United StatesHouse Bill 4016HR 4016
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Economics and Public Finance
160 pages
- house
- senate
- president
Last progress July 23, 2025 (4 months ago)
Introduced on June 16, 2025 by Ken Calvert
Sponsors
House Votes
Senate Votes
Received
July 23, 2025 (4 months ago)Received in the Senate.
Presidential Signature
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AI Summary
This sets the Department of Defense’s spending plan for fiscal year 2026. It pays for troops, day‑to‑day operations, equipment, and research, and it sets rules for how this money can be used.
Key points for people and communities:
- Health rules: No enforcing COVID-19 mask mandates. COVID-19 shots cannot be required for Defense employees or for students in Defense-run schools.
- Medical coverage: Defense funds may not be used for gender‑affirming surgeries or hormone treatments. The Exceptional Family Member Program cannot provide or refer gender‑transition procedures for minor children, or move a family just to access that care .
- Base events and training: Money may not support drag queen story hours for children on bases or use drag queens as recruiters. It also blocks funding for programs seen as “Critical Race Theory,” and stops the Pentagon’s diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) plan and DEI offices .
- Speech and censorship: Funds may not be used to label Americans’ speech as “misinformation,” “disinformation,” or “malinformation,” or to work with groups that pressure companies to censor lawful speech.
- Hiring and conduct: No recruiting, hiring, or promoting anyone convicted of child pornography or sexual assault, or anyone disciplined for using federal resources for child pornography.
- Contractor rules: For federal contracts over $1 million, companies cannot force workers to use arbitration for sexual assault, sexual harassment, or certain discrimination claims.
- “Buy American”: Strong preferences for U.S.-made materials and products, including steel plate, ball and roller bearings, and supercomputers; waivers can be pulled if a country discriminates against U.S. goods .
- Tribal housing: The Air Force may give relocatable military homes at several bases to Indian tribes in NV, ID, ND, SD, MT, OR, MN, and WA at no cost, through the Operation Walking Shield program.
- Guantanamo: Blocks moving detainees into the United States and keeps the base open; transfers abroad are tightly limited by law .
- Other targeted bans: No funds for EcoHealth Alliance or for NewsGuard .
- Savings: The measure also includes multi‑billion‑dollar cuts to reflect “savings and efficiencies” across the department.
When: These directions apply to fiscal year 2026 spending.
Text Versions
Amendments
HAMDT 55July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 114 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike funding for the Israeli Cooperative Programs.
HAMDT 52July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 111 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to reduce funding for "overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid" to be in line with the administration's budget request, and transfer the savings to the Spending Reduction Account.
HAMDT 59July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 221 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to prohibit funds from being used to reduce the workforce at any active United States Army arsenal.
HAMDT 53July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 112 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike funding for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative.
HAMDT 62July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 293 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to prohibit the expenditure of funds to create, procure, or display any map that depicts Taiwan as part of the territory of the People's Republic of China.
HAMDT 56July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 115 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike funding to support the armed forces of Jordan.
HAMDT 57July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 116 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike funds from being used for assistance to Ukraine.
HAMDT 54July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 113 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike funding for HIV prevention educational activities in foreign countries.
HAMDT 44July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 4: Nos. 1, 17, 18, 19, 23, 27, 33, 34, 73, 74, 77, 78, 80, 83, 100, 101, 118, 131, 136, 142, 156, 160, 161, 166, 172, 182, 195, 203, 211, 223, 245, 246, 247, 286, 288, 306, 318, 325, 326, and 327.
HAMDT 45July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 5: Nos. 6, 10, 29, 32, 36, 37, 42, 45, 64, 82, 95, 98, 99, 117, 129, 132, 135, 141, 147, 150, 152, 171, 179, 194, 209, 210, 212, 218, 228, 232, 236, 237, 238, 252, 267, 282, 291, 292, 295, 296, 305, and 314.
HAMDT 46July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 6: Nos. 7, 8, 16, 21, 25, 28, 38, 39, 40, 41, 72, 75, 84, 86, 89, 90, 92, 93, 104, 107, 124, 137, 149, 154, 157, 183, 193, 196, 201, 216, 217, 220, 222, 229, 244, 266, 271, 281, 316, 322, 324, and 330.
HAMDT 41July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 1: Nos. 2, 9, 12, 13, 20, 24, 31, 35, 47, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 71, 81, 94, 108, 109, 128, 139, 140, 148, 162, 170, 177, 178, 180, 185, 187, 188, 197, 219, 224, 226, 241, 243, 251, 264, 265, 276, 289, 302, 304, 312, 313, and 319.
HAMDT 42July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 2: Nos. 14, 15, 26, 30, 43, 44, 50, 79, 87, 88, 96, 97, 123, 127, 130, 138, 155, 163, 164, 165, 173, 174, 175, 176, 192, 199, 204, 205, 213, 215, 225, 231, 242, 250, 262, 263, 272, 273, 275, 280, 283, 284, 285, 294, 301, 321, and 323.
HAMDT 61July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 287 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to increase by $10 million to increase and decrease Air Force, RDTE to provide $71M for PE 0401132F, Line 259, C-130J Program, to provide $70M in NRE for the LC-130J aircraft.
HAMDT 60July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 277 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to increase by $10 million to accelerate the procurement of portable water storage and distribution systems for the Army to replace aging legacy equipment.
HAMDT 51July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 106 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to prohibit funds for BioMADE, a bioindustrial manufacturer that produces lab-grown meat for military bases.
HAMDT 58July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 159 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to increase the amount for Heavy Dump Truck, 20T (CCE), Other Procurement, Army Budget Activity by $30 million and decrease the amount for development of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army by $30 million.
HAMDT 50July 17, 2025An amendment numbered 57 printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 to strike the provision barring the Navy from decommissioning Littoral Combat Ships.
HAMDT 43July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 3: Nos. 4, 5, 56, 61, 62, 63, 66, 67, 70, 102, 103, 105, 119, 120, 121, 122, 125, 126, 143, 144, 145, 146, 167, 168, 186, 206, 207, 208, 214, 227, 230, 233, 239, 249, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 268, 279, 297, 298, 307, and 315.
HAMDT 47July 16, 2025An amendment comprised of the following amendments printed in Part A of House Report 119-199 as en bloc No. 7: Nos. 3, 11, 22, 46, 59, 60, 65, 68, 69, 76, 85, 133, 134, 151, 153, 158, 169, 181, 184, 189, 190, 191, 198, 200, 202, 234, 235, 240, 255, 257, 261, 269, 270, 274, 278, 290, 299, 300, 308, 309, 310, 311, 317, 320, 328, and 329.