NO NATO for Purchase Act
Latest action · Jan 15, 2026 Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJan 15, 2026
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Cosponsors 35
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 15, 2026 to Apr 16, 2026; 18 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-PA | Brendan F. Boyle | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-NY | Daniel S. Goldman | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-CA | Eric Swalwell | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-CA | Jimmy Panetta | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-CA | John Garamendi | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-IL | Jonathan L. Jackson | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-TX | Lloyd Doggett | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-PA | Madeleine Dean | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-PA | Mary Gay Scanlon | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-IL | Mike Quigley | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-DE | Sarah McBride | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-MA | Seth Moulton | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-MD | Steny H. Hoyer | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-TX | Sylvia R. Garcia | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-OR | Val T. Hoyle | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-MA | William R. Keating | Original | Jan 15, 2026 |
| D-IL | Bill Foster | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-NV | Dina Titus | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Sarah Elfreth | Jan 16, 2026 | |
| D-VT | Becca Balint | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Gregory W. Meeks | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Johnny Olszewski, Jr. | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sara Jacobs | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-RI | Seth Magaziner | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-MA | Stephen F. Lynch | Jan 20, 2026 | |
| D-TX | Julie Johnson | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Patrick Ryan | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sydney Kamlager-Dove | Jan 22, 2026 | |
| D-OR | Maxine Dexter | Jan 27, 2026 | |
| D-CA | Sam T. Liccardo | Feb 2, 2026 | |
| D-ME | Chellie Pingree | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Mar 2, 2026 | |
| D-MD | Kweisi Mfume | Apr 16, 2026 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Foreign Affairs Committee | Referred Jan 15, 2026 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2026Introduced in House
- Jan 15, 2026Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 172, no. 11, January 15, 2026, page H920.
CRS reports 1
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 1
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| IN12643 | Greenland, Denmark, and U.S. Relations | Insight | Jan 22, 2026 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To prohibit actions or expenditure of funds to purchase a North Atlantic Treaty Organization member country or NATO-protected territory.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- NO NATO for Purchase Act
- No Outsourcing of National Assets to Treaty Organizations for Purchase Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: International Affairs.
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 15, 2026Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
