Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- Last Action
- 12/8/2025
Actions
- 2025-12-08Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8522)
- 2025-12-02Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S8433)
- 2025-11-19Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
- 2025-11-18Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8189)
- 2025-10-16Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4016 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 575) entered in Senate.
- 2025-10-16Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 44. Record Vote Number: 575. (CR S7154)
- 2025-10-14Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7113-7114)
- 2025-10-14Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7113)
- 2025-07-31Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 136.
- 2025-07-30Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- 2025-07-23Received in the Senate.
- 2025-07-18The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4016.
- 2025-07-18Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- 2025-07-18On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).
- 2025-07-18Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).
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CRS Summary
As of 2025-06-16 (00)
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities.
(The bill excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all included in other appropriations bills.)
Within the DOD budget, the bill provides appropriations for
- Military Personnel;
- Operation and Maintenance;
- Procurement;
- Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and
- Revolving and Management Funds.
The bill provides appropriations for Other Department of Defense Programs, including
- the Defense Health Program,
- Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
- Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and
- the Office of the Inspector General.
In addition, the bill provides appropriations for Related Agencies, including (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, and (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account.
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Subjects
- Africa
- American Samoa
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Aviation and airports
- Budget process
- Buy American requirements
- Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
- Chemical and biological weapons
- China
- Collective security
- Computers and information technology
- Congressional oversight
- Defense spending
- Department of Defense
- Disability assistance
- District of Columbia
- Drug trafficking and controlled substances
- Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
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