This report compiles congressional votes on legislation, including amendments and resolutions, related to the Israel-Hamas conflict that began on October 7, 2023. CRS compiled the information presented in this report from the Congress.gov, ProQuest Congressional, and CQ (Congressional Quarterly) databases.

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY2026 authorized funding for the Department of Defense (DOD) military construction and family housing programs, and included policy provisions that may impact the management and oversight of these programs. (DOD is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” un…

Prior to 2023, there were 10 major military installations named after Confederate Civil War commanders, all of which were located in the former states of the Confederacy. Nine of the bases were active-component Army installations and one was a state Army National Guard camp. Drawing on the authority of the Naming Comm…

The United States and the Republic of the Philippines have a deep relationship that includes a bilateral security alliance, extensive military cooperation, close people-to-people ties, and many shared strategic and economic interests. The Philippines, a diverse and democratic island nation situated east of the South C…

The second Trump Administration’s Department of Defense (DOD) budget request for FY2026 included $848.3 billion in discretionary funding and $113.3 billion in mandatory funding (DOD is “using a secondary Department of War designation,” under Executive Order 14347, dated September 5, 2025). Of the discretionary funding…

On May 2, 2025, President Donald Trump submitted documentation supporting the FY2026 budget request, including proposed funding for the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD), atomic energy defense activities primarily of the U.S. Department of Energy, and other national defense-related activities. (DOD is “using a secondar…

The size of the Coast Guard’s polar icebreaker fleet and Coast Guard programs for building new polar icebreakers have been oversight matters for Congress for many years. A 2023 Coast Guard fleet mix analysis concluded that the service will require a total of eight to nine polar icebreakers, including four to five heav…

The current and future size and composition of the Navy, the annual rate of Navy ship procurement, the prospective affordability of the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, the capacity of the U.S. shipbuilding industry to execute the Navy’s shipbuilding plans, and Navy proposals for retiring existing ships have been oversight…

Of the approximately $1.0 trillion requested in the FY2026 President’s budget for discretionary activities within the national defense budget function, $882.6 billion fell within the scope of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA; H.R. 3838; S. 2296; S. 1071; P.L. 119-60). While the NDAA it…

Among the Navy’s programs for acquiring unmanned surface vessels (USVs) of various sizes are programs for acquiring large USVs that would be about the size of a large patrol craft, and which would deploy directly from pier rather than from the deck of a crewed Navy warship. Navy plans call for equipping large USVs wit…

The Navy’s Medium Landing Ship (LSM) program, previously called the Light Amphibious Warship (LAW) program, envisions procuring a class of 18 to 35 new amphibious ships to support the Marine Corps, particularly in implementing a new Marine Corps operational concept called Expeditionary Advanced Base Operations (EABO).…

The Navy is procuring two types of larger amphibious ships: LHA-type “big-deck” amphibious assault ships and LPD-17 Flight II class amphibious ships. Both types are built by Huntington Ingalls Industries/Ingalls Shipbuilding (HII/Ingalls) of Pascagoula, MS. Four LPD-17 Flight II ships were procured in FY2018-FY2025. T…

The Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies appropriations (E&W) bill funds civil works activities of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) in the Department of Defense; the Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) and Central Utah Project (CUP); the Department of Energy (DOE); the…

Special Operations Forces (SOF) play a significant role in U.S. military operations. In 1986, Congress, concerned about the status of SOF within overall U.S. defense planning, passed legislation (P.L. 99-661) to strengthen special operations’ position within the defense community and to improve interoperability among…

Chile, located along the Pacific coast of South America (Figure 1), traditionally has been a close U.S. partner in Latin America. The 119th Congress may assess U.S. economic and security ties with Chile, including the impact of U.S. tariffs, collaboration on critical minerals trade, and efforts to combat transnational…

The Kingdom of Bahrain is a small island nation connected by a causeway to Saudi Arabia (15.5 miles away) and once claimed by Iran (124 miles away). Wedged between these two larger regional powers, Bahrain has outsized importance for U.S. policy in the Persian Gulf. U.S.-Bahraini ties have deepened over the past four…

For much of the past 15 years, successive U.S. and Mexican governments have pursued close bilateral security cooperation. Congress appropriated some $3.6 billion for such cooperation from FY2008 to FY2023. Nevertheless, U.S. officials assess that Mexico-based drug cartels, six of which the State Department designated…