H.R. 3944

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

Sponsor: John R. Carter · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for activities and programs related to military construction, veterans, agriculture, and the legislative branch.

Specifically, the bill includes 3 of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills:

  • the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026;
  • the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; and
  • the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026.

The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include

  • Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities,
  • the Department of Veterans Affairs,
  • the Department of Agriculture,
  • the Food and Drug Administration,
  • the Senate,
  • various agencies that support Congress, and
  • several related and independent agencies.

(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the House of Representatives are not included in the Senate bill.)

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

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A Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

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B Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026

I AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS

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III RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS

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V FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS

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VII GENERAL PROVISIONS

Sec. 773. Added Aug 1

Where this section came from

Not in the first version (Reported in House, Jun 12).

  1. Aug 1, 2025 · Engrossed Amendment Senate S.Amdt. 3433: To limit the availability of funds for canceling large contracts without prior notice and explanation to Congress. Official page › S.Amdt. 3432: To prohibit the use of funds to reduce services under the Veterans Crisis Line. Official page › S.Amdt. 3431: To allocate amounts for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program. Official page › S.Amdt. 3430: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the use of third-party contractors to conduct medical disability examinations of veterans for purposes of obtaining disability compensation. Official page › S.Amdt. 3418: To provide appropriations to expedite fiber research on industrial hemp and expand cereal research into mycotoxin risk mitigation. Official page › S.Amdt. 3416: To allocate amounts for opioid prevention and treatment programs. Official page › S.Amdt. 3413: To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit a report on the efforts of the Secretary to review and implement staffing models at the Department of Veterans Affairs that will ensure timely, high quality delivery of health care, benefits, and other services furnished by the Department. Official page › S.Amdt. 3412: To improve the bill. Official page › S.Amdt. 3411: In the nature of a substitute. Official page › S.Amdt. 3409: To allocate amounts for telehealth for veterans. Official page › S.Amdt. 3220: To require a report on funding for State homes for veterans. Official page › S.Amdt. 3208: To require a briefing on the current status, path forward, and timeline to construct a new medical center of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Reno, Nevada. Official page › S.Amdt. 3200: To increase funding for rural decentralized water systems. Official page › S.Amdt. 3190: To increase funding for the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program, with an offset. Official page › S.Amdt. 3163: To fund activities relating to the suppression and control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers. Official page › S.Amdt. 3110: To require an assessment of the feasibility of expanding the agricultural quarantine and inspection program to products entering Hawaii. Official page › S.Amdt. 3082: To address interment schedule availability at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration. Official page › S.Amdt. 3081: To provide for the continuation of National Cemetery Administration surveys. Official page › S.Amdt. 3080: To require reports on facilities at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. Official page › S.Amdt. 3073: To require a report on New World screwworm readiness and response. Official page › S.Amdt. 3070: To strike a provision relating to hemp. Official page › S.Amdt. 3025: To require a report on veterans participating in the housing choice voucher program. Official page › On the Motion to Proceed — Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 50–48 · Roll Call 422On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed — Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 91–7 · Roll Call 423On the Motion to Proceed — Motion to Proceed Agreed to, 90–8 · Roll Call 428On the Motion — Motion Rejected, 44–51 · Roll Call 472On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 44–51 · Roll Call 473On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 42–53 · Roll Call 474On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 45–50 · Roll Call 475On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 14–81 · Roll Call 476On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 15–81 · Roll Call 477On the Amendment — Amendment Rejected, 21–75 · Roll Call 478On the Amendment — Amendment Agreed to, 87–9 · Roll Call 479On Passage of the Bill — Bill Passed, 87–9 · Roll Call 480On the Amendment — Amendment Agreed to, 81–15 · Roll Call 481

(a) Of the amounts made available in this Act under the heading Department of Health and Human Services—Food and Drug Administration—Salaries and Expenses that are derived from tobacco product user fees authorized by 21 U.S.C. 387s, not less than $200,000,000 shall be used by the Commissioner of Food and Drugs for enforcement activities related to e-cigarettes, vapes, and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (in this section referred to as ENDS), including activities under section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)): Provided, That not less than $2,000,000 of such amount shall be used to continue the activities of the Federal multi-agency task force led by the Department of Justice, Department of Homeland Security, and the FDA to further work to bring all available criminal and civil tools to bear against the illegal manufacture, importation, distribution, and sale of e-cigarettes, vapes, and other ENDS products from the Republic of China and other foreign countries.

(b) Not later than 365 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall update the FDA document titled Guidance for Industry on its Enforcement Priorities, published in January 2020 and updated in April 2020, to expand FDA’s prioritized enforcement to flavored disposable ENDS products in addition to cartridge-based products and to define the term disposable ENDS product.

(c) The Commissioner of Food and Drugs shall submit a semi-annual written report to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress on the progress that the Center for Tobacco Products is making in removing all illegal nicotine products from the market: Provided, That the initial report shall be submitted not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act.

(d) Section 801(a) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (21 U.S.C. 381(a)) is amended by striking drug or device each place it appears in the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth sentences and inserting drug, device, or tobacco product.

C Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

I LEGISLATIVE BRANCH

II GENERAL PROVISIONS