🔔 No Monday for War: Take Action on the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
March 5, 2026
Posted in: Media • Political Education
Congress is beginning to draft the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2027; this is the bill that funds the Department of Defense, and by extension the U.S. military, and dictates a large chunk of U.S. defense policy.
Why does this matter for peace efforts in Korea? The NDAA outlines Congressional military spending priorities in Korea. The 2026 NDAA exacerbated conditions by:
* Blocking the U.S. from returning wartime operational control of South Korea’s military back to the South Korean government for the first time ever
* Preventing the reduction of 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea for the first time in 5 years
Members of the House Armed Services Committee (HASC) and Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) are now fielding policy and budget requests from the public before they draft the first version of the bill. Our main goal right now is to push elected officials to adopt policy language that will not block efforts for Korea peace. Our demands include:
* An official plan for a peace process to formally end the Korean War
* Challenge the joint U.S.-South Korea war drills
* Stronger transparency around Pacific Deterrence Initiative spending
We must challenge these harmful, ineffective, and costly policies head-on. We can no longer spend endlessly to flame the fans of forever war in Korea. Urge your representatives to stop military escalation at bit.ly/actndaa.