H.R. 5371: Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026

Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Became law, 12 Nov 2025 · Public Law 119-37. Introduced 16 Sep 2025.

Official title: Making continuing appropriations and extensions for fiscal year 2026, and for other purposes.

Vote results

House, 12 Nov 2025: Passed, 222 Yea, 209 Nay, 0 Present, 2 Not voting. The House’s roll call
Senate, 10 Nov 2025: Bill Passed, 60 Yea, 40 Nay, 0 Present, 0 Not voting. The Senate’s roll call
President: Signed 12 Nov 2025 · Public Law 119-37

How each member voted

White House

Signed (1): Donald Trump (R, President).

Not in office (2): Joseph Biden (D, President); Kamala D. Harris (D, Vice President).

Senate

Yea (60): Chuck Grassley (R-IA); Richard J. Durbin (D-IL); Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Mike Crapo (R-ID); Roger F. Wicker (R-MS); Susan M. Collins (R-ME); Jerry Moran (R-KS); 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); John Barrasso (R-WY); Bill Cassidy (R-LA); James E. Risch (R-ID); Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH); John Hoeven (R-ND); Ron Johnson (R-WI); James Lankford (R-OK); Mike Lee (R-UT); Tim Scott (R-SC); Todd Young (R-IN); Tom Cotton (R-AR); Kevin Cramer (R-ND); Ted Cruz (R-TX); Steve Daines (R-MT); Deb Fischer (R-NE); Tim Kaine (D-VA); Angus S. King, Jr. (I-ME); Cynthia M. Lummis (R-WY); Joni Ernst (R-IA); Mike Rounds (R-SD); Dan Sullivan (R-AK); Thom Tillis (R-NC); Jim Banks (R-IN); 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); Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS); Josh Hawley (R-MO); Rick Scott (R-FL); Bill Hagerty (R-TN); Tommy Tuberville (R-AL); Katie Boyd Britt (R-AL); John Fetterman (D-PA); Eric Schmitt (R-MO); Pete Ricketts (R-NE); 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 (40): Edward J. Markey (D-MA); Charles E. Schumer (D-NY); Ron Wyden (D-OR); Jack Reed (D-RI); Bernard Sanders (I-VT); Patty Murray (D-WA); Tammy Baldwin (D-WI); Maria Cantwell (D-WA); Adam B. Schiff (D-CA); Chris Van Hollen (D-MD); Kirsten E. Gillibrand (D-NY); Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI); Amy Klobuchar (D-MN); Christopher Murphy (D-CT); Peter Welch (D-VT); Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI); Martin Heinrich (D-NM); Ben Ray Luján (D-NM); Jeff Merkley (D-OR); Gary C. Peters (D-MI); Mark R. Warner (D-VA); Michael F. Bennet (D-CO); Christopher A. Coons (D-DE); Richard Blumenthal (D-CT); Rand Paul (R-KY); Brian Schatz (D-HI); Tammy Duckworth (D-IL); Elizabeth Warren (D-MA); Cory A. Booker (D-NJ); Ruben Gallego (D-AZ); Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE); Tina Smith (D-MN); Andy Kim (D-NJ); Elissa Slotkin (D-MI); Mark Kelly (D-AZ); John W. Hickenlooper (D-CO); Jon Ossoff (D-GA); Alex Padilla (D-CA); Raphael G. Warnock (D-GA); Angela D. Alsobrooks (D-MD).

Not in office (4): Alan Armstrong (R-OK); Darline Graham (R-SC); Marco Rubio (R-FL); J.D. Vance (R-OH).

House

Yea (222): 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); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); 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); 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); Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3); 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); 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 Fitzgerald (R-WI-5); 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); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); 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); Adam Gray (D-CA-13); 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); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14).

Nay (209): 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); 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); Thomas Massie (R-KY-4); Joyce Beatty (D-OH-3); 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); 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); 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); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); 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); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); 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); 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); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); 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); 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); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); David Scott (D-GA-13); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20).

Not voting (2): Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12).

Not in office (12): 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); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).

Summary

Main subject: Provides fiscal year 2026 continuing appropriations through January 30, 2026, full-year appropriations for agriculture, the legislative branch, and military construction and veterans affairs, and extensions of expiring agriculture, health, and veterans programs. Division A, Sec. 101, Division B, Division C, Division D, Division E, Division F, Division G

Its core areas: Continuing appropriations through January 30, 2026; Agriculture, rural development, and Food and Drug Administration appropriations; Legislative branch appropriations; Military construction and Department of Veterans Affairs appropriations; Extension of 2018 farm bill programs; Medicare, Medicaid, and public health program extensions; Over-the-counter monograph drug user fees; Department of Veterans Affairs program extensions.

Unexpected Items: 148 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 (13)

Division A, Sec. 120: Bars use of federal funds to notice or carry out reductions in force across federal agencies through the date in section 106(3), with listed exceptions, and gives no effect to reductions in force noticed between October 1, 2025 and enactment, with notices rescinded and back pay.
Sec. 781: Rewrites the statutory definition of hemp, excludes certain intermediate and final hemp-derived cannabinoid products, sets a 0.4 milligram per container limit, and directs FDA to publish lists of cannabinoids within 90 days. Takes effect 365 days after enactment.
Sec. 784: Permanently rescinds $350,000,000 of unobligated balances in the Department of the Treasury's Treasury Forfeiture Fund not later than September 30, 2026. ($350,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 213: Amends the 2005 legislative branch act to require notice to Senate offices of legal process seeking Senate data. It lets a Senator sue the United States, sets statutory damages of $500,000 per violation instance, waives sovereign immunity and immunity defenses, and applies to conduct on or after January 1, 2022. ($500,000)
Sec. 6507: Increasing the clarity and predictability of the process for developing applications for Rx-to-nonprescription switches: Creates a meeting request process and requires FDA guidance and a stakeholder plan for applications to switch prescription drugs to nonprescription status, which is a different process from the OTC monograph fee system.
Sec. 7308: Government Accountability Office reports on Partial Claim Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs and other matters: Requires the Comptroller General to submit annual reports and a final assessment on the Department of Veterans Affairs Partial Claim Program, which this division changes rather than extends.
Sec. 8001: Budgetary effects: Keeps the budgetary effects of this division and divisions E through G off the PAYGO scorecards, sets how those effects are classified, and sets the PAYGO scorecard balances to zero.
Sec. 758: Appropriates $3,000,000 for the emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program established under section 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018. ($3,000,000)
Sec. 413: Bars use of funds by the VA Secretary to report a person deemed mentally incapacitated or incompetent as adjudicated a mental defective for federal firearm purposes without a finding by a judge, magistrate, or other judicial authority that the person is a danger.
Sec. 6301: Sexual risk avoidance education extension: Extends funding for the sexual risk avoidance education program through January 30, 2026, at a pro rata portion of the fiscal year 2025 amount.
Sec. 6302: Personal responsibility education extension: Extends funding for the personal responsibility education program through January 30, 2026, at a pro rata portion of the fiscal year 2025 amount.
Sec. 6601: Extending availability of funding for No Surprises Act implementation: Extends availability of No Surprises Act implementation funding to January 30, 2026 and adds $14,000,000 for October 1, 2025 through January 30, 2026. ($14,000,000)
Division A, Sec. 126: Applies a title 28 bankruptcy fee provision during the period covered by this Act as if the words "During the 5-year period" were struck.

Applies only to a specific place or group (17)

Sec. 154: Makes up to $54,000,000 of prior-year Environmental Protection Agency grant funds available for technical assistance and grants in areas where the President declared an emergency in August of fiscal year 2022. ($54,000,000)
Title I, “Office of the secretary”: Within Office of the Secretary funding, directs $1,000,000 to continue a Tribal Public Health Resource Center at a land grant university with existing indigenous public health expertise. ($1,000,000)
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST”: Directs $2,425,000 of Office of the Chief Economist funds to an interdisciplinary center at a land grant university focused on agricultural policy relevant to the Midwest region. ($2,425,000)
Title II, “GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS”: Provides $3,500,000 for direct reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008. ($3,500,000)
Title III, “RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs that up to $2,000,000,000 of the loan amounts be used for fossil-fueled electric generating plants, new or existing, that use carbon subsurface utilization and storage systems. ($2,000,000,000)
Sec. 761: Requires the acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved before February 19, 2019 to include the words 'genetically engineered'.
Sec. 782: Appropriates an additional $2,000,000, available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program to award grants to processors of invasive, wild-caught catfish. ($2,000,000)
Division C, Sec. 116: Amends the title 5 ethics provision so that the relationship between a Member of Congress providing medical or dental care to a patient and that patient is not treated as a fiduciary relationship. Applies to compensation received in fiscal year 2026 or later.
Sec. 215: Lets the Secretary of Veterans Affairs enter agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alaska and with Tribes and Tribal organizations party to the Alaska Native Health Compact to provide care to veterans in rural Alaska.
Sec. 255: Keeps amounts transferred in fiscal year 2018 and administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of title 38 available to pay valid obligations of that corporation, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs so determines.
Sec. 257: Lets the Secretary of Veterans Affairs obligate unobligated major and minor construction balances for a facility under the CHIP-IN Act, for additional funds or an escalation clause, subject to Appropriations Committee approval.
Title III, “United states court of appeals for veterans claims — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the court's appropriation, sets aside $4,256,000 for financial assistance as described in Public Law 102–229. ($4,256,000)
Sec. 749: Allows a bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 to make and participate in loans and provide assistance to cooperatives and other non-Federal entities for rural waste, telecommunication, and electricity facilities.
Title I, “Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund”: Appropriates $9,148,000 to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund and bars use of the fund and Superintendent of Documents public information funds for contracted security services at the GPO passport facility in the District of Columbia.
Sec. 6506: Treatment of active ingredients for topical administration: Sets evidence and testing standards for topical drug active ingredients and directs that a final administrative order on nonprescription sunscreen active ingredients account for specified factors.
Sec. 708: Makes any former Rural Utilities Service borrower that has repaid or prepaid a loan, and any eligible not-for-profit utility, eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act of 1936.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS”: Appropriates $392,000 for the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus, a Senate office tied to a single position. ($392,000)

Policy change made through a dollar amount (2)

Title III, “HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE”: Provides $50,000 for the cost of loans and grants for projects giving access to healthy food in underserved areas, a small figure for a program of this kind. ($50,000)
Sec. 6504: Authority to assess and use OTC monograph fees: Sets the OTC monograph fee adjustment schedule for fiscal years 2026 through 2030, ending at $0 for fiscal year 2030. ($0)

Funds a specific named project or event (60)

Division A, Sec. 122: Appropriates an additional $30,000,000 for United States Marshals Service Salaries and Expenses to carry out protective operations, available until September 30, 2027. ($30,000,000)
Division A, Sec. 128: Allows apportionment of up to $199,676,000 for continued rapid prototyping for the E–7 Wedgetail program, notwithstanding the new-start and production limits. ($199,676,000)
Division A, Sec. 129: Transfers $200,000,000 of unobligated E–7 aircraft procurement funds to the E–7 research and development account for rapid prototyping for the E–7 Wedgetail program. ($200,000,000)
Division A, Sec. 131: Allows apportionment for completion of fourteen listed prior-year Navy shipbuilding programs, each with its own dollar figure, such as $150,000,000 for the Carrier Replacement Program.
Division A, Sec. 132: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use already-appropriated amounts to reimburse the Government of Palau for land acquisition costs for defense sites in Palau.
Sec. 133: Raises a limit in the Calfed Bay-Delta Authorization Act from $30,000,000 to $32,600,000 during the period covered by this Act. ($32,600,000)
Sec. 135: Substitutes $197,446,000 for $219,076,000 and $214,605,000 for $192,975,000 in the Office of Personnel Management Salaries and Expenses heading.
Sec. 137: Replaces $350,000 with $1,350,000 in a paragraph of the Treasury Departmental Offices Salaries and Expenses heading. ($1,350,000)
Sec. 139: Sets a rate for operations of $237,662,000 for the Treasury Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Salaries and Expenses. ($237,662,000)
Sec. 143: Appropriates an additional $28,000,000 for the protection of the Supreme Court Justices, available until expended, to be expended as the Chief Justice may approve. ($28,000,000)
Sec. 144: Sets a rate for operations of $1,564,373,000 for judiciary Defender Services and allows apportionment to pay panel attorneys and related service providers. ($1,564,373,000)
Sec. 153: Adds rates for operations of $72,265,000 for Indian Health Services and $8,050,000 for Indian Health Facilities to staff and operate facilities opened, renovated, or expanded in fiscal years 2025 and 2026.
Sec. 156: Appropriates three payments of $174,000 each, to the heir or widows of three named former Representatives. ($174,000)
Sec. 157: Appropriates an additional $30,000,000 for United States Capitol Police mutual aid reimbursements, available until expended, subject to notification of committees within 15 days of obligation. ($30,000,000)
Sec. 160: Authorizes the U.S. Governor of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development to subscribe up to 40,000 additional shares of paid-in capital and authorizes $437,457,804 to be appropriated for that payment. ($437,457,804)
Title I, “Agricultural research service — BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Provides $57,650,000 for items specified in the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending table and $3,000,000 for construction and facilities improvements at the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
Title I, “RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES”: Provides $13,560,000 for projects in the Community Project Funding table and sets a $1,000,000 minimum for each institution eligible under the Evans-Allen program. ($13,560,000)
Title I, “NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND”: Provides $11,880,000 for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund. ($11,880,000)
Title I, “Animal and plant health inspection service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $11,384,000 for items specified in the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending table, available until expended. ($11,384,000)
Title I, “MARKETING SERVICES”: Directs $11,250,000 of Agricultural Marketing Service funds to dairy business innovation initiatives established in Public Law 116–6, with equal distribution among three regional initiatives. ($11,250,000)
Title II, “CONSERVATION OPERATIONS”: Provides $34,625,000 for items specified in the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending table within Conservation Operations. ($34,625,000)
Title II, “WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS”: Provides $32,360,000 for items specified in the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending table within watershed and flood prevention operations. ($32,360,000)
Title III, “RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Provides $659,160,846 for items specified in the Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending table; also sets $8,000,000 of community facilities grants for tribal colleges. ($659,160,846)
Title III, “RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Provides $10,000,000 for grants to four named regional authorities and commissions; also sets $4,000,000 for business grants to Federally Recognized Native American Tribes. ($10,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Provides $445,864,564 for rural water and waste programs, of which $110,488,564 goes to the projects listed in an explanatory-statement table. It also sets aside $60,000,000 for loans and grants including Tribes and the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, and $10,000,000 for a nonprofit multi-State regional technical assistance organization. ($110,488,564)
Title III, “DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM”: Of the funds provided, $10,767,000 for telemedicine and distance learning and $750,000 for the broadband pilot are for the projects listed in an explanatory-statement table.
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the Food and Drug Administration appropriation, sets $44,400,000 of the rent and related activities funds for White Oak Consolidation. ($44,400,000)
Sec. 762: Appropriates $5,250,000 to the Office of the Secretary to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships, with administrative fees capped at one percent. ($5,250,000)
Sec. 763: Appropriates $500,000 to carry out the duties of a working group established under section 770 of the 2019 Agriculture appropriations Act. ($500,000)
Sec. 772: Requires at least $200,000,000 of tobacco user fee funds for e-cigarette and ENDS enforcement, of which at least $2,000,000 continues a multi-agency task force, and directs an FDA enforcement priorities update and reports. ($2,000,000)
Title I, “House office buildings”: Of the $111,887,000 for House office buildings, $10,000,000 is made available until expended for a payment to the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Fund. ($10,000,000)
Title I, “Capitol Power Plant”: Provides $141,007,000 for the Capitol Power Plant, including heating and chilled water for several named buildings outside the Capitol complex, with expenses advanced or reimbursed on request. ($141,007,000)
Title I, “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS — Salaries and Expenses”: Requires that no less than $17,500,000 of the Library of Congress appropriation remain available until expended for a list of named programs and efforts, including the Lewis-Houghton Civics and Democracy Initiative. ($17,500,000)
Title I, “GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE — Salaries and Expenses”: Makes Government Accountability Office funds available to cover costs incurred by a named child development center, in an amount and for purposes set by the Comptroller General, after notice to the Appropriations Committees. No dollar figure is set for this item.
Title I, “CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND”: Appropriates $6,000,000 as a payment to the Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund, and limits use of funds supporting Russian participants to certain activities and to non-central-government officials. ($6,000,000)
Title I, “JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT”: Appropriates $430,000 as a payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund. ($430,000)
Title I, “Military construction, army”: Sets aside $377,950,000 of the Army military construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($377,950,000)
Title I, “Military construction, navy and marine corps”: Sets aside $290,690,000 of the Navy and Marine Corps military construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($290,690,000)
Title I, “Military construction, air force”: Sets aside $361,800,000 of the Air Force military construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($361,800,000)
Title I, “Military construction, defense-Wide”: Sets aside $82,000,000 of the Defense-Wide military construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($82,000,000)
Title I, “Military construction, army national guard”: Sets aside $112,050,000 of the Army National Guard construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($112,050,000)
Title I, “Military construction, air national guard”: Sets aside $95,900,000 of the Air National Guard construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($95,900,000)
Title I, “Military construction, army reserve”: Sets aside $50,000,000 of the Army Reserve construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($50,000,000)
Title I, “Military construction, navy reserve”: Sets aside $50,000,000 of the Navy Reserve construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($50,000,000)
Title I, “Military construction, air force reserve”: Sets aside $56,010,000 of the Air Force Reserve construction appropriation for projects and amounts listed in a table in the explanatory statement, in addition to amounts otherwise available. ($56,010,000)
Division D, Sec. 120: Appropriates the amounts in the Ford Island Improvement Account, available until expended, for the purposes stated in section 2814 of title 10, United States Code.
Division D, Sec. 132: Allows unobligated Department of the Army military construction funds to be obligated for authorized access road projects at Arlington National Cemetery, notwithstanding limits in this and prior Acts.
Sec. 219: Allows up to $654,954,000 of listed Department of Veterans Affairs medical and related accounts 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 an earlier section 220. ($654,954,000)
Sec. 220: Allows up to $739,918,000 of Department of Veterans Affairs medical accounts that become available October 1, 2026 to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for combined Federal medical facilities. ($739,918,000)
Sec. 221: Makes Medical Care Collections Fund deposits for care at designated combined Federal medical facilities available for transfer to the Joint DOD–VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund and for operating those facilities, with transferred amounts available until expended.
Sec. 251: Sets minimum amounts within VA accounts for listed programs, including $42,000,000 for the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, $80,000,000 for the Neurology Centers of Excellence, and $31,997,000 for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program.
Title III, “TRUST FUND”: Provides $80,000,000 for the Armed Forces Retirement Home in Washington and Gulfport, of which $2,072,000 is for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the two named locations, and directs $27,000,000 from the general fund to the Trust Fund. ($2,072,000)
Sec. 301: Appropriates amounts deposited into the special account under 10 U.S.C. 7727, available until expended, to support activities at the Army National Military Cemeteries.
Sec. 5002: Extension of agricultural programs: Extends 2018 farm bill authorities, and also changes the end year for the Grazinglands research laboratory authority from 2025 to 2026. It also lists specific mandatory funding streams that the extension does not cover.
Sec. 7204: Extension of authority to maintain regional office in Republic of Philippines: Extends to September 30, 2026 the authority to maintain a Department of Veterans Affairs regional office in the Republic of the Philippines.
Title III, “Cemeterial expenses, army — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $118,780,450 for maintenance, operation, and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, with up to $15,000,000 available until September 30, 2028. ($118,780,450)
Sec. 7103: Extension of Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program: Extends the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program to September 30, 2026.
Sec. 7104: Extension of funding for expansion of Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement Program: Extends funding for the expansion of the Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement Program from 2025 to 2026.
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. ($15,000,000)
Sec. 239: Bars use of funds to transfer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other VA account.

Different amount for specific places or groups (15)

Sec. 155: Sets a base grant of $8,000,000 for each of two named jurisdictions under the Children and Families Services Programs heading. ($8,000,000)
Title I, “EXTENSION ACTIVITIES”: Sets a $1,000,000 minimum for institutions eligible under 7 U.S.C. 3221 for cooperative extension; payments go to named States, the District of Columbia and territories. ($1,000,000)
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets $5,000,000 in loan authority and $2,125,000 in cost funding for a Single Family Housing Relending demonstration program for Native American Tribes.
Title III, “INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT”: Sets $250,000 for Federally Recognized Native American Tribes and $499,000 for Mississippi Delta Region counties within intermediary relending loan costs, available through June 30, 2026.
Title III, “RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS”: Sets $3,000,000 of rural cooperative development grants for centers and cooperatives that serve socially disadvantaged groups and are majority governed by members of those groups. ($3,000,000)
Title IV, “COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Within the commodity assistance appropriation, sets aside $1,070,000 for assistance for the nuclear affected islands under the Compact of Free Association Amendments Act of 2003. ($1,070,000)
Sec. 733: Requires at least 10 percent of funds for listed rural development loan and grant accounts to go to persistent poverty counties, defined by poverty rates in the 1990 and 2000 censuses and a 2007–2011 survey, or any territory or possession. County seats there may exceed population limits by up to 10 percent.
Sec. 750: Requires the Secretary to set aside, until August 15, 2026, funds for REAP Zones in several rural development accounts, equal to the amount obligated there in the most recent year funds were obligated, excluding Community Project Funding.
Sec. 754: Appropriates $700,000 to the Office of Tribal Relations to cover slaughtering, processing, and voluntary meat inspection fees for bison owned by Tribal governments, Tribal entities, and Tribal members. ($700,000)
Sec. 778: Sets a 51 percent minimum content of coffee grown in named Hawaii areas for Hawaii grown or produced coffee, and sets the common or usual names by region.
Division D, Sec. 111: Bars use of funds for architect and engineer contracts estimated above $500,000 for projects 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)
Division D, Sec. 112: Bars awarding military construction contracts estimated above $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor in Pacific territories and possessions, Kwajalein Atoll, and countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, with exceptions including bids by a Marshallese contractor on Kwajalein Atoll. ($1,000,000)
Division D, Sec. 119: Sets a $35,000 per unit annual limit on maintenance and repair of general or flag officer quarters before 30 days prior notification to the Appropriations Committees is required, with an exception for unforeseen environmental remediation costs. ($35,000)
Sec. 6401: Modifying certain disproportionate share hospital allotments: Sets the Medicaid disproportionate share hospital allotment for Tennessee at $17,748,493 for October 1, 2025 through January 30, 2026, and delays the start of allotment reductions. ($17,748,493)
Sec. 6207: Extension of the work geographic index floor: Extends the work geographic index floor in Medicare physician payment to January 31, 2026, which sets a minimum payment adjustment for certain localities.

Exception or delay for a subset (19)

Division A, Sec. 124: Keeps expired but uncancelled amounts in five named accounts available through fiscal year 2030 to close out Space Shuttle contracts.
Sec. 136: Lets the District of Columbia spend local funds at the rate set in its Fiscal Year 2026 Local Budget Act of 2025, as modified.
Title I, “Agricultural research service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Exempts modernization or replacement of existing facilities at Beltsville, Maryland from the Act's limits on alterations; the section also sets higher building cost limits for listed buildings.
Title I, “INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES”: Bars charging indirect costs against Extension Implementation Program Area grants under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program, notwithstanding other law.
Title II, “AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Directs the Secretary to treat the pink bollworm as a boll weevil for purposes of boll weevil eradication program loans.
Sec. 731: Requires iron and steel products in rural water and wastewater projects to be made in the United States, but exempts projects whose plans using otherwise prohibited products were approved by State agencies before enactment.
Sec. 743: For school year 2026–2027, only school food authorities that had a negative balance in the nonprofit school food service account as of June 30, 2025 must set paid lunch prices under section 12(p) of the National School Lunch Act.
Sec. 755: Exempts premium pay for APHIS employees responding to an animal disease or plant health emergency outbreak from the biweekly and calendar-year premium pay limits.
Division D, Sec. 101: Bars payments under cost-plus-a-fixed-fee construction contracts with cost estimates over $25,000 in the United States without written Secretary of Defense approval, except for contracts performed in Alaska.
Sec. 236: Exempts conversions of Veterans Health, Veterans Benefits, or National Cemetery Administration functions to contractor performance by businesses at least 51 percent owned by Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations from section 842 of Public Law 109–115.
Title VI, “LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES”: Caps Farm Credit Administration administrative obligations at $106,500,000, but says the cap does not apply to receivership expenses and lets the agency exempt certain export loans from a limit in its sole discretion. ($106,500,000)
Division D, Sec. 126: Notwithstanding section 116, lets funds be obligated before October 1, 2027 for military construction projects from fiscal years 2017 through 2020 whose authorization has not lapsed or is extended, excluding amounts designated as emergency requirements.
Sec. 232: Bars use of funds to enforce any Executive action that prohibits VA from filling or creating civil service positions relating to the toll-free suicide hotline. It also sets hotline standards and requires a study of the hotline.
Sec. 412: Bars Department of Defense funds in this Act for building, renovating, or expanding facilities in the United States to house individuals detained at Guantánamo Bay as of June 24, 2009. The bar does not apply to modification of facilities at Guantánamo Bay.
Sec. 6201: Extension of increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for certain low-volume hospitals: Extends the increased inpatient hospital payment adjustment for low-volume hospitals, with the adjustment applying to hospitals that meet the section's criteria rather than to all hospitals, through fiscal year 2027.
Sec. 6202: Extension of the Medicare-dependent hospital (MDH) program: Extends the Medicare-dependent hospital program to January 31, 2026, continuing special payment treatment for the hospitals that qualify under it.
Sec. 6206: Extension of add-on payments for ambulance services: Extends add-on payments for ambulance services to January 31, 2026, an extra payment applying to ambulance services rather than to all Medicare services.
Sec. 7406: Retroactive effective date: Makes the division's amendments effective as if enacted September 30, 2025, except those made by section 7307.
Title I, “Congressional Research Service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Funds the Congressional Research Service at $136,080,000 and bars use of the funds for Library of Congress publications without committee approval, but exempts non-confidential CRS products from that bar.

Delays or blocks a specific regulation (11)

Sec. 722: Bars use of funds to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule allowing or requiring electronic distribution of prescribing information for prescription drugs, until a Federal law is enacted allowing it.
Sec. 726: Bars use of funds to implement or enforce the 'variety' requirements of the December 15, 2016 SNAP retailer standards final rule until the Secretary amends the variety definitions, and applies earlier requirements in the meantime.
Sec. 735: Bars use of funds to enforce the FDA produce safety final rule and the proposed agricultural water rule for entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
Sec. 752: Bars FDA from using funds to issue or promote new guidelines or regulations on Listeria monocytogenes for low-risk ready-to-eat food manufacturers until FDA considers new science in its Compliance Policy Guide.
Sec. 756: Bars use of funds to pay personnel to inspect horses under two listed laws or to implement or enforce section 352.19 of title 9, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 775: Bars FDA from using funds to develop, issue, or advance final guidelines or new regulations on long-term population-wide sodium reduction until an assessment of the short-term sodium reduction targets is completed.
Sec. 780: Bars use of funds to administer or enforce the FDA food traceability records rule, or any other rule under section 204 of the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act, before July 20, 2028, and directs FDA to engage industry on lot-level tracking flexibilities.
Sec. 783: Lets manufacturers keep complying with the prior requirements for the implied nutrient content claim "healthy" between the effective date and the compliance date of a specific FDA final rule. It also bars State "healthy" labeling requirements that are not identical to the federal ones during that period.
Sec. 259: Bars use of funds from October 1, 2025 through September 30, 2026 to administer, implement, or enforce the Department of Veterans Affairs final rule on rates paid for special modes of transportation (88 Fed. Reg. 10032).
Sec. 736: For school years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027, bars use of funds to restrict or limit substituting a vegetable subgroup for fruits in the school breakfast program.
Sec. 728: Bars Department of Agriculture use of funds to propose, finalize, or implement any regulation that would promulgate new user fees under 31 U.S.C. 9701 after enactment.

Changes a government process (9)

Sec. 739: Makes the Secretary of Agriculture a member of the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, case by case, for covered transactions involving agricultural land, agriculture biotechnology, or the agriculture industry, and requires notice of certain agricultural land transactions.
Sec. 759: Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to consider only the National Academies' report findings on alcohol in developing the 2025 Dietary Guidelines for Americans.
Sec. 777: Directs FDA to engage with industry within 30 days to update the acceptable market name for eighteen listed Sebastes fish species, propose new names within 180 days, and update related guidance.
Sec. 7307: Improvements to Partial Claim Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs: Changes how the Department of Veterans Affairs Partial Claim Program operates, including deadlines, recovery of losses from borrowers, and non-judicial sale rules, and lets the Secretary issue guidance before regulations.
Sec. 223: Bars use of VA funds to replace the current system by which Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment, keeping that purchasing process in place.
Sec. 702: Allows transfers of unobligated balances to the Department of Agriculture Working Capital Fund and requires that National Finance Center personnel, data center management, and payroll and personnel system control remain in the National Finance Center.
Sec. 416: Requires every department or agency funded in this or any other fiscal year 2026 appropriations Act to report to the Appropriations Committees within 60 days, then monthly, on allotted funds and obligations by program, project, and activity.
Sec. 6508: Regulation of certain nonprescription drugs that are marketed without an approved drug application: Extends FDA development advice in OTC monograph proceedings to organizations nominated by sponsors or requestors to represent their interests, and makes a wording correction.
Sec. 407: Directs agencies receiving funds in this Act to post on their public websites reports required by Congress, once the agency head decides it serves the national interest, with exceptions for reports that compromise national security or contain confidential or proprietary information, and after a 45-day wait.

Program name includes a political figure’s name (2)

Title V, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the Foreign Agricultural Service appropriation, sets $5,000,000 for a fellowship program whose name refers to a political figure, and $4,000,000 for a second named fellowship program. ($5,000,000)
Title V, “MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS”: Appropriates $240,000,000 for a program whose name in the section heading combines two individuals' surnames. ($240,000,000)

What it does

Division A, Sec. 101: Continues funding for projects and activities conducted in fiscal year 2025 at the rates and under the conditions of the fiscal year 2025 appropriations Acts.
Division A, Sec. 106: Makes the continuing appropriations available until the earliest of enactment of an appropriation for a project or activity, enactment of the applicable fiscal year 2026 Act without a provision for it, or January 30, 2026.
Division A, Sec. 120: Prohibits federal funds from being used to initiate, carry out, implement, or notice a reduction in force through the date in section 106(3), and gives no force or effect to reductions in force taken between October 1, 2025, and enactment.
Division A, Sec. 116: Makes personnel pay amounts available for payments under section 1341(c) of title 31, United States Code, and requires those payments to be made.
Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $107,481,218,000 for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program under the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008.
Sec. 781: Amends the definition of hemp in the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, effective 365 days after enactment, to use a total tetrahydrocannabinols limit of 0.3 percent on a dry weight basis and to exclude certain hemp-derived cannabinoid products.
Division C, Sec. 210: Provides that no cost-of-living adjustment for Members of Congress is made during fiscal year 2026.
Title II, “MEDICAL SERVICES”: Provides $59,858,000,000, plus reimbursements, for Veterans Health Administration Medical Services, which becomes available on October 1, 2026.
Sec. 5002: Continues the authorities of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 until the later of September 30, 2026, or the date otherwise specified, with listed exceptions, and applies the extension as if enacted on September 30, 2025.
Sec. 6208: Extends certain Medicare telehealth flexibilities through January 30, 2026.

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Changed after House passage

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Removed before the final vote (2)

Sec. 2: TABLE OF CONTENTS: Provides the table of contents for the Act.
Sec. 143: Applies section 3(b)(2)(C) of the Pittman-Robertson Wildlife Restoration Act during the period covered by the Act as if “2027” replaced “2026”.

Added after House passage (433)

Sec. 4: Explanatory Statement: Gives the explanatory statement printed in the Senate section of the Congressional Record on or about November 9, 2025 the same effect for allocating funds and implementing divisions B through D as a joint explanatory statement of a conference committee.
Division A, Sec. 116: Makes amounts in divisions A through D for personnel pay, allowances, and benefits available for payments under 31 U.S.C. 1341(c), and requires those payments to be made.
Division A, Sec. 117: Ratifies and approves obligations incurred in anticipation of the appropriations and authority in divisions A through D for maintaining essential activity to protect life and property and for orderly termination of Government functions.
Division A, Sec. 118: Provides for compensating furloughed State or grantee employees and reimbursing States and grantees, with interest, for Federal program costs they covered during a lapse in appropriations in fiscal year 2026, only as provided in advance in appropriations Acts.
Division A, Sec. 119: Treats the time covered by divisions A through D as having begun on October 1, 2025.
Division A, Sec. 120: Bars use of federal funds to initiate or notice a reduction in force until the date in section 106(3), with listed exceptions, and voids reductions in force noticed between October 1, 2025 and enactment, including rescinding notices and restoring back pay.
Division A, Sec. 123: Provides that any expiration date in section 235(b) of the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, as it relates to chapter 311 of title 18 and the United States Parole Commission, does not apply from October 1, 2025 through the date in section 106(3).
Division A, Sec. 126: Applies section 1930(a)(6)(B)(i) of title 28, United States Code, during the period covered by the Act as if the words “During the 5-year period” were struck.
Division A, Sec. 132: Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to use amounts otherwise appropriated for such purposes to reimburse the Government of Palau for land acquisition costs for defense sites in Palau.
Sec. 140: Applies section 1605 of Public Law 119–4 through the end of the last applicable pay period under the Act, and applies section 747 of Public Law 118–47 with changed years, starting in the first pay period on or after January 1, 2026.
Sec. 142: Applies title V of division B of Public Law 118–47 as though the “Commodity Futures Trading Commission” heading and its appropriation language from title VI of division B of Public Law 118–42 appeared in it.
Sec. 144: Provides amounts for “The Judiciary—Courts of Appeals, District Courts, and Other Judicial Services Defender Services” at a rate for operations of $1,564,373,000, apportionable to pay panel attorneys and related service providers under 18 U.S.C. 3006A and 3599(g).
Sec. 160: Amends the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development Act to let the U.S. Governor subscribe up to 40,000 additional paid-in capital shares, subject to advance appropriations, and authorizes $437,457,804 for that purpose.
Title I, “Office of the secretary”: Appropriates $46,361,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of the Secretary of Agriculture, with limits for its component offices, transfer authority between offices, and notification requirements.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE CHIEF ECONOMIST”: Appropriates $29,500,000 for the Office of the Chief Economist, including $10,000,000 for policy research grants or cooperative agreements under 7 U.S.C. 3155 and $2,425,000 for a land grant university center.
Title I, “OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS”: Appropriates $14,500,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Hearings and Appeals.
Title I, “OFFICE OF BUDGET AND PROGRAM ANALYSIS”: Appropriates $14,967,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Budget and Program Analysis.
Title I, “Office of the chief information officer”: Appropriates $85,000,000 for the Office of the Chief Information Officer, of which not less than $60,032,000 is for the department's cybersecurity requirements.
Title I, “Office of the chief financial officer”: Appropriates $5,867,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of the Chief Financial Officer.
Title I, “Office of the assistant secretary for civil rights”: Appropriates $1,466,000 for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights and lets salaries-and-expenses funds of Civil Rights mission area agencies pay for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title I, “Office of civil rights”: Appropriates $30,000,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Civil Rights.
Title I, “Agriculture buildings and facilities”: Appropriates $15,000,000, available until expended, for space rental and related costs, consolidating space for release to the General Services Administrator, and operating, maintaining, improving and repairing Agriculture buildings and facilities.
Title I, “Hazardous materials management”: Appropriates $1,619,000, available until expended, for Department of Agriculture compliance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act and the Solid Waste Disposal Act, and allows transfers to any Department agency for that purpose.
Title I, “Office of safety, security, and protection”: Appropriates $24,000,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Safety, Security, and Protection.
Title I, “Office of inspector general”: Appropriates $103,000,000 for the Office of Inspector General, including contracting under the Inspector General Act of 1978 and not to exceed $125,000 for confidential operational expenses such as payment of informants.
Title I, “Office of the general counsel”: Appropriates $60,537,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of the General Counsel.
Title I, “Office of ethics”: Appropriates $4,500,000 for necessary expenses of the Office of Ethics.
Title I, “Office of the under secretary for research, education, and economics”: Appropriates $1,884,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Research, Education, and Economics, lets mission area funds pay for up to one administrative support staff, and directs $500,000 to the Office of the Chief Scientist.
Title I, “Economic research service”: Appropriates $90,612,000 for necessary expenses of the Economic Research Service.
Title I, “National agricultural statistics service”: Appropriates $185,000,000 for the National Agricultural Statistics Service, with up to $46,000,000 for the Census of Agriculture, and requires 30 days' written notice to the Appropriations Committees before discontinuing data collection programs and reports.
Title I, “Agricultural research service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $1,793,063,000 for the Agricultural Research Service, with conditions on land acquisition, aircraft, building costs, leases, easements, outside funds, reports on research units and the Experienced Services Program.
Title I, “Agricultural research service — BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Appropriates $60,650,000, available until expended, for agricultural research land, construction and facilities, of which $57,650,000 is for listed community projects and $3,000,000 is for the Beltsville Agricultural Research Center.
Title I, “RESEARCH AND EDUCATION ACTIVITIES”: Appropriates $1,075,810,000 for agricultural experiment stations, cooperative forestry and other research, and facilities, with set-asides including $13,560,000 for community projects, a $1,000,000 Evans-Allen minimum, and a 5 percent cap on administrative costs.
Title I, “NATIVE AMERICAN INSTITUTIONS ENDOWMENT FUND”: Appropriates $11,880,000, available until expended, for the Native American Institutions Endowment Fund authorized by Public Law 103–382.
Title I, “EXTENSION ACTIVITIES”: Appropriates $561,100,000 for payments to States, the District of Columbia and territories for extension activities, sets a $1,000,000 minimum for institutions eligible under 7 U.S.C. 3221, and allows funds for extension agents' retirement and compensation costs.
Title I, “INTEGRATED ACTIVITIES”: Appropriates $40,100,000 for integrated research, education and extension grants, of which $8,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2027, and bars indirect costs on Extension Implementation Program Area grants under the Crop Protection/Pest Management Program.
Title I, “Office of the under secretary for marketing and regulatory programs”: Appropriates $1,617,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs and lets mission area salaries-and-expenses funds pay for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title I, “Animal and plant health inspection service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $1,157,534,000 for the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, with emergency transfer authority, a 40 percent State matching requirement for brucellosis programs, and authority in fiscal year 2026 to collect fees for requested technical assistance, goods or services.
Title I, “Animal and plant health inspection service — BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Appropriates $500,000, available until expended, for plans, construction, repair, maintenance, improvement and equipment of Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service facilities and land acquisition under 7 U.S.C. 2250 and 2268a.
Title I, “MARKETING SERVICES”: Provides $211,367,000 for the Agricultural Marketing Service, with set-asides including $13,750,000 for section 12513 of Public Law 115–334, and allows fees to be collected for standardization activities.
Title I, “LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES”: Limits administrative expenses paid from fees to $62,596,000 for the fiscal year, allowing up to 10 percent more with notice to the Committees on Appropriations if crop size is understated or other uncontrollable events occur.
Title I, “FUNDS FOR STRENGTHENING MARKETS, INCOME, AND SUPPLY (SECTION 32)”: Limits section 32 funds to commodity program and related operating expenses, except transfers to the Department of Commerce, transfers provided in the Act, and up to $23,880,000 for marketing agreements and orders.
Title I, “PAYMENTS TO STATES AND POSSESSIONS”: Provides $500,000 for payments to state departments of agriculture and similar agencies for marketing activities under section 204(b) of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946.
Title I, “LIMITATION ON INSPECTION AND WEIGHING SERVICES EXPENSES”: Limits inspection and weighing services expenses paid from fees to $55,000,000, allowing up to 10 percent more with notice to the Committees on Appropriations if grain export activities require added oversight or other uncontrollable factors occur.
Title I, “Office of the under secretary for food safety”: Provides $1,117,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Food Safety and makes salaries and expenses funds of Food Safety agencies available for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title I, “Food safety and inspection service”: Provides $1,215,200,000 for the Food Safety and Inspection Service, with $1,000,000 creditable from laboratory accreditation fees, and requires no fewer than 148 full-time equivalent positions for Humane Methods of Slaughter Act enforcement.
Title II, “Office of the under secretary for farm production and conservation”: Provides $1,527,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Farm Production and Conservation and makes agency salaries and expenses funds available for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title II, “Farm production and conservation business center — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $167,633,000 for the Farm Production and Conservation Business Center, including $1,000,000 for section 773 of Public Law 117–328, and transfers $70,740,000 from section 1241(a) funds into this account.
Title II, “Farm service agency — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $1,125,000,000 for the Farm Service Agency, with not less than $15,000,000 for hiring, $696,594,000 for county offices, a required report, and a bar on using funds to close county offices.
Title II, “STATE MEDIATION GRANTS”: Provides $6,500,000 for grants under section 502(b) of the Agricultural Credit Act of 1987 and lets the Secretary of Agriculture treat territories and Federally recognized Indian tribes as “States” for Subtitle A.
Title II, “GRASSROOTS SOURCE WATER PROTECTION PROGRAM”: Provides $7,500,000, to remain available until expended, for wellhead or groundwater protection activities under section 1240O of the Food Security Act of 1985.
Title II, “DAIRY INDEMNITY PROGRAM”: Provides such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for indemnity payments to dairy farmers and manufacturers of dairy products, carried out in the same manner as the program described in Public Law 106–387.
Title II, “GEOGRAPHICALLY DISADVANTAGED FARMERS AND RANCHERS”: Provides $3,500,000, to remain available until expended, for direct reimbursement payments to geographically disadvantaged farmers and ranchers under section 1621 of the Food Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008.
Title II, “AGRICULTURAL CREDIT INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets loan levels for farm ownership, operating, emergency, and other loan programs, provides loan subsidy costs and $326,053,000 for administrative expenses, and allows transfers among programs with 15 days' notice.
Title II, “Risk management agency — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $60,000,000 for the Risk Management Agency, including $1,000,000 for compliance and integrity activities under section 516(b)(2)(C) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act and up to $1,000 for official reception and representation expenses.
Title II, “CONSERVATION OPERATIONS”: Provides $850,000,000, available until September 30, 2027, for conservation operations under the Act of April 27, 1935, of which $34,625,000 is for community project funding items, with limits on building alterations.
Title II, “WATERSHED AND FLOOD PREVENTION OPERATIONS”: Provides $50,000,000, available until expended, for watershed and flood prevention measures, of which $32,360,000 is for community project items and $10,000,000 is for multi-benefit irrigation modernization projects.
Title II, “WATERSHED REHABILITATION PROGRAM”: Provides $3,000,000 under the authorities of section 14 of the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act.
Title II, “CORPORATIONS”: Authorizes listed corporations and agencies to make expenditures, contracts and commitments within their available funds and borrowing authority, without regard to fiscal year limits, as provided by section 104 of the Government Corporation Control Act.
Title II, “Federal crop insurance corporation fund”: Provides such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for payments authorized by section 516 of the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Title II, “REIMBURSEMENT FOR NET REALIZED LOSSES”: Provides such sums as may be necessary to reimburse the Commodity Credit Corporation for net realized losses, allows a transfer of up to $5,000,000 to the Foreign Agricultural Service, and requires 15 days' written notice before certain obligations or transfers.
Title II, “HAZARDOUS WASTE MANAGEMENT”: Limits Commodity Credit Corporation spending to $15,000,000 for the fiscal year for site investigation, cleanup, and operations and maintenance expenses under section 107(g) of CERCLA and section 6001 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act.
Title III, “Office of the under secretary for rural development”: Provides $1,620,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Rural Development and makes Rural Development agency salaries and expenses funds available for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title III, “Rural development — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $312,000,000 for administering Rural Development programs, with at least $75,000,000 for information technology, a $2,000,000 rural hospital pilot program, and a provision crediting collections under section 502(i) of the Housing Act of 1949 to this account.
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING INSURANCE FUND PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets loan levels for rural housing programs, including $1,000,000,000 for section 502 direct loans and $25,000,000,000 for section 502 unsubsidized guaranteed loans, and appropriates loan costs, a $30,000,000 multi-family preservation demonstration, and $412,254,000 for administrative expenses.
Title III, “RENTAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Appropriates $1,715,000,000 for rental assistance agreements under section 521 of the Housing Act of 1949, and sets terms for renewals, contract lengths, rent levels, recapture of assistance and up to $1,000,000 for information technology.
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING VOUCHER ACCOUNT”: Appropriates $48,000,000 for rural housing vouchers under section 542 of the Housing Act of 1949 for households in properties with prepaid section 515 loans, and sets the voucher amount and administration rules.
Title III, “MUTUAL AND SELF-HELP HOUSING GRANTS”: Appropriates $25,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants and contracts under section 523(b)(1)(A) of the Housing Act of 1949.
Title III, “RURAL HOUSING ASSISTANCE GRANTS”: Appropriates $27,000,000, to remain available until expended, for very low-income housing repair and rural housing preservation grants made by the Rural Housing Service.
Title III, “RURAL COMMUNITY FACILITIES PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets loan levels of $1,250,000,000 for direct and $650,000,000 for guaranteed community facilities loans, appropriates $677,160,846 for loan costs and grants, and sets amounts for a Rural Community Development Initiative and community facilities grants.
Title III, “RURAL BUSINESS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets a $1,750,000,000 guaranteed loan level under section 310B and appropriates $50,575,000 for loan guarantees and rural business grants, including $10,000,000 for regional commissions and $4,000,000 for grants benefiting Tribes.
Title III, “INTERMEDIARY RELENDING PROGRAM FUND ACCOUNT”: Provides $9,000,000 in direct loans and $2,495,000 for loan costs under the Intermediary Relending Program, with set-asides for Tribes and Mississippi Delta counties, and $4,468,000 for administrative expenses.
Title III, “RURAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Provides $50,000,000 in direct loans under section 313B(a) of the Rural Electrification Act and limits the cost of related grants to $10,000,000.
Title III, “RURAL COOPERATIVE DEVELOPMENT GRANTS”: Appropriates $20,000,000 for rural cooperative development grants under section 310B(e), with set amounts for technology transfer, grants serving socially disadvantaged groups, value-added market development grants and Agriculture Innovation Centers.
Title III, “RURAL MICROENTREPRENEUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Provides $17,000,000 in direct loans and $4,000,000 for loans and grants under section 379E of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Title III, “RURAL ENERGY FOR AMERICA PROGRAM”: Provides $100,000,000 in loan guarantees under the same terms as section 9007 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002.
Title III, “HEALTHY FOOD FINANCING INITIATIVE”: Appropriates $50,000, to remain available until expended, for loans and grants supporting projects that provide access to healthy food in underserved areas, consistent with section 243 of the Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act of 1994.
Title III, “RURAL WATER AND WASTE DISPOSAL PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets gross loan obligations of $1,015,000,000 for direct loans and $50,000,000 for guaranteed loans, and appropriates $445,864,564 for rural water, waste water, waste disposal and solid waste programs, with set-asides for grants and technical assistance.
Title III, “RURAL ELECTRIFICATION AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Sets principal amounts for rural electric and telecommunications loans and loan guarantees, appropriates $3,570,000 for telecommunications loan costs, $4,200,000 under section 6407, and $33,270,000 for administrative expenses.
Title III, “DISTANCE LEARNING, TELEMEDICINE, AND BROADBAND PROGRAM”: Appropriates $40,767,000 for telemedicine and distance learning grants, $50,750,000 for a broadband loan and grant pilot program with stated conditions, and $17,000,000 for the Community Connect Grant Program.
Title IV, “Office of the under secretary for food, nutrition, and consumer services”: Appropriates $1,127,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services and makes salaries and expenses funds available for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title IV, “CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS”: Appropriates $37,841,674,000 to carry out the Richard B. Russell National School Lunch Act and the Child Nutrition Act of 1966, with set-asides for specific purposes and amendments to sections 26(d), 9(h)(3) and 9(h)(4).
Title IV, “SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC)”: Appropriates $8,200,000,000 for the WIC program, including a $150,000,000 reserve, set-asides for breastfeeding peer counselors and infrastructure, and conditions on infant formula purchases and vendor requirements.
Title IV, “SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Appropriates $107,481,218,000 to carry out the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008, including two $3,000,000,000 reserves, set-asides for specific purposes, and conditions on use of the funds.
Title IV, “COMMODITY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM”: Appropriates $551,070,000 for disaster and commodity assistance, including $460,000,000 for the Commodity Supplemental Food Program and $80,000,000 under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983.
Title IV, “NUTRITION PROGRAMS ADMINISTRATION”: Appropriates $160,000,000 for administrative expenses of the Food and Nutrition Service for domestic nutrition assistance programs, of which $2,000,000 is for purposes of section 4404 of Public Law 107–171.
Title V, “Office of the under secretary for trade and foreign agricultural affairs”: Appropriates $932,000 for the Office of the Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs and makes salaries and expenses funds available for up to one administrative support staff for the Office.
Title V, “OFFICE OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS”: Appropriates $4,922,000 for the Office of Codex Alimentarius, including not to exceed $100,000 for official reception and representation expenses.
Title V, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $222,000,000 for the Foreign Agricultural Service, with set-asides for the Cochran and Borlaug fellowship programs and $1,000,000 for a review and report on transferring the Food for Peace program.
Title V, “FOOD FOR PEACE TITLE II GRANTS”: Appropriates $1,200,000,000, to remain available until expended, for costs under title II of the Food for Peace Act for commodities supplied for dispositions abroad, including unrecovered prior years' costs.
Title V, “MCGOVERN-DOLE INTERNATIONAL FOOD FOR EDUCATION AND CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAM GRANTS”: Appropriates $240,000,000 to carry out section 3107 of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002, authorizes Commodity Credit Corporation services, and sets a minimum of $24,000,000 for commodity purchases.
Title V, “COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION EXPORT (LOANS) CREDIT GUARANTEE PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Appropriates $6,063,000 for administrative expenses of the Commodity Credit Corporation's Export Guarantee Program, GSM 102 and GSM 103, paid to the Foreign Agricultural Service, Salaries and Expenses appropriation.
Title VI, “SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $6,957,972,000 for Food and Drug Administration salaries and expenses, sets user fee amounts credited to the account, divides funds among FDA centers and activities, and sets conditions on transfers and fee use.
Title VI, “BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES”: Appropriates $5,000,000, to remain available until expended, for plans, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, demolition, and fixed equipment or facilities of or used by the Food and Drug Administration.
Title VI, “LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES”: Limits Farm Credit Administration administrative expenses to $106,500,000 from assessments on farm credit institutions, excludes receivership expenses, allows a 10 percent excess with notice, and lets the agency exempt certain export loans.
Title VII: GENERAL PROVISIONS: Gives this division the short title “Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2026”.
Sec. 701: Lets the Secretary of Agriculture buy new passenger motor vehicles up to the number owned or leased in fiscal year 2018, requires a determination of necessity, and requires committee approval to exceed the 2018 fleet level.
Sec. 702: Lets the Secretary of Agriculture transfer unobligated balances to the Department's Working Capital Fund for property, equipment, and information technology services, with approval and notification conditions and National Finance Center requirements.
Sec. 703: Provides that no appropriation in this division remains available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.
Sec. 704: Bars use of funds in this division to pay negotiated indirect cost rates above 10 percent of total direct cost on cooperative agreements between the Department of Agriculture and nonprofit institutions, while allowing indirect costs on grants and contracts.
Sec. 705: Makes Department of Agriculture loan cost appropriations for the current fiscal year available until expended to disburse obligations for the Rural Development Loan Fund, Rural Electrification and Telecommunication Loans, and Rural Housing Insurance Fund accounts.
Sec. 706: Bars Department of Agriculture funds from acquiring new information technology systems or significant upgrades without Chief Information Officer approval, and sets notification and approval requirements, including a $25,000 threshold and a $250,000 exception.
Sec. 707: Makes funds under section 524(b) of the Federal Crop Insurance Act in the current fiscal year available until expended to disburse obligations made in that fiscal year.
Sec. 708: Makes a former Rural Utilities Service borrower that repaid or prepaid a Rural Electrification Act loan, or an eligible not-for-profit utility, eligible for assistance under section 313B(a) of that Act in the same manner as a borrower.
Sec. 709: Allows not more than $20,000,000 in unobligated Farm Service Agency salaries and expenses balances to remain available through September 30, 2027, for information technology expenses.
Sec. 710: Bars use of funds in this Act for first-class travel by employees of funded agencies in contravention of sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124 of title 41, Code of Federal Regulations.
Sec. 711: Makes Commodity Credit Corporation funds available for salaries and administrative expenses of certain Agricultural Act of 2014 programs without regard to the allotment and fund transfer limit in section 11 of the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act.
Sec. 712: Limits to $2,900,000 the funds used for expenses of advisory committees, panels, commissions, and task forces of the Department of Agriculture, except panels for negotiated rule makings and for evaluating competitively awarded grants.
Sec. 713: Bars use of funds in this Act to maintain or establish a computer network that does not block viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography, while not limiting funds needed for law enforcement criminal investigations, prosecution, or adjudication.
Sec. 714: Limits funds for personnel carrying out section 32 programs to $1,716,293,000, lists amounts for four activities, carries over unobligated balances into fiscal year 2027, and restricts funds for carrying out clause (3) of section 32.
Sec. 715: Bars paying personnel who prepare budget submission language for Agriculture-subcommittee programs that assumes user fee revenues not yet enacted, unless the submission identifies additional spending reductions if the fees are not enacted.
Sec. 716: Requires written notice to, and approval from, the Appropriations Committees at least 30 days before reprogramming or transferring funds to create or eliminate programs, relocate or reorganize offices, or contract out functions, with dollar and percent thresholds for other changes.
Sec. 717: Allows the Secretary to assess a one-time fee on any guaranteed business and industry loan of not more than 3 percent of the guaranteed principal portion, notwithstanding section 310B(g)(5) of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Sec. 718: Bars use of funds of the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, or the Farm Credit Administration to give hearing-process reports, questions, or responses to anyone outside those agencies or the Department of Health and Human Services.
Sec. 719: Bars an executive branch agency from using funds in this Act to produce a prepackaged news story for broadcast or distribution in the United States unless it clearly states it was prepared or funded by that agency, unless otherwise authorized by law.
Sec. 720: Bars detailing a Department of Agriculture employee to another agency or office of the Department for more than 60 days in a fiscal year unless the employing office is fully reimbursed for salary and expenses.
Sec. 721: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture, the FDA Commissioner, and the Farm Credit Administration Chairman to submit a detailed obligation plan to the Appropriations Committees within 30 days of enactment, with breakdowns by quarter, source appropriation, and full-time equivalent positions.
Sec. 722: Bars use of funds in this Act to propose, promulgate, or implement any rule allowing or requiring electronic distribution, in place of paper, of prescribing information for drugs subject to section 503(b)(1), unless a Federal law is enacted to allow or require it.
Sec. 723: Directs that the Secretary shall not include incarcerated prison populations when determining eligibility or level of program assistance for Rural Housing Service programs.
Sec. 724: Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to raise the program level of loans and loan guarantees needing no budget authority by not more than 25 percent, after written notice to the Appropriations Committees at least 15 days in advance.
Sec. 725: Requires written notice to and prior approval from the Appropriations Committees before obligating credit card refunds or rebates transferred to the Working Capital Fund, and limits their use to acquiring property, plant and equipment for Department of Agriculture support systems.
Sec. 726: Bars use of funds to implement the "variety" requirements of the December 15, 2016 SNAP retailer standards final rule until the Secretary amends the definitions to increase acceptable items per staple food category, and meanwhile applies the standards in effect before the Agricultural Act of 2014.
Sec. 727: Gives the Secretary of Agriculture, for loans guaranteed under section 502(h) of the Housing Act of 1949, the same authority over those loans and their lenders as under subsections (h) and (j) of section 538 of that Act.
Sec. 728: Bars use of funds in this Act by the Department of Agriculture to propose, finalize or implement any regulation that would promulgate new user fees under 31 U.S.C. 9701 after the date of enactment.
Sec. 729: Lets the Secretary charge establishments under the poultry, meat and egg products inspection Acts for inspection services outside approved shifts and on Federal holidays, and makes the sums received available until expended for FSIS inspection costs.
Sec. 730: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct audits evaluating seven listed factors in the country or region audited, to publish final audit reports promptly, and to apply the section consistently with international trade agreements.
Sec. 731: Bars use of funds for rural water and waste programs on a public water or wastewater project unless its iron and steel products are made in the United States, with waivers, a public comment period, a 0.25 percent set-aside for oversight, and exceptions.
Sec. 732: Bars use of funds in this Act to influence congressional action on pending legislation or appropriation matters, other than communications to Members of Congress as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
Sec. 733: Requires, to the maximum extent feasible, that at least 10 percent of funds under listed rural housing, business and utilities headings be allocated to persistent poverty counties, defined as counties with 20 percent or more of the population in poverty over 30 years.
Sec. 734: Bars use of funds to acknowledge receipt of an investigational new drug or biological product submission for research in which a human embryo is intentionally created or modified to include a heritable genetic modification; such a submission is deemed not received.
Sec. 735: Bars use of funds to enforce the FDA produce safety final rule published November 27, 2015 and the proposed agricultural water rule against entities that grow, harvest, pack, or hold wine grapes, hops, pulse crops, or almonds.
Sec. 736: Bars use of funds in this Act, for school years 2025–2026 and 2026–2027, to restrict or limit substituting any vegetable subgroup for fruits under the school breakfast program.
Sec. 737: Bars use of funds in contravention of the hemp provisions of section 7606 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, subtitle G of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946, or section 10114 of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, or to prohibit transport, processing, sale or use of lawfully grown hemp.
Sec. 738: Allows the Secretary of Agriculture to waive the matching funds requirement under section 412(g) of the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reform Act of 1998.
Sec. 739: Includes the Secretary of Agriculture case by case as a member of CFIUS for covered transactions involving agricultural land, biotechnology or industry, and directs notice to CFIUS of agricultural land transactions the Secretary believes may pose a national security risk.
Sec. 740: Appropriates $2,000,000, available until expended, for a pilot program of grants to nonprofits and public housing authorities for technical assistance to RHS multi-family housing borrowers to preserve properties through acquisition, and for decoupling rental assistance.
Sec. 741: Limits funds under title II of the Food for Peace Act to recipient nations where adequate monitoring and controls, as determined by the Administrator, ensure emergency food aid reaches intended beneficiaries and is not diverted.
Sec. 742: Bars use of funds in this Act to procure raw or processed poultry or seafood imported from the People's Republic of China for the school lunch, Child and Adult Care Food, Summer Food Service, and school breakfast programs.
Sec. 743: For school year 2026–2027, requires only a school food authority with a negative nonprofit school food service account balance as of June 30, 2025 to establish a paid lunch price under section 12(p) of the National School Lunch Act.
Sec. 744: Makes funds the Secretary withholds under section 1668(g)(2) of the Food, Agriculture, Conservation, and Trade Act of 1990 available for biotechnology risk assessment research grants, and allows transfers among Department of Agriculture appropriations for those grants.
Sec. 745: Bars use of Department of Agriculture funds to move any staff office or agency from the mission area it was in on August 1, 2018 to another mission area or office without specific enacted legislation affirming the move.
Sec. 746: Allows the Natural Resources Conservation Service to use funds for the Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations, Watershed Rehabilitation and Emergency Watershed Protection programs to provide technical services, notwithstanding section 1252(c) of the Food Security Act of 1985.
Sec. 747: Lets the Secretary of Agriculture, in the pilot program under section 779 of Public Law 115–141, consider communities that are Areas Rural in Character for eligibility, using not more than 10 percent of the pilot program funds for this purpose.
Sec. 748: Appropriates $2,000,000, available until expended, to implement non-renewable agreements on eligible lands, including flooded agricultural lands, under the Water Bank Act, notwithstanding the last sentence of 16 U.S.C. 1310.
Sec. 749: Allows a bank referenced in 12 U.S.C. 2128 to make and participate in loans and provide assistance to cooperatives and other non-Federal entities for rural facilities for waste processing or disposal, telecommunication services, and electricity production.
Sec. 750: Requires the Secretary to set aside funds for Rural Economic Area Partnership Zones until August 15, 2026, under listed rural housing, business and water headings, equal to the amount obligated in REAP Zones in the most recent fiscal year, excluding Community Project Funding.
Sec. 751: Appropriates $2,000,000, available until expended, to carry out section 758 of division B of Public Law 118–42, in addition to amounts otherwise available for that purpose.
Sec. 752: Bars FDA use of funds to issue or promote new Listeria monocytogenes guidelines or regulations for low risk ready-to-eat food manufacturers until FDA considers new science in developing the Compliance Policy Guide section 555.320.
Sec. 753: Appropriates $4,000,000, available until September 30, 2027, for cotton classing activities under 7 U.S.C. 55, including equipment and facility upgrades, treated as funds collected by fees under that law.
Sec. 754: Provides an additional $700,000 for the Office of the Secretary's Office of Tribal Relations to cover slaughtering, processing and voluntary meat inspection fees for bison owned by Tribal governments, entities and members at establishments under USDA voluntary or state inspection.
Sec. 755: Exempts premium pay for APHIS employees responding to an animal disease or plant health emergency outbreak, as determined by the Administrator, from the basic pay and premium pay aggregate limits in section 5547(b) of title 5 and other premium pay limits.
Sec. 756: Bars use of funds made available by this Act to pay salaries or expenses of personnel to inspect horses under 21 U.S.C. 603 or Public Law 104–127, or to implement 9 CFR 352.19.
Sec. 757: Appropriates $2,000,000, available until expended, to carry out section 2103 of Public Law 115–334, and directs the Secretary to prioritize areas with many wetlands, wetland acres and conservation compliance requests.
Sec. 758: Appropriates $3,000,000 for the emergency and transitional pet shelter and housing assistance grant program established under section 12502(b) of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018.
Sec. 759: Directs the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and Agriculture to consider only the NASEM report's findings on alcohol consumption in developing the 2025 Dietary Guidelines, based on the preponderance of scientific and medical knowledge.
Sec. 760: Applies Rural Electrification Act section 313B(a) as if it directed $9,465,000 of fiscal year 2024 funds and $9,953,000 of fiscal year 2026 funds to Rural Business Development Grants, and ends the effect of section 780 of Public Law 118–42.
Sec. 761: Requires the acceptable market name of any engineered animal approved before February 19, 2019 to include the words "genetically engineered" before the existing name.
Sec. 762: Appropriates $5,250,000 for the Office of the Secretary, available until expended, to continue the Institute for Rural Partnerships, with a one percent cap on fees and an annual report.
Sec. 763: Appropriates $500,000 to carry out the duties of the working group established under section 770 of the Agriculture Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 116–6).
Sec. 764: Allows Department of Agriculture agencies and offices to reimburse the Office of the General Counsel from funds in this Act for services under time-limited agreements, in addition to other transfer authority.
Sec. 765: Amends section 363(2) of the Multifamily Mortgage Foreclosure Act of 1981 to add sections 514 and 515 of the Housing Act of 1949 as subparagraph (F).
Sec. 766: Rewrites the last proviso under "Rural Community Facilities Program Account" in Public Law 118–42 to let the Secretary spend not more than $1,000,000 total of program funds for administrative expenses.
Sec. 771: Bars use of Department of Agriculture funds to close or consolidate Agricultural Research Service laboratories and facilities without prior notification and approval of the Appropriations Committees of both Houses.
Sec. 775: Bars use of funds in this Act by the FDA to develop, issue, promote or advance final guidelines or new regulations on long-term population-wide sodium reduction until an assessment of the short-term targets is completed.
Sec. 776: Appropriates $3,000,000, available until expended, for a pilot program of local Energy Circuit Riders supporting rural communities on energy-saving projects, with a Federal share of not more than 75 percent.
Sec. 778: For purposes of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, requires Hawaii grown coffee to contain at least 51 percent coffee grown in the named Hawaii areas and sets common or usual names by region.
Sec. 779: Bars use of funds to close Natural Resources Conservation Service or Rural Development field offices, or permanently relocate field-based employees leaving an office with two or fewer employees, without prior approval of the Appropriations Committees.
Sec. 780: Bars use of funds in this Act to administer or enforce the food traceability rule published November 21, 2022, or other section 204 rules, before July 20, 2028, and directs the FDA to engage industry, give recommendations and assist with testing.
Sec. 781: Effective 365 days after enactment, amends section 297A of the Agricultural Marketing Act of 1946 to redefine hemp, industrial hemp and hemp-derived cannabinoid product, and directs the FDA to publish lists of cannabinoids within 90 days.
Sec. 782: Appropriates $2,000,000, to remain available until expended, for the Meat and Poultry Processing Expansion Program to award grants to processors of invasive, wild-caught catfish.
Sec. 783: Lets manufacturers keep following the prior requirements for an implied "healthy" claim during the compliance period of the December 27, 2024 FDA final rule, and bars non-identical State labeling requirements for that claim during the period.
Sec. 784: Permanently rescinds $350,000,000 of the unobligated balances in the Treasury Forfeiture Fund, established by section 9703 of title 31, United States Code, not later than September 30, 2026.
Sec. 785: Directs the FDA Commissioner to prepare a report on the cost and implications of setting pet and animal food labeling and ingredient standards, due to the Appropriations Committees within 120 days of enactment.
Sec. 786: Allows remaining unobligated balances from section 743 of division A of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 to be used for plans, construction, repair, maintenance, improvement and equipment of facilities under 7 U.S.C. 2250, and land acquisition under 7 U.S.C. 2268a.
Sec. 787: Sets maximum monthly fluid milk allowances for fiscal year 2026 for WIC Food Packages IV (16 quarts), V (22 quarts), VI (16 quarts) and VII (24 quarts), and says Package III allowances should conform.
Sec. 788: Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to study the feasibility of applying the Buy American requirement to SNAP and WIC, including the effect on the agricultural economy, and to report the results within 1 year of enactment.
Sec. 789: Directs the Secretary to prepare a report by account on the status of projects listed in prior year Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending tables, including obligation status, and submit it to the Appropriations Committees.
Sec. 790: Requires the Secretary of Agriculture to notify the Appropriations Committees at least 3 business days before terminating any grant, cooperative agreement or contract award of $1,000,000 or more, with specified details and a justification.
Title I, “Expense Allowances”: Appropriates expense allowances for the Vice President ($20,000) and specified Senate leaders and committee chairmen, totaling $195,000, plus representation allowances of $15,000 for each Majority and Minority Leader, totaling $30,000.
Title I, “Salaries, Officers and Employees”: Appropriates $311,543,000 for compensation of officers, employees, and others as authorized by law, including agency contributions, to be paid as specified.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE VICE PRESIDENT”: Appropriates $3,210,000 for the Office of the Vice President.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE”: Appropriates $904,000 for the Office of the President Pro Tempore.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE EMERITUS”: Appropriates $392,000 for the Office of the President Pro Tempore Emeritus.
Title I, “OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY LEADERS”: Appropriates $6,710,000 for the Offices of the Majority and Minority Leaders.
Title I, “OFFICES OF THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY WHIPS”: Appropriates $4,212,000 for the Offices of the Majority and Minority Whips.
Title I, “COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS”: Appropriates $22,710,000 for salaries of the Committee on Appropriations.
Title I, “CONFERENCE COMMITTEES”: Appropriates $2,049,000 for each of the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority, $4,098,000 in all, at rates of compensation fixed by each committee's Chairman.
Title I, “OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE MAJORITY AND THE CONFERENCE OF THE MINORITY”: Appropriates $1,022,000 for the Offices of the Secretaries of the Conference of the Majority and the Conference of the Minority.
Title I, “POLICY COMMITTEES”: Appropriates $2,093,000 for each of the Majority Policy Committee and the Minority Policy Committee, $4,186,000 in all, for salaries.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE CHAPLAIN”: Appropriates $699,000 for the Office of the Chaplain.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY”: Appropriates $35,695,000 for the Office of the Secretary.
Title I, “OFFICE OF THE SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER”: Appropriates $130,353,000 for the Office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper.
Title I, “OFFICES OF THE SECRETARIES FOR THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY”: Appropriates $2,785,000 for the Offices of the Secretary for the Majority and the Secretary for the Minority.
Title I, “AGENCY CONTRIBUTIONS AND RELATED EXPENSES”: Appropriates $94,567,000 for agency contributions for employee benefits, as authorized by law, and related expenses.
Title I, “Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate”: Appropriates $9,401,000 for salaries and expenses of the Office of the Legislative Counsel of the Senate.
Title I, “Office of Senate Legal Counsel”: Appropriates $1,431,000 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Senate Legal Counsel.
Title I, “Expense Allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate, and Secretaries for the Majority and Minority of the Senate”: Appropriates $7,500 each for expense allowances of the Secretary of the Senate, the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, and the Secretaries for the Majority and Minority, $30,000 in all.
Title I, “INQUIRIES AND INVESTIGATIONS”: Appropriates $222,416,000 for Senate inquiries and investigations, of which $22,242,000 remains available until September 30, 2028.
Title I, “U.S. SENATE CAUCUS ON INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL”: Appropriates $613,000 for expenses of the United States Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control.
Title I, “SECRETARY OF THE SENATE”: Appropriates $17,852,000 for the Office of the Secretary of the Senate, of which $13,274,000 remains available until September 30, 2030, and $4,578,000 until expended.
Title I, “SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER OF THE SENATE”: Appropriates $229,845,000 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, of which $219,345,000 remains available until September 30, 2030, and $10,500,000 until expended.
Title I, “MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS”: Appropriates $28,052,000 for miscellaneous items, available until September 30, 2028.
Title I, “SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT”: Appropriates $645,431,000 for Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, of which $32,272,000 remains available until September 30, 2028, and $7,000,000 is for compensating Senate interns.
Title I, “OFFICIAL MAIL COSTS”: Appropriates $300,000 for official mail costs of the Senate.
Division C, Sec. 101: Makes Senators' official personnel and office expense account funds available for obligation only in the fiscal year or years for which they are appropriated, and returns unexpended balances to the Treasury for deficit reduction or debt reduction.
Division C, Sec. 102: Amends section 104 of division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 by adding “and any subsequent” after “118th” in subsection (a)(2) and striking the January 7, 2025 end date in (a)(3) and the January 3, 2023 start date in (b).
Title I, “Salaries and expenses”: Appropriates $2,083,055,000 for salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, itemized in the paragraphs that follow.
Title I, “House leadership offices”: Appropriates $36,560,000 for House leadership offices, itemized by office, available from January 3, 2026 until January 2, 2027.
Title I, “INCLUDING MEMBERS’ CLERK HIRE, OFFICIAL EXPENSES OF MEMBERS, AND OFFICIAL MAIL”: Appropriates $850,000,000 for Members' representational allowances, including clerk hire, official expenses, and official mail.
Title I, “Allowance for compensation of interns in member offices”: Appropriates $20,638,800 for compensation of interns in House Member offices, available from January 3, 2026 until January 2, 2027, and lets an office use not more than $46,800 during legislative year 2026.
Title I, “Allowance for compensation of interns in house leadership offices”: Appropriates $586,000 for compensation of interns in House leadership offices, split $322,300 for the majority and $263,700 for the minority, available from January 3, 2026 until January 2, 2027.
Title I, “Allowance for compensation of interns in house standing, special and select committee offices”: Appropriates $2,600,000 for compensation of interns in House standing, special, and select committee offices other than Appropriations, split $1,300,000 each for majority and minority offices, available until January 2, 2027.
Title I, “Allowance for compensation of interns in house appropriations committee offices”: Appropriates $463,000 for compensation of interns in House Committee on Appropriations offices, split $231,500 each for majority and minority offices.
Title I, “Standing committees, special and select”: Appropriates $184,787,000 for House standing, special, and select committees, available until December 31, 2026, with $10,000,000 available until expended for committee room upgrading.
Title I, “Committee on appropriations”: Appropriates $31,294,000 for salaries and expenses of the House Committee on Appropriations, including studies of executive agencies and temporary personal services, available until December 31, 2026.
Title I, “Salaries, officers and employees”: Appropriates $460,603,000 for compensation and expenses of House officers and employees, itemized by office, with $100,000,000 of the Sergeant at Arms funds for security for Members and their families.
Title I, “Allowances and expenses”: Appropriates $491,523,200 for House of Representatives allowances and expenses, including amounts for employee benefits, business continuity, transition activities, the Green and Gold Congressional Aide Program and the Office of Congressional Conduct.
Title I, “House of Representatives modernization initiatives account”: Appropriates $4,000,000, available until expended, for the House Modernization Initiatives Account, with disbursement subject to House Appropriations Committee approval and use limited to initiatives approved by the Committee on House Administration.
Division C, Sec. 110: Makes Members' Representational Allowance funds available only for fiscal year 2026, directs any remainder to the Treasury for deficit or debt reduction, and gives the Committee on House Administration authority to issue regulations.
Division C, Sec. 111: Bars the House Chief Administrative Officer from paying more than $1,000 per month from a Members' Representational Allowance for leasing a vehicle, excluding mobile district offices.
Division C, Sec. 112: Requires the head of any Federal entity assisting the House with cybersecurity risks and incidents to protect the constitutional integrity of the separate branches, including by applying minimization procedures to privileged House and Member information.
Division C, Sec. 113: Amends section 303(f) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to remove the provisions that treat the House of Representatives separately, applying to fiscal year 2026 and each later fiscal year.
Division C, Sec. 114: Amends section 312(d)(3) of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 1992 to allow payment of telecommunications expenses for the child care Center and to add assistant directors, starting in fiscal year 2026.
Division C, Sec. 115: Bars use of fiscal year 2026 funds by House Members, committees, officers or employees to buy computers, printers or videoconferencing equipment from manufacturers tied to entities on four listed Chinese-related Federal lists, including through contractors.
Division C, Sec. 116: Amends section 13144 of title 5, United States Code, so that the relationship between a Member providing medical or dental care directly to a patient and that patient is not treated as a fiduciary relationship, for compensation received in fiscal year 2026 onward.
Division C, Sec. 117: Allows the House Sergeant at Arms to use residential security funds for essential security improvements in a category set by the Sergeant at Arms and approved and regulated by the Committee on House Administration, for fiscal year 2026 onward.
Title I, “JOINT ITEMS”: Introduces the appropriations for Joint Committees that follow.
Title I, “Joint Economic Committee”: Appropriates $4,283,000 for salaries and expenses of the Joint Economic Committee, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Title I, “Joint Committee on Taxation”: Appropriates $14,000,000 for salaries and expenses of the Joint Committee on Taxation, to be disbursed by the House Chief Administrative Officer, and introduces the other joint items that follow.
Title I, “Office of the Attending Physician”: Appropriates $4,856,000 for the Office of the Attending Physician, including monthly allowances for physicians and assistants and $3,388,000 for reimbursement to the Department of the Navy for staff and equipment.
Title I, “Office of Congressional Accessibility Services — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $1,819,000 for salaries and expenses of the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services, to be disbursed by the Secretary of the Senate.
Title I, “Salaries”: Appropriates $653,422,000 for Capitol Police employee salaries and benefits, with overtime not to exceed $80,067,000 unless the Appropriations Committees are notified.
Title I, “General Expenses”: Appropriates $198,928,000 for Capitol Police general expenses, has the Secretary of Homeland Security pay basic training costs for fiscal year 2026, and bars buying drones made in or affiliated with the People's Republic of China except for national security.
Division C, Sec. 118: Amends section 4120 of title 5, United States Code, to allow Capitol Police employees to receive training outside the United States only with prior approval of the Capitol Police Board, for fiscal year 2026 onward.
Title I, “OFFICE OF CONGRESSIONAL WORKPLACE RIGHTS — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $8,350,000 for the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, of which not more than $1,000 may be spent on official representation and reception expenses.
Title I, “CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET OFFICE — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $74,750,000 for the Congressional Budget Office, of which not less than $7,100,000 is for cyber-security and not less than $500,000 is for improving transparency of estimates and availability of models and data.
Title I, “Capital Construction and Operations”: Appropriates $159,450,000 for Architect of the Capitol salaries and expenses for facilities and activities under the Architect's care, including the Botanic Garden and Senate and House office buildings.
Title I, “Capitol Building”: Appropriates $74,460,000 for maintenance, care and operation of the Capitol, of which $40,099,000 remains available until September 30, 2030.
Title I, “Capitol Grounds”: Appropriates $19,385,000 for care and improvement of the grounds around the Capitol, Senate and House office buildings and the Capitol Power Plant, of which $3,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2030.
Title I, “Senate Office Buildings”: Appropriates $122,635,000 for maintenance, care and operation of Senate office buildings, of which $16,900,000 remains available until September 30, 2030 and $20,000,000 until expended.
Title I, “House office buildings”: Appropriates $111,887,000 for maintenance, care and operation of the House office buildings, of which $24,390,000 remains available until September 30, 2030 and $10,000,000 until expended for the House Historic Buildings Revitalization Fund.
Title I, “Capitol Power Plant”: Appropriates $141,007,000 for the Capitol Power Plant and utility services for listed buildings, of which $22,600,000 remains available until September 30, 2030, and limits obligation of reimbursed funds to $10,000,000 during fiscal year 2026.
Title I, “Library Buildings and Grounds”: Appropriates $56,563,000 for mechanical and structural maintenance, care and operation of the Library buildings and grounds, of which $18,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2030.
Title I, “Capitol Police Buildings, Grounds and Security”: Appropriates $75,069,000 for Capitol Police buildings, grounds and security, of which $12,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2030, and bars purchase of drones made in or affiliated with the People's Republic of China except for national security purposes.
Title I, “Botanic Garden”: Appropriates $21,559,000 for the maintenance, care and operation of the Botanic Garden, of which $5,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2030, and allows funds for the National Garden.
Title I, “Capitol visitor center”: Appropriates $29,901,000 for the operation of the Capitol Visitor Center.
Division C, Sec. 120: Bars use of funds in this Act for the Architect of the Capitol to pay incentive or award payments to contractors that are behind schedule or over budget, unless the Architect determines the deviations meet stated exceptions.
Division C, Sec. 121: Allows the Architect of the Capitol, with Appropriations Committee approval, to enter cooperative agreements supporting the Capitol Grounds and Arboretum and to exchange plant materials with other entities.
Title I, “LIBRARY OF CONGRESS — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $592,411,000 for Library of Congress expenses, with limits on use of collections funds, $18,000 for representation expenses, and no less than $17,500,000 for named programs.
Title I, “Copyright Office — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $102,386,000 for the Copyright Office, with up to $37,025,000 from collections, not less than $10,300,000 for modernization, and other limits on fees, institute and royalty program costs.
Title I, “Congressional Research Service — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $136,080,000 for the Congressional Research Service and the Annotated Constitution, and requires committee approval for Library of Congress publications except non-confidential CRS products.
Division C, Sec. 123: Caps fiscal year 2026 obligational authority of the Library of Congress at $342,285,000 for reimbursable and revolving fund activities funded from sources other than legislative branch appropriations.
Title I, “Congressional Publishing”: Appropriates $80,000,000 for publishing and distributing congressional information and government publications, with conditions on Congressional Record copies, printing time limits, fund transfers and indexes.
Title I, “Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $42,852,000 for Superintendent of Documents public information programs, allows up to $2,000,000 for congressional serial sets, and permits transfer of expired balances to the revolving fund.
Title I, “Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund”: Provides $9,148,000 to the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund for information technology development and facilities repair, with conditions on contracts, representation expenses, vehicles and passport facility security.
Title I, “GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY OFFICE — Salaries and Expenses”: Appropriates $811,894,000 for the Government Accountability Office, plus $35,424,000 in received payments, with provisions on audit forum costs and the Tiny Findings Child Development Center.
Title I, “CONGRESSIONAL OFFICE FOR INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP FUND”: Provides $6,000,000 to the Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund, and limits funds for Russian participants to certain activities and not central government officials.
Title I, “JOHN C. STENNIS CENTER FOR PUBLIC SERVICE TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT”: Provides $430,000 as payment to the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund.
Division C, Sec. 201: Bars use of funds in this Act for maintenance or care of private vehicles, except emergency assistance and cleaning under House and Senate parking regulations.
Division C, Sec. 202: Provides that funds in this Act do not remain available for obligation beyond fiscal year 2026 unless the Act expressly says so.
Division C, Sec. 203: Makes the compensation rates and designations of offices in this Act, and the Member, officer and committee expense and clerk hire provisions, permanent law.
Division C, Sec. 204: Limits spending on consulting service procurement contracts under section 3109 of title 5 to contracts that are a matter of public record, except as existing law or Executive order provides.
Division C, Sec. 205: Allows legislative branch entities in the Legislative Branch Financial Managers Council to use administrative funds for a share of its costs, with total shared costs capped at $2,000.
Division C, Sec. 206: Bars transfer of funds in this Act to any federal department, agency or instrumentality except under transfer authority in this Act or another appropriation Act.
Division C, Sec. 207: Bars Architect of the Capitol funds from being used to eliminate or restrict congressional staff-led Capitol tours, except by regulation, and allows temporary suspension for security at the Capitol Police Board's direction.
Division C, Sec. 208: Bars use of funds in this Act to acquire telecommunications or video surveillance equipment from named companies or entities connected to a foreign adversary government.
Division C, Sec. 209: Bars use of funds in this Act to maintain or establish a computer network that does not block pornography, with an exception for law enforcement and official government activities.
Division C, Sec. 211: Amends section 203(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability Act of 1995 to add references to section 18D and section 218d.
Division C, Sec. 212: Appropriates $75,000,000 for Senators' office security, $18,500,000 for the Senate Sergeant at Arms and $10,000,000 for Senate miscellaneous items, and bars use of Senate funds for protective services to make individuals federal agents.
Division C, Sec. 213: Amends section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 to require notice to Senate offices of legal process seeking Senate data, and creates a Senator's civil action with $500,000 statutory damages per violation, applying from January 1, 2022.
Title II, “REQUIRING SENATE NOTIFICATION FOR DISCLOSURE OF SENATE DATA”: Provides that this division may be cited as the “Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026”.
Title I, “Military construction, army”: Appropriates $2,381,909,000 for Army military construction, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $415,688,000 for planning and design and $377,950,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, navy and marine corps”: Appropriates $5,725,724,000 for Navy and Marine Corps construction, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $629,088,000 for planning and design and $290,690,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, air force”: Appropriates $3,926,273,000 for Air Force military construction, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $646,573,000 for planning and design and $361,800,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, defense-Wide”: Appropriates $3,784,301,000 for Department of Defense construction outside the military departments, allows transfers, and sets $226,301,000 for planning and design and $82,000,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, army national guard”: Appropriates $272,930,000 for Army National Guard facilities, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $80,080,000 for planning and design and $112,050,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, air national guard”: Appropriates $292,546,000 for Air National Guard facilities, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $73,646,000 for planning and design and $95,900,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, army reserve”: Appropriates $92,239,000 for Army Reserve facilities, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $6,013,000 for planning and design and $50,000,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, navy reserve”: Appropriates $52,255,000 for Navy and Marine Corps reserve facilities, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $2,255,000 for planning and design and $50,000,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Military construction, air force reserve”: Appropriates $116,468,000 for Air Force Reserve facilities, available until September 30, 2030, with up to $7,170,000 for planning and design and $56,010,000 for specified projects.
Title I, “Security investment program”: Appropriates $481,832,000, available until expended, for the United States share of the NATO Security Investment Program for military facilities and installations.
Title I, “Department of defense base closure account”: Appropriates $465,161,000, to remain available until expended, for deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account established under the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990.
Title I, “Family housing construction, army”: Appropriates $228,558,000, available until September 30, 2030, for Army family housing construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration.
Title I, “Family housing operation and maintenance, army”: Appropriates $388,418,000 for Army family housing operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums.
Title I, “Family housing construction, navy and marine corps”: Appropriates $177,597,000, available until September 30, 2030, for Navy and Marine Corps family housing construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration.
Title I, “Family housing operation and maintenance, navy and marine corps”: Appropriates $384,108,000 for Navy and Marine Corps family housing operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums.
Title I, “Family housing construction, air force”: Appropriates $274,230,000, available until September 30, 2030, for Air Force family housing construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration.
Title I, “Family housing operation and maintenance, air force”: Appropriates $369,765,000 for Air Force family housing operation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and interest charges, and insurance premiums.
Title I, “Family housing operation and maintenance, defense-Wide”: Appropriates $53,374,000 for operation and maintenance, leasing, and minor construction of family housing for Department of Defense activities and agencies other than the military departments.
Title I, “Family housing improvement fund”: Appropriates $8,315,000, to remain available until expended, for the Department of Defense Family Housing Improvement Fund for initiatives under section 2883 of title 10, United States Code.
Title I, “Military unaccompanied housing improvement fund”: Appropriates $497,000, to remain available until expended, for the Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund for unaccompanied housing initiatives under section 2883 of title 10, United States Code.
Division D, Sec. 101: Bars use of this title's funds for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee construction contract with cost estimates over $25,000 in the United States except Alaska, without the Secretary of Defense's written approval.
Division D, Sec. 102: Makes funds in this title for construction available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
Division D, Sec. 103: Allows construction funds in this title to be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration for access roads under section 210 of title 23 when the Secretary of Defense certifies projects as important to national defense.
Division D, Sec. 104: Bars use of this title's funds to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which specific appropriations have not been made.
Division D, Sec. 105: Bars use of this title's funds to buy land or easements above 100 percent of the value set by the Army Corps of Engineers or Naval Facilities Engineering Command, with four listed exceptions.
Division D, Sec. 106: Bars use of this title's funds to acquire land, prepare sites, or install utilities for family housing, except housing funded in annual military construction appropriations Acts.
Division D, Sec. 107: Bars use of minor construction funds in this title to transfer or relocate an activity between bases or installations without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses.
Division D, Sec. 108: Bars use of this title's funds to procure steel for a construction project where American steel producers, fabricators, and manufacturers were denied the opportunity to compete.
Division D, Sec. 109: Bars use of Department of Defense military construction or family housing funds for the current fiscal year to pay real property taxes in any foreign nation.
Division D, Sec. 110: Bars use of this title's funds to start a new installation overseas without prior notification to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses.
Division D, Sec. 111: Bars obligating this title's funds for architect and engineer contracts 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.
Division D, Sec. 112: Bars awarding contracts over $1,000,000 to foreign contractors for military construction in Pacific territories, Kwajalein Atoll, or Arabian Gulf bordering countries, with exceptions for a 20 percent bid gap and Marshallese bidders on Kwajalein.
Division D, Sec. 113: Requires the Secretary of Defense to inform congressional committees 30 days before any proposed military exercise whose construction costs are expected to exceed $100,000.
Division D, Sec. 114: Makes prior-year Department of Defense construction funds available for construction authorized for each military department by authorizations enacted during the current session of Congress.
Division D, Sec. 115: Allows expired or lapsed funds to pay supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering, design, and subsequent claim costs for military construction or family housing projects being completed with such funds.
Division D, Sec. 116: Allows military construction funds to be obligated for a project at any time before the end of the fourth fiscal year after the year funds were made available, within the amount appropriated plus any lawful cost increase.
Division D, Sec. 117: Allows the Secretary of Defense, after 30 days' notice (or 14 days if electronic), to transfer amounts into the Family Housing and Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Funds, and makes fund appropriations available for direct loan and loan guarantee costs.
Division D, Sec. 118: Allows transfers from the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the Homeowners Assistance Program fund under 42 U.S.C. 3374, to be merged with and available for the same purposes as that fund.
Division D, Sec. 119: Makes family housing operation and maintenance funds the exclusive source for family housing repair, caps annual spending at $35,000 per general or flag officer quarters without 30 days' notice, and requires an annual Comptroller report.
Division D, Sec. 120: Appropriates amounts in the Ford Island Improvement Account, available until expended for purposes in section 2814(i)(1) of title 10 or until transferred under section 2814(i)(3).
Division D, Sec. 121: Allows unobligated balances of expired military construction and family housing appropriations to be transferred, during the 5 years after expiry, into the Foreign Currency Fluctuations, Construction, Defense appropriation.
Division D, Sec. 122: Allows amounts in accounts under this title to be transferred among projects and activities within the account under the April 2021 reprogramming guidelines in Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, Volume 3, Chapter 7.
Division D, Sec. 123: Bars obligation or expenditure of this title's funds for planning, design, and construction of projects at Arlington National Cemetery.
Division D, Sec. 124: Appropriates $144,000,000 for Military Construction, Army, $15,500,000 for Army National Guard, $11,000,000 for Air National Guard and $15,000,000 for Army Reserve, available until September 30, 2030, for unfunded-priority-list projects, with an expenditure plan due in 60 days.
Division D, Sec. 125: Makes fiscal year 2026 military construction amounts for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force and Defense-Wide accounts immediately available and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects.
Division D, Sec. 127: Defines "congressional defense committees" for this Act as the Armed Services Committees and the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Subcommittees of the Appropriations Committees of the House and Senate.
Division D, Sec. 128: Appropriates $5,000,000 each to Military Construction for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force for design of child development centers, available until September 30, 2030, with an expenditure plan due in 60 days.
Division D, Sec. 129: Appropriates $5,000,000 each to Military Construction for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, and the Air Force for design of barracks, available until September 30, 2030, with an expenditure plan due in 60 days.
Division D, Sec. 130: Appropriates $10,000,000 for Army, $25,000,000 for Navy and Marine Corps and $10,000,000 for Air Force unspecified minor construction for demolition, available until September 30, 2030, with an expenditure plan due in 60 days.
Division D, Sec. 131: Prohibits use of funds made available by this Act to carry out the closure or realignment of the United States Naval Station, Guantánamo Bay, Cuba.
Division D, Sec. 132: Allows unobligated Army military construction funds to be obligated for access road projects at Arlington National Cemetery authorized under section 210 of title 23, despite limits in this and prior Acts.
Title II, “COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS”: Appropriates $5,850,000,000 in addition to prior funds, and $246,630,525,000 available October 1, 2026, for veterans' compensation, pension, burial and related benefits and a disability examination pilot program.
Title II, “READJUSTMENT BENEFITS”: Appropriates $4,877,886,000 in addition to prior funds, and $24,703,528,000 available October 1, 2026, for veterans' readjustment and rehabilitation benefits, and charges certain rehabilitation services under section 3104(a) to this account.
Title II, “VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES”: Appropriates $97,893,000, available October 1, 2026 until expended, for military and naval insurance, national service life insurance, servicemen's indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance and veterans mortgage life insurance.
Title II, “GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION”: Appropriates $3,881,000,000 for Veterans Benefits Administration operating expenses, charges certain section 3104(a) services to this account, and keeps up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2027.
Title II, “MEDICAL SERVICES”: Appropriates $59,858,000,000 for Department of Veterans Affairs medical care, available from October 1, 2026; rescinds $15,889,000,000 of prior funds; and sets priority, prescription and prosthetics provisions.
Title II, “MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE”: Appropriates $38,700,000,000, available October 1, 2026 until September 30, 2027, for health care at non-Department facilities under chapter 17 of title 38, with $2,000,000,000 available until September 30, 2028.
Title II, “MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE”: Appropriates $12,000,000,000 for administration of Department of Veterans Affairs medical activities, available October 1, 2026, and rescinds $610,000,000 of the $12,700,000,000 previously appropriated under this heading.
Title II, “MEDICAL FACILITIES”: Appropriates $145,917,000 in addition to prior funds, and $11,700,000,000 available October 1, 2026, for maintenance, operation, leasing and repair of Veterans Health Administration facilities, with $500,000,000 available until September 30, 2028.
Title II, “MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH”: Appropriates $945,000,000 for medical and prosthetic research under chapter 73 of title 38, available until September 30, 2027, and requires sufficient amounts for prosthetic research for female veterans and toxic exposure research.
Title II, “National cemetery administration”: Appropriates $498,500,000 for National Cemetery Administration operations and maintenance, with up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2027.
Title II, “GENERAL ADMINISTRATION”: Appropriates $429,000,000 for Department of Veterans Affairs general operating expenses, with up to 10 percent per office available until September 30, 2027, and allows transfer to Veterans Benefits Administration operating expenses.
Title II, “BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS”: Appropriates $280,000,000 for operating expenses of the Board of Veterans Appeals, with up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2027.
Title II, “INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS”: Appropriates $5,919,000,000 for Department of Veterans Affairs information technology systems, divided among pay, operations and maintenance, and systems development, with transfer limits and approval requirements.
Title II, “VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD”: Appropriates $3,400,000,000, available until September 30, 2028, for the Veterans Electronic Health Record system, requires quarterly reports, and withholds 30 percent until July 1, 2026, pending a plan due June 1, 2026.
Title II, “OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL”: Appropriates $296,000,000 for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General, with up to 10 percent available until September 30, 2027.
Title II, “CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS”: Appropriates $1,394,000,000 for Department of Veterans Affairs major construction projects, of which $621,615,000 is available until September 30, 2030 and $772,385,000 until expended, with conditions on notification, obligation deadlines and seismic projects.
Title II, “CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS”: Appropriates $350,000,000 for Department of Veterans Affairs minor construction projects, of which $231,000,000 is available until September 30, 2030 and $119,000,000 until expended, and makes prior unobligated balances available.
Title II, “GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES”: Appropriates $275,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to States to acquire, construct or remodel State nursing home and domiciliary facilities for veterans' care.
Title II, “GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES”: Appropriates $150,000,000, to remain available until expended, for grants to States and tribal organizations to establish, expand or improve veterans cemeteries.
Title II, “Cost of war toxic exposures fund”: Appropriates $52,676,000,000, to remain available until expended, for veterans' health care, benefits and research relating to exposure to environmental hazards, in addition to amounts otherwise available.
Division D, Sec. 201: Allows fiscal year 2026 Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance and Indemnities appropriations to be transferred among one another, after the Secretary requests and the Appropriations Committees approve or 30 days pass.
Division D, Sec. 202: Allows transfer of up to 1 percent among the Medical Services, Medical Community Care, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities accounts, with no account increased by more than 1 percent, upon written notice to the Appropriations Committees.
Division D, Sec. 203: Makes Title II salaries and expenses appropriations available for services under 5 U.S.C. 3109, hire of passenger motor vehicles, lease of facilities or land, and uniforms or allowances.
Division D, Sec. 204: Bars use of Title II appropriations, except Construction, Major Projects and Construction, Minor Projects, to purchase a site for construction of any new hospital or home.
Division D, Sec. 205: Bars use of Title II appropriations for hospitalization or examination of persons other than entitled beneficiaries and certain others, unless the cost is reimbursed to the Medical Services account at rates the Secretary fixes.
Division D, Sec. 206: Makes Compensation and Pensions, Readjustment Benefits, and Veterans Insurance and Indemnities appropriations available to pay prior year accrued obligations recorded in the last quarter of fiscal year 2025.
Division D, Sec. 207: Makes Title II appropriations available to pay prior year obligations arising under 31 U.S.C. 3328(a), 3334 and 3712(a), with trust fund obligations payable only from Compensation and Pensions.
Division D, Sec. 208: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, during fiscal year 2026, to reimburse two accounts from three life insurance funds for insurance administration costs, limited to surplus earnings accumulated in that year.
Division D, Sec. 209: Makes amounts deducted from enhanced-use lease proceeds to reimburse prior year enhanced-use lease service expenses available until expended.
Division D, Sec. 210: Makes funds available to reimburse the Office of Resolution Management (up to $134,342,000), the Office of Employment Discrimination Complaint Adjudication (up to $7,607,000) and the Alternative Dispute Resolution function (up to $7,586,000) at actual cost.
Division D, Sec. 211: Bars Department of Veterans Affairs funds for care of persons with certain non-service-connected disabilities unless they disclose third-party reimbursement information, and allows the Secretary to recover charges from those who do not.
Division D, Sec. 212: Allows enhanced-use leasing proceeds to be deposited into the Construction, Major Projects and Construction, Minor Projects accounts and used for medical facility construction, alterations and improvements, in addition to the amounts provided there.
Division D, Sec. 213: Makes Medical Services amounts available for recreational facilities, supplies and equipment, and for funeral and burial expenses of beneficiaries receiving care in the Department.
Sec. 214: Allows sums deposited into the Medical Care Collections Fund under 38 U.S.C. 1729A to be transferred to the Medical Services and Medical Community Care accounts, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 215: Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter agreements with Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alaska and Alaska Native Health Compact tribes to provide health care, including behavioral health and dental care, to veterans in rural Alaska.
Sec. 216: Allows sums deposited into the Department of Veterans Affairs Capital Asset Fund under 38 U.S.C. 8118 to be transferred to the Construction, Major Projects and Construction, Minor Projects accounts, to remain available until expended.
Sec. 217: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to the Appropriations Committees, within 30 days after each fiscal quarter, a report on the Department's financial status, including the direction in a prior joint explanatory statement.
Sec. 218: Lets amounts in listed Department of Veterans Affairs accounts for fiscal year 2026 be transferred to or from the Information Technology Systems account, capped at a 10 percent aggregate increase and subject to approval by the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 219: Allows up to $654,954,000, plus reimbursements, to move from listed Department of Veterans Affairs accounts to the Joint DOD–VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, allows more upon written notice, and repeals section 220 of title II of division A of Public Law 118–42.
Sec. 220: Allows up to $739,918,000, plus reimbursements, of Department of Veterans Affairs amounts that become available on October 1, 2026 to be transferred to the Joint Department of Defense—Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility Demonstration Fund, with more allowed upon written notice.
Sec. 221: Makes deposits into the Medical Care Collections Fund for care at combined Federal medical facilities available for transfer to the Joint DOD–VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund and for facility operations, and keeps transferred amounts available until expended.
Sec. 222: Requires a minimum of $15,000,000 from the Medical Services, Medical Community Care, Medical Support and Compliance, and Medical Facilities amounts to be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, available until expended for purposes authorized by section 8111 of title 38.
Sec. 223: Bars the use of Department of Veterans Affairs funds to replace the current system by which the Veterans Integrated Service Networks select and contract for diabetes monitoring supplies and equipment.
Sec. 224: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Committees on Appropriations of bid savings in a major construction project of at least $5,000,000 or 5 percent of the programmed amount, within 14 days of a contract and 14 days before obligating the savings.
Sec. 225: Bars use of Construction, Major Projects funds for a project beyond the scope in the original justification data given to Congress, unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses approve.
Sec. 226: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to send the Committees on Appropriations a quarterly report, within 30 days after each fiscal quarter, with performance data from each Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office and the number of pending appeals.
Sec. 227: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to give the Committees on Appropriations written notice 15 days before organizational changes that move 25 or more full-time equivalents from one Department unit to another.
Sec. 228: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to notify the Committees on Appropriations each quarter of any single national outreach and awareness marketing campaign with obligations above $1,000,000.
Sec. 229: Lets the Secretary of Veterans Affairs transfer up to 1 percent of certain fiscal year 2026 discretionary appropriations or unobligated balances to Medical Services, with limits on emergency-designated amounts, transfer-back authority, and prior written notice to the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 230: Allows transfers between the Board of Veterans Appeals and General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration accounts, only after the Secretary requests and receives approval from the Committees on Appropriations.
Sec. 231: Bars the Secretary of Veterans Affairs from reprogramming funds among major construction projects or programs above a cumulative $7,000,000 unless the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses approve.
Sec. 232: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to ensure the veterans suicide hotline gives immediate help from a trained professional and meets American Association of Suicidology requirements, bars funds for blocking hotline hiring, and requires a study of the hotline's effectiveness.
Sec. 233: From October 1, 2018 through January 1, 2027, bars Department of Veterans Affairs funds from being used against the Veterans Health Administration breast cancer screening guidance published on May 10, 2017.
Sec. 234: Allows Medical Services funds to pay for fertility counseling and treatment using assisted reproductive technology for certain veterans with service-connected disabilities and their spouses, and for adoption reimbursement to those veterans, subject to section 508 of Public Law 115–141.
Sec. 235: Bars the use of Department of Veterans Affairs funds in a manner inconsistent with section 842 of Public Law 109–115 or section 8110(a)(5) of title 38, United States Code.
Sec. 236: Exempts from section 842 of Public Law 109–115 the conversion of certain Veterans Health Administration, Veterans Benefits Administration, or National Cemetery Administration activities to contractors at least 51 percent owned by Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations.
Sec. 237: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to stop collecting and using Social Security account numbers to authenticate individuals in Department information systems by September 30, 2026, and permits their use to identify individuals in four listed cases.
Sec. 238: Applies section 239 of division A of Public Law 114–223 to Department of Veterans Affairs funds provided for "Medical Services" for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Sec. 239: Bars use of Department of Veterans Affairs funds to transfer any amounts from the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund to any other Department account.
Sec. 240: Allows Department of Veterans Affairs "Medical Services" funds for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to be used to carry out and expand the child care program under section 205 of Public Law 111–163, notwithstanding subsection (e) of that section.
Sec. 241: Bars use of funds in this title by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter a dispute or claim agreement that restricts an individual from speaking to Members of Congress or their staff, except on topics barred by Federal law or kept secret by Executive order.
Sec. 242: Applies section 258 of division A of Public Law 114–223 to Department of Veterans Affairs funds for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Sec. 243: Bars use of funds under this Act to deny an Inspector General timely access to department or agency records, requires such access, and requires Inspectors General to report any failure to comply to the Appropriations Committees within 5 calendar days.
Sec. 244: Bars use of funds in this Act in a manner that would increase wait times for veterans seeking care at Department of Veterans Affairs medical facilities.
Sec. 245: Bars Veterans Health Administration funds in fiscal year 2026 from converting a program funded for a specific purpose in fiscal year 2025 to general purpose funding, unless written notice is given 30 days ahead and the Appropriations Committees approve.
Sec. 246: Applies section 248 of division A of Public Law 114–223 to Department of Veterans Affairs funds for fiscal years 2026 and 2027.
Sec. 248: Allows the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to use funds in this title to keep the ratio of veterans to full-time employment equivalents in chapter 31 rehabilitation programs at or below 125 to one, and requires a report within 180 days.
Sec. 249: Allows amounts for the "Veterans Health Administration, Medical Community Care" account for fiscal years 2026 and 2027 to be used for expenses that would otherwise be paid from the Veterans Choice Fund.
Sec. 250: Provides that obligations and expenditures for aid to state homes under section 1741 of title 38 that applied to the "Medical Services" account in fiscal years 2017 through 2019 remain in the "Medical Community Care" account for those years.
Sec. 251: Directs specified amounts of fiscal year 2026 Department of Veterans Affairs health funds to listed purposes, including $1,429,181,000 for women veterans' care, $698,000,000 for suicide prevention outreach, and $3,500,000,000 for the Caregivers program.
Sec. 252: Makes $900,000,000 of unobligated balances in the "Recurring Expenses Transformational Fund" available for Veterans Health Administration medical facility construction and improvement, subject to a spending plan and Appropriations Committee approval or 30 days passing.
Sec. 253: Transfers $2,030,000,000 of the $75,039,000,000 that became available on October 1, 2025 under "Veterans Health Administration—Medical Services" to "Veterans Health Administration—Medical Facilities".
Sec. 254: Requires the Secretary to submit, within 30 days of enactment, an expenditure plan for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund, with set Veterans Health Administration subcategories, and to submit quarterly reports on obligations by program, project or activity.
Sec. 255: Keeps amounts transferred to the Secretary between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 for an order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs available to pay valid obligations incurred during the order's period of performance, if the Secretary of Veterans Affairs so determines.
Sec. 256: Bars use of funds to close Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, domiciliaries or clinics, conduct an environmental assessment, or reduce health care services as part of a planned realignment until the Secretary reports to the Appropriations Committees on rural access to care.
Sec. 257: Allows unobligated balances under "Construction, Major Projects" and "Construction, Minor Projects" to be obligated for a facility under the CHIP-IN Act of 2016 for added funds or an escalation clause, after a request to the Appropriations Committees and approval or 30 days without response.
Sec. 258: Bars fiscal year 2026 Department of Veterans Affairs funds from buying computers, printers or videoconferencing equipment from makers or offerors on listed Chinese military, denied-party or forced-labor entity lists, including through third-party contracts.
Sec. 259: From October 1, 2025 to September 30, 2026, bars use of funds in this Act to administer, implement or enforce the Department of Veterans Affairs final rule "Change in Rates VA Pays for Special Modes of Transportation" (88 Fed. Reg. 10032).
Sec. 260: Bars use of funds in this Act to pay award or incentive fees to contractors whose performance was below satisfactory, behind schedule, over budget or failed contract requirements, unless exceptions apply and the fees are consistent with Federal Acquisition Regulation 16.401(e)(2).
Sec. 261: Directs the Department to maintain staffing levels supporting its goals, including adjudicating benefits claims within the 125 day goal and providing health care appointments and services within the timeframes required by statute and regulation.
Sec. 262: Directs the Department to give the Appropriations Committees quarterly briefings on implementing the provisions of Public Law 118–42 on veterans in the Freely Associated States, including engagement with those governments, a projected timeline for care, and a cost estimate.
Sec. 263: Bars use of amounts appropriated by this title to cancel a contract valued over $10,000,000 until the Secretary of Veterans Affairs gives the Appropriations Committees advance notice and a written explanation of contingency plans to replace the service, including staffing changes.
Sec. 264: Bars use of funds in this Act to reduce the staffing, hours of operation or services of the Veterans Crisis Line or any other Department of Veterans Affairs suicide prevention program.
Title III, “American battle monuments commission — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $110,000,000, to remain available until expended, for American Battle Monuments Commission expenses, including foreign land acquisition, uniforms, foreign office rent, vehicles, and up to $15,000 for official reception and representation.
Title III, “FOREIGN CURRENCY FLUCTUATIONS ACCOUNT”: Appropriates such sums as may be necessary, to remain available until expended, for American Battle Monuments Commission purposes authorized by section 2109 of title 36, United States Code.
Title III, “United states court of appeals for veterans claims — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $49,000,000 for the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, of which $3,000,000 is available until September 30, 2027, and $4,256,000 is for financial assistance under Public Law 102–229.
Title III, “Cemeterial expenses, army — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Appropriates $118,780,450 for Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery, of which up to $15,000,000 remains available until September 30, 2028, plus sums for parking maintenance from a Department of Defense account.
Title III, “TRUST FUND”: Appropriates $80,000,000 from the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, available until September 30, 2027, to operate both Retirement Home sites, of which $2,072,000 is for construction and $27,000,000 is paid from the general fund to the Trust Fund.
Sec. 301: Appropriates amounts deposited into the special account under 10 U.S.C. 7727, available until expended, to support activities at the Army National Military Cemeteries.
Sec. 401: Provides that no appropriation in this Act remains available for obligation beyond the current fiscal year unless expressly so provided.
Sec. 402: Bars use of funds for any program, project or activity known to the funding entity or official to not comply with any Federal law on risk assessment, protection of private property rights, or unfunded mandates.
Sec. 403: Encourages departments and agencies funded by this Act, within existing statutory authority and funding, to expand their use of "E-Commerce" technologies and procedures in business practices and public service activities.
Sec. 404: Directs that, unless stated otherwise, reports and notifications required by this Act go to the House and Senate Appropriations subcommittees on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies.
Sec. 405: Bars transfer of funds in this Act to any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States Government except under a transfer made by, or authority provided in, this or any other appropriations Act.
Sec. 406: Bars use of funds in this Act for a project or program named for an individual serving as a Member, Delegate or Resident Commissioner of the House of Representatives.
Sec. 407: Requires agencies receiving funds to post on their public websites reports required by Congress, if the agency head finds it serves the national interest, except for national security or confidential reports, and only after 45 days with the requesting Committee.
Sec. 408: Bars use of funds to maintain or establish a computer network that does not block viewing, downloading and exchanging pornography, with an exception for law enforcement and criminal investigation, prosecution or adjudication.
Sec. 409: Bars executive branch use of funds in this Act to pay for employee first-class travel in contravention of 41 C.F.R. sections 301–10.122 through 301–10.124.
Sec. 410: Bars use of funds in this Act to execute a contract for goods or services, including construction, where the contractor has not complied with Executive Order No. 12989.
Sec. 411: Bars use of funds in this Act in contravention of section 101(e)(8) of title 10, United States Code.
Sec. 412: Bars Department of Defense funds in this Act from building, renovating or expanding facilities in the United States, its territories or possessions to house individuals detained at Guantánamo Bay, with an exception for modifications at Guantánamo Bay.
Sec. 413: Bars use of funds by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs under 38 U.S.C. 5502 to report a person as adjudicated a mental defective under 18 U.S.C. 922 without a judicial finding that the person is a danger to self or others.
Sec. 414: Bars use of funds in this Act to influence congressional action on legislation or appropriation matters pending before Congress, other than communications to Members as described in 18 U.S.C. 1913.
Sec. 415: Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to keep in effect the policies and requirements of the Veterans Health Administration smoke-free employee policy, VHA Directive 1085.01, published August 8, 2019.
Sec. 416: Requires each department or agency funded for fiscal year 2026 to report to the Appropriations Committees, within 60 days and then monthly, on funds available for obligation and on obligations, by program, project and activity, public law, and period of availability.
Title IV, “GENERAL PROVISIONS”: Provides that this division may be cited as the “Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026”.
Sec. 5002: Extension of agricultural programs: Continues the authorities of the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 and the laws it amended until September 30, 2026 or a later date, with amendments to dairy, price support, trade, research and energy provisions, listed exceptions, and report requirements.
Sec. 6209: Revising phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment changes: Amends section 1834A of the Social Security Act to revise the phase-in of Medicare clinical laboratory test payment reductions and to move the private sector payment rate reporting period to begin February 1, 2026 and end April 30, 2026.
Sec. 6213: Medicare sequestration: Amends section 251A(6)(D) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, changing “10 months” to “11 months” in clause (i) and “2 months” to “1 month” in clause (ii).
Sec. 7402: Extension of requirement for annual report on use of authority to provide equitable relief: Amends section 503(c) of title 38, United States Code, changing “December 31, 2025” to “December 31, 2026”.
Sec. 7406: Retroactive effective date: Provides that the amendments made by Division G, except those made by section 7307, take effect as if enacted on September 30, 2025.