H.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Sponsor: John R. Carter · 0 cosponsors
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.
Text of the bill
A Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
I DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
II
Where this section came from
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Jun 12, 2025 · Reported in House
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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
Unobligated
Any
balances
amounts
available
transferred
under
to
the
headings
Secretary
Construction, Major Projects
and
Construction,
administered
Minor Projects may be obligated
by
the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for
a
facility
corporation
pursuant
referred
to
in
section
2
7364
(
e)(1
b
) of
the
title
Communities
38,
Helping
United
Invest
States
through
Code,
Property
between
and
October
Improvements
1,
Needed
2017
for
and
Veterans
September
Act
30,
of
2018
2016
for
(Public
purposes
Law
of
114–294;
carrying
38
out
U.S.C.
an
8103
order
note),
placed
as
with
amended,
the
to
Department
provide
of
additional
Veterans
funds
Affairs
or
pursuant
to
fund an escalation clause under such
section
1535
of
such
title
Act: Provided
31
,
That
United
before
States
such
Code,
unobligated
that
balances
are
obligated
available for obligation
pursuant to
this
section
, the
7364(b)(1)
Secretary
of
Veterans
title
Affairs
38,
shall
United
request
States
from
Code,
the
are
Committees
to
on
remain
Appropriations
available
of
for
both
the
Houses
liquidation
of
Congress
valid
the
obligations
authority
incurred
to
by
obligate
such
unobligated
corporation
balances
during
and
the
such Committees issue an approval, or absent a response, a
period of
30
performance
days
of
has
such
elapsed: Provided further
order
,
That
provided
the request to obligate such unobligated balances must provide Congress notice
that the
entity
Secretary
described
of
in
Veterans
section
Affairs
2(a)(2)
determines
of
that
Public
such
Law
amounts
114–294,
need
as
to
amended,
remain
has exhausted
available
cost
for
containment approaches as set forth in the agreement under section 2(c) of
such
Public Law
liquidation
.
Any amounts transferred to the Secretary and administered by a corporation referred to in section 7364(b) of title 38, United States Code, between October 1, 2017 and September 30, 2018 for purposes of carrying out an order placed with the Department of Veterans Affairs pursuant to section 1535 of title 31, United States Code, that are available for obligation pursuant to section 7364(b)(1) of title 38, United States Code, are to remain available for the liquidation of valid obligations incurred by such corporation during the period of performance of such order, provided that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs determines that such amounts need to remain available for such liquidation.
III
IV
B Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
I AGRICULTURAL PROGRAMS
II
III RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS
IV
V FOREIGN ASSISTANCE AND RELATED PROGRAMS
VI
VII GENERAL PROVISIONS
C Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
I LEGISLATIVE BRANCH
II GENERAL PROVISIONS