# H.R. 3944 (119th): 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 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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: agriculture. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: legislative_branch. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: military_construction. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veteran_affairs. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veteran_care. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: veterans_affairs. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 263: On Motion to Instruct Conferees. Vote type: procedural.
Roll 180: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 181: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 182: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 480: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3944. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 422: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 423: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Vote type: cloture.
Roll 428: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is ordinary annual appropriations spanning veterans care, agriculture, FDA oversight, legislative operations, and defense construction. Defense construction and family housing are ordinary defense spending, and the summary shows no direct funding of unjust war, abortion, or other named moral harm. Spending priorities and the scale of federal outlays are legitimate prudential disputes, so the existing evil polarity driven by the war_funding tag overstates the case.
Theological note: Relevant issues include stewardship of public money, provision for veterans who served, the proper role of the sword and of national defense as a lawful good under civil authority, and fair dealing in food and drug oversight. These are issues for prudential weighing, not a final candidate judgment on the measure.

## Recorded votes

Roll 263: On Motion to Instruct Conferees. Yea 211 · Nay 213 · Other 8.
Roll 180: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 219 · Nay 206 · Other 13.
Roll 181: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 208 · Nay 216 · Other 8.
Roll 182: On Passage. Yea 218 · Nay 206 · Other 8.
Roll 480: On Passage of the Bill H.R. 3944. Yea 87 · Nay 9 · Other 4.
Roll 422: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Yea 50 · Nay 48 · Other 2.
Roll 423: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Yea 91 · Nay 7 · Other 2.
Roll 428: On the Motion to Proceed H.R. 3944. Yea 90 · Nay 8 · Other 2.

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