H.R. 3944: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed in two versions, 1 Aug 2025. Introduced 12 Jun 2025.
Official title: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.
Vote results
- House, 25 Jun 2025: Passed, 218 Yea, 206 Nay, 0 Present, 8 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- Senate, 1 Aug 2025: Bill Passed, 87 Yea, 9 Nay, 0 Present, 4 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
- President: Not before the President yet: the House and Senate passed different versions.
How each member voted
Senate
Yea (87): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Jack Reed (D-RI); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Patty Murray (D-WA); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); John Thune (R-SD); Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV); John Boozman (R-AR); John Cornyn (R-TX); Lisa Murkowski (R-AK); Marsha Blackburn (R-TN); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); John Barrasso (R-WY); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Jim Banks (R-IN); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE); Ted Budd (R-NC); Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV); Margaret Wood Hassan (D-NH); John Kennedy (R-LA); Roger Marshall (R-KS); Jacky Rosen (D-NV); John R. Curtis (R-UT); Tina Smith (D-MN); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); Rick Scott (R-FL); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); John Fetterman (D-PA); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); Pete Ricketts (R-NE); Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD); David McCormick (R-PA); Bernie Moreno (R-OH); Tim Sheehy (R-MT); James C. Justice (R-WV); Jon Husted (R-OH); Ashley Moody (R-FL); Lindsey Graham (R-SC); Markwayne Mullin (R-OK).
Nay (9): Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Alex Padilla (D-CA).
Not voting (4): Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Peter Welch (D-VT); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ).
Not in office (4): Alan Armstrong (R-OK); Darline Graham (R-SC); Marco Rubio (R-FL); J.D. Vance (R-OH).
House
Yea (218): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Joe Wilson (R-SC-2); John R. Carter (R-TX-31); Tom Cole (R-OK-4); Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL-26); Mike Rogers (R-AL-3); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); Eric A. "Rick" Crawford (R-AR-1); Scott DesJarlais (R-TN-4); Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann (R-TN-3); Paul A. Gosar (R-AZ-9); H. Morgan Griffith (R-VA-9); Andy Harris (R-MD-1); Bill Huizenga (R-MI-4); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Barry Loudermilk (R-GA-11); John R. Moolenaar (R-MI-2); Dan Newhouse (R-WA-4); Gary J. Palmer (R-AL-6); David Rouzer (R-NC-7); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Ron Estes (R-KS-4); Ralph Norman (R-SC-5); Michael Cloud (R-TX-27); Troy Balderson (R-OH-12); Kevin Hern (R-OK-1); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-2); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Jefferson Van Drew (R-NJ-2); Claudia Tenney (R-NY-24); Gregory F. Murphy (R-NC-3); Thomas P. Tiffany (R-WI-7); Ryan K. Zinke (R-MT-1); Cliff Bentz (R-OR-2); Stephanie I. Bice (R-OK-5); Lauren Boebert (R-CO-4); Kat Cammack (R-FL-3); Andrew S. Clyde (R-GA-9); Byron Donalds (R-FL-19); Pat Fallon (R-TX-4); Randy Feenstra (R-IA-4); Michelle Fischbach (R-MN-7); Scott Franklin (R-FL-18); Andrew R. Garbarino (R-NY-2); Carlos A. Gimenez (R-FL-28); Diana Harshbarger (R-TN-1); Ashley Hinson (R-IA-2); Ronny Jackson (R-TX-13); Young Kim (R-CA-40); Nancy Mace (R-SC-1); Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY-11); Tracey Mann (R-KS-1); Lisa C. McClain (R-MI-9); Mary E. Miller (R-IL-15); Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-1); Barry Moore (R-AL-1); Blake D. Moore (R-UT-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); John James (R-MI-10); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Nicholas A. Langworthy (R-NY-23); Michael Lawler (R-NY-17); Laurel M. Lee (R-FL-15); Anna Paulina Luna (R-FL-13); Morgan Luttrell (R-TX-8); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Abraham J. Hamadeh (R-AZ-8); Mike Haridopolos (R-FL-8); Pat Harrigan (R-NC-10); Mark Harris (R-NC-8); Jeff Hurd (R-CO-3); Brian Jack (R-GA-3); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23).
Nay (206): Steny H. Hoyer (D-MD-5); Marcy Kaptur (D-OH-9); Nancy Pelosi (D-CA-11); Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ-6); Richard E. Neal (D-MA-1); Rosa L. DeLauro (D-CT-3); Maxine Waters (D-CA-43); Jerrold Nadler (D-NY-12); Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA-2); James E. Clyburn (D-SC-6); Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA-3); Nydia M. Velázquez (D-NY-7); Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS-2); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Brad Sherman (D-CA-32); Adam Smith (D-WA-9); Gregory W. Meeks (D-NY-5); John B. Larson (D-CT-1); Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL-9); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Al Green (D-TX-9); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); André Carson (D-IN-7); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Paul Tonko (D-NY-20); Mike Quigley (D-IL-5); Judy Chu (D-CA-28); John Garamendi (D-CA-8); Bill Foster (D-IL-11); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Suzanne Bonamici (D-OR-1); Suzan K. DelBene (D-WA-1); Ami Bera (D-CA-6); Julia Brownley (D-CA-26); Joaquin Castro (D-TX-20); Lois Frankel (D-FL-22); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Jason Crow (D-CO-6); Sharice Davids (D-KS-3); Madeleine Dean (D-PA-4); Veronica Escobar (D-TX-16); Lizzie Fletcher (D-TX-7); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Greg Landsman (D-OH-1); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); David Scott (D-GA-13); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).
Not voting (8): Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14).
Not in office (13): James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11); James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).
Summary
Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2026 appropriations for Department of Defense military construction and family housing, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies, with conditions on how the funds are used. Title I, Title II, Title III
Its core areas: Department of Defense military construction and family housing; Veterans compensation, pension and readjustment benefits; Department of Veterans Affairs health care accounts; Department of Veterans Affairs construction and information technology; Related agencies including the American Battle Monuments Commission and Arlington National Cemetery.
Unexpected Items: 35 provisions
These provisions fall outside the bill’s main subject or apply narrowly. This describes the text; it is not a judgment.
Not related to the bill’s main subject (7)
- Sec. 132: Prohibits use of funds in the Act to carry out the closure or realignment of one named naval station.
- Title II, “BRIDGING RENTAL ASSISTANCE FOR VETERAN EMPOWERMENT”: Appropriates $970,000,000 for the Bridging Rental Assistance for Veteran Empowerment program, contingent on enactment of authorizing legislation creating a rental assistance voucher program for homeless veterans, with up to $75,000,000 for pilot programs. ($970,000,000)
- Sec. 246: Bars use of funds for research commencing on or after July 1, 2025 using canines, felines, or non-human primates unless the Secretary approves it in writing, sets reporting and inspection requirements, and requires a plan to eliminate such research by September 20, 2026.
- Sec. 260: Bars use of funds by the Secretary under section 5502 of title 38 to report a person deemed mentally incapacitated or incompetent as adjudicated a mental defective under federal firearms law, absent a judicial finding of danger to self or others.
- Sec. 417: Bars funds in this Act from being used to classify communications by a United States person as mis-, dis-, or mal-information, or to partner with or fund organizations that recommend censoring lawful speech.
- Sec. 418: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to keep in effect the Veterans Health Administration smoke-free policy for employees at VA health care facilities published August 8, 2019.
- Sec. 408: Bars use of funds in this Act to maintain or establish a computer network unless it blocks viewing, downloading and exchanging of pornography, with an exception for law enforcement and criminal investigation activities.
Applies only to a specific place or group (5)
- Sec. 219: Allows up to $654,954,000 of VA medical and IT funds to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for operating facilities designated as combined Federal medical facilities, and repeals a prior-year section. ($654,954,000)
- Sec. 220: Allows up to $739,918,000 of VA medical funds available October 1, 2026 to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for operating combined Federal medical facilities. ($739,918,000)
- Sec. 254: Allows unobligated VA construction balances to be obligated for a facility under section 2(e)(1) of a 2016 Act to provide additional funds or fund an escalation clause, after committee approval and notice that the entity has exhausted cost containment approaches.
- Title III, “United states court of appeals for veterans claims — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the Court's $49,000,000, sets aside $3,800,000 for financial assistance under the process and reporting procedures of Public Law 102–229, without naming the recipient. ($3,800,000)
- Sec. 221: Makes Medical Care Collections Fund deposits for care at combined Federal medical facilities available for transfer to the joint demonstration fund and for operating those facilities, with transferred amounts available until expended.
Funds a specific named project or event (7)
- Sec. 120: Appropriates the amounts in the Ford Island Improvement Account, available until expended for the purposes in the cited section of title 10 or until transferred.
- Sec. 222: Requires a minimum of $15,000,000 from VA medical accounts to be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, available until expended. ($15,000,000)
- Sec. 251: Directs the Secretary to commence construction of the Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield, California by September 30, 2026, unless prevented by a court order.
- Title III, “TRUST FUND”: Appropriates $70,520,000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund for the Armed Forces Retirement Home, of which $1,000,000 is for construction and renovation at the Washington and Gulfport facilities. ($1,000,000)
- Sec. 414: Appropriates an additional $1,500,000 for the Secretary to enter into an agreement with the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine for a study on cancer prevalence and mortality among former active-duty aircrew. ($1,500,000)
- Sec. 415: Appropriates $1,500,000 for a pilot program to partner with a private laboratory using forensic genetic genealogy sequencing to identify remains of fallen soldiers buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific. ($1,500,000)
- Sec. 210: Allows VA funds to reimburse three named offices for services at actual cost, capped at $134,343,000, $7,607,000, and $7,686,000 respectively.
Different amount for specific places or groups (4)
- Sec. 111: Bars obligating funds for architect and engineer contracts estimated over $500,000 in Japan, NATO member countries, or countries bordering the Arabian Gulf unless awarded to United States firms or joint ventures with host nation firms. ($500,000)
- Sec. 112: Bars awarding contracts over $1,000,000 to foreign contractors for military construction in Pacific territories and possessions, Kwajalein Atoll, and countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, with exceptions including a 20 percent bid gap and Marshallese contractors on Kwajalein Atoll. ($1,000,000)
- Sec. 119: Limits annual maintenance and repair spending on general or flag officer quarters to $20,000 per unit without 30 days prior notification to the Appropriations Committees. ($20,000)
- Sec. 250: Directs that $1,323,444,000 of fiscal year 2024 Veterans Health Administration funds be made available for gender-specific care and programmatic efforts to deliver care for women veterans. ($1,323,444,000)
Exception or delay for a subset (5)
- Sec. 101: Requires the Secretary of Defense's written approval for cost-plus-a-fixed-fee construction contracts over $25,000 performed within the United States, with an exception for Alaska. ($25,000)
- Sec. 215: Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter health care agreements with certain providers in Alaska for veterans in rural Alaska, and defines rural Alaska to exclude the municipality of Anchorage and the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
- Sec. 235: Exempts conversion of certain VA activities to contractor performance from section 842 of Public Law 109–115 when the contractor is a business at least 51 percent owned by Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations.
- Sec. 253: Keeps available for liquidating valid obligations certain amounts transferred to a corporation under section 7364(b) of title 38 between October 1, 2018 and September 30, 2019, if the Secretary determines it is needed.
- Sec. 412: Bars Department of Defense funds in this Act from being used to build, renovate, or expand facilities in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house individuals detained at Guantánamo Bay, and exempts modifications of facilities at Guantánamo Bay.
Delays or blocks a specific regulation (4)
- Sec. 255: Bars use of funds to implement or carry out the VA interim final rule published September 9, 2022, any successor, or any substantially similar rule or policy; also restricts funds for abortion with exceptions.
- Sec. 257: Bars use of funds from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 to administer, implement, or enforce the VA final rule on rates paid for special modes of transportation, published February 16, 2023.
- Sec. 258: Bars use of funds to carry out VHA Directive 1193.01, the Coronavirus Disease 2019 vaccination program directive for Veterans Health Administration health care personnel.
- Sec. 421: Bars Department of Veterans Affairs funds in this Act from being used to enforce parts of Veterans Health Directive 1315 that prohibit VHA providers from completing forms or registering Veterans for State-approved marijuana programs.
Changes a government process (3)
- Sec. 240: Bars use of Title II funds by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter dispute or claim settlement agreements that restrict an individual from speaking to members of Congress or their staff.
- Sec. 242: Bars use of funds in the Act to deny an Inspector General funded under the Act timely access to records, and sets access and reporting duties for the department or agency and its Inspector General.
- Sec. 407: Directs agencies receiving funds in this Act to post on their public websites reports required by Congress when the agency head determines it serves the national interest, with exceptions for national security and confidential information, and after 30 days with the requesting committees.
What it does
- Title I, “Military construction, army”: Provides $2,103,657,000 for Army military construction, to remain available until September 30, 2030.
- Title II, “COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS”: Provides $241,947,603,000 for veterans' compensation, pension and burial benefits, which becomes available on October 1, 2026.
- Title II, “MEDICAL SERVICES”: Funds inpatient and outpatient care for Department of Veterans Affairs beneficiaries under the Medical Services account, available from October 1, 2026 until September 30, 2027.
- Title II, “CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS”: Provides $1,750,000,000 for major construction projects of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to remain available until September 30, 2030.
- Title II, “COST OF WAR TOXIC EXPOSURES FUND”: Provides $52,676,000,000 for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund, available October 1, 2025, and a further $51,742,000,000 available October 1, 2026.
- Sec. 261: Permanently rescinds $15,889,000,000 of unobligated balances under the Veterans Health Administration heading from prior appropriations Acts, excluding Medical and Prosthetic Research and emergency-designated amounts.
- Sec. 246: Bars funds in the Act for research beginning on or after July 1, 2025 that uses canines, felines or non-human primates unless the Secretary of Veterans Affairs approves it in writing, and requires a plan to eliminate such research by September 20, 2026.
- Title III, “American battle monuments commission — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $106,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the American Battle Monuments Commission, to remain available until expended.
Written automatically from the official text by Claude Sonnet 5.5, an AI model. Written 29 Sep 2026 and published after the automatic checks, without a person reading it first. Every line names the section it came from.