In the Senate of the United States, 
August 1, 2025. 
Resolved, That the bill from the House of Representa-
tives (H.R. 3944) entitled ‘‘An Act making appropriations for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 
2026, and for other purposes.’’, do pass with the following 
AMENDMENT: 
Strike all after the enacting clause and insert the 
following: 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Military Construction 
and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch 
Appropriations Act, 2026’’. 
SEC. 2. REFERENCES TO ACT. 
Except as expressly provided otherwise, any reference 
to ‘‘this Act’’ contained in any division of this Act shall 
be treated as referring only to the provisions of that divi-
sion.
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SEC. 3. REFERENCES TO REPORT. 
(a) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division A shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 119–43. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division A and shall apply for purposes of deter-
mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division A. 
(b) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division B shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 119–37. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division B and shall apply for purposes of deter-
mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division B. 
(c) Any reference to a ‘‘report accompanying this Act’’ 
contained in division C shall be treated as a reference to 
Senate Report 119–38. The effect of such Report shall be 
limited to division C and shall apply for purposes of deter-
mining the allocation of funds provided by, and the imple-
mentation of, division C.
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DIVISION A—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, 
VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED 
AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026 
The following sums are appropriated, out of any 
money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for 
military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 
30, 2026, and for other purposes, namely: 
TITLE I 
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Army as 
currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Army Corps of Engineers and other personal services nec-
essary for the purposes of this appropriation, and for con-
struction and operation of facilities in support of the func-
tions of the Commander in Chief, $2,447,609,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $446,388,000 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 obliga-
tions are necessary for such purposes and notifies the Com-
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mittees 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, 
$268,650,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Army’’ in the report accompanying 
this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for 
such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, naval in-
stallations, 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, $5,906,524,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, not 
to exceed $613,213,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as author-
ized 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 avail-
able under this heading, $144,390,000 shall be for the
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projects and activities, and in the amounts, specified in the 
table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, Navy and 
Marine Corps’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, military in-
stallations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, including personnel in the 
Department of the Air Force when designated by the Sec-
retary of Defense to direct and supervise Military Construc-
tion projects in accordance with section 2851 of title 10, 
United States Code, and other personal services necessary 
for the purposes of this appropriation, $4,090,673,000, to 
remain available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, 
of this amount, not to exceed $718,973,000 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 nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $359,200,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construc-
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tion, Air Force’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in 
addition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE 
(INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) 
For acquisition, construction, installation, and equip-
ment of temporary or permanent public works, installa-
tions, facilities, and real property for activities and agen-
cies of the Department of Defense (other than the military 
departments), 
as 
currently 
authorized 
by 
law, 
$3,724,301,000, 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 De-
fense available for military construction or family housing 
as the Secretary may designate, 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 
$211,001,000 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 fur-
ther, That of the amount made available under this head-
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ing, $32,000,000 shall be for the projects and activities, and 
in the amounts, specified in the table under the heading 
‘‘Military Construction, Defense-Wide’’ in the report accom-
panying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise avail-
able for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army National Guard, and contribu-
tions therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $271,230,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to ex-
ceed $78,380,000 shall be available for study, planning, de-
sign, and architect and engineer services, as authorized by 
law, unless the Director of the Army National Guard deter-
mines that additional obligations are necessary for such 
purposes and notifies the Committees on Appropriations of 
both Houses of Congress of the determination and the rea-
sons 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 Na-
tional Guard’’ in the report accompanying this Act, in ad-
dition to amounts otherwise available for such purposes.
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MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR NATIONAL GUARD 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air National Guard, and contributions 
therefor, as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction 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 Committees on Appropriations of both 
Houses of Congress of the determination and the reasons 
therefor: Provided further, That of the amount made avail-
able 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 report accompanying this Act, in addition 
to amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Army Reserve as authorized by chapter 
1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military Con-
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struction Authorization Acts, $46,239,000, to remain avail-
able until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $6,013,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Army 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $4,000,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Army Reserve’’ in the report accompanying this Act, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the reserve components of the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, United 
States Code, and Military Construction Authorization Acts, 
$2,255,000, 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 Sec-
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retary 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 deter-
mination and the reasons therefor. 
MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE RESERVE 
For construction, acquisition, expansion, rehabilita-
tion, and conversion of facilities for the training and ad-
ministration of the Air Force Reserve as authorized by 
chapter 1803 of title 10, United States Code, and Military 
Construction Authorization Acts, $116,268,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the 
amount, not to exceed $6,970,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Chief of the Air Force 
Reserve determines that additional obligations are nec-
essary for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Ap-
propriations of both Houses of Congress of the determina-
tion and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $55,810,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construc-
tion, Air Force Reserve’’ in the report accompanying this 
Act, in addition to amounts otherwise available for such 
purposes.
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NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION 
SECURITY INVESTMENT PROGRAM 
For the United States share of the cost of the North 
Atlantic Treaty Organization Security Investment Pro-
gram for the acquisition and construction of military facili-
ties and installations (including international military 
headquarters) and for related expenses for the collective de-
fense 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 Clo-
sure Account, established by section 2906(a) of the Defense 
Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 
note), $410,161,000, to remain available until expended. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for con-
struction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, ex-
pansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$228,558,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2030. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, ARMY 
For expenses of family housing for the Army for oper-
ation and maintenance, including debt payment, leasing,
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minor construction, principal and interest charges, and in-
surance premiums, as authorized by law, $388,418,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE 
CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for construction, including acquisition, replace-
ment, addition, expansion, extension, and alteration, as au-
thorized by law, $177,597,000, to remain available until 
September 30, 2030. 
FAMILY HOUSING OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE, NAVY 
AND MARINE CORPS 
For expenses of family housing for the Navy and Ma-
rine Corps for operation and maintenance, including debt 
payment, leasing, minor construction, principal and inter-
est charges, and insurance premiums, as authorized by law, 
$384,108,000. 
FAMILY HOUSING CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE 
For expenses of family housing for the Air Force for 
construction, including acquisition, replacement, addition, 
expansion, extension, and alteration, as authorized by law, 
$274,230,000, to remain available until September 30, 
2030.