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A bill to make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
To make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
Summary
S. 4164 makes technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026. The bill clarifies qualifications for Judge Advocates under military law regarding maintaining a valid law license. It also removes the word "posthumous" from a section authorizing the award of the Distinguished Service Cross to Isaac "Ike" Camacho for military service in Vietnam.
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Sponsor (1)
- Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] (R-MS)
1 cosponsor
- Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI] (D-RI)
Actions (6)
- Mar 24, 2026 Held at the desk. · house
- Mar 24, 2026 Received in the House. · house
- Mar 24, 2026 Message on Senate action sent to the House. · senate
- Mar 23, 2026 Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (consideration: CR S1560; text: CR S1560) · senate
- Mar 23, 2026 Passed/agreed to in Senate: Introduced in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed without amendment by Unanimous Consent.
- Mar 23, 2026 Introduced in Senate
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Full text
IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
March 23, 2026
Mr. Wicker (for himself and Mr. Reed) introduced the following bill; which was read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed
A BILL
To make technical corrections to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS TO NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2026.
(a) Qualifications for Judge Advocates.—Subsection (a)(1)(B) of section 806 of title 10, United States Code (article 6 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice), as added by section 561(a) of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60), is amended to read as follows:
“(B) maintains a license status in good standing that provides eligibility to practice law;”.
(b) Authorization for Award of the Distinguished-service Cross to Isaac “Ike” Camacho for Acts of Valor in Vietnam.—Section 592 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (Public Law 119-60) is amended by striking “posthumous” in the section heading. <all>
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