Schumer Files the UAP Disclosure Act Again, as Senate Amendment 6344

The Senate chamber, US Capitol, in 1867. Historical image, not the 2026 debate. Public domain, DC Public Library via Wikimedia Commons.

What happened

On 24 June 2026, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), with Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD), submitted Senate Amendment 6344 to S.4784, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027. The amendment’s short title is the “UAP Disclosure Act of 2026”. It is at least the third time the pair have tried to attach a version of the bill to the annual defense authorization.

The Congressional Record entry says the amendment was “ordered to lie on the table”. That’s routine for an amendment filed in advance; it means it was submitted but not yet offered on the floor. Three weeks later, on 14 July, the Senate failed to agree to begin debate on the NDAA itself. The amendment has been waiting ever since.

Timeline

• July 2023: Schumer and Rounds file the first UAP Disclosure Act as an amendment to the FY2024 NDAA.
• 22 Dec 2023: the FY2024 NDAA (Public Law 118-31) is signed. Its sections 1841–1843 create a UAP Records Collection at the National Archives, but the Review Board and eminent-domain sections were dropped in conference.
• 2024–2025: NARA establishes Record Group 615 and asks agencies to transfer publicly releasable UAP records ahead of 30 September 2025.
• 18 Dec 2025: the FY2026 NDAA becomes law without the Disclosure Act, according to the Disclosure Diaries legislation tracker.
• 15 Jun 2026: Sen. Roger Wicker reports S.4784, the FY2027 NDAA, from the Armed Services Committee.
• 24 Jun 2026: S.Amdt.6344 is submitted. The same day, a cloture motion on proceeding to S.4784 is filed.
• 14 Jul 2026, 14:41 ET: cloture on the motion to proceed fails, 50–46 (roll call vote 195). Majority Leader John Thune enters a motion to reconsider.
• 20, 23 and 27 Jul 2026: new motions to proceed are made; the 23 July motion is withdrawn. The Internet Archive’s 18 Aug 2026 copy of the Congress.gov bill page gives 27 July as the latest action.
• 4 Nov 2026: last check of the archived Congress.gov and Senate roll-call pages.

What believers claim

Disclosure advocates read each new filing as a sign that secret UAP files are close to release. The amendment’s own findings encourage that reading. They state that “credible evidence and testimony indicates” that federal UAP records exist which have never been declassified, and they define terms such as “technologies of unknown origin” and “non-human intelligence”. Because the July cloture vote failed weeks after the filing, some supporters also suspect the defense bill was stalled to keep the amendment off the floor.

What the research found

The amendment exists, and it was never voted on. Congress.gov lists Schumer as sponsor, “Submitted 06/24/2026”. Its purpose field still reads “Purpose displays after an amendment is proposed”, which is how Congress.gov marks an amendment that has been filed but never formally offered on the floor. There has been no vote on S.Amdt.6344.