IFPTE Sends Letter to Leadership of House and Senate Armed Services Committees on FY27 NDAA Conference Bill

IFPTE authored a letter to the leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees (HASC and SASC) urging them to include certain provisions in the conferenced FY27 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) bill.

These provisions include:

  • Section 1115, “Limitation on Use of Funds to Limit Collective Bargaining,” of the House-passed NDAA for Fiscal Year 2027, H.R. 8800, in the final NDAA conference report;

  • Section 815, “Limitations Relating to Capital Distributions for Defense Contractors,” of S. 4784;

  • Full text of H.R. 3151/S. 1541, SHIPS for America Act of 2025,” in Title 36, “SHIPS for America,” of H.R. 8800;

  • Section 1121 of H.R. 8800 and Section 1106 of S. 4784, “Prohibition on Carrying Out Hiring Freeze, Reduction In Force, or Hiring Delay Without Cause at Public Shipyards of Department of Defense;

  • Section 1116 of H.R. 8800, “Hiring Freeze Exceptions”;

  • Section 1107 of S. 4784, “Prohibition on the Use of Funds for Carrying Out a Hiring Freeze, Reduction in Force, or Hiring Delay Without Cause at a Public Shipyard”;

We further ask to NOT include the following provisions:

  • Section 1101 of S. 4784, “Prevailing Rate Determinations for Defense Industrial Base” and Section 1102 of S. 4784, “Job Grading System for Prevailing Rate Employees at Defense Industrial Base Facilities”; and

  • Section 1105 of H.R. 8800, “Military Technician (Dual Status): Elimination of Title 32 Authority; Conversions of Existing Positions”

Read/download the full letter here.

Government, Labor RightsCandace RhettFY27 NDAA conference bill