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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
Members fall into . 2 representatives don’t have enough data yet and are marked “insufficient data”. Non-voting delegates are not counted. The bill is not before the House right now; these scores show where members would stand.
Key players in the House
Ranked by swing score, 0–100 · swing-v2, directional
: only movement toward the other party counts, so members who sit further from the center than their party no longer score as swing votes.
Bars show each input from 0 to 100: ideology gap, scorecard gap, . is the seat’s partisan lean, and shows how much of the input data a score has.
Similar past votes, House
Earlier behind swing-v3’s input
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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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Congressional oversight
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Correctional facilities and imprisonment
Cuba
Data collection, sharing, protection
Defense spending
Department of Defense
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Disability and paralysis
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Emergency communications systems
Environmental health
Europe
Executive agency funding and structure
Family planning and birth control
Federal appellate courts
Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
Government information and archives
Government studies and investigations
Government trust funds
Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
Health care coverage and access
Health facilities and institutions
Health information and medical records
Health personnel
Health technology, devices, supplies
Immunology and vaccination
Indian social and development programs
Infrastructure development
Internet, web applications, social media
Life, casualty, property insurance
Medical research
Mental health
Military education and training
Military facilities and property
Military personnel and dependents
Military procurement, research, weapons development
Click any dot to see which member it is. With the keyboard, tab to the chart and use the arrow keys.
Swing score
SWING ZONE 70+Entrenched below 30
← More liberalDW-NOMINATE ideology scoreMore conservative →
Ideology is each member’s score. The cluster low on the chart includes the bill’s 1 sponsor and cosponsor in the House: they have already committed, so they score as entrenched. 2 representatives without a DW-NOMINATE score or with insufficient data are not plotted.
Similar votes count toward swing-v3 in the House: total similarity weight 162.0 (needs 5.0).
H.R. 3944 · Sep 11, 2025 · Roll call 262On Motion to Instruct ConfereesMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
FailedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Jun 25, 2025 · Roll call 181On PassageMilitary Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame bill×3.0
H.R. 3944 · Jun 25, 2025 · Roll call 179On Agreeing to the Amendment
Agreed toSame bill×3.0
H.R. 8469 · May 15, 2026 · Roll call 534On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedShared subjects×1.0
H.R. 6500 · Sep 1, 2026 · Roll call 646On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate AmendmentsAGOA Extension Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.Con.Res. 113 · Jul 22, 2026 · Roll call 641On Agreeing to the ResolutionEstablishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 9770 · Jul 21, 2026 · Roll call 632On PassageMaking continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2027, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8595 · Jul 15, 2026 · Roll call 607On PassageNational Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027
PassedSame policy area×0.5
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H.R. 8595 · Jul 15, 2026 · Roll call 605On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8595 · Jul 15, 2026 · Roll call 603On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8595 · Jul 15, 2026 · Roll call 602On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8595 · Jul 15, 2026 · Roll call 601On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8646 · Jun 4, 2026 · Roll call 565On PassageAgriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agency Appropriations Act, 2027
PassedSame policy area×0.5
S.Con.Res. 33 · Apr 29, 2026 · Roll call 503On Agreeing to the ResolutionSetting 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
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 8029 · Mar 26, 2026 · Roll call 464On PassagePay Our Homeland Defenders Act
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.J.Res. 139 · Mar 18, 2026 · Roll call 455On Motion to Suspend the Rules and PassProposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States requiring a balanced budget for the Federal Government
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7744 · Mar 5, 2026 · Roll call 447On PassageDepartment of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7148 · Feb 3, 2026 · Roll call 413On Motion to Concur in the Senate AmendmentsConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7148 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 405On PassageConsolidated Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7148 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 404On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7148 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 403On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7147 · Jan 22, 2026 · Roll call 402On PassageMaking further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7006 · Jan 14, 2026 · Roll call 388On PassageFinancial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026
PassedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7006 · Jan 14, 2026 · Roll call 387On Agreeing to the Amendment
FailedSame policy area×0.5
H.R. 7006 · Jan 14, 2026 · Roll call 386On Agreeing to the Amendment
