Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors. The main policy domain is Defense, Transportation, Government Operations.
Who Benefits and How
defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section H53AA18CABD474D1AB4818813777B56B0: That the following sums are appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for military construction, the Department of Veterans...
- Section H22C3EF3081A84ADA8FB5BF35E2F963F2: 101. None of the funds made available in this title shall be expended for payments under a cost-plus-a-fixed-fee contract for construction, where cost...
- Section HA11CFD4D623E475E87457DE1E8E2E861: 102. Funds made available in this title for construction shall be available for hire of passenger motor vehicles.
- Section H7A38608F671840EBABFAD8DEDE939D3C: 103. Funds made available in this title for construction may be used for advances to the Federal Highway Administration, Department of Transportation, for the...
- Section H1A29B588DB0A41D390D4B8490133FC09: 104. None of the funds made available in this title may be used to begin construction of new bases in the United States for which specific appropriations have...
Evidence Chain:
This summary is generated from the full bill text using AI analysis. Expand "Detailed Analysis" below for identified beneficiaries/burden bearers.
At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Key Policy Areas
Defense, Transportation, Government Operations
Primary Purpose
This bill, Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2025, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- federal implementing agencies
- defense agencies, service members, and defense contractors
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
Read twice and placed on the calendar
Received
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Army National Military Cemeteries, DEI offices and programs, DEI programs and offices
Department of Defense, Department of Veterans Affairs, Federal employees face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Army National Military Cemeteries, Department of Defense healthcare, Federal Highway Administration, Inspectors General, VA General Operating Expenses, VA Medical Services, VA Office of Resolution Management, VA employees, VA healthcare personnel opposed to vaccination mandates, VA medical claims processing, VA vocational rehabilitation staff
Negative-direction: DEI offices and programs, DEI programs and offices, Federal IT departments and agencies, Federal agencies, Federal agencies and programs, Federal agencies funded by this Act, Federal agency management, Federal agency public affairs offices, Federal climate programs and offices, Federal sustainability programs, ICE Health Service Corps, Secretary of Defense, Secretary of the Air Force, VA IT procurement offices, VA Senior Executive Service employees, VA gender-affirming care programs, VA reproductive health services, VA suicide prevention services, Veterans Benefits Administration, Veterans Health Administration
Bakersfield area veterans, Filipino veterans, Rural Alaska veterans
Positive-direction: Bakersfield area veterans, Filipino veterans, Rural Alaska veterans, Veterans and veteran advocacy groups, Veterans awaiting claims decisions, Veterans deemed mentally incapacitated by VA, Veterans in crisis, Veterans in vocational rehabilitation, Veterans receiving benefits, Veterans seeking VA community care, Veterans seeking community care, Veterans seeking medical care, Veterans seeking medical marijuana, Veterans using VA travel reimbursement, Veterans using special transportation, Veterans with children, Veterans with mental health-related benefit determinations, Veterans with pending claims, Veterans with service-connected reproductive disabilities, Women veterans
Negative-direction: Transgender veterans, Veterans with private insurance, Women veterans seeking abortion services
Air Force construction contractors, Arlington Cemetery contractors, Defense construction contractors
Defense construction contractors, VA construction contractors face effects in multiple directions
Positive-direction: Air Force construction contractors, Federal contractors with verified workforces, Ford Island facility contractors, Highway construction contractors, Military construction contractors, US military construction contractors, VA construction contractors in California, VA facility construction contractors
Negative-direction: Arlington Cemetery contractors, Federal contractors not using E-Verify, Foreign construction contractors, Military base construction contractors, U.S. detention facility contractors
Alaska Native health organizations, Community healthcare providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alaska
Positive-direction: Alaska Native health organizations, Community healthcare providers, Federally Qualified Health Centers in Alaska, Fertility clinics, Joint DOD-VA medical facilities, Veterans healthcare providers
Negative-direction: Healthcare providers specializing in gender care
Animal welfare advocates, Anti-abortion advocacy groups, Detainee rights advocates
Positive-direction: Animal welfare advocates, Anti-abortion advocacy groups, Faith-based contractors and grantees, Gun rights advocacy groups
Negative-direction: Detainee rights advocates, Gun control advocacy groups, LGBTQ+ advocacy groups
DEI consultants and trainers, DEI training contractors, DEI training programs
Positive-direction: Engineering firms, US architecture and engineering firms, VA administrative contractors
Negative-direction: DEI consultants and trainers, DEI training contractors, DEI training programs, Foreign architecture and engineering firms
Homeowners near closed military bases, Non-veteran patients at VA facilities, Taxpayers
Positive-direction: Homeowners near closed military bases, Taxpayers
Negative-direction: Non-veteran patients at VA facilities, Unauthorized immigrants, Undocumented workers
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "secretary_of_defense"
- → Secretary of Defense
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