H.R. 4553 · 119th Congress · Economics and public finance
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026
How the House voted
Yea from the left, nay from the right, each side by party
Bundled: this vote covered more than one measure.
House · Sep 4, 2025
Roll call ↗214
213
Passed the House.
An appropriations act spanning five titles and multiple agencies, and beyond the topline funding it carries numerous substantive policy riders (firearms at Corps sites, DEI and Critical Race Theory bans, COVID mandate enforcement bans, a marriage-belief shield, a speech-labeling ban, and the blocking of a specific DOE rule) that would each stand as freestanding law. The title names appropriations only; the content reaches well past it.
Passed the House on September 4, 2025.
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 156
- IntroducedJul 21, 2025
- CommitteeJul 21, 2025
- Passed HouseSep 4, 2025
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- House committee
- Appropriations
- Lobbying
- At least 259
- organizations named it2025 Q2 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Funds the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program, the Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project, the Department of Energy, and a set of independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, September 4, 2025
Yea unless marked
R · House · AL-4
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
Funds the Army Corps of Engineers civil works program, the Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project, the Department of Energy, and a set of independent agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026. Major line items include $2,555,000,000 for Corps construction, $6,140,000,000 for Corps operation and maintenance, $1,710,630,000 for Reclamation water and related resources, $8,400,000,000 for DOE Science, $20,661,993,000 for nuclear weapons activities, and $952,700,000 for the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Alongside the spending, the bill carries policy conditions on how the money may be used: it bars the Corps from prohibiting firearm possession at water resources projects for people who comply with state law; blocks funds from being used to enforce the DOE 'Clean Energy for New Federal Buildings' rule; prohibits selling Strategic Petroleum Reserve oil to entities controlled by the Chinese Communist Party or for export to China; bars spending on diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives or on anything promoting Critical Race Theory; bars enforcement of COVID-19 mask or vaccine mandates; shields people who act on the belief that marriage is between one man and one woman from federal discriminatory action; restricts flags at federal facilities to the U.S. flag, official-seal flags, and the POW/MIA flag; and bars funds from being used to label Americans' speech as mis-, dis-, or malinformation.
Each stop is a step the bill’s own record states, with the date it happened. A ring is a step not yet taken. A bill becomes law when the President signs it or Congress overrides a veto.
At least 259 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 674 quarterly reports filed by 45 lobbying firms and by 84 organizations lobbying for themselves in 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. An organization that lobbied this measure without naming it is not counted here.
The filings record that lobbying was reported on the measure. The form has no per-bill dollar figure and no field for a position, so nothing here says how much was spent or which side an organization took.
5 of them, in no ranking: Centrus Energy Corp. (Formerly Known As Usec Inc.); Boise State University; Xcimer Energy; Venturewell; University of Rochester. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 254 others are not shown. These are not the largest, the earliest or the most active: we keep five names per measure, and the filings give no ranking.
From the LD-2 quarterly lobbying filings published at lda.gov by the Senate Office of Public Records. Read for 2025 Q1, 2025 Q2, 2025 Q3, 2025 Q4, 2026 Q1, 2026 Q2 and 2026 Q3. Our copy holds 24 fewer filings for 2025 Q1, 39 fewer filings for 2025 Q2, 42 fewer filings for 2025 Q3, 33 fewer filings for 2025 Q4, 28 fewer filings for 2026 Q1, 48 fewer filings for 2026 Q2 and 218 fewer filings for 2026 Q3 than the Senate's register counts, so those quarters are the filings we could read rather than every one filed. 2026 Q4 is still inside its filing window, so that quarter is only the filings posted so far.
Congress.gov bill status and cosponsor records; the House Clerk and Senate roll calls; lobbying reports filed under the Lobbying Disclosure Act (lda.gov); the plain summary and provisions are read from the bill text, each with its section.