H.R. 8469: Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
Bill · 119th Congress (2025–2026). Passed House, 15 May 2026. Introduced 23 Apr 2026.
Vote results
- House, 15 May 2026: Passed, 400 Yea, 15 Nay, 0 Present, 15 Not voting. The House’s roll call
- Senate: not yet considered.
- President: Not before the President yet: both chambers must pass it first.
How each member voted
Senate
Not yet considered.
House
Yea (400): Harold Rogers (R-KY-5); Christopher H. Smith (R-NJ-4); 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); Ken Calvert (R-CA-41); 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); Frank D. Lucas (R-OK-3); Lloyd Doggett (D-TX-37); Zoe Lofgren (D-CA-18); Robert B. Aderholt (R-AL-4); Danny K. Davis (D-IL-7); Diana DeGette (D-CO-1); 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); Michael K. Simpson (R-ID-2); Mike Thompson (D-CA-4); Pete Sessions (R-TX-17); Sam Graves (R-MO-6); Betty McCollum (D-MN-4); Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA-8); 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); Linda T. Sánchez (D-CA-38); Michael R. Turner (R-OH-10); Darrell Issa (R-CA-48); Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO-5); Jim Costa (D-CA-21); Henry Cuellar (D-TX-28); Virginia Foxx (R-NC-5); Al Green (D-TX-9); Michael T. McCaul (R-TX-10); Gwen Moore (D-WI-4); Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL-25); Gus M. Bilirakis (R-FL-12); Vern Buchanan (R-FL-16); Kathy Castor (D-FL-14); Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY-9); Steve Cohen (D-TN-9); Joe Courtney (D-CT-2); Jim Jordan (R-OH-4); Adrian Smith (R-NE-3); Robert E. Latta (R-OH-5); Robert J. Wittman (R-VA-1); André Carson (D-IN-7); Steve Scalise (R-LA-1); Tim Walberg (R-MI-5); Brett Guthrie (R-KY-2); James A. Himes (D-CT-4); Tom McClintock (R-CA-5); Chellie Pingree (D-ME-1); Glenn Thompson (R-PA-15); 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); 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); William R. Keating (D-MA-9); Mike Kelly (R-PA-16); David Schweikert (R-AZ-1); Austin Scott (R-GA-8); Terri A. Sewell (D-AL-7); Daniel Webster (R-FL-11); Steve Womack (R-AR-3); Dina Titus (D-NV-1); Mark E. Amodei (R-NV-2); 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); Richard Hudson (R-NC-9); Jared Huffman (D-CA-2); Hakeem S. Jeffries (D-NY-8); David P. Joyce (R-OH-14); Grace Meng (D-NY-6); Scott Perry (R-PA-10); Scott H. Peters (D-CA-50); Mark Pocan (D-WI-2); Raul Ruiz (D-CA-25); Juan Vargas (D-CA-52); Marc A. Veasey (D-TX-33); Ann Wagner (R-MO-2); Roger Williams (R-TX-25); Robin L. Kelly (D-IL-2); Jason Smith (R-MO-8); Katherine M. Clark (D-MA-5); Alma S. Adams (D-NC-12); Donald Norcross (D-NJ-1); Pete Aguilar (D-CA-33); Rick W. Allen (R-GA-12); Brian Babin (R-TX-36); Donald S. Beyer, Jr. (D-VA-8); Mike Bost (R-IL-12); Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA-2); Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R-GA-1); Ed Case (D-HI-1); Mark DeSaulnier (D-CA-10); Debbie Dingell (D-MI-6); Tom Emmer (R-MN-6); Glenn Grothman (R-WI-6); J. French Hill (R-AR-2); Ted Lieu (D-CA-36); 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); Norma J. Torres (D-CA-35); Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-NJ-12); Bruce Westerman (R-AR-4); Bradley Scott Schneider (D-IL-10); David G. Valadao (R-CA-22); Trent Kelly (R-MS-1); Warren Davidson (R-OH-8); James Comer (R-KY-1); Dwight Evans (D-PA-3); Jodey C. Arrington (R-TX-19); Don Bacon (R-NE-2); Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA-44); Jack Bergman (R-MI-1); Andy Biggs (R-AZ-5); Salud O. Carbajal (D-CA-24); J. Luis Correa (D-CA-46); Neal P. Dunn (R-FL-2); Adriano Espaillat (D-NY-13); Brian K. Fitzpatrick (R-PA-1); Vicente Gonzalez (D-TX-34); Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ-5); Clay Higgins (R-LA-3); Steven Horsford (D-NV-4); Pramila Jayapal (D-WA-7); Mike Johnson (R-LA-4); Ro Khanna (D-CA-17); Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL-8); David Kustoff (R-TN-8); Brian J. Mast (R-FL-21); Jimmy Panetta (D-CA-19); Jamie Raskin (D-MD-8); John H. Rutherford (R-FL-5); Lloyd Smucker (R-PA-11); Darren Soto (D-FL-9); 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); Joseph D. Morelle (D-NY-25); Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA-5); Marlin A. Stutzman (R-IN-3); James R. Baird (R-IN-4); Tim Burchett (R-TN-2); Sean Casten (D-IL-6); Ben Cline (R-VA-6); Angie Craig (D-MN-2); Dan Crenshaw (R-TX-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); Russ Fulcher (R-ID-1); Sylvia R. Garcia (D-TX-29); Jesús G. "Chuy" García (D-IL-4); Jared F. Golden (D-ME-2); Lance Gooden (R-TX-5); Josh Harder (D-CA-9); Jahana Hayes (D-CT-5); Chrissy Houlahan (D-PA-6); Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL); John Joyce (R-PA-13); Susie Lee (D-NV-3); Mike Levin (D-CA-49); Lucy McBath (D-GA-6); Daniel Meuser (R-PA-9); Carol D. Miller (R-WV-1); Joe Neguse (D-CO-2); Chris Pappas (D-NH-1); Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA-14); John W. Rose (R-TN-6); Chip Roy (R-TX-21); Kim Schrier (D-WA-8); Greg Stanton (D-AZ-4); Pete Stauber (R-MN-8); Bryan Steil (R-WI-1); W. Gregory Steube (R-FL-17); Haley M. Stevens (D-MI-11); William R. Timmons IV (R-SC-4); Lori Trahan (D-MA-3); Lauren Underwood (D-IL-14); 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); Jake Auchincloss (D-MA-4); 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); Cleo Fields (D-LA-6); 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); Sara Jacobs (D-CA-51); 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); Frank J. Mrvan (D-IN-1); Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22); Jay Obernolte (R-CA-23); Burgess Owens (R-UT-4); August Pfluger (R-TX-11); Deborah K. Ross (D-NC-2); Maria Elvira Salazar (R-FL-27); Victoria Spartz (R-IN-5); Marilyn Strickland (D-WA-10); Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24); Nikema Williams (D-GA-5); Troy A. Carter (D-LA-2); Melanie A. Stansbury (D-NM-1); Jake Ellzey (R-TX-6); Shontel M. Brown (D-OH-11); Mike Carey (R-OH-15); Mike Flood (R-NE-1); Brad Finstad (R-MN-1); Patrick Ryan (D-NY-18); Rudy Yakym III (R-IN-2); Mark Alford (R-MO-4); Becca Balint (D-VT-AL); Aaron Bean (R-FL-4); Josh Brecheen (R-OK-2); Nikki Budzinski (D-IL-13); Eric Burlison (R-MO-7); Greg Casar (D-TX-35); Juan Ciscomani (R-AZ-6); Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA-31); Mike Collins (R-GA-10); Elijah Crane (R-AZ-2); Jasmine Crockett (D-TX-30); Monica De La Cruz (R-TX-15); Christopher R. Deluzio (D-PA-17); Chuck Edwards (R-NC-11); Mike Ezell (R-MS-4); Valerie P. Foushee (D-NC-4); Russell Fry (R-SC-7); Robert Garcia (D-CA-42); Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3); Harriet M. Hageman (R-WY-AL); Erin Houchin (R-IN-9); Val T. Hoyle (D-OR-4); Wesley Hunt (R-TX-38); Glenn Ivey (D-MD-4); Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL-1); John James (R-MI-10); Jennifer A. Kiggans (R-VA-2); Kevin Kiley (I-CA-3); Nick LaLota (R-NY-1); Greg Landsman (D-OH-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); Seth Magaziner (D-RI-2); Richard McCormick (R-GA-7); Morgan McGarvey (D-KY-3); Robert Menendez (D-NJ-8); Max L. Miller (R-OH-7); Cory Mills (R-FL-7); Nathaniel Moran (R-TX-1); Jared Moskowitz (D-FL-23); Kevin Mullin (D-CA-15); Zachary Nunn (R-IA-3); Andrew Ogles (R-TN-5); Brittany Pettersen (D-CO-7); Andrea Salinas (D-OR-6); Hillary J. Scholten (D-MI-3); Keith Self (R-TX-3); Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17); Dale W. Strong (R-AL-5); Emilia Strong Sykes (D-OH-13); Shri Thanedar (D-MI-13); Jill N. Tokuda (D-HI-2); Derrick Van Orden (R-WI-3); Gabe Vasquez (D-NM-2); Jennifer L. McClellan (D-VA-4); Gabe Amo (D-RI-1); Celeste Maloy (R-UT-2); Timothy M. Kennedy (D-NY-26); Vince Fong (R-CA-20); Michael A. Rulli (R-OH-6); LaMonica McIver (D-NJ-10); Tony Wied (R-WI-8); Tom Barrett (R-MI-7); Michael Baumgartner (R-WA-5); Nicholas J. Begich III (R-AK-AL); Wesley Bell (D-MO-1); Sheri Biggs (R-SC-3); Robert P. Bresnahan, Jr. (R-PA-8); Janelle S. Bynum (D-OR-5); Herbert C. Conaway, Jr. (D-NJ-3); Jeff Crank (R-CO-5); Troy Downing (R-MT-2); Sarah Elfreth (D-MD-3); Gabe Evans (R-CO-8); Julie Fedorchak (R-ND-AL); Shomari Figures (D-AL-2); Laura Friedman (D-CA-30); Brandon Gill (R-TX-26); Laura Gillen (D-NY-4); Craig A. Goldman (R-TX-12); Maggie Goodlander (D-NH-2); 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); Julie Johnson (D-TX-32); Mike Kennedy (R-UT-3); Brad Knott (R-NC-13); George Latimer (D-NY-16); Sam T. Liccardo (D-CA-16); Ryan Mackenzie (R-PA-7); John W. Mannion (D-NY-22); Sarah McBride (D-DE-AL); April McClain Delaney (D-MD-6); Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-MI-8); Addison P. McDowell (R-NC-6); John J. McGuire III (R-VA-5); Mark B. Messmer (R-IN-8); Dave Min (D-CA-47); Riley M. Moore (R-WV-2); Tim Moore (R-NC-14); Kelly Morrison (D-MN-3); Johnny Olszewski, Jr. (D-MD-2); Robert F. Onder, Jr. (R-MO-3); Nellie Pou (D-NJ-9); Emily Randall (D-WA-6); Josh Riley (D-NY-19); Luz M. Rivas (D-CA-29); Derek Schmidt (R-KS-2); Jefferson Shreve (R-IN-6); Lateefah Simon (D-CA-12); Suhas Subramanyam (D-VA-10); David J. Taylor (R-OH-2); Derek Tran (D-CA-45); Eugene Simon Vindman (D-VA-7); George Whitesides (D-CA-27); Randy Fine (R-FL-6); Jimmy Patronis (R-FL-1); James R. Walkinshaw (D-VA-11); Adelita S. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Matt Van Epps (R-TN-7); Christian D. Menefee (D-TX-18); Clay Fuller (R-GA-14); Analilia Mejia (D-NJ-11).
Nay (15): James P. McGovern (D-MA-2); Doris O. Matsui (D-CA-7); Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA-4); Mark Takano (D-CA-39); Jimmy Gomez (D-CA-34); Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY-14); Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5); Ayanna Pressley (D-MA-7); Rashida Tlaib (D-MI-12); Ritchie Torres (D-NY-15); Maxwell Frost (D-FL-10); Summer L. Lee (D-PA-12); Delia C. Ramirez (D-IL-3); Yassamin Ansari (D-AZ-3); Maxine Dexter (D-OR-3).
Not voting (15): Rick Larsen (D-WA-2); Frederica S. Wilson (D-FL-24); Kweisi Mfume (D-MD-7); Andy Barr (R-KY-6); Randy K. Weber, Sr. (R-TX-14); Seth Moulton (D-MA-6); Elise M. Stefanik (R-NY-21); Darin LaHood (R-IL-16); Michael Guest (R-MS-3); Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-NM-3); Julia Letlow (R-LA-5); Donald G. Davis (D-NC-1); Daniel S. Goldman (D-NY-10); Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA-37); Thomas H. Kean, Jr. (R-NJ-7).
Not in office (15): James Gallagher (R-CA-1); Everton Blair Jr. (D-GA-13); Aisha Wahab (D-CA-14); David Scott (D-GA-13); Raúl M. Grijalva (D-AZ-7); Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA-11); Eric Swalwell (D-CA-14); Doug LaMalfa (R-CA-1); Mikie Sherrill (D-NJ-11); Mark E. Green (R-TN-7); Michael Waltz (R-FL-6); Tony Gonzales (R-TX-23); Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA-14); Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick (D-FL-20); Sylvester Turner (D-TX-18).
Summary
Main subject: Provides appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military construction and family housing, Department of Veterans Affairs benefits, health care and facilities, and related agencies. Title I, Title II, Title III
Its core areas: Military construction for the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, Air Force, Defense-wide activities, National Guard and Reserve components; Military family housing and unaccompanied housing; NATO Security Investment Program and Base Closure Account; Veterans compensation, pension, readjustment and insurance benefits; Veterans Health Administration medical care, community care, facilities and research; Department of Veterans Affairs information technology and Electronic Health Record system; Department of Veterans Affairs construction and Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund; American Battle Monuments Commission, Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, Army cemeterial expenses and Armed Forces Retirement Home.
Unexpected Items: 33 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 (6)
- Sec. 408: Bars use of funds in this Act to maintain or establish a computer network unless the network blocks viewing, downloading, and exchanging of pornography, with an exception for law enforcement and criminal investigation activities.
- 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. 412: Bars Department of Defense funds in this Act from being used to construct, renovate, or expand facilities in the United States, its territories, or possessions to house individuals detained at Naval Station Guantánamo Bay, and excepts modifications of facilities at Guantánamo Bay.
- Sec. 413: Bars the use of funds in this Act by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report a person deemed mentally incapacitated or incompetent as adjudicated a mental defective under federal firearms law, without a judicial order or finding that the person is a danger to self or others.
- Sec. 131: Bars use of any funds in the Act to carry out the closure or realignment of a named naval station.
- Sec. 407: Sets a process for agencies receiving funds in this Act to post congressionally required reports on their public websites when the agency head finds it serves the national interest, after the reports have been available to committees for at least 45 days. Reports are excepted if posting compromises national security or they contain confidential or proprietary information.
Applies only to a specific place or group (6)
- Sec. 219: Allows transfer of up to $710,778,000 from VA medical and related accounts to the Joint DOD–VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for facilities described by section 706 of a 2009 defense authorization act, and repeals section 220 of a prior-year division. ($710,778,000)
- Sec. 220: Allows transfer of up to $760,767,000 from VA medical accounts becoming available October 1, 2027 to the Joint DOD–VA Medical Facility Demonstration Fund for facilities described by section 706 of a 2009 defense authorization act. ($760,767,000)
- Sec. 221: Makes Medical Care Collections Fund deposits from care at combined Federal medical facilities available for transfer to the Joint DOD–VA Demonstration Fund and for facility operations, with transferred amounts available until expended.
- Sec. 253: Keeps available for liquidating valid obligations certain amounts transferred between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 to a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of title 38, if the Secretary determines it is needed.
- Sec. 255: Allows unobligated construction balances to be obligated for a facility under section 2(e)(1) of the 2016 CHIP IN Act, subject to Committee approval and notice that the entity in section 2(a)(2) of that law has exhausted cost containment approaches.
- Title III, “United states court of appeals for veterans claims — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Within the Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims appropriation, sets aside $4,300,000 for financial assistance as described under this heading in Public Law 102–229. ($4,300,000)
Funds a specific named project or event (7)
- Sec. 120: Appropriates the amounts in the Ford Island Improvement Account, available until expended for the purposes in the cited statute or until transferred.
- Sec. 210: Allows funds to reimburse three named Department offices at actual cost, capped at $85,691,000, $8,807,000 and $4,742,026 respectively.
- Sec. 222: Requires a minimum of $15,000,000 of VA medical account amounts to be transferred to the DOD–VA Health Care Sharing Incentive Fund, available until expended. ($15,000,000)
- Sec. 250: Directs set-aside amounts within VA health accounts, including $42,000,000 for the National Center for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and $80,000,000 for the Neurology Centers of Excellence, alongside other program amounts.
- Sec. 260: Directs the Secretary to begin construction of a named Community Based Outpatient Clinic in Bakersfield, California, or move its services to temporary space, by September 30, 2027, under a stated lease number.
- Sec. 421: Bars use of funds made available by this Act to close the Port Charlotte VA Clinic in Port Charlotte, Florida.
- Title III, “TRUST FUND”: Within the Armed Forces Retirement Home appropriation, sets aside $2,000,000 until expended for construction and renovation of the physical plants at the two named Armed Forces Retirement Home locations. ($2,000,000)
Different amount for specific places or groups (3)
- Sec. 119: Sets a $20,000 per-unit annual limit on maintenance and repair of general or flag officer quarters before 30 days' prior notice to the Appropriations Committees is required. ($20,000)
- Title II, “NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT”: Funds a direct loan program for a specified group of veterans, with a cost of $2,604,056 and a cap of $75,000,000 on the principal amount of direct loans, plus administrative expenses. ($75,000,000)
- Sec. 111: Limits architect and engineer contracts estimated above $500,000 for projects in Japan, NATO member countries, and countries bordering the Arabian Gulf to United States firms or their joint ventures with host nation firms. ($500,000)
Exception or delay for a subset (6)
- Sec. 101: Bars use of Title I funds for cost-plus-a-fixed-fee construction contracts estimated above $25,000 within the United States without written approval of the Secretary of Defense, and excludes Alaska from that restriction. ($25,000)
- Sec. 112: Restricts awarding foreign-contractor contracts over $1,000,000 for military construction in listed Pacific territories and Arabian Gulf countries, and exempts awards on Kwajalein Atoll where the lowest bid comes from a Marshallese contractor.
- Sec. 126: Allows funds to be obligated before October 1, 2028 for fiscal year 2017 through 2020 military construction projects whose authorization has not lapsed, notwithstanding the obligation deadline in section 116.
- Sec. 215: Authorizes the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to enter agreements with health centers and tribal organizations in the State of Alaska to provide care to veterans in rural Alaska, defined by exclusion of Anchorage and the Fairbanks North Star Borough.
- Sec. 236: Exempts conversion of certain VA functions to contractor performance from section 842 of Public Law 109–115 when the contractor is at least 51 percent owned by Indian Tribes or Native Hawaiian Organizations.
- Sec. 232: Bars use of Act funds to enforce any Executive action that prohibits appointing individuals to civil service positions relating to the suicide hotline, and requires a study of the hotline covering a 5-year period beginning January 1, 2016.
Delays or blocks a specific regulation (2)
- Sec. 257: Bars use of funds from October 1, 2026 through September 30, 2027 to administer, implement, or enforce a VA final rule on rates paid for special modes of transportation.
- Sec. 420: Bars use of Department of Veterans Affairs funds in this Act to enforce parts of Veterans Health Directive 1315 that prohibit VHA providers from completing forms or registering Veterans for State-approved marijuana programs.
Changes a government process (2)
- 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.
- Sec. 417: Bars use of funds in this Act to prepare more than one environmental impact statement for a military construction project with the same project number on DD Form 1391, unless a court order requires it.
Condition defined by a narrow set of criteria (1)
- Sec. 256: Bars use of Department of Veterans Affairs funds to buy computers, printers, or videoconferencing equipment from manufacturers or parent companies on listed federal entity lists tied to the People's Republic of China.
What it does
- Title I, “Military construction, air force”: Provides $3,712,473,000 for Air Force military construction, to remain available until September 30, 2031.
- Title I, “Military construction, defense-Wide”: Provides $3,757,301,000 for construction for Department of Defense activities and agencies other than the military departments, to remain available until September 30, 2031.
- Title I, “Security investment program”: Provides $481,832,000, to remain available until expended, for the United States share of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Program.
- Title II, “COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS”: Provides appropriations for veterans' compensation, pension and burial benefits under title 38, including $10,555,052,000 in addition to funds previously appropriated under that heading.
- Title II, “MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE”: Provides $1,027,000,000 in addition to previously appropriated funds, and $42,000,000,000 available October 1, 2027, for health care for individuals at non-Department facilities.
- Title II, “MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE”: Provides $12,000,000,000 available October 1, 2027, for Veterans Health Administration support and compliance, and rescinds $1,650,000,000 of funds previously appropriated under that heading.
- Title II, “VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD”: Provides $3,400,000,000, available until September 30, 2029, for the Veterans Electronic Health Record system, with 25 percent unavailable until July 1, 2027 and contingent on a plan from the Secretary.
- Title II, “Cost of war toxic exposures fund”: Provides $54,593,000,000, and in addition $53,715,000,000 available October 1, 2027, for health care, benefits and research associated with exposure to environmental hazards.
- Title III, “American battle monuments commission — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $107,925,000, to remain available until expended, for the American Battle Monuments Commission.
- Title III, “Cemeterial expenses, army — SALARIES AND EXPENSES”: Provides $118,000,000 for maintenance, operation and improvement of Arlington National Cemetery and Soldiers' and Airmen's Home National Cemetery.
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