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(2) any entity that the Secretary of Defense, in consultation 
with the Director of the National Intelligence or the Director 
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, reasonably believes 
to be an entity owned or controlled by, or otherwise connected 
to, the government of a foreign adversary. 
(b) The term ‘‘foreign adversary’’ has the meaning given the 
term ‘‘covered nation’’ in section 4872(f) of title 10, United States 
Code. 
PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN OPERATIONAL EXPENSES 
SEC. 209. (a) None of the funds made available in this Act 
may be used to maintain or establish a computer network unless 
such network blocks the viewing, downloading, and exchanging 
of pornography. 
(b) Nothing in subsection (a) shall limit the use of funds nec-
essary for any Federal, State, tribal, or local law enforcement agency 
or any other entity carrying out criminal investigations, prosecution, 
or adjudication activities or other official government activities. 
LIMITATION ON COST OF LIVING ADJUSTMENTS FOR MEMBERS 
SEC. 210. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no 
adjustment shall be made under section 601(a) of the Legislative 
Reorganization Act of 1946 (2 U.S.C. 4501) (relating to cost of 
living adjustments for Members of Congress) during fiscal year 
2026. 
EXTENSION OF PUMP ACT PROTECTIONS TO CONGRESSIONAL STAFF 
SEC. 211. Section 203(a)(1) of the Congressional Accountability 
Act of 1995 (2 U.S.C. 1313(a)(1)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘and section 12(c)’’ and inserting ‘‘section 
12(c), and section 18D’’; and 
(2) by inserting ‘‘, 218d’’ after ‘‘212(c)’’. 
MEMBER PROTECTION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 212. (a) For an additional amount for ‘‘SENATE—CONTIN-
GENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—SENATORS’ OFFICIAL PERSONNEL 
AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT’’, $75,000,000, which shall be allo-
cated to each personal office in an equal amount, for payments 
for security enhancements and services under section 4 of Senate 
Resolution 294 (96th Congress), agreed to April 29, 1980, as 
amended by S. Res. 413 (119th Congress), agreed to September 
18, 2025: Provided, That unobligated balances of funds appropriated 
pursuant to this subsection at the end of fiscal year 2026 not 
needed for fiscal year 2026 shall be transferred to ‘‘SENATE—
CONTINGENT EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’, 
and shall remain available until expended, for the purposes of 
such account, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes: Provided further, That such transfer authority is in addi-
tion to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided 
further, That amounts transferred pursuant to this subsection may 
not be obligated without the prior approval of the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate.
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(b) For an additional amount for ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT 
EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—SERGEANT AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER 
OF THE SENATE’’, $18,500,000, to remain available until expended, 
of which $5,000,000 shall be for coordination and support of Member 
security programs, $10,000,000 shall be for security-related activi-
ties for State offices, and $3,500,000 shall be for the residential 
security system program: Provided, That amounts made available 
pursuant to this subsection may be transferred to ‘‘SENATE—
SALARIES, OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES—OFFICE
OF
THE
SERGEANT 
AT ARMS AND DOORKEEPER’’ and ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT EXPENSES 
OF
THE SENATE—SERGEANT
AT
ARMS
BUSINESS
CONTINUITY
AND 
DISASTER
RECOVERY
FUND’’: Provided further, That the transfer 
authority provided pursuant to the preceding proviso is in addition 
to any other transfer authority provided by law: Provided further, 
That of the amounts made available pursuant to this subsection, 
such sums as necessary may be used to restore amounts, either 
directly, through reimbursement, or through the transfer authority 
in the first proviso, for obligations incurred for the same purposes 
by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate prior to 
the date of enactment of this Act: Provided further, That amounts 
made available pursuant to this subsection shall be allocated in 
accordance with a spending plan submitted to the Committee on 
Appropriations of the Senate. 
(c) For an additional amount for ‘‘SENATE—CONTINGENT 
EXPENSES OF THE SENATE—MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS’’, $10,000,000, 
to remain available until expended, which shall be for security, 
continuity and other purposes: Provided, That amounts made avail-
able pursuant to this subsection may not be obligated without 
the prior approval of the Committee on Appropriations of the 
Senate. 
(d) None of the funds provided under the heading ‘‘SENATE’’ 
in this or any prior Act that are used to provide personal protective 
services to a Senator shall result in the designation or deputization 
of individuals as agents of the Federal government. 
REQUIRING SENATE NOTIFICATION FOR DISCLOSURE OF SENATE DATA 
SEC. 213. (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 10 of the Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6628) is amended—
(1) in subsection (a)—
(A) by redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as 
paragraphs (5) through (9), respectively; 
(B) by redesignating paragraph (2) as paragraph (3); 
(C) by inserting after paragraph (1) the following: 
‘‘(2) the term ‘covered data’ means any electronic mail 
or other electronic or data communication, other data (including 
metadata), or other information;’’; 
(D) by inserting after paragraph (3), as so redesignated, 
the following: 
‘‘(4) the term ‘legal process’ does not include a subpoena 
issued in accordance with the Rules of Procedure of the Select 
Committee on Ethics of the Senate;’’; 
(E) by striking paragraph (8), as so redesignated, and 
inserting the following: 
‘‘(8) the term ‘Senate data’, with respect to a Senate office—
‘‘(A) means covered data of the Senate office; and
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‘‘(B) with respect to an individual described in para-
graph (9) acting in a personal capacity, only means covered 
data that is transmitted, processed, or stored through the 
use of an electronic system established, maintained, or 
operated, or the use of electronic services provided, by—
‘‘(i) a provider for the Senate office, if the Senate 
office or the Office of the SAA has notified the provider 
for a Senate office that the applicable device or account 
is a device or account of the Senate office; or 
‘‘(ii) the Office of the SAA or an officer, employee, 
or agent of the Office of the SAA, if the Senate office 
has notified the Office of the SAA that the applicable 
device or account is a device or account of the Senate 
office;’’; 
(F) in paragraph (9), as so redesignated—
(i) by inserting ‘‘(without regard to whether the 
Senator is acting in his or her official capacity, 
including acting in a personal capacity and acting 
through his or her campaign for elected office)’’ after 
‘‘a Senator’’; 
(ii) by inserting ‘‘(whether acting in his or her 
personal or official capacity)’’ after ‘‘an officer of the 
Senate’’; and 
(iii) by striking the period at the end and inserting 
‘‘(whether acting in his or her personal or official 
capacity); and’’; and 
(G) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(10) the term ‘target of a criminal investigation’ means 
a person—
‘‘(A) as to whom the prosecutor or the grand jury 
has substantial evidence linking that person to the commis-
sion of a crime; 
‘‘(B) who, in the judgment of the prosecutor, is a puta-
tive defendant; and 
‘‘(C) whom the prosecutor, before the date of the 
acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, or disclosure of 
the Senate data at issue, has formally designated as a 
target in official records, which shall not include any such 
designation that was made after such date that purports 
to be retroactive.’’; 
(2) by redesignating subsections (d) through (h) as sub-
sections (e) through (i), respectively; and 
(3) by striking subsection (c) and inserting the following: 
‘‘(c) NOTIFICATION.—
‘‘(1) BY PROVIDERS.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If any provider for a Senate office 
receives any legal process seeking disclosure of Senate 
data of the Senate office that is transmitted, processed, 
or stored (whether temporarily or otherwise) through the 
use of an electronic system established, maintained, or 
operated, or the use of electronic services provided, in whole 
or in part, by the provider for a Senate office, the provider 
for a Senate office shall notify the Senate office and, unless 
specified otherwise by the Senate office, the Office of the 
SAA in writing. 
‘‘(B) NO
LIMITATIONS
ON
NOTICE.—A provider for a 
Senate office shall not be barred from providing notice
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to a Senate office and the Office of the SAA under subpara-
graph (A) by operation of any court order, any statutory 
provision, any other provision of law, any rule of civil 
or criminal procedure, or any other rule, regulation, or 
policy. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—A provider for a Senate 
office shall not be liable under any criminal or civil law 
for providing notice to a Senate office or the Office of 
the SAA under this paragraph. 
‘‘(2) BY SAA.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If the Office of the SAA or any 
officer, employee, or agent of the Office of the SAA receives 
any legal process seeking disclosure of Senate data of a 
Senate office that is transmitted, processed, or stored 
(whether temporarily or otherwise) through the use of an 
electronic system established, maintained, or operated, or 
the use of electronic services provided, in whole or in part, 
by the Office of the SAA or the officer, employee, or agent 
of the Office of the SAA, the Office of the SAA or the 
officer, employee, or agent of the Office of the SAA shall 
notify a Senate office in writing. 
‘‘(B) NO LIMITATIONS ON NOTICE.—The Office of the 
SAA and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office of 
the SAA shall not be barred from providing notice to a 
Senate office under subparagraph (A) by operation of any 
court order, any statutory provision, any other provision 
of law, any rule of civil or criminal procedure, or any 
other rule, regulation, or policy. 
‘‘(C) LIMITATION ON LIABILITY.—The Office of the SAA 
and any officer, employee, or agent of the Office of the 
SAA shall not be liable under any criminal or civil law 
for providing notice to a Senate office under this paragraph. 
‘‘(3) SPECIAL RULE FOR TARGET AND NON-TARGET INVESTIGA-
TIONS.—
‘‘(A) TARGET INVESTIGATIONS.—
‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—If a Senator is a target of a 
criminal investigation, a court may, upon application 
by the United States, issue an order delaying the notice 
required under this subsection with respect to an 
acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, or disclosure 
of Senate data in connection with such investigation 
for a period of not more than 60 days if the court 
determines that there is reason to believe that pro-
viding notice would—
‘‘(I) endanger the life or physical safety of any 
person; 
‘‘(II) result in flight from prosecution; 
‘‘(III) result in destruction of or tampering with 
evidence; 
‘‘(IV) result in intimidation of potential wit-
nesses; or 
‘‘(V) otherwise seriously jeopardize an inves-
tigation or unduly delay a trial. 
‘‘(ii) RENEWAL.—The court may renew such an 
order for additional periods of not more than 60 days 
each, if the court makes a renewed determination 
under clause (i).
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‘‘(B) ALL OTHER INVESTIGATIONS.—For any investiga-
tion in which a Senator is not a target of a criminal 
investigation, the notice requirements under this sub-
section shall apply without delay. 
‘‘(d) PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.—
‘‘(1) DEFINITIONS.—In this subsection: 
‘‘(A) INSTANCE.—The term ‘instance’, with respect to 
a violation of this section, means each discrete act consti-
tuting a violation of this section, including each indi-
vidual—
‘‘(i) device, account, record, or communication 
channel subject to collection in a manner in violation 
of this section; 
‘‘(ii) nondisclosure order or judicial sealing order 
sought, maintained, or obtained; or 
‘‘(iii) search conducted. 
‘‘(B) VIOLATION OF THIS SECTION.—The term ‘violation 
of this section’ means—
‘‘(i) the seeking, maintaining, or obtaining of a 
nondisclosure order or judicial sealing order to prevent 
notification of a Senator, a Senate office, or the Office 
of the SAA as required under subsection (c); or 
‘‘(ii) Senate data was acquired, subpoenaed, 
searched, accessed, or disclosed pursuant to a search, 
seizure, or demand for information without notice being 
provided as required under subsection (c). 
‘‘(2) CAUSE OF ACTION.—Any Senator whose Senate data, 
or the Senate data of whose Senate office, has been acquired, 
subpoenaed, searched, accessed, or disclosed in violation of 
this section may bring a civil action against the United States 
if the violation was committed by an officer, employee, or agent 
of the United States or of any Federal department or agency. 
‘‘(3) RELIEF.—
‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—If a Senator prevails on a claim 
under this subsection, the court shall award—
‘‘(i) for each instance of a violation of this section, 
the greater of statutory damages of $500,000 or the 
amount of actual damages; 
‘‘(ii) reasonable attorney’s fees and costs of litiga-
tion; and 
‘‘(iii) such injunctive or declaratory relief as may 
be appropriate. 
‘‘(B) PRELIMINARY RELIEF.—Upon motion by a Senator, 
a court may award such preliminary injunctive relief as 
the court determines appropriate with respect to a claim 
under this subsection. 
‘‘(4) LIMITATIONS AND IMMUNITY.—
‘‘(A) PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.—A civil action under this 
subsection may not be commenced later than 5 years after 
the applicable Senator first obtains actual notice of the 
violation of this section. 
‘‘(B) NO IMMUNITY DEFENSE.—No officer, employee, or 
agent of the United States or of any Federal department 
or agency shall be entitled to assert any form of absolute 
or qualified immunity as a defense to liability under this 
subsection.
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‘‘(5) WAIVER OF SOVEREIGN IMMUNITY.—The United States 
expressly waives sovereign immunity with respect to actions 
brought under this subsection. 
‘‘(6) AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE FOR TARGET INVESTIGATIONS.—
It shall be an affirmative defense to an action under this 
subsection if the United States establishes that each of the 
following requirements are met: 
‘‘(A) At the time the Senate data was acquired, subpoe-
naed, searched, accessed, or disclosed, the Senator bringing 
the action was a target of a criminal investigation. 
‘‘(B) A Federal judge issued an order authorizing a 
delay of notice to the Senator under subsection (c)(3)(A), 
based on written findings meeting the requirements of 
such subsection. 
‘‘(C) The United States complied with the order 
described in subparagraph (B), including that the delay 
of notice did not exceed the period authorized by the court. 
‘‘(D) Any related subpoena of, warrant relating to, or 
access to Senate data was carried out strictly within the 
temporal and subject-matter scope authorized by the order, 
if any, authorizing the subpoena, warrant, or access. 
‘‘(7) CONSTRUCTION.—Nothing in this subsection shall be 
construed to—
‘‘(A) limit or impair the constitutional protections 
afforded to Members of Congress, including to protections 
under article I, section 6, clause 1 of the Constitution 
of the United States (commonly known as the ‘Speech 
or Debate Clause’); or 
‘‘(B) restrict the authority of the Senate or any Senate 
office to intervene in or defend against any legal process 
seeking disclosure of Senate data.’’. 
(b) LIMITED RETROACTIVE APPLICABILITY.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this section 
shall apply to any acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, 
or disclosure of Senate data (as defined in section 10(a) of 
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 
6628(a)), as amended by this section), and to any failure to 
disclose such an acquisition, subpoena, search, accessing, or 
disclosure, occurring on or after January 1, 2022. 
(2) PERIOD OF LIMITATIONS.—
(A) DEFINITION.—In this paragraph, the term ‘‘violation 
of section 10’’ has the meaning given the term ‘‘violation 
of this section’’ in subsection (d) of section 10 of the Legisla-
tive Branch Appropriations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6628), as 
added by this section. 
(B) PERIOD.—With respect to any violation of section 
10 with respect to which the applicable Senator first 
obtained actual notice of the violation of section 10 before 
the date of enactment of this Act, a civil action under 
subsection (d) of section 10 of the Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2005 (2 U.S.C. 6628), as added by this sec-
tion, may not be commenced later than 5 years after the 
date of enactment of this Act. 
This division may be cited as the ‘‘Legislative Branch Appro-
priations Act, 2026’’.
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DIVISION D—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AF-
FAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS 
ACT, 2026
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Army as currently authorized by 
law, including personnel in the Army Corps of Engineers and other 
personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, 
and for construction and operation of facilities in support of the 
functions of the Commander in Chief, $2,381,909,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $415,688,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, architect and engineer services, and host nation support, 
as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Army determines 
that additional obligations are necessary for such purposes and 
notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$377,950,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army’’ in the explanatory statement described in 
section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated 
Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, naval installations, facilities, 
and real property for the Navy and Marine Corps as currently 
authorized by law, including personnel in the Naval Facilities 
Engineering Command and other personal services necessary for 
the purposes of this appropriation, $5,725,724,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $629,088,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees 
on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $290,690,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, military installations, facili-
ties, and real property for the Air Force as currently authorized
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by law, including personnel in the Department of the Air Force 
when designated by the Secretary of Defense to direct and supervise 
Military Construction projects in accordance with section 2851 of 
title 10, United States Code, and other personal services necessary 
for the purposes of this appropriation, $3,926,273,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $646,573,000 shall be available for study, planning, 
design, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Air Force determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $361,800,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’ in the explana-
tory statement described in section 4 (in the matter preceding 
division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equipment of 
temporary or permanent public works, installations, facilities, and 
real property for activities and agencies of the Department of 
Defense (other than the military departments), as currently author-
ized by law, $3,784,301,000, to remain available until September 
30, 2030: Provided, That such amounts of this appropriation as 
may be determined by the Secretary of Defense may be transferred 
to such appropriations of the Department of Defense available for 
military construction or family housing as the Secretary may des-
ignate, to be merged with and to be available for the same purposes, 
and for the same time period, as the appropriation or fund to 
which transferred: Provided further, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $226,301,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 
the Secretary of Defense determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $82,000,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized 
by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $272,930,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $80,080,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless
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the Director of the Army National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $112,050,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Army National Guard’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Air National Guard, and contributions therefor, as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Construc-
tion Authorization Acts, $292,546,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to exceed 
$73,646,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, and 
architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless the 
Director of the Air National Guard determines that additional 
obligations are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $95,900,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’ 
in the explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter 
preceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$92,239,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $6,013,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army Reserve 
determines that additional obligations are necessary for such pur-
poses and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: Provided 
further, That of the amount made available under this heading, 
$50,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and in the 
amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military 
Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
reserve components of the Navy and Marine Corps as authorized
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by chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $52,255,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $2,255,000 shall be available for study, planning, design, 
and architect and engineer services, as authorized by law, unless 
the Secretary of the Navy determines that additional obligations 
are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on 
Appropriations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $50,000,000 shall be for the 
projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the table 
under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy Reserve’’ in the 
explanatory statement described in section 4 (in the matter pre-
ceding division A of this consolidated Act), in addition to amounts 
otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilitation, and 
conversion of facilities for the training and administration of the 
Air Force Reserve as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$116,468,000, to remain available until September 30, 2030: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount, not to exceed $7,170,000 shall be 
available for study, planning, design, and architect and engineer 
services, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are necessary for 
such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made available under 
this heading, $56,010,000 shall be for the projects and activities, 
and in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Mili-
tary Construction, Air Force Reserve’’ in the explanatory statement 
described in section 4 (in the matter preceding division A of this 
consolidated Act), in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North Atlantic 
Treaty Organization Security Investment Program for the acquisi-
tion and construction of military facilities and installations 
(including international military headquarters) and for related 
expenses for the collective defense of the North Atlantic Treaty 
Area as authorized by section 2806 of title 10, United States Code, 
and Military Construction Authorization Acts, $481,832,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT 
For deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure 
Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense Base Closure 
and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $465,161,000, 
to remain available until expended.
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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY UNACCOMPANIED HOUSING IMPROVEMENT FUND 
For the Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied 
Housing Improvement Fund, $497,000, to remain available until 
expended, for unaccompanied housing initiatives undertaken pursu-
ant to section 2883 of title 10, United States Code, providing alter-
native means of acquiring and improving military unaccompanied 
housing and supporting facilities. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
SEC. 101. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract 
for construction, where cost estimates exceed $25,000, to be per-
formed within the United States, except Alaska, without the specific 
approval in writing of the Secretary of Defense setting forth the 
reasons therefor. 
SEC. 102. Funds made available in this title for construction 
shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles. 
SEC. 103. Funds made available in this title for construction 
may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, 
Department of Transportation, for the construction of access roads 
as authorized by section 210 of title 23, United States Code, when 
projects authorized therein are certified as important to the national 
defense by the Secretary of Defense. 
SEC. 104. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States 
for which specific appropriations have not been made. 
SEC. 105. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used for purchase of land or land easements in excess of 100 
percent of the value as determined by the Army Corps of Engineers 
or the Naval Facilities Engineering Command, except: (1) where 
there is a determination of value by a Federal court; (2) purchases 
negotiated by the Attorney General or the designee of the Attorney 
General; (3) where the estimated value is less than $25,000; or 
(4) as otherwise determined by the Secretary of Defense to be 
in the public interest. 
SEC. 106. None of the funds made available in this title shall 
be used to: (1) acquire land; (2) provide for site preparation; or 
(3) install utilities for any family housing, except housing for which 
funds have been made available in annual Acts making appropria-
tions for military construction. 
SEC. 107. None of the funds made available in this title for 
minor construction may be used to transfer or relocate any activity 
from one base or installation to another, without prior notification 
to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress. 
SEC. 108. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used for the procurement of steel for any construction project 
or activity for which American steel producers, fabricators, and 
manufacturers have been denied the opportunity to compete for 
such steel procurement. 
SEC. 109. None of the funds available to the Department of 
Defense for military construction or family housing during the 
current fiscal year may be used to pay real property taxes in 
any foreign nation.
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SEC. 110. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be used to initiate a new installation overseas without prior notifica-
tion to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Con-
gress. 
SEC. 111. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated for architect and engineer contracts estimated by the 
Government to exceed $500,000 for projects to be accomplished 
in Japan, in any North Atlantic Treaty Organization member 
country, or in countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, unless such 
contracts are awarded to United States firms or United States 
firms in joint venture with host nation firms. 
SEC. 112. None of the funds made available in this title for 
military construction in the United States territories and posses-
sions in the Pacific and on Kwajalein Atoll, or in countries bordering 
the Arabian Gulf, may be used to award any contract estimated 
by the Government to exceed $1,000,000 to a foreign contractor: 
Provided, That this section shall not be applicable to contract 
awards for which the lowest responsive and responsible bid of 
a United States contractor exceeds the lowest responsive and 
responsible bid of a foreign contractor by greater than 20 percent: 
Provided further, That this section shall not apply to contract 
awards for military construction on Kwajalein Atoll for which the 
lowest responsive and responsible bid is submitted by a Marshallese 
contractor. 
SEC. 113. The Secretary of Defense shall inform the appropriate 
committees of both Houses of Congress, including the Committees 
on Appropriations, of plans and scope of any proposed military 
exercise involving United States personnel 30 days prior to its 
occurring, if amounts expended for construction, either temporary 
or permanent, are anticipated to exceed $100,000. 
SEC. 114. Funds appropriated to the Department of Defense 
for construction in prior years shall be available for construction 
authorized for each such military department by the authorizations 
enacted into law during the current session of Congress. 
SEC. 115. For military construction or family housing projects 
that are being completed with funds otherwise expired or lapsed 
for obligation, expired or lapsed funds may be used to pay the 
cost of associated supervision, inspection, overhead, engineering 
and design on those projects and on subsequent claims, if any. 
SEC. 116. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any 
funds made available to a military department or defense agency 
for the construction of military projects may be obligated for a 
military construction project or contract, or for any portion of such 
a project or contract, at any time before the end of the fourth 
fiscal year after the fiscal year for which funds for such project 
were made available, if the funds obligated for such project: (1) 
are obligated from funds available for military construction projects; 
and (2) do not exceed the amount appropriated for such project, 
plus any amount by which the cost of such project is increased 
pursuant to law. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 117. Subject to 30 days prior notification, or 14 days 
for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant to 
sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, such
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additional amounts as may be determined by the Secretary of 
Defense may be transferred to: (1) the Department of Defense 
Family Housing Improvement Fund from amounts appropriated 
for construction in ‘‘Family Housing’’ accounts, to be merged with 
and to be available for the same purposes and for the same period 
of time as amounts appropriated directly to the Fund; or (2) the 
Department of Defense Military Unaccompanied Housing Improve-
ment Fund from amounts appropriated for construction of military 
unaccompanied housing in ‘‘Military Construction’’ accounts, to be 
merged with and to be available for the same purposes and for 
the same period of time as amounts appropriated directly to the 
Fund: Provided, That appropriations made available to the Funds 
shall be available to cover the costs, as defined in section 502(5) 
of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, of direct loans or loan 
guarantees issued by the Department of Defense pursuant to the 
provisions of subchapter IV of chapter 169 of title 10, United States 
Code, pertaining to alternative means of acquiring and improving 
military family housing, military unaccompanied housing, and sup-
porting facilities. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 118. In addition to any other transfer authority available 
to the Department of Defense, amounts may be transferred from 
the Department of Defense Base Closure Account to the fund estab-
lished by section 1013(d) of the Demonstration Cities and Metropoli-
tan Development Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 3374) to pay for expenses 
associated with the Homeowners Assistance Program incurred 
under 42 U.S.C. 3374(a)(1)(A). Any amounts transferred shall be 
merged with and be available for the same purposes and for the 
same time period as the fund to which transferred. 
SEC. 119. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, funds 
made available in this title for operation and maintenance of family 
housing shall be the exclusive source of funds for repair and mainte-
nance of all family housing units, including general or flag officer 
quarters: Provided, That not more than $35,000 per unit may 
be spent annually for the maintenance and repair of any general 
or flag officer quarters without 30 days prior notification, or 14 
days for a notification provided in an electronic medium pursuant 
to sections 480 and 2883 of title 10, United States Code, to the 
Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress, except 
that an after-the-fact notification shall be submitted if the limitation 
is exceeded solely due to costs associated with environmental 
remediation that could not be reasonably anticipated at the time 
of the budget submission: Provided further, That the Under Sec-
retary of Defense (Comptroller) is to report annually to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress all operation 
and maintenance expenditures for each individual general or flag 
officer quarters for the prior fiscal year. 
SEC. 120. Amounts contained in the Ford Island Improvement 
Account established by subsection (h) of section 2814 of title 10, 
United States Code, are appropriated and shall be available until 
expended for the purposes specified in subsection (i)(1) of such 
section or until transferred pursuant to subsection (i)(3) of such 
section.
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(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 121. During the 5-year period after appropriations avail-
able in this Act to the Department of Defense for military construc-
tion and family housing operation and maintenance and construc-
tion have expired for obligation, upon a determination that such 
appropriations will not be necessary for the liquidation of obligations 
or for making authorized adjustments to such appropriations for 
obligations incurred during the period of availability of such appro-
priations, unobligated balances of such appropriations may be trans-
ferred into the appropriation ‘‘Foreign Currency Fluctuations, 
Construction, Defense’’, to be merged with and to be available 
for the same time period and for the same purposes as the appro-
priation to which transferred. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 122. Amounts appropriated or otherwise made available 
in an account funded under the headings in this title may be 
transferred among projects and activities within the account in 
accordance with the reprogramming guidelines for military 
construction and family housing construction contained in Depart-
ment of Defense Financial Management Regulation 7000.14–R, 
Volume 3, Chapter 7, of April 2021, as in effect on the date of 
enactment of this Act. 
SEC. 123. None of the funds made available in this title may 
be obligated or expended for planning and design and construction 
of projects at Arlington National Cemetery. 
SEC. 124. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified, to remain available until September 30, 
2030: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $144,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Army 
National 
Guard’’, 
$15,500,000; 
‘‘Military Construction, Air National Guard’’, $11,000,000; 
and 
‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’, $15,000,000: 
Provided, That such funds may only be obligated to carry out 
construction and cost to complete projects identified in the respec-
tive military department’s unfunded priority list for fiscal year 
2025 or 2026 submitted to Congress: Provided further, That such 
projects are subject to authorization prior to obligation and expendi-
ture of funds to carry out construction: Provided further, That 
not later than 60 days after enactment of this Act, the Secretary 
of the military department concerned, or their designee, shall 
submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses of 
Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided under this section. 
SEC. 125. All amounts appropriated to the ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Army’’, ‘‘Department of Defense—
Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps’’, ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Air Force’’, and ‘‘Department of 
Defense—Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ accounts pursuant 
to the authorization of appropriations in a National Defense 
Authorization Act specified for fiscal year 2026 in the funding 
table in section 4601 of that Act shall be immediately available 
and allotted to contract for the full scope of authorized projects. 
SEC. 126. Notwithstanding section 116 of this Act, funds made 
available in this Act or any available unobligated balances from
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prior appropriations Acts may be obligated before October 1, 2027 
for fiscal year 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 military construction 
projects for which project authorization has not lapsed or for which 
authorization is extended for fiscal year 2026 by a National Defense 
Authorization Act: Provided, That no amounts may be obligated 
pursuant to this section from amounts that were designated by 
the Congress as an emergency requirement pursuant to a concur-
rent resolution on the budget or the Balanced Budget and Emer-
gency Deficit Control Act of 1985. 
SEC. 127. For the purposes of this Act, the term ‘‘congressional 
defense committees’’ means the Committees on Armed Services 
of the House of Representatives and the Senate, the Subcommittee 
on Military Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee 
on Appropriations of the Senate, and the Subcommittee on Military 
Construction and Veterans Affairs of the Committee on Appropria-
tions of the House of Representatives. 
SEC. 128. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for design for child development centers, 
to remain available until September 30, 2030: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$5,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $5,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 129. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for design for barracks, to remain available 
until September 30, 2030: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $5,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$5,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $5,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 130. For an additional amount for the accounts and in 
the amounts specified for unspecified minor construction for demoli-
tion, to remain available until September 30, 2030: 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’, $10,000,000; 
‘‘Military 
Construction, 
Navy 
and 
Marine 
Corps’’, 
$25,000,000; and 
‘‘Military Construction, Air Force’’, $10,000,000: 
Provided, That not later than 60 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Secretary of the military department concerned, 
or their designee, shall submit to the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress an expenditure plan for funds provided 
under this section. 
SEC. 131. None of the funds made available by this Act may 
be used to carry out the closure or realignment of the United 
States Naval Station, Guanta´namo Bay, Cuba.
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SEC. 132. Notwithstanding limitations in this and prior Acts 
on the obligation or expenditure of military construction appropria-
tions for planning and design and construction of projects at 
Arlington National Cemetery, unobligated funds available to the 
Department of the Army for military construction projects may 
be obligated for access road projects at Arlington National Cemetery 
that have been authorized in accordance with section 210 of title 
23, United State Code. 
TITLE II 
DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS 
VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION 
COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For the payment of compensation benefits to or on behalf of 
veterans and a pilot program for disability examinations as author-
ized by section 107 and chapters 11, 13, 18, 51, 53, 55, and 61 
of title 38, United States Code; pension benefits to or on behalf 
of veterans as authorized by chapters 15, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of 
title 38, United States Code; and burial benefits, the Reinstated 
Entitlement Program for Survivors, emergency and other officers’ 
retirement pay, adjusted-service credits and certificates, payment 
of premiums due on commercial life insurance policies guaranteed 
under the provisions of title IV of the Servicemembers Civil Relief 
Act (50 U.S.C. App. 541 et seq.) and for other benefits as authorized 
by sections 107, 1312, 1977, and 2106, and chapters 23, 51, 53, 
55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $5,850,000,000, which 
shall be in addition to funds previously appropriated under this 
heading that became available on October 1, 2025, to remain avail-
able until expended; and, in addition, $246,630,525,000, which shall 
become available on October 1, 2026, to remain available until 
expended: Provided, That not to exceed $29,454,647 of the amount 
made available for fiscal year 2027 under this heading shall be 
reimbursed to ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’, and ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ for nec-
essary expenses in implementing the provisions of chapters 51, 
53, and 55 of title 38, United States Code, the funding source 
for which is specifically provided as the ‘‘Compensation and Pen-
sions’’ appropriation: Provided further, That such sums as may 
be earned on an actual qualifying patient basis, shall be reimbursed 
to ‘‘Medical Care Collections Fund’’ to augment the funding of 
individual medical facilities for nursing home care provided to pen-
sioners as authorized. 
READJUSTMENT BENEFITS 
For the payment of readjustment and rehabilitation benefits 
to or on behalf of veterans as authorized by chapters 21, 30, 31, 
33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United 
States Code, $4,877,886,000, which shall be in addition to funds 
previously appropriated under this heading that became available 
on October 1, 2025, to remain available until expended; and, in 
addition, $24,703,528,000, which shall become available on October
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1, 2026, to remain available until expended: Provided, That 
expenses for rehabilitation program services and assistance which 
the Secretary is authorized to provide under subsection (a) of section 
3104 of title 38, United States Code, other than under paragraphs 
(1), (2), (5), and (11) of that subsection, shall be charged to this 
account. 
VETERANS INSURANCE AND INDEMNITIES 
For military and naval insurance, national service life insur-
ance, servicemen’s indemnities, service-disabled veterans insurance, 
and veterans mortgage life insurance as authorized by chapters 
19 and 21 of title 38, United States Code, $97,893,000, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2026, to remain available 
until expended. 
VETERANS HOUSING BENEFIT PROGRAM FUND 
For the cost of direct and guaranteed loans, such sums as 
may be necessary to carry out the program, as authorized by sub-
chapters I through III of chapter 37 of title 38, United States 
Code: Provided, That such costs, including the cost of modifying 
such loans, shall be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional 
Budget Act of 1974: Provided further, That, during fiscal year 
2026, within the resources available, not to exceed $500,000 in 
gross obligations for direct loans are authorized for specially 
adapted housing loans. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
and guaranteed loan programs, $266,736,842. 
VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION LOANS PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $45,428, as authorized by chapter 
31 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, That such costs, 
including the cost of modifying such loans, shall be as defined 
in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974: Provided 
further, That funds made available under this heading are available 
to subsidize gross obligations for the principal amount of direct 
loans not to exceed $1,394,442. 
In addition, for administrative expenses necessary to carry 
out the direct loan program, $507,254, which may be paid to the 
appropriation for ‘‘General Operating Expenses, Veterans Benefits 
Administration’’. 
NATIVE AMERICAN VETERAN HOUSING LOAN PROGRAM ACCOUNT 
For the cost of direct loans, $6,865,235, as authorized by sub-
chapter V of chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code: Provided, 
That such costs, including the cost of modifying such loans, shall 
be as defined in section 502 of the Congressional Budget Act of 
1974: Provided further, That funds made available under this 
heading are available to subsidize gross obligations for the principal 
amount of direct loans not to exceed $75,000,000. 
In addition, for administrative expenses to carry out the direct 
loan program authorized by subchapter V of chapter 37 of title 
38, United States Code, $5,845,241.
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GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS 
ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits 
Administration, not otherwise provided for, including hire of pas-
senger motor vehicles, reimbursement of the General Services 
Administration for security guard services, and reimbursement of 
the Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, 
$3,881,000,000: Provided, That expenses for services and assistance 
authorized under paragraphs (1), (2), (5), and (11) of section 3104(a) 
of title 38, United States Code, that the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs determines are necessary to enable entitled veterans: (1) 
to the maximum extent feasible, to become employable and to 
obtain and maintain suitable employment; or (2) to achieve max-
imum independence in daily living, shall be charged to this account: 
Provided further, That, of the funds made available under this 
heading, not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until 
September 30, 2027. 
VETERANS HEALTH ADMINISTRATION 
MEDICAL SERVICES 
For necessary expenses for furnishing, as authorized by law, 
inpatient and outpatient care and treatment to beneficiaries of 
the Department of Veterans Affairs and veterans described in sec-
tion 1705(a) of title 38, United States Code, including care and 
treatment in facilities not under the jurisdiction of the Department, 
and including medical supplies and equipment, bioengineering serv-
ices, food services, and salaries and expenses of healthcare 
employees hired under title 38, United States Code, assistance 
and support services for caregivers as authorized by section 1720G 
of title 38, United States Code, loan repayments authorized by 
section 604 of the Caregivers and Veterans Omnibus Health Serv-
ices Act of 2010 (Public Law 111–163; 124 Stat. 1174; 38 U.S.C. 
7681 note), monthly assistance allowances authorized by section 
322(d) of title 38, United States Code, grants authorized by section 
521A of title 38, United States Code, and administrative expenses 
necessary to carry out sections 322(d) and 521A of title 38, United 
States Code, and hospital care and medical services authorized 
by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $59,858,000,000, 
plus reimbursements, which shall become available on October 1, 
2026, and shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Pro-
vided, That, of the amount made available on October 1, 2026, 
under this heading, $2,000,000,000 shall remain available until 
September 30, 2028: Provided further, That of the $75,039,000,000 
that became available on October 1, 2025, previously appropriated 
under this heading in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations 
Act, 2025 (division A of Public Law 119–4), $15,889,000,000 is 
hereby rescinded: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other 
provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall establish 
a priority for the provision of medical treatment for veterans who 
have service-connected disabilities, lower income, or have special 
needs: Provided further, That, notwithstanding any other provision 
of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall give priority funding 
for the provision of basic medical benefits to veterans in enrollment 
priority groups 1 through 6: Provided further, That, notwithstanding 
any other provision of law, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs may
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authorize the dispensing of prescription drugs from Veterans Health 
Administration facilities to enrolled veterans with privately written 
prescriptions based on requirements established by the Secretary: 
Provided further, That the implementation of the program described 
in the previous proviso shall incur no additional cost to the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs: Provided further, That the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient amounts appro-
priated under this heading for medical supplies and equipment 
are available for the acquisition of prosthetics designed specifically 
for female veterans: Provided further, That nothing in section 
2044(e) of title 38, United States Code, may be construed as limiting 
amounts that may be made available under this heading for fiscal 
years 2026 and 2027 in this or prior Acts. 
MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE 
For necessary expenses for furnishing health care to individuals 
pursuant to chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-
Department facilities, $38,700,000,000, plus reimbursements, which 
shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount made 
available on October 1, 2026, under this heading, $2,000,000,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2028. 
MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE 
For necessary expenses in the administration of the medical, 
hospital, nursing home, domiciliary, construction, supply, and 
research activities, as authorized by law; administrative expenses 
in support of capital policy activities; and administrative and legal 
expenses of the Department for collecting and recovering amounts 
owed the Department as authorized under chapter 17 of title 38, 
United States Code, and the Federal Medical Care Recovery Act 
(42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $12,000,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
which shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available on October 1, 2026, under this heading, 
$350,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028: Pro-
vided further, That, of the $12,700,000,000 that became available 
on October 1, 2025, previously appropriated under this heading 
in the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (division A 
of Public Law 119–4), $610,000,000 is hereby rescinded. 
MEDICAL FACILITIES 
For necessary expenses for the maintenance and operation of 
hospitals, nursing homes, domiciliary facilities, and other necessary 
facilities of the Veterans Health Administration; for administrative 
expenses in support of planning, design, project management, real 
property acquisition and disposition, construction, and renovation 
of any facility under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Depart-
ment; for oversight, engineering, and architectural activities not 
charged to project costs; for repairing, altering, improving, or pro-
viding facilities in the several hospitals and homes under the juris-
diction of the Department, not otherwise provided for, either by 
contract or by the hire of temporary employees and purchase of 
materials; for leases of facilities; and for laundry services;
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$145,917,000, which shall be in addition to funds previously appro-
priated under this heading that became available on October 1, 
2025; and, in addition, $11,700,000,000, plus reimbursements, 
which shall become available on October 1, 2026, and shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That, of the amount 
made available on October 1, 2026, under this heading, 
$500,000,000 shall remain available until September 30, 2028. 
MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH 
For necessary expenses in carrying out programs of medical 
and prosthetic research and development as authorized by chapter 
73 of title 38, United States Code, $945,000,000, plus reimburse-
ments, shall remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided, 
That the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall ensure that sufficient 
amounts appropriated under this heading are available for pros-
thetic research specifically for female veterans, and for toxic expo-
sure research. 
NATIONAL CEMETERY ADMINISTRATION 
For necessary expenses of the National Cemetery Administra-
tion for operations and maintenance, not otherwise provided for, 
including uniforms or allowances therefor; cemeterial expenses as 
authorized by law; purchase of one passenger motor vehicle for 
use in cemeterial operations; hire of passenger motor vehicles; and 
repair, alteration or improvement of facilities under the jurisdiction 
of the National Cemetery Administration, $498,500,000, of which 
not to exceed 10 percent shall remain available until September 
30, 2027. 
DEPARTMENTAL ADMINISTRATION 
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary operating expenses of the Department of Vet-
erans Affairs, not otherwise provided for, including administrative 
expenses in support of Department-wide capital planning, manage-
ment and policy activities, uniforms, or allowances therefor; not 
to exceed $25,000 for official reception and representation expenses; 
hire of passenger motor vehicles; and reimbursement of the General 
Services Administration for security guard services, $429,000,000, 
which shall be for the offices and in the amounts specified under 
this heading in the explanatory statement described in section 
4 (in the matter preceding division A of this consolidated Act), 
of which not to exceed 10 percent for each such office shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027: Provided, That funds provided 
under this heading may be transferred to ‘‘General Operating 
Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’. 
BOARD OF VETERANS APPEALS 
For necessary operating expenses of the Board of Veterans 
Appeals, $280,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027.
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For necessary expenses for information technology systems and 
telecommunications support, including developmental information 
systems and operational information systems; for pay and associated 
costs; and for the capital asset acquisition of information technology 
systems, including management and related contractual costs of 
said acquisitions, including contractual costs associated with oper-
ations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, 
$5,919,000,000, 
plus 
reimbursements: 
Provided, 
That 
$1,422,916,000 shall be for pay and associated costs, of which not 
to exceed 3 percent shall remain available until September 30, 
2027: Provided further, That $3,917,921,000 shall be for operations 
and maintenance, of which not to exceed 5 percent shall remain 
available until September 30, 2027, and of which $118,900,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2030, for the purpose 
of facility activations related to projects funded by the ‘‘Construc-
tion, Major Projects’’, ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’, ‘‘Medical 
Facilities’’, ‘‘National Cemetery Administration’’, ‘‘General Oper-
ating Expenses, Veterans Benefits Administration’’, and ‘‘General 
Administration’’ accounts: Provided further, That $578,163,000 shall 
be for information technology systems development, and shall 
remain available until September 30, 2027: Provided further, That 
amounts made available for salaries and expenses, operations and 
maintenance, and information technology systems development may 
be transferred among the three subaccounts after the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs requests from the Committees on Appropriations 
of both Houses of Congress the authority to make the transfer 
and an approval is issued: Provided further, That amounts made 
available for the ‘‘Information Technology Systems’’ account for 
development may be transferred among projects or to newly defined 
projects: Provided further, That no project may be increased or 
decreased by more than $3,000,000 of cost prior to submitting 
a request to the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress to make the transfer and an approval is issued, or 
absent a response, a period of 30 days has elapsed. 
VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD 
For activities related to implementation, preparation, develop-
ment, interface, management, rollout, and maintenance of a Vet-
erans Electronic Health Record system, including contractual costs 
associated with operations authorized by section 3109 of title 5, 
United States Code, and salaries and expenses of employees hired 
under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $3,400,000,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2028: Provided, That the Secretary 
of Veterans Affairs shall submit to the Committees on Appropria-
tions of both Houses of Congress quarterly reports detailing obliga-
tions, expenditures, and deployment implementation by facility, 
including any changes from the deployment plan or schedule: Pro-
vided further, That the funds provided in this account shall only 
be available to the Office of the Deputy Secretary, to be adminis-
tered by that Office: Provided further, That 30 percent of the funds 
made available under this heading shall not be available until 
July 1, 2026, and are contingent upon the Secretary of Veterans
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Affairs providing to the Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress a plan by June 1, 2026, containing the following: 
(1) an updated life-cycle cost estimate for the EHRM pro-
gram based on the Department’s acceleration of deployments 
announced in March 2025; 
(2) an updated facility-by-facility deployment schedule for 
all facilities to receive the EHRM program; 
(3) a certification that all VA facilities using the new EHR 
on or before April 1, 2024, have exceeded or met certain health 
care performance baseline metrics indicating they have 
returned to their service delivery levels in place prior to the 
deployment of the new EHR; 
(4) a description of the projected Federal VA staffing levels, 
contract support, and other relevant activities required, and 
the resources required to fund those activities, to meet the 
deployment goal as outlined in (2), including target Federal 
and contracted staffing levels at VA Central Office and, each 
local VA medical center with a slated deployment in 2026 
and 2027, as well as contract support to provide technical 
and other change management support to carry out the deploy-
ments; and 
(5) a certification that the Department has achieved at 
least four consecutive successful site deployments without any 
incidents of a delay in care or patient harm which must be 
disclosed under Veterans Health Administration Directive 
1004.08 which are attributable to EHR systems. 
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL 
For necessary expenses of the Office of Inspector General, to 
include information technology, in carrying out the provisions of 
the Inspector General Act of 1978 (5 U.S.C. 401 et seq.), 
$296,000,000, of which not to exceed 10 percent shall remain avail-
able until September 30, 2027. 
CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, or for any 
of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 and chapter 
81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise provided for, 
including 
planning, 
architectural 
and 
engineering 
services, 
construction management services, maintenance or guarantee 
period services costs associated with equipment guarantees provided 
under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility and 
storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
where the estimated cost of a project is more than the amount 
set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 38, United States Code, 
or where funds for a project were made available in a previous 
major project appropriation, $1,394,000,000, of which $621,615,000 
shall remain available until September 30, 2030, and of which 
$772,385,000 shall remain available until expended: Provided, That 
except for advance planning activities, including needs assessments 
which may or may not lead to capital investments, and other 
capital asset management related activities, including portfolio 
development and management activities, and planning, cost esti-
mating, and design for major medical facility projects and major
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medical facility leases and investment strategy studies funded 
through the advance planning fund and the planning and design 
activities funded through the design fund, staffing expenses, and 
funds provided for the purchase, security, and maintenance of land 
for the National Cemetery Administration and the Veterans Health 
Administration through the land acquisition line item, none of 
the funds made available under this heading shall be used for 
any project that has not been notified to Congress through the 
budgetary process or that has not been approved by the Congress 
through statute, joint resolution, or in the explanatory statement 
accompanying such Act and presented to the President at the time 
of enrollment: Provided further, That funds provided for the Vet-
erans Health Administration through the land acquisition line item 
shall be only for projects included on the five year development 
plan notified to Congress through the budgetary process: Provided 
further, That such sums as may be necessary shall be available 
to reimburse the ‘‘General Administration’’ account for payment 
of salaries and expenses of all Office of Construction and Facilities 
Management employees to support the full range of capital infra-
structure services provided, including minor construction and 
leasing services: Provided further, That funds made available under 
this heading for fiscal year 2026, for each approved project shall 
be obligated: (1) by the awarding of a construction documents con-
tract by September 30, 2026; and (2) by the awarding of a construc-
tion contract by September 30, 2027: Provided further, That the 
Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall promptly submit to the Commit-
tees on Appropriations of both Houses of Congress a written report 
on any approved major construction project for which obligations 
are not incurred within the time limitations established above: 
Provided further, That notwithstanding the requirements of section 
8104(a) of title 38, United States Code, amounts made available 
under this heading for seismic program management activities shall 
be available for the completion of both new and existing seismic 
projects of the Department. 
CONSTRUCTION, MINOR PROJECTS 
For constructing, altering, extending, and improving any of 
the facilities, including parking projects, under the jurisdiction or 
for the use of the Department of Veterans Affairs, including plan-
ning and assessments of needs which may lead to capital invest-
ments, architectural and engineering services, maintenance or guar-
antee period services costs associated with equipment guarantees 
provided under the project, services of claims analysts, offsite utility 
and storm drainage system construction costs, and site acquisition, 
or for any of the purposes set forth in sections 316, 2404, 2406 
and chapter 81 of title 38, United States Code, not otherwise 
provided for, where the estimated cost of a project is equal to 
or less than the amount set forth in section 8104(a)(3)(A) of title 
38, United States Code, $350,000,000, of which $231,000,000 shall 
remain available until September 30, 2030, and of which 
$119,000,000 shall remain available until expended, along with 
unobligated balances of previous ‘‘Construction, Minor Projects’’ 
appropriations which are hereby made available for any project 
where the estimated cost is equal to or less than the amount 
set forth in such section: Provided, That funds made available 
under this heading shall be for: (1) repairs to any of the nonmedical
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facilities under the jurisdiction or for the use of the Department 
which are necessary because of loss or damage caused by any 
natural disaster or catastrophe; and (2) temporary measures nec-
essary to prevent or to minimize further loss by such causes. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF STATE EXTENDED CARE FACILITIES 
For grants to assist States to acquire or construct State nursing 
home and domiciliary facilities and to remodel, modify, or alter 
existing hospital, nursing home, and domiciliary facilities in State 
homes, for furnishing care to veterans as authorized by sections 
8131 through 8137 of title 38, United States Code, $275,000,000, 
to remain available until expended. 
GRANTS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF VETERANS CEMETERIES 
For grants to assist States and tribal organizations in estab-
lishing, expanding, or improving veterans cemeteries as authorized 
by section 2408 of title 38, United States Code, $150,000,000, to 
remain available until expended. 
COST OF WAR TOXIC EXPOSURES FUND 
For investment in the delivery of veterans’ health care associ-
ated with exposure to environmental hazards, the expenses incident 
to the delivery of veterans’ health care and benefits associated 
with exposure to environmental hazards, and medical and other 
research relating to exposure to environmental hazards, as author-
ized by section 324 of title 38, United States Code, and in addition 
to the amounts otherwise available for such purposes in the appro-
priations provided in this or prior Acts, including the Fiscal Respon-
sibility Act of 2023 (Public Law 118–5), $52,676,000,000, to remain 
available until expended. 
ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 201. Any appropriation for fiscal year 2026 for ‘‘Compensa-
tion and Pensions’’, ‘‘Readjustment Benefits’’, and ‘‘Veterans Insur-
ance and Indemnities’’ may be transferred as necessary to any 
other of the mentioned appropriations: Provided, That, before a 
transfer may take place, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs shall 
request from the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
of Congress the authority to make the transfer and such Committees 
issue an approval, or absent a response, a period of 30 days has 
elapsed. 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
SEC. 202. Not to exceed 1 percent of amounts made available 
for the Department of Veterans Affairs for fiscal year 2026, in 
this or any other Act, including prior Acts, under the ‘‘Medical 
Services’’, ‘‘Medical Community Care’’, ‘‘Medical Support and 
Compliance’’, and ‘‘Medical Facilities’’ accounts may be transferred 
among the accounts: Provided, That no such account shall be 
increased by more than 1 percent, in this or any other Act, by