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Case and Bill Tracker

Pending UAP legislation, litigation and executive actions followed by the analyses, with current status.

Version 1.10, October 2026. Cases were checked in Westlaw, including KeyCite history and pin cites, and statutes and regulations against official sources, in October 2026. Legal information, not legal advice; check every citation before relying on it. How citations are checked · Changelog.

Pending legislation, litigation, and executive actions that the analyses follow, with their status as of October 17, 2026. Each entry names the issue that discusses it.

Federal legislation

Measure Status What it would do Issue
H.R. 8800, FY2027 NDAA, Div. A, Title XVII, Subtitle D (UAP Disclosure Act) Passed the House July 22, 2026 (216-212) Review Board with subpoenas and immunity eligibility; eminent domain over recovered technology and biological evidence; precedence clause; express APA review Issue A3
S. 4784, FY2027 NDAA (Senate) Reported June 15, 2026 (S. Rept. 119-127); cloture on the motion to proceed failed July 14, 2026 Vehicle for SA 6344 Issue A3
SA 6344 to S. 4784 (Schumer-Rounds UAP Disclosure Act of 2026) Filed June 24, 2026; ordered to lie on the table; not adopted Tracks H.R. 8800, with findings, a severability clause, and broader judicial review Issue A3
H.R. 5231, Safe Airspace for Americans Act (119th Cong.) Referred to Transportation and Infrastructure and to Oversight; no action beyond added cosponsors FAA procedures for aircrew and controller UAP reports, with protections for reporters Issue D4, Issue D7
State Secrets Protection Act Not introduced in the 119th Congress (last introduced as H.R. 4767, 114th Cong.) Judicial review procedures for state secrets claims Issue A1

State legislation

Measure Status Issue
Vermont H.654 (2026) Introduced Issue A3
Connecticut UAP study proposal Reported in March 2026 Issue A3

Litigation

Case Status Why it matters Issue
Zaid v. Executive Office of the President, 815 F. Supp. 3d 113 (D.D.C. 2025) Appeal pending, No. 26-5009 (D.C. Cir.), filed Jan. 13, 2026 Procedural challenges to a summary clearance revocation can be heard despite Egan Issue C5, Issue C4
Slaughter v. Department of the Air Force, 2026 WL 571249 (D.D.C. Mar. 2, 2026) Decided on summary judgment in part; further proceedings on the search Search declarations must name record systems and use UAP synonyms Issue B1
KalshiEX event-contract preemption cases (3d, 6th, 9th Cirs.) Circuit split; no certiorari petition reported as of October 2026 Whether states can bar event contracts listed on CFTC-regulated exchanges, including contracts on UAP disclosure Issue E4
Grusch v. U.S. Department of Defense, No. 1:26-cv-607 (E.D. Va.) FOIA suit filed Mar. 2, 2026; 40 pages released May 18, 2026; parties conferring on remaining issues (joint status report June 8, 2026) Records of DoD’s handling of a UAP whistleblower’s disclosures Issue C1
Mary Ferrell Foundation v. NARA, 2026 WL 412367 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 13, 2026) Summary judgment for the government on the remaining APA claims Limits on APA enforcement of a records statute modeled like the UAP Records Collection Issue A3
Nix v. United States, 174 Fed. Cl. 260 (2024) Motion to dismiss denied; takings claim proceeding A records statute that moves a private original to the Archives can be a physical taking Issue E1
United States ex rel. Zafirov v. Florida Medical Associates, 2026 WL 2581886 (11th Cir. Sept. 1, 2026) Appointments Clause ruling vacated; remanded on Take Care and Vesting Clause arguments Constitutionality of qui tam suits, including contractor FCA cases over UAP costs Issue D2
Neguse v. ICE (D.D.C. 2025) Decided; appeal status to be followed Members’ access to federal facilities under appropriations riders Issue D1
Trump v. Slaughter, No. 25-332 (U.S. June 29, 2026) Decided Overruled what remained of Humphrey’s Executor; review boards with for-cause removal protection are unlikely to survive Issue A3, Issue B3

Executive actions

Action Date Issue
Department of War PURSUE nondisclosure waiver Sept. 14, 2026 Issue C1
ODNI guidance on NDA waivers for IC personnel July 31, 2026 Issue C1
DOJ news-media policy revision, 28 C.F.R. §50.10 May 2, 2025 Issue B4
DoD counter-drone authority, 10 U.S.C. §130i, for the facilities in subsection (j)(3)(C)(iv)-(viii) Terminates Dec. 31, 2026, unless the President certifies an extension before Nov. 15, 2026 (§130i(i)) Issue F2

Foreign

Matter Status Issue
Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023, conditional immunity Held incompatible with the ECHR and disapplied (Dillon, [2024] NIKB 11); repeal announced but not enacted as of October 2026 Issue B3
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