Bolster military recruiting.

Lance Gooden · Texas · Republican

policy impact 0.53 specificity 0.69 extraction confidence 84%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Gooden Co-Authors SERVE Act to Bolster Military Recruiting

Gooden is co-authoring legislation intended to improve military recruiting.

Press Releases | Congressman Lance Gooden
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Evidence

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The enrolled FY2026 NDAA includes Subtitle D, Recruitment and Accession. Section 531 amends 10 U.S.C. 503 to require secondary-school campus access for military recruiters, at least one in-person recruitment event per academic year on request, and access to student contact lists. Section 542 raises authorized JROTC unit support from 3,400-4,000 units to 3,600-4,200 units.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official enacted NDAA text shows concrete federal policy changes aimed at improving recruiter access and expanding JROTC capacity. No materially newer official change was found in the 2026-08-20 to 2026-08-22 lookback window.

delivered same_term

S.1071 Enrolled Bill - National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026
secondary · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 92%

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House Roll Call Vote 320 lists S.1071 on passage as passed 312-112 on December 10, 2025. The vote table lists Gooden, Lance [R-TX] as Yea.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Gooden voted for final House passage of the FY2026 NDAA that contained the recruitment/accession provisions, tying his official action to the delivered policy outcome.

delivered same_term A for effort

House Roll Call Vote 320, 119th Congress - S.1071 On Passage
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term

The promised outcome was broad: bolster military recruiting. During Gooden's current federal House term, the FY2026 NDAA was enacted with recruitment-focused provisions, including stronger military recruiter access to secondary schools, annual in-person recruiting event access on request, student contact-list access, and expanded authorized JROTC unit support. Gooden voted yes on final House passage of that NDAA, giving him direct official credit for advancing the enacted outcome. Because the policy changes were enacted during his term and align with the promise, this counts as delivered rather than merely attempted.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 90%