Military Construction-VA, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, FY2026 (HR3944)

Current understanding

HR3944 is a three-bill FY2026 appropriations minibus consolidating the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, and Legislative Branch appropriations measures. It funds ongoing programs at these agencies (including VA medical care, military construction accounts, USDA/FDA operations, and congressional operations) without introducing new policy mechanisms. Status: introduced; it is a parallel vehicle to the FY2026 omnibus enacted as P.L. 119-75, which covers a different set of departments.

Evidence log

• 2025-11-12 — Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act, 2026: cross-connection with continuing-appropriations-fy2026-pl-119-37: HR3944 (MilCon-VA/Agriculture/Legislative Branch minibus) is the underlying three-bill vehicle whose full-year appropriations were carried into enacted law via P.L. 119-37. (novelty: 2)
• 2025-12-08 — Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026: cross-connection with dod-appropriations-act-fy2026: HR4016 explicitly excludes military construction and family housing, which are funded through the MILCON-VA appropriations vehicle (HR3944). (novelty: 2)
• 2025-09-18 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026: cross-connection with consolidated-appropriations-act-2026: Both are FY2026 appropriations vehicles covering non-overlapping departments; together with the DHS CR in P.L. 119-75 they define the FY2026 discretionary funding architecture. (novelty: 2)

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