End the requirement that military services send Congress funding wish lists outside the appropriations process.

Seth Moulton · Massachusetts · Democratic

policy impact 0.58 specificity 0.86 extraction confidence 90%

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

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Moulton, Jayapal, Davidson, Garamendi Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Cut Wasteful Pentagon Spending ... introducing the bipartisan Streamline Pentagon Budgeting Act to end the requirement that military services send Congress funding wish lists outside the appropriations process.

Moulton introduced bipartisan legislation intended to end military services' extra-budgetary funding wish lists.

News | Congressman Seth Moulton
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Evidence

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GovInfo lists H.R. 9549 as introduced June 30, 2026, with Seth Moulton as a cosponsor and referred to House Armed Services. The introduced bill text would repeal 10 U.S.C. 222a and other unfunded-priority reporting requirements.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Moulton took concrete legislative action in the current Congress by cosponsoring a repeal bill, but the official record still shows only introduction and committee referral, not enactment.

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H.R. 9549 (IH) - GovInfo Content Details
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CRS states that 10 U.S.C. 222a requires military service and combatant command unfunded-priority reports to Congress, and notes FY2026 DOD UPLs totaled $53.7 billion.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): The statutory requirement the commitment targets remained operative in 2026, and Congress was still receiving and using unfunded-priority lists, so the promise had not been delivered as of the latest reviewed official materials.

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CRS Defense Primer: Defense and Intelligence Unfunded Priorities
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The promised outcome was to end the federal requirement for military services to submit unfunded-priority wish lists outside the appropriations process. That requirement remained in force in 2026, and H.R. 9549, which Moulton cosponsored to repeal those reporting requirements, had only been introduced and referred to House Armed Services as of the reviewed record. Moulton made a concrete legislative attempt in his current federal term, but the repeal had not been enacted, so the promise was not delivered.

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