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Union Calendar No. 128 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3944 
[Report No. 119–161] 
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. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 12, 2025 
Mr. CARTER of Texas, from the Committee on Appropriations, reported the 
following bill; which was committed to the Committee of the Whole House 
on the State of the Union and ordered to be printed 
A BILL 
Making appropriations for military construction, the Depart-
ment of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the 
fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other 
purposes. 
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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
That 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 
installations, 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, $2,103,657,000, to re-
main available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, 
of this amount, not to exceed $321,838,000 shall be avail-
able for study, planning, design, architect and engineer 
services, and host nation support, as authorized by law, 
unless the Secretary of the Army determines that addi-
tional obligations are necessary for such purposes and no-
tifies the Committees on Appropriations of both Houses 
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of Congress of the determination and the reasons therefor: 
Provided further, That of the amount made available 
under this heading, $77,300,000 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 oth-
erwise 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, $4,104,499,000, to remain available 
until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this amount, 
not to exceed $526,821,000 shall be available for study, 
planning, design, and architect and engineer services, as 
authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Navy 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 
reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the amount 
made available under this heading, $155,100,000 shall be 
for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, speci-
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fied in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Construction, 
Navy and Marine Corps’’ in the report accompanying this 
Act, in addition 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 
installations, facilities, and real property for the Air Force 
as currently authorized by law, $3,169,526,000, to remain 
available until September 30, 2030: Provided, That, of this 
amount, not to exceed $460,886,000 shall be available for 
study, planning, design, and architect and engineer serv-
ices, as authorized by law, unless the Secretary of the Air 
Force determines that additional obligations are necessary 
for such purposes and notifies the Committees on Appro-
priations of both Houses of Congress of the determination 
and the reasons therefor: Provided further, That of the 
amount made available under this heading, $32,400,000 
shall be for the projects and activities, and in the amounts, 
specified in the table under the heading ‘‘Military Con-
struction, Air Force’’ in the report accompanying this Act, 
in addition to amounts otherwise available for such pur-
poses. 
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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, 
$3,963,383,000, 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 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 $822,998,000 shall be available for study, plan-
ning, design, and architect and engineer services, as au-
thorized by law, unless the Secretary of Defense 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 
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, speci-
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‘‘Military Construction, Army Reserve’’ in the report ac-
companying this Act, in addition to amounts otherwise 
available for such purposes. 
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 
Marine Corps as authorized by chapter 1803 of title 10, 
United States Code, and Military Construction Authoriza-
tion Acts, $79,829,000, to remain available until Sep-
tember 30, 2030: Provided, That, of the amount, not to 
exceed $3,219,000 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 report accompanying this Act, in addition to 
amounts otherwise available for such purposes. 
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