to work with my colleagues to strengthen and improve this legislation as it moves to the House floor.
Sarah Elfreth is committed to continuing to work with her colleagues to strengthen and improve the FY27 National Defense Authorization Act as it moves to the House floor.
Occurrences
Evidence
Elfreth said she spent 14 hours fighting to improve the FY27 NDAA, voted against advancing it out of committee, said 23 of her provisions were in the base text and 18 amendments were adopted, and pledged to keep working as it moves to the House floor.
The House Armed Services Committee held the full committee markup for H.R. 8800, the FY27 NDAA, on June 4, 2026.
The committee said it passed Chairman's Mark of H.R. 8800, the FY27 NDAA, and favorably reported the bill to the House by a 44-12 vote.
Elfreth's office said she spent 14 hours in committee debate trying to improve the FY27 NDAA, had 23 provisions in the base text, successfully introduced 18 amendments, and said she would keep working with colleagues to improve the bill as it moved to the House floor.
The House Armed Services Committee said it passed the Chairman's Mark of H.R. 8800, the FY27 NDAA, and favorably reported the bill to the House by a 44-12 vote.
GovInfo bill text shows H.R. 8800 was reported with an amendment on June 15, 2026, committed to the Committee of the Whole House on the State of the Union, and ordered printed.
The Rules Committee page set a June 18 amendment deadline, announced a June 29 meeting, and listed a structured rule for H.R. 8800 that would make amendments in order for floor consideration.
Rules amendment 99 lists Elfreth, Bergman, and Moylan as bipartisan sponsors of an amendment authorizing DoD interagency agreements with the National Marine Fisheries Service and Fish and Wildlife Service to fund personnel for environmental reviews of priority military programs or projects; status: Submitted.
Rules amendment 439 lists Elfreth and Wittman as bipartisan sponsors of an amendment revising critical minerals reporting and briefing requirements, requiring annual briefings for eight years; status: Made in Order.
Rules amendment 631 lists Elfreth and Bacon as bipartisan sponsors of an amendment directing a study on Reserve Child Care programs offered by the services; status: Made in Order.
Rules amendment 81 lists Luttrell with several bipartisan cosponsors including Elfreth; it extended the current DoD trial for treatment using psychedelic substances through September 30, 2033; status: Made in Order.
Rules amendment 635 lists Johnson with bipartisan cosponsors including Elfreth; it would authorize retransfers of U.S. defense articles and services among the Baltic states to deter Russian aggression; status: Submitted.
The Clerk recorded that H. Res. 1398, the rule providing for consideration of H.R. 8800, failed 198-224 on June 30, 2026; Elfreth voted No.
The House Armed Services Committee floor amendment tracker says FY27 NDAA floor amendment information will be shared in real time and directs users to the House Clerk for recorded votes, but the visible table contains no amendment entries.
Assessments
The promise was a process commitment to keep working with colleagues on the FY27 NDAA as it moved toward the House floor, not a promise that the whole NDAA or any specific amendment would become law. During the same House term, Elfreth had provisions in the committee text, adopted committee amendments, and then continued floor-stage work by sponsoring or cosponsoring bipartisan Rules amendments, including amendments made in order for floor consideration. The failed June 30, 2026 rule vote left final floor passage unresolved, but it does not defeat the narrower promise to continue materially working with colleagues to improve the bill.
The evidence shows Elfreth materially worked on the FY27 NDAA at the committee stage: her office says 23 of her provisions were included in the base text, 18 amendments were adopted, and she spent extensive time trying to improve the bill before it was reported out of committee on June 5, 2026. That supports real effort and some concrete influence. But the promise was to continue working with colleagues as the bill moved to the House floor, and the record here does not yet show the later floor-stage work or final result. Because the legislative process was still ongoing and the specific promised phase had not been fully observed, this is not yet fully adjudicable as delivered or failed.