H.R. 3944 - 119th Congress (2025-2026) - Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

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.

Active

Aug 01, 2025

Not Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3447 to Senate Amendment 3411

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.

Active

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3433 to Senate Amendment 3411

To limit the availability of funds for canceling large contracts without prior notice and explanation to Congress.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3432 to Senate Amendment 3411

To prohibit the use of funds to reduce services under the Veterans Crisis Line.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3431 to Senate Amendment 3411

To allocate amounts for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3430 to Senate Amendment 3411

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.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Not Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3428 to Senate Amendment 3411

To limit disclosures regarding earmarks.

Active

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3418 to Senate Amendment 3411

To provide appropriations to expedite fiber research on industrial hemp and expand cereal research into mycotoxin risk mitigation.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3416 to Senate Amendment 3411

To allocate amounts for opioid prevention and treatment programs.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Not Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3414 to Senate Amendment 3411

To reduce the Agriculture discretionary appropriations by 2 percent across the board.

Active

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3413 to Senate Amendment 3411

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.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3412 to Senate Amendment 3411

To improve the bill.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3411

In the nature of a substitute.

Agreed To

Amendments

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3409 to Senate Amendment 3411

To allocate amounts for telehealth for veterans.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3220 to Senate Amendment 3411

To require a report on funding for State homes for veterans.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3208 to Senate Amendment 3411

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.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3200 to Senate Amendment 3411

To increase funding for rural decentralized water systems.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3190 to Senate Amendment 3411

To increase funding for the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program, with an offset.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3163 to Senate Amendment 3411

To fund activities relating to the suppression and control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Not Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3115 to Senate Amendment 3411

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.

Active

Jul 29, 2025

Submitted in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3114 to Senate Amendment 3411

To limit recissions of funding.

Submitted

Aug 01, 2025

Not Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3113 to Senate Amendment 3411

To reduce funding for certain programs under the division making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.

Active

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3110 to Senate Amendment 3411

To require an assessment of the feasibility of expanding the agricultural quarantine and inspection program to products entering Hawaii.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3082 to Senate Amendment 3411

To address interment schedule availability at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3081 to Senate Amendment 3411

To provide for the continuation of National Cemetery Administration surveys.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3080 to Senate Amendment 3411

To require reports on facilities at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3073 to Senate Amendment 3411

To require a report on New World screwworm readiness and response.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3070 to Senate Amendment 3411

To strike a provision relating to hemp.

Agreed To

Aug 01, 2025

Agreed to in Senate

Sponsorship

Senate Amendment 3025 to Senate Amendment 3411

To require a report on veterans participating in the housing choice voucher program.

Agreed To

Jun 25, 2025

Agreed to in House

Sponsorship

House Amendment 35

Amendment en bloc No. 2 comprised of the amendments numbered 1, 14, 15, 19, 25, 28, and 32, printed in House Report 119-167.

Agreed To

Actions (56)

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09/18/2025

Message on House action received in Senate and at desk: House requests a conference.

09/11/2025

The Speaker appointed conferees: Cole, Aderholt, Carter of Texas, Harris of Maryland, Valadao, Newhouse, Moolenaar, Rutherford, Cline, Hinson, Letlow, Guest, Zinke, Bice, Scott Franklin of Florida, LaLota, Strong, Maloy, Moore of West Virginia, DeLauro, Hoyer, Kaptur, Bishop, Wasserman Schultz, Cuellar, Pingree, Quigley, Espaillat, Underwood, Levin, Escobar, and Perez.

09/11/2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

09/11/2025

On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 213 (Roll no. 263). (consideration: CR H4249)

09/11/2025

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House instruct conferees Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 213 (Roll no. 263). (consideration: CR H4249-4250: 2)

09/10/2025

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the DeLauro motion to instruct conferees on H.R. 3944, the Chair put the question on motion to instruct conferees and by voice vote, announced the noes had prevailed. Ms. DeLauro demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.

09/10/2025

The previous question was ordered without objection.

09/10/2025

DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on the DeLauro motion to instruct conferees.

09/10/2025

Ms. DeLauro moved that the House instruct conferees.

09/10/2025

On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote.

09/10/2025

Resolving differences -- House actions: On motion that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference Agreed to by voice vote.

09/10/2025

Mr. Cole moved that the House disagree to the Senate amendment, and request a conference.

09/10/2025

Mr. Cole moved to take from the Speaker's table the bill H.R. 3944, with the Senate amendment thereto, disagree to the Senate amendment and request a conference.

08/08/2025

Message on Senate action sent to the House.

08/01/2025

Passed Senate under the order of 8/1/2025, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 87 - 9. Record Vote Number: 480.

08/01/2025

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate under the order of 8/1/2025, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, with an amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 87 - 9. Record Vote Number: 480.

08/01/2025

The committee substitute withdrawn by Unanimous Consent.

08/01/2025

Considered by Senate. (consideration: CR S5189-5200)

07/23/2025

Measure laid before Senate by motion. (consideration: CR S4588: 1; text: CR S4588-4598)

07/23/2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 90 - 8. Record Vote Number: 428.

07/23/2025

Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S4577: 6)

07/22/2025

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 91 - 7. Record Vote Number: 423. (CR S4520: 6)

07/22/2025

Motion to proceed to measure considered in Senate. (CR S4515: 6)

07/17/2025

Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S4449)

07/17/2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S4449: 1)

07/17/2025

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 121.

07/17/2025

Committee on Appropriations. Reported by Senator Boozman with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 119-43.

07/17/2025

Committee on Appropriations. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.

06/30/2025

Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

06/25/2025

Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

06/25/2025

On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 206 (Roll no. 182).

06/25/2025

Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 218 - 206 (Roll no. 182).

06/25/2025

On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 208 - 216 (Roll no. 181).

06/25/2025

The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

06/25/2025

Ms. Kaptur moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (CR H2958)

06/25/2025

The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.

06/25/2025

The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

06/25/2025

The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 3944.

06/25/2025

The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

06/25/2025

Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H2957)

06/25/2025

Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 3944 as unfinished business.

06/25/2025

On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

06/25/2025

Mr. Carter (TX) moved that the committee rise.

06/25/2025

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 530, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Joyce (OH) amendment No. 21.

06/25/2025

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 530, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Correa amendment No. 8.

06/25/2025

POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Carter (TX) amendment en bloc No. 2, the Chair put the question on agreeing to the amendment and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Wasserman Schultz demanded a recorded vote and the Chair postponed proceedings until a time to be announced.

06/25/2025

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 530, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Carter (TX) amendment en bloc No. 2.

06/25/2025

DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 530, the Committee of the Whole proceeded with 20 minutes of debate on the Carter (TX) amendment en bloc No. 1.

06/25/2025

GENERAL DEBATE - The Committee of the Whole proceeded with one hour of general debate on H.R. 3944.

06/25/2025

The Speaker designated the Honorable Barry Loudermilk to act as Chairman of the Committee.

06/25/2025

House resolved itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union pursuant to H. Res. 530 and Rule XVIII.

06/25/2025

Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, H.R. 875 and H. Res. 516. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3944 under a structured rule and H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H.Res. 516 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, and H.R. 875.

06/25/2025

Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 530. (consideration: CR H2937; text of amendment in the nature of a substitute: CR H2941-2951)

06/23/2025

Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 530 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, H.R. 875 and H. Res. 516. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 3944 under a structured rule and H.R. 275, H.R. 875, and H.Res. 516 under a closed rule, with one hour of general debate on each measure. The resolution provides for one motion to recommit on H.R. 3944, H.R. 275, and H.R. 875.

06/12/2025

Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 128.

06/12/2025

The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-161, by Mr. Carter (TX).

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