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H.R. 3944: Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 · Congress Swing Tracker
H.R. 3944·119th Congress·Economics and Public Finance
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to several federal departments and agencies for activities and programs related to military construction, veterans, agriculture, and the legislative branch.
Specifically, the bill includes 3 of the 12 regular FY2026 appropriations bills:
the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026;
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026; and
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the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026.
The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include
Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities,
the Department of Veterans Affairs,
the Department of Agriculture,
the Food and Drug Administration,
the Senate,
various agencies that support Congress, and
several related and independent agencies.
(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the House of Representatives are not included in the Senate bill.)
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Committees and subjects
Committees
House Committee on Appropriations · HouseReported original measure
Senate Committee on Appropriations · SenateReported by · Markup by · Referred to
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Key players in the Senate
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v3
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, , and the . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
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Susan M. CollinsRepublican · Maine · Lean D+4Senate Committee on Appropriations (Chairman)
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Cosponsors
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This bill has no cosponsors.
How the swing score works
Ideology gapHow far a member’s DW-NOMINATE voting score sits from their party’s median in the same chamber.
Scorecard gapHow far their Heritage Action and LCV ratings stray from their party’s average, using the groups’ votes on similar bills where available.
Cross-pressureHow strongly their district or state leans toward the other party, from our own computed partisan lean.
Similar votesHow often they voted against their own party on earlier roll calls about this bill or similar ones.
Committee bonusMembers of the committees handling the bill decide whether it moves, so they get a boost.
Cosponsor checkThe sponsor and active cosponsors have already committed, so they drop toward entrenched.
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Broke with party on 28% of 248 similar votesTopic-matched scorecard: Heritage Action, LCV
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Swing score
SWING ZONE 70+Entrenched below 30
← More liberalDW-NOMINATE ideology scoreMore conservative →
Ideology is each member’s score. The most moderate members of each party sit nearest the center line and highest on the chart.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the Senate: total similarity weight 156.5 (needs 5.0).
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 481On the AmendmentTo improve the bill.
Amendment Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 480On Passage of the BillA bill 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.
Bill PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 479On the AmendmentIn the nature of a substitute.
Amendment Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 478On the AmendmentTo limit disclosures regarding earmarks.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 477On the AmendmentTo reduce funding for certain programs under the division making appropriations for Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 476On the AmendmentTo reduce the Agriculture discretionary appropriations by 2 percent across the board.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 475On the AmendmentTo require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to submit to Congress a report on the plan of the Secretary for Department of Veterans Affairs workforce reduction in fiscal year 2026.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 474On the AmendmentTo prohibit funds from being used for reorganization of the Department of Agriculture and to require a benefit-cost analysis on that reorganization, a public comment period, and a report.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
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H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 473On the AmendmentTo require a report on veterans who would have been reported to the national instant criminal background check system and who die by suicide with a firearm.
Amendment RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Aug 1, 2025 · Roll call 472On the MotionTo limit recissions of funding.
Motion RejectedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Jul 23, 2025 · Roll call 428On the Motion to ProceedA bill 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.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Jul 22, 2025 · Roll call 423On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed
A bill 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.
Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Jul 22, 2025 · Roll call 422On the Motion to ProceedA bill 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.
Motion to Proceed Agreed toSame bill×3.0
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 764On the Concurrent ResolutionA concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2026 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2027 through 2035.
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 763On the AmendmentTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the obligation of amounts appropriated to the Federal Emergency Management Agency to carry out the public assistance and hazard mitigation programs.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 762On the AmendmentTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to requiring the Comptroller General of the United States to conduct a study related to economic consequences of private or confidential drug pricing agreements struck by any Federal department, agency, or office with any pharmaceutical manufacturer.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 761On the MotionTo create a point of order against reconciliation legislation that would provide funding to Federal agencies that have unobligated funds from previous reconciliation bills.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 760On the MotionTo reduce the price of prescription drugs in the United States by more than 50 percent by adopting Most Favored Nation drug pricing so that the American people pay no more for prescription drugs than Europeans or Canadians.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 759On the AmendmentTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to the impacts of hedge fund ownership of single-family homes and rent prices.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 758On the AmendmentTo reduce new budget authority for functions 150, 250, 500, and 600 in order to offset $70,000,000,000 of new spending by cutting $45,000,000,000 of foreign aid, eliminating $5,000,000,000 in refugee spending, cutting $16,000,000,000 from the Department of Education, and cutting $4,000,000,000 of National Science Foundation funding.
Amendment RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 757On the MotionTo create a point of order against legislation that would not decrease home electricity bills.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 756On the MotionTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to extending the prohibition on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 23, 2026 · Roll call 755On the MotionTo provide reconciliation instructions for the Committee on Rules and Administration and establish deficit-neutral reserve funds relating to establishing identification requirements for registration to vote in elections for Federal office, establishing photo identification requirements for voting in elections for Federal office, and election day and the counting of ballots in Federal elections.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 754On the MotionTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to increasing funding for child care for families.
Motion RejectedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 22, 2026 · Roll call 753On the MotionTo establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to ensuring that consumers are protected from price increases associated with tariffs and the Iran war.
