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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3906 
To amend the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 
to restore amounts available for Defense Health Agency research, devel-
opment, test, and evaluation, including Congressionally Directed Medical 
Research Programs. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2025 
Mr. CARSON
(for himself, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. BARRAGA´N, Ms. 
BUDZINSKI, Ms. CRAIG, Mr. DOGGETT, Mr. FIELDS, Ms. GARCIA of 
Texas, Ms. GOODLANDER, Mr. GOTTHEIMER, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, 
Mr. LEVIN, Mr. LYNCH, Ms. MCBRIDE, Mrs. MCIVER, Mr. MOULTON, 
Mr. MRVAN, Ms. OCASIO-CORTEZ, Mr. NEAL, Ms. NORTON, Ms. ROSS, 
Ms. SALINAS, Ms. SCHRIER, and Ms. STRICKLAND) introduced the fol-
lowing bill; which was referred to the Committee on Appropriations 
A BILL 
To amend the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Ex-
tensions Act, 2025 to restore amounts available for De-
fense Health Agency research, development, test, and 
evaluation, including Congressionally Directed Medical 
Research Programs. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Medical Research for 
Our Troops Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF AMOUNTS FOR DEFENSE HEALTH 
AGENCY RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, 
AND EVALUATION. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1407(1) of the Full-Year 
Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 
(Public Law 119–4) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘$40,395,072,000’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘$41,576,684,000’’; and 
(2) by striking the 23rd comma and all that fol-
lows through the period at the end and inserting a 
period. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
subsection (a) shall take effect as if included in the enact-
ment of the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Ex-
tensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4). 
(c) CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RE-
SEARCH PROGRAMS.—The funds made available for Con-
gressionally Directed Medical Research Programs pursu-
ant to section 1407(1) of the Full-Year Continuing Appro-
priations and Extensions Act, 2025 (Public Law 119–4), 
as amended by subsection (a), shall be implemented in lev-
els and in a manner consistent with the Consolidated Ap-
propriations Act, 2024 (Public Law 118–47). The Sec-
retary of Defense shall— 
(1) ensure that such funds are used to support 
all research programs, peer-reviewed initiatives, and 
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projects identified in the explanatory statement ac-
companying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 
2024 (Public Law 118–47); and 
(2) obligate and expend such funds in a manner 
that preserves program continuity, including adher-
ence to all specified funding allocations and research 
priorities identified on pages 311 through 314 of 
such explanatory statement. 
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