Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
H.R. 3944119th CongressEconomics and Public Finance
- Sponsor
- John R. Carter Republican
- Introduced
- Jun 12, 2025
- Latest action
- Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.
- Sep 18, 2025
Recorded votes
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Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026On Motion to Instruct ConfereesFailed211–213senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3412 — To improve the bill.Amendment Agreed to81–15senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Final passageBill Passed87–9senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3411 — In the nature of a substitute.Amendment Agreed to87–9senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3428 — To limit disclosures regarding earmarks.Amendment Rejected21–75senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3113 — To reduce funding for certain programs under the division making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.Amendment Rejected15–81senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3414 — To reduce the Agriculture discretionary appropriations by 2 percent across the board.Amendment Rejected14–81senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3466 — To require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the plan of the Secretary for Department of Veterans Affairs workforce reduction in fiscal year 2026.Amendment Rejected45–50senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3115 — To prohibit funds from being used for reorganization of the Department of Agriculture and to require a benefit-cost analysis on that reorganization, a public comment period, and a report.Amendment Rejected42–53senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3447 — To require a report on veterans who would have been reported to the national instant criminal background check system and who die by suicide with a firearm.Amendment Rejected44–51senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026On the Motion. Amendment: S.Amdt. 3114 — To limit recissions of funding.Motion Rejected44–51senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote to start debateMotion to Proceed Agreed to90–8senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote to end debateCloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed to91–7senateH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote to start debateMotion to Proceed Agreed to50–48houseH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Final passagePassed218–206houseH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Motion to send the bill backFailed208–216houseH.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026Vote on a proposed change. Amendment: Carter of Texas Amendment En Bloc No. 2Agreed to219–206
Summary
Written by the nonpartisan 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.