H.R. 8469 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
H.R. 8469 - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027
Hearing Information
Amendment Deadline
Thursday, May 7, 2026 - 12:00pm View Announcement »
Meeting Information
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 - 4:00pm H-313, The Capitol View Announcement »
Bill Text
(as reported)
H. Rept. 119-622PDF
Report from the Committee on Appropriations to accompany H.R. 8469
Amendments (click each header to sort table ▲▼ by that column)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Correa (CA), Bergman (MI) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding by $45 million for the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the Department’s research on areas benefiting veterans such as oncology, traumatic brain injury care, psychedelic therapies, and assistive devices. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 1 | Gray (CA) | Democrat | Prevents the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs from collecting copays from veterans (“first party copays”) in instances where the collection delay is due to a fault of the Department (such as a pause in collections, IT outage or a VA employee administrative error). Identical to H.R. 3812, the STRIVE Act. | Submitted |
| 3 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Eliminates co-payments for contraception prescribed to veterans. | Submitted |
| 4 | Version 2 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits VA from eliminating any clinical or nonclinical position within an occupation identified by the Inspector General of the Department of Veterans Affairs as having a shortage pursuant to section 7412(a) of title 38, United States Code. | Revised |
| 5 | Version 1 | Brownley (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits funds to implement, carry out, or enforce (1) the memorandum issued by the Under Secretary of Veterans Affairs for Health, dated December 22, 2025, and titled ‘‘Provision of Abortion Counseling and Services’’; or (2) the final rule published by the Department of Veterans Affairs on December 31, 2025, regarding ‘‘Reproductive Health Services’’. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Prohibits use of funds to be used to implement a reduction in force. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Carbajal (CA) | Democrat | Requires the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to report to Congress within 180 days on whether adopting modern commercial construction management software across its construction programs would improve project tracking, data standardization, risk management, and overall oversight of capital projects. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 2 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for Department of Veterans Affairs General Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of ensuring that MilConVA facilities meet indoor air quality (IAQ), ventilation, and HVAC performance standards and the need for strengthened oversight and GAO review of IAQ conditions in MilConVA–funded buildings. | Revised |
| 9 | Version 1 | Pettersen (CO) | Democrat | Increases and decreases the Major Construction account by $5 million to construct a new VA clinic, with primary care and mental healthcare services, in Fremont County, Colorado, where there are 5,000 veterans, but no VA clinic. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Rose (TN), DesJarlais (TN) | Republican | Prohibits funds from being used to close the McMinnville VA Clinic in McMinnville, Tennessee. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 1 | Mast (FL), Joyce (OH), Titus (NV) | Bi-Partisan | Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs from being used to enforce provisions of VHA Directive 1315 that restrict VA providers from assisting veterans with participation in State-approved marijuana programs. This amendment was previously adopted in FY26 MilCon-VA appropriations by voice vote. | Submitted |
| 12 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to provide or pay for abortions. | Submitted |
| 13 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to provide or pay for gender affirming care. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Requires the Department of Veterans Affairs to submit, on an annual basis, a report that includes a comparison of the average cost per patient treated within Department facilities to the average cost per patient treated through non-Department community care providers. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 1 | Self (TX) | Republican | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to establish, implement, administer, or maintain any diversity, equity, and inclusion office, program, training, or initiative. | Submitted |
| 16 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Redirects $2 million to the Board of Veterans Appeals to help reduce its backlog so that veteran claims can be adjudicated in a timely manner. | Submitted |
| 17 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Redirects $2 million to provide additional resources for medical and prosthetic research to ensure our veterans receive cutting edge medical care from the VA | Submitted |
| 18 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Redirects $2 million to provide additional funding for the construction of new state-extended care facilities. | Submitted |
| 19 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Redirects $2 million to fund grants for the construction of veteran’s cemetery programs to assist state and tribal governments in providing burial benefits for veterans in rural areas lacking a VA national cemetery | Submitted |
| 20 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Redirects $2 million to the Office of the Inspector General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse. | Submitted |
| 21 | Version 1 | Elfreth (MD) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $86 million for the US Naval Academy's Stormwater Management System. The current system is insufficient to handle storm and tidal flooding. Flooding poses a threat to the mission, the installation, and the training of future naval officers. | Submitted |
| 22 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from sharing data with the Department of Homeland Security to assist in the apprehension or deportation of non-citizen veterans. | Submitted |
| 23 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the use of funds under this Act to deny, delay, or limit a Veterans' eligibility for the Community Care Network (CCN) Program if they submitted a routine care appointment scheduling request and the Department of Veterans' Affairs does not respond to such request with a confirmed appointment offer within three business days. | Revised |
| 24 | Version 2 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Revised Prohibits the use of funds made available by this Act to utilize Artificial Intelligence for the purposes of making a final determination regarding the approval or denial of a Veterans' disability claim. | Revised |
| 25 | Version 1 | Graves (MO) | Republican | Decreases military construction defense-wide and increases military construction for the Air National Guard with the intent to construct a new aircraft apron at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri. | Submitted |
| 26 | Version 1 | Subramanyam (VA), Beyer (VA), Scott (VA) | Democrat | Inserts the text of H.R. 5339, the Susan E. Lukas 9/11 Servicemember Fairness Act. The legislation extends PACT Act benefits to those who reported to the Pentagon for duty in the days and weeks following the September 11, 2001 attacks. | Submitted |
| 27 | Version 1 | Tlaib (MI), Hoyle (OR) | Democrat | Increases funding by $429 million for Grants for Construction of State Extended Care Facilities. | Submitted |
| 28 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Prohibits funds from being used to close the Port Charlotte VA Clinic in Port Charlotte, FL. | Submitted |
| 29 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Inserts language that directs the VA to collect comprehensive data on the reasons eligible veterans are not referred to the HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing (HUD-VASH) program and take appropriate corrective actions. | Submitted |
| 30 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Restricts funds from being used to enforce a time limitation for use of the Post-9/11 GI Bill for veterans discharged after January 1, 2001. | Submitted |
| 31 | Version 1 | Titus (NV) | Democrat | Prohibits funds in the bill from being used to deploy nuclear reactors, including small modular nuclear reactor technology, on military installations. | Submitted |
| 32 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Restricts funds from being used to prohibits veterans from using GI Bill benefits to repay federal student loans. | Submitted |
| 33 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA), McGarvey (KY) | Democrat | Improves the manner in which the Secretary of Veterans Affairs calculates the average employment rate of veterans participating in the VET TEC high technology program. This language is identical to H.R.7643, Veteran Technology Employment Success Act. | Submitted |
| 34 | Version 1 | Steube (FL) | Republican | Redirects $481,832,000 from the NATO Security Investment Program, to Military Construction Defense-Wide. | Submitted |
| 35 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) which VA hospitals and clinics have had dentist positions open for more than 60 days; (2) vacancy rates for dental positions in VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services; (3) average wait times to receive a dental appointment across VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services. | Submitted |
| 36 | Version 2 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Revised Increase and decrease funds to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility and potential benefits of establishing financial literacy centers at VA medical centers and other appropriate facilities. | Revised |
| 37 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increase and decrease funds by $50 million to provide the Secretary of Veterans Affairs with resources to provide greater efficiency in Veteran ID processing, and for the development of mobile veteran processing facilities. | Submitted |
| 38 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries for the purposes of emphasizing the need for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow internment of Military Working Dogs in veteran cemeteries | Submitted |
| 39 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Ensures the Department of Defense continues regular data collection on the costs and effects of extreme weather and incremental change at military installations and expand the scope of such data to include all types of natural disasters affecting military installations. | Submitted |
| 40 | Version 1 | Crow (CO) | Democrat | Increases funding for the Medical Services account by $500,000 to establish a working group focused on improving the collection and analysis of data regarding veteran on-campus suicides and attempted suicides, and reduces funding for the General Administration account by $500,000. | Submitted |
| 41 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Requires a report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the use of unapproved artificial intelligence models or artificial intelligence-powered applications, also known as ‘‘shadow AI’’, within information technology networks of the Department of Veterans Affairs, and any cybersecurity risks and data exposure vulnerabilities introduced by such use. | Submitted |
| 42 | Version 1 | Titus (NV), Mast (FL) | Bi-Partisan | Restricts Federal funds for animal testing and prohibits the Secretary of Veteran Affairs from conducting or supporting animal testing. | Submitted |
| 43 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $3.3 million for the Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction account to express the importance of a new pass and tag facility at Naval Air Station Kingsville. | Submitted |
| 44 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $2.5 million for the Navy and Marine Corps Military Construction account to express the importance of a new fire station at Naval Air Station Kingsville. | Submitted |
| 45 | Version 2 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Revised Increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research account for veteran-focused medical, prosthetic, toxic exposure, and rehabilitation research. | Revised |
| 46 | Version 1 | Walkinshaw (VA) | Democrat | Requires a report from the Secretary of Veterans Affairs on the gaps in resources, guidance, and policies on event logging of cybersecurity incidents at the Department. | Submitted |
| 47 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Codifies four weeks of unpaid parental leave for all VA employees. Identical to H.R.8041. | Submitted |
| 48 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Authorizes the Secretary of the VA to spend the VA Medical Care Collections Fund (MCCF). | Submitted |
| 49 | Version 1 | Tran (CA) | Democrat | Inserts H.R. 1637 into the bill. H.R. 1637 reinstates any individual who is a veteran and who was involuntarily removed or otherwise dismissed without cause from a civil service position during the period beginning on January 20, 2025 and requires a report to Congress on veteran employees who were removed or otherwise dismissed from each agency. | Submitted |
| 50 | Version 1 | Bynum (OR) | Democrat | Requires the VA to publish each draft or final environmental assessment (EA) with respect to a cemetery under the control of the National Cemetery Administration. | Submitted |
| 51 | Version 2 | Tran (CA) | Democrat | Revised Prohibits the positive impacts of medication from being taken into account when determining a veteran's disability rating. | Revised |
| 52 | Version 1 | Gonzalez (TX) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) the number of unfilled positions for home health aides in Texas and New Mexico; (2) which communities in the states of Texas and New Mexico have the highest concentrations of unfilled home care positions. | Submitted |
| 53 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Redirects $5 million to the Office of Rural Health to fund the use of mobile clinics and targeted clinical staffing to improve access to care for Tribal veterans. | Submitted |
| 54 | Version 1 | Escobar (TX) | Democrat | Strikes Section 413, which is a policy rider that would limit the VA's ability to report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System. | Submitted |
| 55 | Version 1 | Takano (CA) | Democrat | Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to deny or delay certain benefits to otherwise eligible veterans living abroad solely because of their immigration status. | Submitted |
| 56 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Inserts the text of the bipartisan Standardizing Accreditation information for Veteran Ease Act, to protect veterans against 'claims sharks' by requiring the VA to keep an updated, searchable database of accredited representatives, and create a trademark they can use on their website, social media or marketing materials to be easily identified. | Submitted |
| 57 | Version 1 | Sewell (AL) | Democrat | Increases and decreases the Air National Guard Military Construction account by $15 million to demolish World War II-era facilities and construct a services training facility at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama. The construction of a services training facility, including a services flight area, honor guard area, and fitness center, will support the mission readiness of the 117th Air Refueling Wing, the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, and the 117th Intelligence Squadron. | Submitted |
| 58 | Version 1 | Titus (NV) | Democrat | Prohibits the requirement of evidence of a certain dose of radiation to determine that a veteran is a radiation-exposed veteran. Identical to H.R.4469 (119th Congress). | Submitted |
| 59 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding for host nation support by $1,000,000 to direct the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Chambers of Congress a report detailing, for each overseas installation at which host nation support funds were obligated or expended during fiscal years 2025 and 2026: (1) the total U.S. contribution to military construction costs; (2) the total host nation financial contribution to the same projects; and (3) the ratio of U.S.-to-host nation expenditure expressed as a percentage of total project cost. | Submitted |
| 60 | Version 1 | Dexter (OR) | Democrat | Late Prevents foreclosure for veterans who may be eligible for a partial claim through existing law the full implementation of Public Law 119:31. | Submitted |
| 61 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities at Naval Air Stations have adequately maintained Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 facilities that support naval aviation, such as hangers and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facilities, are in working order and in adequate quantity for mission readiness. | Submitted |
| 62 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Prohibits funding for overseas military construction tied to relocating Marines from Okinawa unless the Secretary of War certifies that the move will not reduce force levels or readiness on Okinawa and will strengthen deterrence against peer adversaries in the region. | Submitted |
| 63 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that working spaces, such as office buildings, bathrooms, and other similar facilities, used by Navy civilian employees at Public Shipyards are in working order. | Submitted |
| 64 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Streamlines environmental review for military construction by deeming certain on-base projects compliant with National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, imposing strict timelines and limits on reviews, and curbing litigation that could delay project completion. | Submitted |
| 65 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities supporting Amphibious capabilities, including, but not limited to, piers, and dry docks are in adequate repair. | Submitted |
| 66 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Requires the VA to direct veterans needing complex specialty care, such as cancer, organ failure, or neurological conditions to community providers by default, with limited exceptions, while enforcing timely referrals, fair reimbursement, and budget neutrality. | Submitted |
| 67 | Version 1 | Carson (IN) | Democrat | Late Directs the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to direct specific funds to the Office of Food Security to help in combating hunger amount the veteran population. | Submitted |
| 68 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring Quality of Life-related facilities at Naval Aviation Training Areas, including, but not limited to, bathrooms, waiting areas, and ready rooms, are in working order. | Submitted |
| 69 | Version 1 | Salazar (FL), Castro (TX) | Bi-Partisan | Late Provides disability benefits to American servicemembers who were exposed to toxic chemicals while stationed in the Panama Canal Zone between January 1, 1958 and December 31, 1999. This is identical to H.R. 2447 (the Panama Canal Zone Veterans Act) from the 118th Congress. | Submitted |
| 70 | Version 1 | Pappas (NH) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases construction, major projects funding for the purpose of adding report language supporting robust funding for improvements to VA direct care for New Hampshire veterans, including funding for upgrades to the VA Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire - to include a replacement facility. | Submitted |
| 71 | Version 1 | Stanton (AZ) | Democrat | Late Increases and decreases funding for the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the service of Tribal veterans and to encourage the Secretary to consult with Tribal partners on adapting culturally significant insignia at facilities that serve Tribal veterans and to expand the hiring of culturally competent clinical staff. | Submitted |
| 72 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Late Requires the Department of War to enforce uniform, service-wide standards for unaccompanied military housing, prioritizing the repair and modernization of substandard Marine Corps barracks and prohibiting the use of funds for housing that fails basic habitability requirements. | Submitted |