H.R. 8469 – Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
H.R. 8469 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Announcement
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Video
Rules Committee Hearing H.R 5625, H.R. 6260, H.R. 8365 H.R. 8469, H. Con Res. 96
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 119-622 PDF
Report from the Committee on Appropriations to accompany H.R. 8469
Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 119-648 PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-2 on May 12, 2026.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1275:
Agreed to by a record vote of 214-208, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 211-208, on Wednesday, May 13, 2026.
MANAGERS: Griffith/McGovern
1. Closed rule for H.R. 5625.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
4. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
5. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
6. Provides one motion to recommit.
7. Closed rule for H.R. 6260.
8. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
9. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
10. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
11. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
12. Provides one motion to recommit.
13. Closed rule for H.R. 8365.
14. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
15. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on the Judiciary now printed in the bill, modified by the amendment printed in part A of the Rules Committee report, shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
16. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
17. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
18. Provides one motion to recommit.
19. Closed rule for H. Con. Res. 96.
20. Waives all points of order against consideration of the concurrent resolution.
21. Provides that the concurrent resolution shall be considered as read.
22. Waives all points of order against provisions in the concurrent resolution.
23. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on the Judiciary or their respective designees.
24. Structured rule for H.R. 8469.
25. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
26. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
27. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
28. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
29. Makes in order only those amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 7, and pro forma amendments described in section 8. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 8 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
30. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 7 of the rule.
31. Provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in part B of the Rules Committee report not earlier disposed of. Amendments en bloc shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for 20 minutes equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 8 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
32. Provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
33. Provides one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Correa (CA), Bergman (MI) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding by $45 million for the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the Department’s research on areas benefiting veterans such as oncology, traumatic brain injury care, psychedelic therapies, and assistive devices. | Made in Order |
| 2 | Version 1 | Gray (CA) | Democrat | Prevents the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs from collecting copays from veterans (“first party copays”) in instances where the collection delay is due to a fault of the Department (such as a pause in collections, IT outage or a VA employee administrative error). Identical to H.R. 3812, the STRIVE Act. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Revised Eliminates co-payments for contraception. | Revised |
| 4 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits VA from eliminating any clinical or nonclinical position within an occupation identified by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs as having a shortage pursuant to section 7412(a) of title 38, United States Code. | Revised |
| 5 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Prohibits funds to implement, carry out, or enforce (1) the memorandum issued by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, dated December 22, 2025, and titled ‘‘Provision of Abortion Counseling and Services’’; or (2) the final rule published by the Department of Veterans Affairs on December 31, 2025, regarding ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 3 | Walkinshaw (VA), Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits use of funds to be used to implement a reduction in force. | Revised |
| 7 | Version 1 | Carbajal (CA) | Democrat | Requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress within 180 days on whether adopting modern commercial construction management software across its construction programs would improve project tracking, data standardization, risk management, and overall oversight of capital projects. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for Department of Veterans Affairs General Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of ensuring that MilConVA facilities meet indoor air quality (IAQ), ventilation, and HVAC performance standards and the need for strengthened oversight and GAO review of IAQ conditions in MilConVA–funded buildings. | Made in Order |
| 9 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Increases and decreases the Major Construction account by $5 million to construct a new VA clinic, with primary care and mental healthcare services, in Fremont County, Colorado, where there are 5,000 veterans, but no VA clinic. | Made in Order |
| 10 | Version 1 | Rose (TN), DesJarlais (TN) | Republican | Prohibits funds from being used to close the McMinnville VA Clinic in McMinnville, Tennessee. | Made in Order |
| 11 | Version 1 | Mast (FL), Joyce (OH), Titus (NV) | Bi-Partisan | Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs from being used to enforce provisions of VHA Directive 1315 that restrict VA providers from assisting veterans with participation in State-approved marijuana programs. This amendment was previously adopted in FY26 MilCon-VA appropriations by voice vote. | Made in Order |
| 12 | Version 3 | Self (TX), Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 to emphasize the strict prohibition against the Department of Veterans Affairs providing or financing abortion services. | Revised |
| 13 | Version 3 | Self (TX) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 to underscore the strict prohibition against the Department of Veterans Affairs providing or financing gender-affirming care. | Made in Order |
| 14 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Withdrawn Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit, on an annual basis, a report that includes a comparison of the average cost per patient treated within Department facilities to the average cost per patient treated through non-Department community care providers. | Withdrawn |
| 15 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to establish, implement, administer, or maintain any diversity, equity, and inclusion office, program, training, or initiative. | Made in Order |
| 16 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million to the Board of Veterans Appeals to help reduce its backlog so that veteran claims can be adjudicated in a timely manner. | Made in Order |
| 17 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million to provide additional resources for medical and prosthetic research to ensure our veterans receive cutting edge medical care from the VA. | Made in Order |
| 18 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million to provide additional funding for the construction of new state-extended care facilities. | Made in Order |
| 19 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million to fund grants for the construction of veteran’s cemetery programs to assist state and tribal governments in providing burial benefits for veterans in rural areas lacking a VA national cemetery. | Made in Order |
| 20 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Revised Redirects $2 million to the Office of the Inspector General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. | Made in Order |
| 21 | Version 1 | Elfreth (MD), Deluzio (PA) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $86 million for the US Naval Academy's Stormwater Management System. The current system is insufficient to handle storm and tidal flooding. Flooding poses a threat to the mission, the installation, and the training of future naval officers. | Made in Order |
| 22 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX), Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from sharing data with the Department of Homeland Security to assist in the apprehension or deportation of non-citizen veterans. | Submitted |
| 23 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to deny, delay, or limit a Veterans' eligibility for the Community Care Network (CCN) Program if they submitted a routine care appointment scheduling request and the Department of Veterans' Affairs does not respond to such request with a confirmed appointment offer within three business days. | Revised |
| 24 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to utilize Artificial Intelligence for the purposes of making a final determination regarding the approval or denial of a Veterans' disability claim. | Revised |
| 25 | Version 2 | Graves (MO) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding by $63 million military construction for the Air National Guard with the intent to construct a new aircraft apron at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri. | Made in Order |
| 26 | Version 1 | Subramanyam (VA), Beyer (VA), Scott (VA), Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Withdrawn Inserts the text of H.R. 5339, the Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act. The legislation extends PACT Act benefits to those who reported to the Pentagon for duty in the days and weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks. | Withdrawn |
| 27 | Version 2 | Tlaib (MI), Hoyle (OR) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding by $60 million for Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities. | Revised |
| 28 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Prohibits funds from being used to close the Port Charlotte VA Clinic in Port Charlotte, FL. | Made in Order |
| 29 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the use of funds that may be used to prevent referrals of veterans for participation in Housing and Urban Development-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program. | Revised |
| 30 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Restricts funds from being used to enforce a time limitation for use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans discharged after January 1, 2001. | Revised |
| 31 | Version 1 | Titus (NV) | Democrat | Prohibits funds in the bill from being used to deploy nuclear reactors, including small modular nuclear reactor technology, on military installations. | Submitted |
| 32 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Restricts funds from being used to prohibits veterans from using GI Bill benefits to repay federal student loans. | Revised |
| 33 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA), McGarvey (KY) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the use of funds that would prevent the Department from conducting an employment calculation that includes participants in the VET TEC program who completed the program and are job seeking. | Revised |
| 34 | Version 2 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Revised Redirects $481,832,000 from the NATO Security Investment Program to Military Construction Defense-Wide. | Made in Order |
| 35 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) which VA hospitals and clinics have had dentist positions open for more than 60 days; (2) vacancy rates for dental positions in VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services; (3) average wait times to receive a dental appointment across VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services. | Made in Order |
| 36 | Version 2 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funds to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility and potential benefits of establishing financial literacy centers at VA medical centers and other appropriate facilities. | Made in Order |
| 37 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increase and decrease funds by $50 million to provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with resources to provide greater efficiency in Veteran ID processing, and for the development of mobile veteran processing facilities. | Submitted |
| 38 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX), Moylan (GU) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries for the purposes of emphasizing the need for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow internment of Military Working Dogs in veteran cemeteries | Made in Order |
| 39 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits any funds from being used to prohibit data collection on the costs and effects of extreme weather at military installations. | Revised |
| 40 | Version 1 | Crow (CO), Bacon (NE) | Bi-Partisan | Increases funding for the Medical Services account by $500,000 to establish a working group focused on improving the collection and analysis of data regarding veteran on-campus suicides and attempted suicides, and reduces funding for the General Administration account by $500,000. | Made in Order |
| 41 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Requires a report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the use of unapproved artificial intelligence models or artificial intelligence-powered applications, also known as ‘‘shadow AI’’, within information technology networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and any cybersecurity risks and data exposure vulnerabilities introduced by such use. | Submitted |
| 42 | Version 1 | Titus (NV), Mast (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Restricts Federal funds for animal testing and prohibits the Secretary of Veteran Affairs from conducting or supporting animal testing. | Submitted |
| 43 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $3.3 million for the Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction account to express the importance of a new pass and tag facility at Naval Air Station Kingsville. | Submitted |
| 44 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $2.5 million for the Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction account to express the importance of a new fire station at Naval Air Station Kingsville. | Submitted |
| 45 | Version 3 | Carson (IN), McGarvey (KY), Dingell (MI), Johnson (TX), Panetta (CA) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research account for veteran-focused medical, prosthetic, toxic exposure, and rehabilitation research. | Made in Order |
| 46 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the use of funds to prevent Department of Veterans Affairs from meeting event logging requirements. | Revised |
| 47 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Codifies four weeks of unpaid parental leave for all VA employees. Identical to H.R.8041. | Submitted |
| 48 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Authorizes the Secretary of the VA to spend the VA Medical Care Collections Fund (MCCF). | Submitted |
| 49 | Version 1 | Tran (CA), Scholten (MI), Sorensen (IL), Stansbury (NM), Min (CA), Barragán (CA), Johnson (TX), Panetta (CA), Titus (NV), Mfume (MD), Chu (CA), Larson (CT), Garamendi (CA), Thompson (CA), McGarvey (KY), Carbajal (CA), Olszewski (MD), Thanedar (MI), Deluzio (PA), McBride (DE), Mannion (NY) | Democrat | Inserts H.R. 1637 into the bill. H.R. 1637 reinstates any individual who is a veteran and who was involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from a civil service position during the period beginning on January 20, 2025 and requires a report to Congress on veteran employees who were removed or otherwise dismissed from each agency. | Submitted |
| 50 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Requires the VA to publish each draft or final environmental assessment (EA) with respect to a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration. | Submitted |
| 51 | Version 2 | Tran (CA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the positive impacts of medication from being taken into account when determining a veteran's disability rating. | Revised |
| 52 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) the number of unfilled positions for home health aides in Texas and New Mexico; (2) which communities in the states of Texas and New Mexico have the highest concentrations of unfilled home care positions. | Made in Order |
| 53 | Version 2 | Stanton (AZ), Crane (AZ), Begich (AK) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Redirects $5 million to the Office of Rural Health to fund the use of mobile clinics and targeted clinical staffing to improve access to care for Tribal veterans. | Made in Order |
| 54 | Version 1 | Escobar (TX), Kelly (IL), Norton (DC), Houlahan (PA), Foushee (NC), Johnson (GA), Cisneros (CA), McBride (DE), Mullin (CA), Moulton (MA), Kennedy (NY), Hayes (CT) | Democrat | Strikes Section 413, which is a policy rider that would limit the VA's ability to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. | Submitted |
| 55 | Version 1 | Takano (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to deny or delay certain benefits to otherwise eligible veterans living abroad solely because of their immigration status. | Submitted |
| 56 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Inserts the text of the bipartisan Standardizing Accreditation information for Veteran Ease Act, to protect veterans against 'claims sharks' by requiring the VA to keep an updated, searchable database of accredited representatives, and create a trademark they can use on their website, social media or marketing materials to be easily identified. | Submitted |
| 57 | Version 1 | Sewell (AL) | Democrat | Increases and decreases the Air National Guard Military Construction account by $15 million to demolish World War II-era facilities and construct a services training facility at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama. The construction of a services training facility, including a services flight area, honor guard area, and fitness center, will support the mission readiness of the 117th Air Refueling Wing, the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, and the 117th Intelligence Squadron. | Made in Order |
| 58 | Version 1 | Titus (NV) | Democrat | Prohibits the requirement of evidence of a certain dose of radiation to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed veteran. Identical to H.R.4469 (119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 59 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding for host nation support by $1,000,000 to direct the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Chambers of Congress a report detailing, for each overseas installation at which host nation support funds were obligated or expended during fiscal years 2025 and 2026: (1) the total U.S. contribution to military construction costs; (2) the total host nation financial contribution to the same projects; and (3) the ratio of U.S.-to-host nation expenditure expressed as a percentage of total project cost. | Made in Order |
| 60 | Version 2 | Dexter (OR) | Democrat | Late Revised Implores the Secretary to advocate for a foreclosure moratorium for veterans who may be eligible for a partial claim through existing law until the full implementation of Public Law 119:31. | Revised |
| 61 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities at Naval Air Stations have adequately maintained Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 facilities that support naval aviation, such as hangers and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facilities, are in working order and in adequate quantity for mission readiness. | Made in Order |
| 62 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Withdrawn Eliminates funding for the Guam Defense Access Roads (INC) project under the Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps account. The amendment reflects concerns regarding the dispersal of Marine Corps forces and infrastructure in the western Pacific in light of growing peer adversary capabilities in the region. | Withdrawn |
| 63 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA), Moylan (GU) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that working spaces, such as office buildings, bathrooms, and other similar facilities, used by Navy civilian employees at Public Shipyards are in working order. | Made in Order |
| 64 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to prepare more than one environmental impact statement for the same military construction project identified by the same Department of Defense Form 1391 project number, unless required by court order. The amendment is intended to reduce duplicative environmental review costs and delays for military construction projects. | Made in Order |
| 65 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities supporting Amphibious capabilities, including, but not limited to, piers, and dry docks are in adequate repair. | Made in Order |
| 66 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds made available under the “Medical Community Care” account from being used in a manner inconsistent with the existing specialty care access standards. The amendment preserves current community care eligibility standards relating to veteran wait times and drive times for specialty care services. | Made in Order |
| 67 | Version 2 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Revised Directs the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to direct specific funds to the Office of Food Security to help in combating hunger among the veteran population. | Revised |
| 68 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring Quality of Life-related facilities at Naval Aviation Training Areas, including, but not limited to, bathrooms, waiting areas, and ready rooms, are in working order. | Made in Order |
| 69 | Version 1 | Salazar (FL), Castro (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Late Provides disability benefits to American servicemembers who were exposed to toxic chemicals while stationed in the Panama Canal Zone between January 1, 1958 and December 31, 1999. This is identical to H.R. 2447 (the Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act) from the 118th Congress. | Submitted |
| 70 | Version 1 | Pappas (NH), Goodlander (NH) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases construction, major projects funding by $1 million for the purpose of adding report language supporting robust funding for improvements to VA direct care for New Hampshire veterans, including funding for upgrades to the VA Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire - to include a replacement facility. | Made in Order |
| 71 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ), Begich (AK) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the service of Tribal veterans and to encourage the Secretary to consult with Tribal partners on adapting culturally significant insignia at facilities that serve Tribal veterans and to expand the hiring of culturally competent clinical staff. | Made in Order |
| 72 | Version 3 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds made available under the “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps” account from being used for architectural and engineering services or construction design for administrative facilities unless such activities support operational, training, maintenance, housing, or infrastructure-related facility categories recognized under the Department of Defense Real Property Categorization System. | Made in Order |
| 73 | Version 3 | Pou (NJ), Takano (CA) | Democrat | Late Revised Prohibits funds being used to provide the names of veterans, beneficiaries, or Department of Veteran Affairs employees to the Department of Homeland Security for the purpose of initiating immigration enforcement. | Revised |
| 74 | Version 1 | Stansbury (NM) | Democrat | Late Prohibits funds to be used for the privatization of any service or benefit administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
| 75 | Version 2 | Alford (MO) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and to emphasize the importance of creating a pilot program under The Survivors' and Dependents' Educational Assistance (DEA) program to such educational assistance to no less than 1,000 students who are a dependent of a veteran and prepare them to be successful in college or some other post-high school educational program. | Made in Order |
| 76 | Version 1 | Vasquez (NM) | Democrat | Late Requires the Department of Veteran Affairs to expand Veteran Integrated Service Network (VISN) 17 to include Otero and Eddy county of New Mexico. Amendment text is Identical to H.R.2020 The New Mexico Rural Veteran Health Care Access. | Submitted |
| 77 | Version 1 | Vasquez (NM) | Democrat | Late Requires the Department of Veteran Affairs to increase the stipend for books, supplies, equipment and other educational costs from $1,000 to $1,400. This would also require the stipend to be increased annually based on the Consumer Price Index. The amendment text is identical to H.R. 1965, the Veteran Education Assistance Adjustment Act. | Submitted |
| 78 | Version 1 | Vasquez (NM) | Democrat | Late Directs the Department of Veteran Affairs to name the community-based outpatient clinic (CBOC) in Las Cruces, New Mexico to the "Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic". The amendment text is identical to H.R. 1964, the Las Cruces Bataan Memorial Clinic Act. | Submitted |
| 79 | Version 3 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Revised Increase/Decrease funding by $12 million for GAO to assess transportation barriers facing veterans in rural and highly rural communities traveling long distances for specialty care appointments, including travel times, transportation availability, and impacts on access to timely care. | Made in Order |
| 80 | Version 1 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease funding by $5 million for refrigeration, food storage, food preparation, and sanitation equipment upgrades at Naval shore installation dining facilities with limited kitchen infrastructure. | Made in Order |
| 81 | Version 1 | Randall (WA), Moylan (GU) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increase and decrease funding by $20 million for electrical grid modernization, backup power generation, microgrid capabilities, and energy resilience infrastructure upgrades at the Navy’s four public shipyards to support continuous maintenance, repair, and industrial operations. | Made in Order |
| 82 | Version 1 | Randall (WA), Moylan (GU) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increase and decrease funding by $10 million for roadway, parking, traffic flow, and multimodal transportation improvements on and surrounding Navy public shipyards to reduce congestion and improve workforce access during peak shift changes. | Made in Order |
| 83 | Version 1 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease funding by $12 million for upgrades to aging water and wastewater infrastructure serving Naval shore installations. | Made in Order |
| 84 | Version 1 | Randall (WA), Moylan (GU) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increase and decrease funding by $8 million for modernization of locker rooms, break facilities, restrooms, and workforce support spaces used by civilian shipyard workers and apprentices at Navy public shipyards. | Made in Order |
| 85 | Version 1 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease funding by $5 million for construction and modernization of career resource, workforce development, and employment support facilities serving military spouses on Naval installations. | Made in Order |
| 86 | Version 1 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease funding by $15 million for Child Development Center expansion projects at Naval installations experiencing childcare waitlists for servicemembers and civilian personnel. | Made in Order |
| 87 | Version 1 | Randall (WA), Moylan (GU) | Bi-Partisan | Late Increase and decrease funding by $10 million for ventilation, lighting, fire suppression, and emergency response infrastructure upgrades in industrial and maintenance facilities at Navy public shipyards. | Made in Order |
| 88 | Version 1 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Increase and decrease funding by $12 million for repairs and modernization of water, utility, roadway, and community infrastructure serving military family housing areas at Naval installations. | Made in Order |
| 89 | Version 2 | Randall (WA) | Democrat | Late Revised Increase/Decrease funding by $1 million to expresses the sense of Congress that access to affordable and reliable childcare is critical to military family readiness, retention, and quality of life for service members and civilian personnel. | Made in Order |
| 90 | Version 1 | Cloud (TX), Moore (AL), Biggs (AZ) | Republican | Late Prohibits the Federal Reserve from studying, developing, or issuing a central bank digital currency. | Submitted |
| 91 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Late Prohibits funds from being used to deport a veteran of the United States military from the United States unless provided access to legal counsel and a hearing before an immigration judged. | Submitted |
| 92 | Version 2 | Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Late Revised Minimum staffing requirements based on number of full-time equivalent positions on Sept. 30, 2024 | Revised |
| 93 | Version 2 | Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Late Revised Prohibits reclassification of excepted service employees under Schedule P/C. | Revised |
| 94 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases funding by $285 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services account to support Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grants. | Made in Order |
| 95 | Version 1 | Perry (PA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services, by $1 million for furnishing Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive the treatment. | Made in Order |
| 96 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits discriminatory action against a person, wholly or partially, on the basis that such person speaks, or acts, in accordance with a sincerely held religious belief, or moral conviction, that marriage is, or should be recognized as, a union of one man and one woman. | Submitted |
| 97 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Strikes section 239, removing the funding transfer restriction currently applied to the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund. | Made in Order |
| 98 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to grant exemptions permitting the display of unapproved flags on military installations. | Submitted |
| 99 | Version 1 | Perry (PA) | Republican | Late Directs the Secretary of the VA to expand SGB access to Veterans upon PTSD diagnoses by making it a covered treatment under federal law. | Submitted |
| 100 | Version 1 | Goodlander (NH), Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Late Prohibits funds from being used to carry out a hiring freeze, reduction in force, or delay without cause the filling of a vacant Federal civilian employee position at a public shipyard. | Submitted |
| 101 | Version 1 | Goodlander (NH) | Democrat | Late Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report on the number of medically retired veterans who are unable to concurrently receive their full retirement pay and disability compensation. The report shall also include an analysis of the positive impacts on these veterans of allowing them to receive both their retirement pay and their disability compensation. | Submitted |
| 102 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to implement mandatory COVID-19 vaccine requirements for health-care personnel at the Veterans Health Administration. | Submitted |
| 103 | Version 1 | Ramirez (IL) | Democrat | Late None of the funds made available by this Act may be used to implement, carry out, or enforce the termination of a collective bargaining agreement between the Department of Veterans Affairs and a union representing employees or workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
| 104 | Version 1 | Bean (FL) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $5 million to expand the use of data analytics and program integrity tools used to detect improper payments, duplicate claims, and organized fraud schemes within VA benefits and community care programs. | Made in Order |
| 105 | Version 1 | Bean (FL) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive audit of improper payments, unused or duplicative software contracts, redundant consulting agreements, and stale unliquidated obligations across VA administrative offices, and to provide Congress with recommendations to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse within 180 days. | Made in Order |
| 106 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Prohibits the use of Department of Defense or Department of Veterans Affairs funds for any artificial intelligence activity that has not undergone an algorithmic bias review. Requires these reviews to determine if the artificial intelligence demonstrates bias based on gender, sex, or race. | Submitted |
| 107 | Version 1 | Goodlander (NH) | Democrat | Late Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report on examinations and assessments for veterans to receive credits toward degrees awarded by institutions of higher learning that are not currently covered by Veterans Educational Assistance. | Submitted |
| 108 | Version 2 | Menendez (NJ) | Democrat | Late Revised Prohibits the use of funds to implement, carry out, or enforce the investigation of employees or workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs for participating in vigils honoring the life of Alex Pretti. | Revised |
| 109 | Version 1 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Late Restricts any funds made available by this Act to be used to implement, carry out, or enforce the alteration or elimination of veterans’ preference policies with regard to the hiring, retention or promotion of employees or workers at the Department of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
| 110 | Version 1 | Morrison (MN) | Democrat | Late Directs that none of the funds made available by this act may be used to implement, carry out, or enforce VA employees for exercising their First Amendment rights. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 338
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order amendment #54 to H.R. 8469, offered by Representative Escobar, which would strike Section 413 of the bill and thereby remove the policy rider that would limit the VA's ability to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Austin Scott
Nay
Mr. Griffith
Nay
Mr. Jack
Nay
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
No Vote
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 339
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to make in order amendment #5 to H.R. 8469, offered by Representative Brownley, which would prohibit funds in the bill from being used to implement, carry out, or enforce (1) the memorandum issued by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, dated December 22, 2025, and titled ‘‘Provision of Abortion Counseling and Services’’; or (2) the final rule published by the Department of Veterans Affairs on December 31, 2025, regarding ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’. Defeated: 2–8
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Austin Scott
Nay
Mr. Griffith
Nay
Mr. Jack
Nay
Ms. Foxx
Nay
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
No Vote
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 340
Motion by Mr. Griffith to report the rule. Adopted: 8–2
Majority Members
Vote
Minority Members
Vote
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Norman
Yea
Mr. Roy
No Vote
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Austin Scott
Yea
Mr. Griffith
Yea
Mr. Jack
Yea
Ms. Foxx
Yea
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
No Vote