On December 18, 2025, President Donald Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) into law. The bill is one of the few must pass bills Congress must pass every year as it funds the United States military and covers all appropriations for the Department of Defense. Congress has passed the NDAA for 64 continuous years, and AGC takes any attempt to add harmful construction policy to the bill very seriously.
As AGC has previously reported, this year’s NDAA placed strong emphasis on comprehensive acquisition reform. The finalized version of the NDAA included the below AGC priorities:
- Requiring DoD to begin investigating and remediating PFAS in annual report;
- Requiring DoD to provide coverage for contractors who cannot secure insurance for classified work;
- Granting DoD agencies the authority to use progressive design-build for military construction projects; and
- Allowing for Cost-Plus Incentive Fee contracting for the Shipyard Infrastructure Optimization program.
Additionally, an amendment AGC opposed that would have overhauled the CPARS evaluations process to only consider negative comments was removed. We thank all members of Congress that worked on the bill and the President for its successful passage into law.
AGC will continue to advocate for contractor priorities to be included in future versions of the bill to ensure there are no attempts to add harmful construction policy. More information on the final version of the NDAA can be found here.
For more information, please contact John Chambers.