H.R. 8469 · 119th Congress · Economics and public finance
FY2027 MilCon-VA Appropriations
Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes.
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 · May 15, 2026
Roll call ↗400
15
Passed the House.
This is a multi-agency appropriations act, so a single yes vote is a vote to fund military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies at once, and also to adopt every policy rider attached to the spending. A member voting yes to fund VA medical care and veterans' benefits was also voting to bar funds for closing Guantanamo, to defund enforcement of the VA marijuana-paperwork directive, to restrict VA animal research, and to bar the firearms-reporting of mentally incapacitated veterans without a court order. The spending and the riders rise or fall on one vote.
Passed the House on May 15, 2026.
Latest action: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 455
- IntroducedApr 23, 2026
- CommitteeApr 23, 2026
- Passed HouseMay 15, 2026
- Passed Senate
- Became law
On the record
- Cosponsors
- None
- House committee
- Appropriations
- Lobbying
- At least 62
- organizations named it2026 Q2 to 2026 Q3
What it does
Congress funds military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for fiscal year 2027.
How each member voted
The House roll call, passed the House, May 15, 2026
Yea unless marked
D · House · NC-12
R · House · AL-4
D · House · CA-33
R · House · MO-4
R · House · GA-12
Congress funds military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for fiscal year 2027. Title I pays for base construction and military family housing across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Guard, and reserves. Title II carries the largest sums: hundreds of billions for veterans' compensation, pensions, and readjustment benefits, plus tens of billions for VA medical care, and $54.593 billion for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund with another $53.715 billion made available a year later. The bill also rescinds $1.65 billion previously appropriated for Medical Support and Compliance and $754.323 million previously appropriated for Medical Facilities. Beyond the money, the bill attaches policy riders. It bars any funds from being used to close or realign Guantanamo Bay Naval Station or to build facilities to house Guantanamo detainees on U.S. soil. It blocks the VA from enforcing the directive that prohibits VA providers from completing paperwork for state marijuana programs. It bars VA research on dogs, cats, and non-human primates unless the Secretary personally certifies it in writing. It stops the VA from reporting mentally incapacitated veterans as "mental defective" for the federal gun ban without a judge's order. It lets Medical Services funds pay for fertility treatment and adoption reimbursement for veterans whose service-connected disability prevents them from procreating.
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 62 organizations named this measure in a lobbying filing. A floor, not a total: they were counted by the client name on 119 quarterly reports filed by 27 lobbying firms and by 30 organizations lobbying for themselves in 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: Alkermes, Inc.; T-Mobile; Naval Postgraduate School Foundation (NPSF); Pmi US Corporate Services Inc.; University of New Hampshire. Listed as filed, in the order the filings were read, and 57 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.