H.R. 3944 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
H.R. 3944 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
Hearing Information
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Wednesday, June 18, 2025 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
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Monday, June 23, 2025 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
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Bill Text
Rules Committee Print 119-5 PDF
Showing the text of H.R. ____, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026, as ordered reported by the Committee on Appropriations.
(as reported)
H. Rept. 119-161 PDF
Report from the Committee on Appropriations to accompany H.R. 3944
Amendment Drafting Template DOC
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Hearing Documents
Rule PDF
H. Rept. 119-167 PDF
Rule Information
COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-4 on Monday, June 23, 2025.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 530:
Agreed to by a record vote of 217-206, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 219-208, on Tuesday, June 24, 2025.
MANAGERS: Scott/McGovern
1. Structured rule for H.R. 3944.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. 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.
4. Provides that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 119-5 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
5. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended, for failure to comply with clause 2 of rule XXI.
6. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the Rules Committee report, amendments en bloc described in section 3, and pro forma amendments described in section 4. 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 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
7. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the Rules Committee report or amendments en bloc described in section 3 of the rule.
8. Provides that the chair of the Committee on Appropriations or his designee may offer amendments en bloc consisting of amendments printed in 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 4 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
9. 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.
10. Provides one motion to recommit.
11. Closed rule for H.R. 275.
12. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
13. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on Homeland Security now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
14. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
15. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Homeland Security or their respective designees.
16. Provides one motion to recommit.
17. Closed rule for H.R. 875.
18. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
19. 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.
20. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
21. 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.
22. Provides one motion to recommit.
23. Closed rule for H. Res. 516.
24. Provides that upon adoption of this resolution it shall be in order without intervention of any point of order to consider H. Res. 516.
25. Provides that the resolution shall be considered as read.
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
# | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
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1 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Dexter (OR), Houlahan (PA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits funding for a reduction in force. | Revised |
2 | Version 1 | Escobar (TX) | Democrat | Withdrawn Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a spend plan on certain reprogrammed military construction and family housing funds. | Withdrawn |
3 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Dexter (OR) | Democrat | Revised Strikes Section 255, which prohibits funding to implement, administer, or otherwise carry out the VA's 2022 rule on reproductive health services, and limits veterans access to abortion when the health of the veteran is at risk. | Revised |
4 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA), Dexter (OR), Houlahan (PA), Golden (ME) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits funds from being used to change the VA's 2022 Reproductive Health Services rule which allows VA to provide abortion in cases of rape, incest, or when the life or health of the veteran is at risk. | Revised |
5 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Requires implementation of Section 120 of the Senator Elizabeth Dole 21st Century Veterans Healthcare and Benefits Improvement Act (Public Law 118–210). | Submitted |
6 | Version 2 | Tenney (NY), Kennedy (NY) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Transfers $54 million from Military Construction, Air Force to Military Construction, Air Force Reserve for Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station’s Combined Operations Airfield Facility (COAF). | Revised |
7 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA), Dexter (OR) | Democrat | Strikes Section 256, which prohibits funding for gender affirming care. | Submitted |
8 | Version 2 | Bishop (GA), Figures (AL) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funds to produce a report on the impact of erroneous federal worker firings on veterans during the period of decreased manning and its impact on the veteran’s crisis line. | Revised |
9 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Withdrawn Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles. | Withdrawn |
10 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder in veterans. | Made in Order |
11 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding for the Board of Veterans Appeals to prioritize increasing processing speed for veteran casework. | Made in Order |
12 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Health Administration's medical community care account to increase accessibility for in-home health care services for veterans. | Made in Order |
13 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding for grants for construction of State Extended Care Facilities to focus on creating or maintaining nursing homes for America’s World War II, Korean, and Vietnam Veterans. | Made in Order |
14 | Version 2 | Perry (PA) | Republican | Revised 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 |
15 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits funding from being used in contravention of Title 5 USC 2302(b)(13), which protects whistleblowers. | Submitted |
16 | Version 3 | Crane (AZ), Perry (PA) | Republican | Revised Prohibits any funding from being used to enforce project labor agreement mandates for any construction, renovation, or maintenance project at the department of Veterans Affairs and the Department of Defense. | Revised |
17 | Version 1 | Frankel (FL) | Democrat | Strikes section 255, which prohibits federal funding for abortion. | Submitted |
18 | Version 1 | Harris (NC) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits funds from this bill from being used to support initiatives related to diversity, equity, and inclusion, otherwise known as 'DEI.' | Withdrawn |
19 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding for the Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund for the development of improved informational materials regarding the relative benefits of a VA home loan versus other types of housing loans for different homebuyer profiles. | Made in Order |
20 | Version 1 | Dexter (OR) | Democrat | Prohibits funds from being used to apply a time limit to rental assistance for a veteran. | Submitted |
21 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL), Escobar (TX) | Democrat | Prohibits funds to be used to deny care, benefits, or services to veterans based on national origin, political affiliation, or marital status, in addition to other categories already protected by law. | Submitted |
22 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL), Bishop (GA) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funds to require a spend plan on the increased funding levels requested for private medical care. | Submitted |
23 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funds to produce a DOD report on the impact of tariffs on military construction and family housing projects. | Submitted |
24 | Version 1 | Wasserman Schultz (FL) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funds to require a GAO report on the “Department of Government Efficiency’s” (DOGE) access to personal and private information belonging to veterans and VA employees, software and artificial intelligence platforms created and deployed by DOGE at VA, and DOGE’s role in personnel planning. | Submitted |
25 | Version 1 | Schweikert (AZ) | Republican | Withdrawn Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration to provide support for utilizing AI to expedite claims. | Withdrawn |
26 | Version 1 | Roy (TX) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits the federal government from taking any discriminatory action against a person 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. | Withdrawn |
27 | Version 2 | Levin (CA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits funds under this Act from being used in contravention of the Impoundment Control Act or the Antideficiency Act. | Revised |
28 | Version 1 | Houchin (IN) | Republican | Transfers $5 million in funding to the medical services account to increase funding for medical care for veterans including memory care services. | Made in Order |
29 | Version 1 | Bilirakis (FL), Ruiz (CA), Webster (FL), Johnson (TX), Torres (NY), Kelly (IL), Harshbarger (TN), Panetta (CA), Thompson (CA), Khanna (CA), Salazar (FL), Tenney (NY), Cherfilus-McCormick (FL), Whitesides (CA), Thanedar (MI), DelBene (WA), Min (CA), DeSaulnier (CA), Malliotakis (NY), Bynum (OR), Sorensen (IL), Smith (NJ), Hurd (CO), Cohen (TN), Conaway (NJ), Van Drew (NJ), Riley (NY), Lee (PA), Figures (AL), Ramirez (IL), Schakowsky (IL), Mullin (CA), Titus (NV), Krishnamoorthi (IL), Davis (IL), Gottheimer (NJ), Garcia (TX), Goodlander (NH), Stauber (MN), De La Cruz (TX), James (MI), Murphy (NC), Neguse (CO), Davis (NC) | Bi-Partisan | Provides that combat-disabled uniform service retirees with fewer than 20 years of creditable service may concurrently receive, without reduction, veterans' disability compensation and retired pay or combat-related special compensation. Identical to H.R. 2102 (119th Congress). | Submitted |
30 | Version 2 | Gillen (NY) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Crisis Line and reduces funding for the General Administration fund by $1 million. | Revised |
31 | Version 1 | Gillen (NY) | Democrat | Increases grant funding by $500,000 for construction of state extended care facilities for veterans and reduces funding for the General Administration fund by $500,000. | Submitted |
32 | Version 2 | Correa (CA), Bergman (MI) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to direct the Department to evaluate and make recommendations on changes that would need to be made to its existing healthcare infrastructure to integrate approved psychedelic therapies into veterans' care options for conditions such as PTSD and substance use disorders. This would include the need for supporting the development and dissemination of training and supervision programs for providers and pilot programs to inform clinical implementation of these therapies. | Made in Order |
33 | Version 2 | Escobar (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for Military Construction, Defense-Wide account to require the Department of Defense to issue a spend plan on all MILCON and Family Housing funds reallocated to support the border operation, to include specific projects delayed as a result and an assessment of quality-of-life impacts to service members and dependents. | Revised |
34 | Version 2 | Pingree (ME), Buchanan (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Transfers $2 million for VA facilities to implement VA produce prescription programs. | Revised |
35 | Version 2 | Schweikert (AZ) | Republican | Revised Revised Transfers $1 million in funds to utilize Artificial Intelligence (AI) to increase data sharing between the Veteran Electronic Health Record (EHR) and Department of Veteran Affairs to further promote efficiency and high-quality care. | Made in Order |
36 | Version 1 | Hageman (WY) | Republican | Prohibits funding made available by this Act from being used by the VA to participate in events associated with Pride Month. | Submitted |
37 | Version 1 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Extends the authorization for the Veterans Affairs Regional Office in the Republic of the Philippines to continue operating for one year, ensuring services are continued for veterans residing overseas. | Submitted |
38 | Version 2 | Schweikert (AZ) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Benefits Administration to provide support for utilizing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to expedite claims. | Made in Order |
39 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Min (CA), Keating (MA), Figures (AL), Conaway (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding under the Medical Services account to support the inclusion of a resident advocate at every veterans home. A resident advocate would act as a liaison between a veterans home administration and residents, receive complaints, grievances, or concerns from the residents, and, if appropriate, submit them to the relevant ombudsman or inspector general. | Made in Order |
40 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding under the Medical Services Account to improve the quality and availability of kosher meals for inpatient residents at VA hospitals, including through exploring partnerships with certified providers that offer fresh or higher-quality options. | Made in Order |
41 | Version 3 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Revised Increases and decreases the General Operating Expenses account for the Veterans Benefits Administration to urge the Secretary to develop a plan to establish a permanent Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office on Guam, replacing the regional office in the Philippines, to ensure continued services for veterans in the Pacific Islands. | Made in Order |
42 | Version 1 | Barragán (CA) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for medical services at the Veterans Health Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of ensuring that veterans’ access to clinical trials is not reduced or delayed due to federal funding or staff cuts. | Submitted |
43 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Norton (DC) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding under the Medical Services account for the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program. This program supports veteran service organizations (VSOs) in delivering nontraditional and innovative mental health services to prevent veteran suicide. Since its inception, the program has enabled communities to provide outreach, direct suicide prevention services, and vital connections to VA and local resources. Increasing funding would allow the VA to accept grant applications on a rolling basis, expanding access to life-saving services and helping to ensure that veterans and their families receive the support they need. | Made in Order |
44 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Prohibits funds from being used for gender affirming interventions. | Submitted |
45 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Requires the inclusion of time taken to process disability claims appeals at the Veterans Benefits Administration as well as the Board of Veterans Appeals in the performance measures for each Veterans Benefits Administration Regional Office. | Submitted |
46 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Defines the term ‘‘gender affirming care’’ to mean as any social, psychological, behavioral, and medical interventions designed to support and affirm an individual’s gender identity when it conflicts with the gender assigned at birth. | Made in Order |
47 | Version 1 | Figures (AL) | Democrat | Ensures that no funds from this bill can be used to close a VA hospital unless the Secretary certifies the closure will not adversely impact veterans in that service area. | Submitted |
48 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Defines the term "gender specific care" in the section to mean any psychological, behavioral, or medical care exclusively related to individuals assigned female at birth." | Submitted |
49 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of expressing the urgency of expeditiously and efficiently improving base infrastructure and utilizing increased demolition funding on Navy and Marine Corps bases. | Withdrawn |
50 | Version 2 | Arrington (TX) | Republican | Revised Transfers $4.1 million from the NATO Security Investment Fund to the Air Force Planning and Design Fund to increase base security at locations receiving B-21 bomber aircrafts. | Made in Order |
51 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs maintains sufficient medical care for veterans who reside in US Territories and Freely Associated States. | Withdrawn |
52 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Removes the requirement for the Department to implement a plan requiring the Secretary to eliminate the research conducted using canines, felines, and non-human primates by no later than September 20, 2026. | Submitted |
53 | Version 1 | Arrington (TX) | Republican | Directs the Secretary of Defense to report to Congress on necessary improvements needed to strengthen base security at locations receiving B-21 bomber aircrafts. | Submitted |
54 | Version 1 | Peters (CA) | Democrat | Provides educational resources to veterans filing an electronic claim to steer veterans to work with VA-accredited entities. | Submitted |
55 | Version 1 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Prohibits funds used to provide inpatient or outpatient care, treatment, or benefits administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs from being dispersed in a discriminatory manner. | Submitted |
56 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of ensuring that the Department of Veterans Affairs fully funds and competently executes mental health care programs, with a special emphasis on suicide prevention and associated outreach. Identical to the included 118th submission. | Withdrawn |
57 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of encouraging the approval and development of privatized housing for unaccompanied service members. Identical to included amendment in 118th bill. | Withdrawn |
58 | Version 2 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Prohibits funds being used to destroy embryos created using fertility counseling and treatment provided by the Department of Veterans Affairs. | Revised |
59 | Version 1 | Crockett (TX) | Democrat | Prohibits funds used for any employment or employment-related purpose at the Department of Veterans Affairs may be expended from being dispersed or or withheld in a discriminatory manner. | Submitted |
60 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the federal government from using funds to withhold, delay, or discriminatorily enforce federal funding against any state based on their political positions, with enforcement mechanisms including Inspector General oversight and potential funding restrictions for the Secretary's office if violations occur. | Submitted |
61 | Version 2 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funds in the Military Construction, Defense-Wide account towards Climate Change and Resilience efforts, to emphasize the impacts of climate change towards military installations and the need to address them. | Revised |
62 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of expressing to the Navy the importance of basing the F-35 at Naval Air Station Oceana, the East Coast Master Jet Base. | Withdrawn |
63 | Version 1 | Torres (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the use of federal funds to deport non-citizen U.S. military veterans unless they have had access to legal counsel and a fair hearing before an immigration judge. It also requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress within 180 days on the number of such veterans in removal proceedings, their case outcomes, and whether they had legal representation. | Submitted |
64 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn NOT REVIEWABLE Increases and decreases funding for the purpose of encouraging the Department of Defense to meet servicemembers’ childcare needs by building more child development centers. | Withdrawn |
65 | Version 2 | Castor (FL) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funds of the Military Construction, Defense-Wide account specifically designated for Natural Disaster Recovery Construction for military installations. | Made in Order |
66 | Version 1 | Shreve (IN) | Republican | Late Transfers funds from the Defense Wide Account to the Army National Guard Military Construction Account for the purposes of constructing a new aircraft maintenance hanger at the Army National Guard Station in Shelbyville, IN. | Submitted |
67 | Version 1 | Shreve (IN) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases the Army National Guard Military Construction Account to bring attention to the need for the construction of a new aircraft maintenance hanger at the Army National Guard Station in Shelbyville, IN. | Made in Order |
68 | Version 1 | Luttrell (TX) | Republican | Late Provides award grants to non-profit entities to provide service dogs to eligible veterans. | Submitted |
69 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late 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 |
70 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects $2 million to the Office of the Inspector General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. | Made in Order |
71 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects $2 million to provide additional funding for the construction of new state-extended care facilities. | Made in Order |
72 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late 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 |
73 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late 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 |
74 | Version 2 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Revised Redirects $2 million to the Cost of War Toxic Exposure Fund. | Revised |
75 | Version 1 | Goodlander (NH), Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases veterans health funds for the purpose of adding report language emphasizing support for the Department’s effort to conduct a feasibility study at the Manchester VA Medical Center and to require the Department to submit to Congress an action plan by November 6, 2025, to expand services for a full-service medical center in New Hampshire so that it is no longer the only state in the contiguous United States without such a center. | Made in Order |
76 | Version 1 | Miller-Meeks (IA) | Republican | Late Requires a report on research out of the VA affecting women's health. | Submitted |
77 | Version 2 | Greene (GA) | Republican | Late Revised Strikes funding for NATO. | Made in Order |
78 | Version 4 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Encourages the approval and development of privatized housing for unaccompanied service members. | Made in Order |
79 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs maintains sufficient medical care for veterans who reside in US Territories and Freely Associated States. | Made in Order |
80 | Version 3 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Ensures that the Department of Veterans Affairs fully funds and competently executes mental health care programs, with a special emphasis on suicide prevention and associated outreach. | Made in Order |
81 | Version 3 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Expresses the urgency of expeditiously and efficiently improving base infrastructure and utilizing increased demolition funding on Navy and Marine Corps bases. | Made in Order |
82 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Expresses to the Navy the importance of basing the F-35 at Naval Air Station Oceana, the East Coast Master Jet Base. | Made in Order |
83 | Version 2 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Revised Encourages the Department of Defense to meet servicemembers’ childcare needs by building more child development centers. | Made in Order |
84 | Version 3 | Mast (FL), Joyce (OH) | Republican | Late Revised Adds language to the bill that would prevent any funding for the Veterans Affairs Administration that would: interfere with any veteran from participating in a state approved medical marijuana program; deny any department services for any veteran participating in a state legalized program; and limit the ability of any interference of a VA provider from making recommendations to a state legalized program through recommendations, forms, or steps to complete compliance. | Made in Order |
85 | Version 1 | Conaway (NJ) | Democrat | Late Allows the VA to provide cash subsides for any veteran who loses SNAP benefit due to changes in eligibility between Jan. 20, 2025 to Jan. 19, 2029. | Submitted |
86 | Version 1 | Conaway (NJ) | Democrat | Late Allows the VA to treat veterans under priority group 6 who become ineligible for Medicaid between Jan. 20, 2025 to Jan. 19, 2025. | Submitted |
87 | Version 1 | Conaway (NJ) | Democrat | Late Reinstates any written telework agreement for VA healthcare professionals such as psychiatrist, psychologist, or social worker. | Submitted |
88 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Late Prohibits the use of funds to implement a hiring freeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs. | Submitted |
89 | Version 1 | Conaway (NJ) | Democrat | Late Ensures no funds in the bill are used for the exfiltration of VA data. | Submitted |
90 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Late Prohibits funding from being spent in contravention of the bipartisan base renaming provision in the FY2021 NDAA. | Submitted |
91 | Version 1 | Beyer (VA) | Democrat | Late None of the funds made available by this Act may be used for construction that would support further United States military involvement in tactical strikes or on ground operations in Iran without explicit congressional authorization. | Submitted |
92 | Version 1 | Patronis (FL) | Republican | Late Increases funding for planning and design of child development centers. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 118
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order amendment #27, offered by Representative Levin, which prohibits funds under this Act from being used in contravention of the Impoundment Control Act or the Antideficiency Act. Defeated: 4–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 119
Motion by Mr. McGovern to make in order amendment #63, offered by Representative Torres of California, which prohibits the use of federal funds to deport non-citizen U.S. military veterans unless they have had access to legal counsel and a fair hearing before an immigration judge. It also requires the Department of Homeland Security to report to Congress within 180 days on the number of such veterans in removal proceedings, their case outcomes, and whether they had legal representation. Defeated: 4–7
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 120
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to make in order amendment #17, offered by Representative Frankel, which strikes Section 255 of this Act that prohibits federal funding for abortion. Defeated: 4–8
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 121
Motion by Mr. Austin Scott to report the rule. Adopted: 8–4