HR4016-119

Passed House

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

119th Congress Introduced Jun 16, 2025

Summary

What This Bill Does

H.R. 4016 is the House-passed Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 proposal, not enacted law. It passed the House on July 18, 2025; its latest official action is a December 8, 2025 Senate motion to proceed. The House-engrossed and Senate-calendar texts have identical operative content. Congress instead enacted FY2026 defense appropriations in division A of Public Law 119-75 on February 3, 2026. Amounts here describe this proposal, not money newly available today or an addition to the enacted law.

The proposal covers active-duty, Reserve and National Guard compensation; operations, maintenance and environmental cleanup; aircraft, ships, weapons, ammunition and space equipment; research and testing; defense health care and counternarcotics; and intelligence management and retirement. H.Rept. 119-162 reports a $831.513 billion discretionary recommendation for the reported bill. Individual account amounts must not be added to their own suballocations, transfer authorizations, or loan principal, and later House account amendments and general reductions must be accounted for separately. The analysis includes all 66 unnumbered funding accounts and 25 amendments to those accounts omitted from the previous clause inventory.

Major amounts as amended in the account text include $36.935236 billion for Navy shipbuilding, $40.950184 billion for defense health, $13.831658 billion for Army research, $27.201833 billion for Navy research, $51.214758 billion for Air Force research, $19.140651 billion for Space Force research, and $36.663667 billion for defense-wide research. These are before applicable general-provision reductions and transfers. Classified annex details are not publicly available and are not inferred.

Who Benefits and How

Service members and eligible families receive support for pay, allowances, retirement funding, medical care and military operations. Defense equipment manufacturers, shipyards, maintenance firms, laboratories and research universities gain potential federal work; the bill does not guarantee awards to every firm in an industry. Domestic producers receive additional protection through specific U.S.-manufacture requirements for ships, components, bearings, anchor chain, flags and supercomputers, with distinct exceptions. Small businesses receive proportional SBIR/STTR allocations and APEX assistance; eligible Indian subcontracting receives $35.169 million in incentive funding within defense-wide procurement.

Named recipients and programs include $24 million for United Service Organizations, $25 million for the Red Cross, a separate $5 million Fisher House Foundation construction grant, and at least $79 million for Civil Air Patrol from three existing accounts. Eligible Tribes can receive excess relocatable Air Force housing without purchase consideration, but removal must be at no cost to the Air Force. Military families using the seriously ill or injured service-member reproductive-services program gain removal of embryo-storage duration limits. Civilian personnel retain access to covered sexual-assault forensic examinations, and workers on covered contracts over $1 million gain protections against mandatory arbitration of specified civil-rights and sexual-assault claims.

Security cooperation supports Israel missile-defense programs, Taiwan, Jordan and eligible counterterrorism partners. The counter-ISIS account protects Kurdish Peshmerga stipend support against reductions unless replaced from other sources, while requiring recipient vetting. Communities near defense contamination sites benefit from proposed cleanup funding. Ship and aircraft retention provisions support readiness and associated work, but do not establish a new entitlement to contracts. Museum visitors receive protection against use of these funds to close three specifically named Army museums.

Who Bears the Burden and How

The House amendments reduce Army operation and maintenance by a net $58 million, Navy operation and maintenance by $33 million, defense-wide operation and maintenance by $784.1 million, and defense-wide procurement by $3.7 million, while increasing other accounts. Section 8120 separately reduces Army, Navy and Air Force operation and maintenance by $100 million, $450 million and $200 million. Sections 8154-8157 impose a further $8.75 billion in specified aggregate reductions attributed to reconciliation, fuel rates, government-efficiency activity and management improvements. Those statutory reductions are real instructions in the proposal; the text does not demonstrate that equivalent efficiencies have actually occurred or identify every losing program. National and Military Intelligence Program amounts are excluded from the latter four reductions.

Defense officials, intelligence agencies and contractors face notice, reporting, procurement, competition and funding-use conditions. Foreign suppliers excluded by domestic-source rules lose potential orders unless a stated exception applies. Named excluded recipients include Rosoboronexport and its subsidiaries, EcoHealth Alliance, NewsGuard, UNRWA, the Azov Battalion and Third Separate Assault Brigade, and members of Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis and the Taliban. The precise prohibition varies by provision; the bill does not prohibit every private transaction involving these entities.

Other riders restrict gender-affirming care, EFMP services or relocation for minor dependents seeking gender-transition procedures, covered reproductive-health policies, diversity programs and certain government-supported speech-classification activities. Affected patients, families and providers can lose funded access or work; people protected from specified marriage-belief adverse actions gain protection while same-sex spouses may lose some corresponding federal remedies. These are funding restrictions, not a general repeal of marriage recognition or a universal prohibition on private medical care. Some policy effects overlap later law: Public Law 119-60 already repealed the cited diversity-office authorities and prohibited numerous DEI functions, while the intelligence-authorization bridge has expired. Abortion-related travel policy was separately rescinded in 2025, but assisted-reproduction travel was restored; the bill's broadly worded successor-policy restriction is not treated as proof that all fertility assistance is currently banned.

Key Provisions

  • Provides active-duty military personnel funding of $52.502044 billion Army, $40.053124 billion Navy, $16.631053 billion Marine Corps, $38.141269 billion Air Force and $1.349349 billion Space Force. Separate Reserve personnel amounts are $5.672023 billion Army, $2.672520 billion Navy, $965.831 million Marine Corps and $2.625741 billion Air Force; Guard personnel receive $10.206305 billion Army and $5.351895 billion Air Force. These are account appropriations, not a newly specified pay-raise percentage.
  • Provides House-amended operation-and-maintenance account amounts of $55.625266 billion Army, $71.706379 billion Navy, $9.937283 billion Marine Corps, $61.648646 billion Air Force, $4.859883 billion Space Force and $52.713939 billion defense-wide, before general reductions. Reserve operations receive $3.169603 billion Army, $1.291205 billion Navy, $330.276 million Marine Corps and $3.906202 billion Air Force; Guard operations receive $8.2143 billion Army and $7.152065 billion Air Force.
  • Provides environmental-restoration funding of $148.07 million Army, $357.949 million Navy, $342.149 million Air Force, $8.885 million defense-wide and $235.156 million formerly used defense sites, available until transferred. Receiving-account purposes and availability then apply, and unused funds can return. Overseas humanitarian aid receives $117.988 million through September 2027 and Cooperative Threat Reduction $282.83 million through September 2028.
  • Provides Army procurement of $3.007639 billion aircraft, $6.667478 billion missiles, $3.264797 billion weapons and tracked vehicles, $2.877887 billion ammunition and $7.731155 billion other equipment. Navy procurement includes $17.989351 billion aircraft, $7.374268 billion weapons, $1.104072 billion Navy/Marine ammunition and $14.936187 billion other equipment. Marine Corps procurement is $4.047138 billion. Most procurement is available through September 2028.
  • Provides $21.41908 billion for Air Force aircraft, $4.282581 billion missiles, $709.889 million ammunition and $31.31725 billion other equipment; Space Force procurement receives $3.721695 billion and defense-wide procurement $5.622575 billion. Defense Production Act purchases receive $321.923 million, including $150 million biomanufacturing. The $800 million Guard/Reserve equipment account excludes manned fixed-wing aircraft and procurement or modification of missiles, munitions or ammunition.
  • Provides Navy shipbuilding through September 2030 with specified final-stage work permitted later. The $36.935236 billion total already includes $699.21 million prior-year shipbuilding costs and $206.019 million for auxiliary vessels; those are not extra appropriations in sections 8068 and 8086. The latter permits purchase of two used sealift vessels and MARAD reimbursement, not transfer to the National Defense Sealift Fund. Section 8090 similarly designates $785.052 million of Navy operations for the National Defense Reserve Fleet.
  • Provides defense health funding with $38.766742 billion operations, $354.821 million procurement and $1.828621 billion research after House amendments. The research total includes at least $701 million congressionally directed medical research and at least $14 million overseas HIV education, following a $1 million shift between those minimums. Up to $21.023765 billion of operations may support TRICARE contracts; up to one percent of operations remains available through September 2027. Medical research and the total each rise $33 million, not $66 million.
  • Provides $1.153304 billion for counternarcotics after amendments: $680.737 million counter-narcotics support, $135.567 million demand reduction, $307 million National Guard counter-drug programs and $30 million Guard counter-drug schools. The $4 million total increase matches its suballocation increases and must not be doubled. Chemical-agent destruction receives $213.282 million and defense Inspector General $517.599 million with separate operations, procurement and research periods.
  • Authorizes up to $6 billion in general defense transfers with OMB approval, unforeseen higher-priority requirements, congressional-denial exclusions and prompt notice; personnel-account transfers are excluded from that cap. Intelligence has a distinct $1.5 billion transfer cap. Most multiple-reprogramming requests must precede June 30, 2026, a date now passed; enactment now would not silently renew that deadline. Baseline reports, legally incorporated project tables and separate notice rules constrain these powers. New money of $1.5 billion for readiness has a 30-day execution-plan wait.
  • Provides $500 million within existing procurement/research accounts for Israeli missile-defense cooperation: $60 million Iron Dome, $127 million short-range ballistic missile defense research, $40 million SRBMD co-production, $100 million Arrow 3 co-production and $173 million Arrow improvement. Taiwan security cooperation receives $500 million within defense-wide operations. Separate provisions allow up to $500 million for Jordan armed forces and reserve at least $150 million of a $267.298 million reimbursement pool for Jordan; these are distinct purposes, not an unconditional $650 million payment.
  • Provides $357.516 million through September 2027 for counter-ISIS train-and-equip assistance, with designated-country limits, vetting, human-rights commitments, 15-day obligation notice, quarterly reports and a man-portable air-defense-system ban. Foreign contributions are retained separately. Section 8103 designates $1.274174 billion within defense-wide operations for security cooperation, while section 8102 allows up to $350 million in obligations anticipating contributions only from Kuwait.
  • Provides $97.77 million to the defense credit-program account, with at most $32.566 million administration and transaction costs, to subsidize loans or guarantees with no more than $4.39 billion principal. This is not $4.39 billion in cash grants. Sections 8098, 8127 and 8128 provide specific software/DIU/APFIT execution flexibility, not a blanket removal of appropriations boundaries. The CHIPS allocation table directs $400 million of already-authorized Defense Fund money to Microelectronics Commons activities, not another new appropriation.
  • Requires domestic sources for specified defense procurements while preserving distinct national-security, availability, commercial-product and reciprocal-agreement exceptions. Steel plate may be melted and rolled in the United States or Canada. Ship-specific domestic component rules differ for fleet oilers, frigates, cable ships and surveillance ships. Privatization generally requires competition and savings of at least the lesser of 10 percent of personnel costs or $10 million, plus health-benefit protections; specified nonprofit and Tribal/Native Hawaiian contractors have exceptions.
  • Limits retirements of C-40 aircraft, littoral combat ships, Army afloat prepositioned-stock vessels and more than eight U-2 aircraft; F-15 divestment requires replacement/readiness certification. It protects UH-60 Blackhawk and E-7 Wedgetail funds and continuation, directs accelerated Navy next-generation-fighter readiness, and permits modification of not fewer than nine F-35s, at least three per variant, for testing. It separately bars alternative F-35 engines. The report description of up to nine aircraft does not override the bill text.
  • Requires public grant-award disclosure and a 180-day report on the Army 250th-birthday parade expenses; classified and proprietary report disclosure has exceptions. Intelligence restrictions protect lawfully collected information and U.S.-person rights without authorizing new surveillance. Other provisions enforce the War Powers Resolution, Posse Comitatus, anti-torture law, child-soldier safeguards and secure handling of classified plans. Guantanamo transfer, detention-facility and base-closure restrictions remain distinct.
  • Provides a separate $90 million stockpile appropriation through September 2028, including $10 million titanium, in addition to the $5.7 million base stockpile account. It reserves at least $80 million of Navy operations for a platform-supply-vessel pilot evaluating at least six time charters and contracting for at least two. SOUTHCOM headquarters must remain in Miami under the funding restriction. Mexico-related command reassignment has a 180-day transition, a border-directive exception, presidential control and a reasoned opt-out, not an unconditional reassignment.
  • Restricts specified COVID-19 mandates, gender-affirming surgery/hormones, EFMP-related transition services and relocation, DEI offices and programs, covered reproductive-health policies, and named information-service awards. It protects specified marriage-belief conduct against enumerated federal adverse actions. Equal-employment and disability obligations are not all repealed. The Army museums protected are Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, and the Army Transportation Museum at Fort Eustis. The House-added map restriction addresses Taiwan and six other named island areas without recognizing a new legal status by itself.

Evidence Chain:

This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers with clause-level evidence links.

At a Glance

What This Bill Does

Propose FY2026 military pay, readiness, equipment, research, health and intelligence funding, with domestic procurement preferences, security assistance, explicit spending reductions and restrictions on military and social-policy activities.

Key Policy Areas

Defense, Health, Foreign Affairs, Government Operations, Civil Rights, Environment

Primary Purpose

Propose FY2026 military pay, readiness, equipment, research, health and intelligence funding, with domestic procurement preferences, security assistance, explicit spending reductions and restrictions on military and social-policy activities.

Policy Domains

Defense Health Foreign Affairs Government Operations Civil Rights Environment

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Identified Gains
  • Military service members and eligible families
  • Domestic defense equipment manufacturers
  • Defense research universities
  • Tribal housing recipients
  • United Service Organizations
  • Fisher House Foundation
  • Eligible Taiwan security cooperation recipients
  • Defense medical research recipients
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Identified Costs
  • Department of Defense
  • Office of the Director of National Intelligence
  • Foreign suppliers excluded by domestic procurement rules
  • Programs selected for aggregate defense spending reductions
  • Military families affected by funded-care restrictions
  • Same-sex spouses seeking covered federal remedies
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Legislative Progress

Passed House
Introduced Committee Passed
Dec 8, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. …

Dec 2, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. …

Nov 19, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

Nov 18, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. …

Oct 16, 2025

Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which …

Oct 16, 2025

Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not …

Oct 14, 2025

Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure …

Oct 14, 2025

Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. …

Jul 31, 2025

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Jul 30, 2025

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Stakeholder Effects

cui bono?

How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.

Government
272 mentions across 230 clauses
+141 positive -126 negative ?5 uncertain

APEX Accelerators, Air Force Fisher Houses and Suites fund, Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron

Department of Defense Acquisition Workforce Development Account, Department of Defense Defense-Wide procurement account, Department of Defense Office of Inspector General, Department of Defense Working Capital Funds, Department of Defense defense-wide operation and maintenance, Department of Defense procurement offices, Department of the Air Force operation and maintenance, Department of the Army operation and maintenance, Department of the Navy operation and maintenance face effects in multiple directions

Positive-direction: APEX Accelerators, Air Force Fisher Houses and Suites fund, Air Force Reserve 53rd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron, Air Force Reserve military personnel account, Air Force Reserve operation and maintenance, Air Force military personnel account, Air National Guard military personnel account, Air National Guard operation and maintenance, Army Fisher Houses and Suites fund, Army National Guard military personnel account, Army National Guard operation and maintenance, Army Reserve military personnel account, Army Reserve operation and maintenance, Army military personnel account, Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, Counter-ISIS Train and Equip Fund, Defense Health Program, Defense Innovation Unit Fielding program, Defense Security Cooperation Agency International Security Cooperation Programs, Defense Security Cooperation Agency Jordan armed forces support, Defense Security Cooperation Agency authorized foreign reimbursements, Defense Security Cooperation Agency security cooperation funding, Department of Defense Air Force Research Development Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense Air Force aircraft account, Department of Defense Air Force ammunition account, Department of Defense Air Force missiles account, Department of Defense Air Force other procurement account, Department of Defense Army Research Development Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense Army aircraft account, Department of Defense Army ammunition account, Department of Defense Army missiles account, Department of Defense Army other procurement account, Department of Defense Army weapons and tracked combat vehicles account, Department of Defense Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction, Department of Defense Cooperative Threat Reduction Program, Department of Defense Credit Program Account, Department of Defense Defense Production Act Purchases, Department of Defense Defense-Wide Research Development Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense Drug Demand Reduction Program, Department of Defense Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Air Force, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Army, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Defense-Wide, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Formerly Used Defense Sites, Department of Defense Environmental Restoration Navy, Department of Defense F-35 test program, Department of Defense Kuwait contribution-financed operations, Department of Defense Marine Corps procurement account, Department of Defense Microelectronics Commons, Department of Defense Native American Lands Environmental Mitigation Program, Department of Defense Navy Research Development Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense Navy aircraft account, Department of Defense Navy and Marine Corps ammunition account, Department of Defense Navy other procurement account, Department of Defense Navy weapons account, Department of Defense Overseas Humanitarian Disaster and Civic Aid, Department of Defense Overseas Military Facility Investment Recovery Account, Department of Defense Space Force Research Development Test and Evaluation, Department of Defense Space Force procurement account, Department of Defense depot maintenance activities, Department of Defense designated classified project funding, Department of Defense military readiness funding, Department of Defense military support to eligible outside organizations, Department of Defense operations procurement offices, Department of Defense rapid acquisition authority, Department of Defense software pilot administration, Department of Defense transfer authority, Department of the Air Force E-7 Wedgetail program, Department of the Army UH-60 Blackhawk program, Department of the Navy Next Generation Fighter program, Department of the Navy Platform Supply Vessel Pilot Program, Department of the Navy Shipbuilding and Conversion, Department of the Navy prior-year shipbuilding completion, Department of the Navy ship construction funding, Department of the Navy shipbuilding account administration, Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, Government of Israel missile-defense assistance, Government of Jordan eligible defense reimbursements, Intelligence Community Management Account, Irregular Warfare Center, Israeli Cooperative Missile Defense Programs, John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Development Trust Fund, Jordanian Armed Forces assistance, Marine Corps Reserve military personnel account, Marine Corps Reserve operation and maintenance, Marine Corps military personnel account, Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet, Maritime Administration National Defense Reserve Fleet operations, National Defense Stockpile Transaction Fund, National Guard Counter-Drug Program, National Guard Counter-Drug Schools, National Guard Distance Learning Project, National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account, National Guard ground-based missile defense operations, National Guard intelligence support reimbursement, Navy Fisher Houses and Suites fund, Navy Reserve military personnel account, Navy Reserve operation and maintenance, Navy military personnel account, Office of the Director of National Intelligence transfer authority, Reserve component intelligence support reimbursement, Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Space Force military personnel account, Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative, Taiwan defense assistance recipients, United States Army Transportation Museum, United States Central Command vehicle procurement, United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, United States Indo-Pacific Command Asia Pacific Regional Initiative, United States Marine Corps operation and maintenance, United States Southern Command Mexico activities, United States Space Force operation and maintenance

Negative-direction: Central Intelligence Agency, Central Intelligence Agency counterdrug programs, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Media Activity, Defense Security Cooperation Agency, Department of Defense, Department of Defense APFIT administration, Department of Defense CHIPS Fund administration, Department of Defense Cost Assessment and Program Evaluation, Department of Defense Iraq basing operations, Department of Defense Mentor-Protege Program, Department of Defense National Capital Region facilities management, Department of Defense acquisition offices, Department of Defense acquisition workforce account administration, Department of Defense benefit and award administration, Department of Defense budget and network administration, Department of Defense capital assistance administration, Department of Defense cartographic procurement, Department of Defense civilian personnel administration, Department of Defense combatant command planning, Department of Defense competitive sourcing offices, Department of Defense counter-ISIS assistance administration, Department of Defense counterdrug programs, Department of Defense detainee transfer administration, Department of Defense detention and transfer operations, Department of Defense detention facilities administration, Department of Defense electronic health record program, Department of Defense foreign operational support administration, Department of Defense foreign-national personnel administration, Department of Defense forensic examination services, Department of Defense government travel card administration, Department of Defense grants administration, Department of Defense headquarters organization, Department of Defense humanitarian assistance administration, Department of Defense information programs, Department of Defense innovation demonstration programs, Department of Defense intelligence budget administration, Department of Defense intelligence information integration, Department of Defense legacy small-arms inventory management, Department of Defense military resale outlets, Department of Defense naval procurement offices, Department of Defense network administration, Department of Defense non-intelligence programs selected for reductions, Department of Defense operations accounts used for family housing, Department of Defense personnel administration, Department of Defense public communications programs, Department of Defense public reporting offices, Department of Defense reconciliation funding administration, Department of Defense recruiting and installation event programs, Department of Defense reproductive-health policy administration, Department of Defense research acquisition offices, Department of Defense research administration, Department of Defense research funding offices, Department of Defense research oversight, Department of Defense secure communications administration, Department of Defense security assistance administration, Department of Defense stockpile administration, Department of Defense strategic forces, Department of Defense training administration, Department of the Air Force C-40 fleet, Department of the Air Force F-15 fleet, Department of the Air Force U-2 fleet, Department of the Air Force housing disposal, Department of the Army Prepositioned Stocks-Afloat fleet, Department of the Navy Pacific fleet command administration, Department of the Navy acquisition administration, Department of the Navy littoral combat ship fleet, Department of the Navy logistics administration, Department of the Navy ship acquisition administration, Exceptional Family Member Program, Government Accountability Office, Government of North Korea assistance eligibility, Government of Pakistan reimbursement eligibility, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Military department acquisition executives, National Guard equipment modernization administration, National Reconnaissance Office organizational administration, National Security Agency, Office of Management and Budget, Office of the Director of National Intelligence, Office of the United States Trade Representative, Reserve component equipment modernization administration, United States Naval Station Guantanamo Bay administration, United States Northern Command Mexico activities, United States Southern Command headquarters administration

General Public
78 mentions across 65 clauses
+60 positive -17 negative ?1 uncertain

Active-duty Air Force personnel, cadets and ROTC members, Active-duty Army personnel, cadets and ROTC members, Active-duty Marine Corps personnel

Positive-direction: Active-duty Air Force personnel, cadets and ROTC members, Active-duty Army personnel, cadets and ROTC members, Active-duty Marine Corps personnel, Active-duty Navy personnel, midshipmen and ROTC members, Active-duty Space Force personnel, cadets and ROTC members, Approved nonprofit users of National Guard leased property, Children at risk of recruitment into covered armed forces, Communities affected by contamination at Air Force defense sites, Communities affected by contamination at Army defense sites, Communities affected by contamination at Defense-Wide defense sites, Communities affected by contamination at Formerly Used Defense Sites defense sites, Communities affected by contamination at Navy defense sites, Communities protected by funded weapons-threat reduction, Communities relying on hurricane reconnaissance information, Communities served by chemical-stockpile emergency preparedness, Department of Defense civilian employees facing outsourcing, Department of Defense civilian personnel needing sexual-assault forensic examinations, DoD civilian employees subject to covered COVID-19 vaccination requirements, DoDEA students subject to COVID-19 vaccination attendance conditions, Eligible Air Force Reserve personnel on specified duty or training, Eligible Air National Guard personnel on specified duty or training, Eligible Army National Guard personnel on specified duty or training, Eligible Army Reserve personnel on specified duty or training, Eligible CIA retirement and disability beneficiaries, Eligible Indo-Pacific security cooperation recipients, Eligible Marine Corps Reserve personnel and platoon leaders class members, Eligible Navy Reserve personnel on specified duty or training, Eligible Pacific island civilian patients served by Army medical facilities in Hawaii, Eligible Tribal communities receiving excess Air Force housing, Eligible foreign security cooperation assistance recipients, Eligible full-time National Guard missile-defense personnel, Eligible military families using Fisher House accommodation, Eligible military health beneficiaries, Eligible patients of the Captain James A. Lovell Federal Health Care Center, Eligible recipients of overseas military humanitarian assistance, Eligible seriously ill or injured active-duty members using embryo storage, Foreign-national Department of Defense employees, Guard and Reserve dual-status military technicians, Kurdish Peshmerga personnel receiving protected stipend support, Miami-based SOUTHCOM headquarters personnel, Military family members needing accommodation during hospitalization, Outside users of National Guard distance-learning equipment, Participants in funded overseas HIV prevention education, People of Iraq retaining control over oil resources, People of Syria retaining control over oil resources, People subject to covered COVID-19 mask requirements, Personnel receiving funded defense acquisition workforce development, Persons affected by defense detention or covered transfers, Persons protected by the marriage-belief funding restriction, Public users of defense grant award information, Public users of releasable defense congressional reports, Recipients of authorized military humanitarian assistance, Service members subject to covered COVID-19 vaccination requirements, Tribal communities affected by defense environmental damage, United States persons subject to covered intelligence collection, United States persons whose information is used in intelligence analysis, United States speakers affected by covered government speech interventions, Vetted foreign forces participating in authorized counter-ISIS operations, Visitors to the three protected Army museums, Workers bringing covered discrimination or sexual-assault claims

Negative-direction: Applicants with convictions or discipline disqualifying under section 8143, Covered Guantanamo detainees seeking transfer to the United States, Guantanamo detainees subject to foreign-transfer restrictions, Ineligible foreign military units using child soldiers, Members of Hamas excluded from defense funding, Members of Hezbollah excluded from defense funding, Members of the Houthis excluded from defense funding, Members of the Taliban excluded from defense funding, Military families seeking benefits under covered reproductive-health policies, Military health beneficiaries seeking funded gender-affirming treatment, Military parents seeking EFMP relocation for covered transition care, Military retail tobacco purchasers, Minor military dependents seeking covered EFMP gender-transition services, Recipients of covered overseas HIV prevention education, Same-sex spouses seeking covered federal enforcement remedies, Tribal recipients responsible for relocating donated housing, Unprotected CAPE staff positions subject to reduction

Defense
62 mentions across 57 clauses
+50 positive -12 negative

Air Force Reserve operations support contractors, Air Force operations and maintenance contractors, Air National Guard operations support contractors

Positive-direction: Air Force Reserve operations support contractors, Air Force operations and maintenance contractors, Air National Guard operations support contractors, Army National Guard operations support contractors, Army Reserve operations support contractors, Army operations and maintenance service contractors, C-40 aircraft sustainment contractors, Defense prime contractors earning Indian subcontracting incentives, E-7 Wedgetail program suppliers, Eligible DIU fielding technology suppliers, Eligible Guard and Reserve equipment suppliers, Eligible Tribal-owned defense service contractors, Eligible defense industrial-base capital assistance borrowers, Eligible rapid defense acquisition suppliers, Eligible reciprocal-country defense suppliers, Eligible suppliers for Air Force aircraft, Eligible suppliers for Air Force ammunition, Eligible suppliers for Air Force missiles, Eligible suppliers for Air Force other procurement, Eligible suppliers for Army aircraft, Eligible suppliers for Army ammunition, Eligible suppliers for Army missiles, Eligible suppliers for Army other procurement, Eligible suppliers for Army weapons and tracked combat vehicles, Eligible suppliers for Defense-Wide procurement, Eligible suppliers for Marine Corps procurement, Eligible suppliers for Navy aircraft, Eligible suppliers for Navy and Marine Corps ammunition, Eligible suppliers for Navy other procurement, Eligible suppliers for Navy weapons, Eligible suppliers for Space Force procurement, Eligible threat-reduction assistance contractors, F-15 fleet sustainment contractors, F-35 test-configuration modification contractors, Guantanamo naval-station operating contractors, Incumbent F-35 engine sustainment suppliers, Israeli cooperative missile-defense producers, Marine Corps Reserve operations support contractors, Marine Corps operations and maintenance contractors, Military readiness support contractors, Navy Reserve operations support contractors, Navy next-generation fighter development contractors, Navy operations and maintenance service contractors, Private defense depot maintenance bidders, Space Force operations and maintenance contractors, Strategic delivery-system sustainment contractors, Suppliers of qualifying defense operational equipment, U-2 aircraft sustainment contractors, U.S. cooperative missile-defense producers, UH-60 Blackhawk program suppliers

Negative-direction: Alternative F-35 engine integration contractors, Contractors bidding for outsourced defense civilian functions, Contractors providing CAPE personnel subject to the cap, Covered defense subcontractors subject to arbitration limits, Defense ammunition demilitarization contractors, Defense contractors claiming merger-related bonus reimbursement, Defense multiyear procurement contractors, Defense prime contractors subject to arbitration limits, Developers of nuclear-armed missile-defense interceptors, Federal award applicants with disqualifying unpaid tax liabilities, Foreign defense suppliers losing reciprocal procurement waivers, Private recipients excluded from armor-piercing ammunition transfers

Nonprofits
12 mentions across 10 clauses
+5 positive -7 negative

American Red Cross, Azov Battalion, Civil Air Patrol Corporation

Positive-direction: American Red Cross, Civil Air Patrol Corporation, Fisher House Foundation, Qualified disability-employment nonprofit contractors, United Service Organizations

Negative-direction: Azov Battalion, EcoHealth Alliance, Inc., NewsGuard Technologies Inc., Rosoboronexport, Third Separate Assault Brigade, United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East, Wuhan Institute of Virology

Manufacturing
12 mentions across 7 clauses
+7 positive -5 negative

Canadian steel plate manufacturers, Defense suppliers subject to domestic-origin compliance, Domestic U.S. flag manufacturers

Positive-direction: Canadian steel plate manufacturers, Domestic U.S. flag manufacturers, Other eligible Defense Production Act capacity recipients, Titanium suppliers to the National Defense Stockpile, U.S. ball and roller bearing manufacturers, U.S. shipboard anchor and mooring chain manufacturers, U.S. steel plate manufacturers

Negative-direction: Defense suppliers subject to domestic-origin compliance, Foreign U.S. flag manufacturers, Foreign bearing suppliers excluded from covered purchases, Foreign shipboard chain suppliers, Other foreign steel plate suppliers

Research & Science
11 mentions across 11 clauses
+7 positive -4 negative

Defense federally funded research and development center operators, Defense research contractors delivering end items, DoD-funded research laboratories using animals

Positive-direction: Eligible Air Force defense research contractors, Eligible Army defense research contractors, Eligible Defense-Wide defense research contractors, Eligible Navy defense research contractors, Eligible Space Force defense research contractors, Recipients of defense congressionally directed medical research

Negative-direction: Defense federally funded research and development center operators, Defense research contractors delivering end items, DoD-funded research laboratories using animals, Laboratories controlled by governments covered by section 8129

Shipbuilding
9 mentions across 6 clauses
+6 positive -3 negative

Foreign shipyards excluded from funded Navy construction, Foreign suppliers excluded from listed Navy ship components, Foreign suppliers of excluded auxiliary ship equipment

Positive-direction: Littoral combat ship sustainment contractors, Shipyards completing funded prior-year Navy vessels, Shipyards with qualifying Navy cost adjustments, U.S. Navy shipbuilding contractors, U.S. auxiliary equipment suppliers for cable and surveillance ships, U.S. suppliers of covered Navy ship components

Negative-direction: Foreign shipyards excluded from funded Navy construction, Foreign suppliers excluded from listed Navy ship components, Foreign suppliers of excluded auxiliary ship equipment

Education
6 mentions across 6 clauses
+5 positive ?1 uncertain

Providers of defense training covered by the CRT rider, Universities receiving Air Force defense research support, Universities receiving Army defense research support

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Senate Roll #575

On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4016

Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to H.R. 4016

Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected (50-44, 3/5 majority required)
50 Yea 44 Nay 6 Not Voting
Oct 16, 2025
House Roll #212

On Passage

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

Passed
221 Yea 209 Nay 2 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #211

On Motion to Recommit

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

Failed
211 Yea 219 Nay 2 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #210

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
76 Yea 355 Nay 6 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #209

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
76 Yea 353 Nay 8 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #208

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
30 Yea 400 Nay 7 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #207

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
6 Yea 422 Nay 9 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #206

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
104 Yea 326 Nay 7 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #205

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
6 Yea 421 Nay 10 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025
House Roll #204

On Agreeing to the Amendment

Failed
63 Yea 365 Nay 9 Not Voting
Jul 18, 2025

Bill Structure & Actor Mappings

Who is "The Secretary" in each section?

Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Defense
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Health
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Government Operations
Actor Mappings
"secretary"
→ Secretary of the named military department or Defense, as specified in the account
"department"
→ Department of Defense
Domains
Defense Foreign Affairs Civil Rights
Actor Mappings
"director"
→ Director of National Intelligence or Office of Management and Budget as expressly specified
"secretary"
→ Secretary of Defense unless expressly qualified

Note: This is an unenacted FY2026 proposal. Public Law 119-75 division A enacted different FY2026 defense appropriations on February 3, 2026. Do not add this proposal to current enacted spending.

Key Definitions

Terms defined in this bill

5 terms
"congressional defense committees" §8025

House and Senate Armed Services Committees and House and Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittees, as expressly defined for this bill.

"congressional intelligence committees" §8026

House Permanent Select and Senate Select Intelligence Committees plus House and Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittees.

"covered subcontractor" §8081

Entity with a subcontract exceeding $1 million on a prime contract subject to the arbitration restriction; exceptions and national-security waiver procedures remain.

"discriminatory action" §8139

Enumerated federal tax, award, benefit, accreditation, employment and access actions based wholly or partly on protected one-man/one-woman marriage belief or conduct; not general marriage-law repeal.

"account amount versus transfer, set-aside and credit principal" §appropriations

A within-account designation is not additional cash; a transfer reallocates existing authority; loan subsidy and administrative funding are distinct from authorized principal; stated savings reductions do not prove realized efficiencies.

We use a combination of our own taxonomy and classification in addition to large language models to assess meaning and potential beneficiaries. High confidence means strong textual evidence. Always verify with the original bill text.

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