H.R. 4016 – Department of Defense Appropriations, 2026

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En blocs receive up to twenty minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate.

En Bloc #1: ADOPTED BY VOICE

Amo (D-RI) – Amendment No. 2 – Increases and decreases by $8 million Defense-Wide RDTE, for Commercial UUVs Assembled at the Point of Deployment

Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 9 – Increases and decreases funding by $5,000,000 for the U.S. Air Force Infectious Disease Aerial Transport training program

Balint (D-VT) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force by $10,000,000 for “Realistic Training for Air Force Security Forces Perimeter Defense Readiness” in Line 87, Physical Security Equipment

Barragán (D-CA) – Amendment No. 13 – Increases and decreases by $10 million to support the Metal Forging Innovation Initiative. The initiative supports projects to modernize forging technologies, expand workforce training programs, and support cleaner and more efficient metal production

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 20 – Increase and decreases funding to support continued modernization of Combatant Craft Heavy vessels by accelerating hull design and performance enhancements. Encourages incorporation of proven technologies from the commercial maritime sector

Beyer (D-VA) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $5 million to continue funding for the Navy’s Operational Energy in Contested Logistics Program to enhance our military readiness and improve our fuel security in our overseas operation

Brownley (D-CA) – Amendment No. 31 – Provides funding under Air Force RDT&E (PE 0602203F, Line 8, Aerospace Propulsion) for development of a highly efficient, high-cooling-capacity Thermal Management Systems (TMS) for advanced military aircraft. It will provide forced air cooling of electronics and act as a chiller for electronics requiring pumped liquid cooling, and it will interconnect with aircraft systems delivering air or liquid to electronic components. This cooling capacity represents a 10-20X increase compared to current cooling systems

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 35 – Increases and decreases Operation and Maintenance, Army by $2 million to ensure the continuation of the Army Body Composition Program

Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 47 – Increases and decreases funding for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, to support a study regarding military bases located within the “Rest of U.S.” locality pay area. This study is to determine if bases, particularly those such as MacDill AFB that host Combatant Commands, are experiencing recruitment and retention issues, and to assess the resulting impacts to mission readiness and national security

Crank (R-CO) – Amendment No. 51 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Army for the development of AI/ML Packet-based Cyber Anomaly Detection software

Crank (R-CO) – Amendment No. 52 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Air Force for the development of Advanced Thermal Materials with Embedded Sensors

Crank (R-CO) – Amendment No. 53 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Space Force for the development of a Very Low Earth Orbit Persistent Surveillance System

Crank (R-CO) – Amendment No. 54 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Testing, and Evaluation, Space Force for Accelerating Motion Control Solutions

Crawford (R-AR) – Amendment No. 55 – Increases RDT&E, Navy, PE 0603654N, funding by $3.5 million to provide funding for the EOD/Public Safety Bomb Technician Technical Exchange Program within the Joint Service Explosive Ordnance Development item

Downing (R-MT) – Amendment No. 71 – Increases and decreases funding for Army RDT&E, Program Element 0602144A, line item 11, by $10 million to support the development of rare earth element and critical minerals extraction demonstration for Army ground technology applications

Feenstra (R-IA) – Amendment No. 81 – Increases and decreases by $10 million for Army RDTE – Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advance Technology, for a Discontinuous Thermoplastics Demonstration to modernize combat vehicles for multi-domain operations (Army RDTE Line 43 Program Element 0603462A)

Fong (R-CA) – Amendment No. 94 – Increases and decreases Defense-wide, Operations & Maintenance by $5,000,000 for DoD’s Insider Threat Program to pilot AI enabled software upgrades for enhanced threat monitoring tools (Defense-wide O&M, Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency, Line 220, 4GTE)

Graves (R-MO) – Amendment No. 108 – Increases and decreases RDT&E, Defense Wide to further develop recuperated turbine energy solutions for Joint Force expeditionary military operations in contested environments, in support of the 2023 “Operational Energy Strategy.” This project leverages government-funded investment in Recuperated Gas Turbine technology to provide the Joint Force diverse energy sources that are resilient, lightweight with multiple fuel options, reduced size, weight, emissions, signature, and noise. (PE: 0603838D8Z – Defense Innovation Acceleration. Subline 730: Concepts and Capabilities)

Graves (R-MO) – Amendment No. 109 – Increases and Deceases RDTE, Space Force Line 8 by $8,400,000 to sustain and expand the capability of the Dept of Air Force/Space Force’s Learning Management System’s (LMS)– Digital University (DU) – which plans, delivers and tracks training for over 105,000 Airman and Guardians. Seamlessly integrating STARCOM’s enterprise SIS/LMS with Digital University (DU) directly advances the Space Force’s objective of becoming the Department of Defense’s first fully digital service

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 128 – Increases the defense-wide RDT&E account specifically for PE 0607210D8Z, the Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support office, by $5,000,000, for the purpose of establishing a Space Force workforce and supply chain consortium. The consortium would help to build a stronger and more resilient workforce and supply chain for the Space Industrial Base

Huizenga (R-MI) – Amendment No. 139 – Increases and decreases funding to address the high-risk challenges for megawatt-scale electrical circuit protection

Huizenga (R-MI) – Amendment No. 140 – Increases and decreases RDTE, DW, Maritime Systems by $5M for combatant craft vessel design improvements

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 148 – Redirects $5 million for the purpose of funding modular, automated, low-cost radio sensing platforms with intelligent edge processing to enable spectrum awareness without requiring specialized personnel

Kelly (R-PA) – Amendment No. 162 – Increases and decreases by $10 million the RDT&E, Navy account for an “Active Stator Electric Naval Power and Propulsion System” in Line 48 (Advanced Surface Machinery Systems)

Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) – Amendment No. 170 – Increases Air Force Research, Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, line AFWERX Prime, for Low SWAP Multiband Antenna Payload Demonstration. Offset is within the account

Liccardo (D-CA) – Amendment No. 177 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Air Force by $5,000,000 for “AI robotic composites giga factory for advanced applications” in Line 27, Manufacturing Technology Program

Liccardo (D-CA) – Amendment No. 178 – Increases and decreases funding for Line 8, Electromagnetic Systems Applied Research (PE 0602271N) by $4,200,000 to design and build a space-based distributed AMTI RADAR prototype system

Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 180 – Increases and decreases funding to enable Space Force with the ability to research, develOp, test, and evaluate magnetically geared actuators for space robotic manipulators

Mackenzie (R-PA) – Amendment No. 185 – Increases and decreases funding by $5,000,000 for Army RDT&E, Ground Technology (PE 0602144A), Line 8 to support Rapid Hypersonic High-Entropy Alloy Deployment (RHEAD)

Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 187 – Increases and decreases Navy RDTE by $7,800,000 to advance the development, qualification, and fielding of improved anti-submarine warfare training target capabilities (PE 0604258N)

Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 188 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $5,000,000 to support submarine carbon dioxide removal studies and demonstration using the Carbon Dioxide Removal by Ionic Liquid System for US Navy submersible use to eliminate odors, improve maintenance and life cycles, and offer instantaneous responsiveness for changing needs

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 197 – Increases and decreases RDT&E Army by $4 million to support the Rapid Agile Manufacturing of Parachutes and Soft-Goods (RAMPS) program through PE 0603118A, Line 42 – Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology

Miller (R-WV) – Amendment No. 219 – Increases and decreases funding to support “Phase II” of a SOCOM RDT&E effort titled: Amorphous Silicon Oxycarbide (SiOC) Lithium-Ion Battery Anode Research and Development in Support of United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). Phase II funding will support full-scale development, integration, and testing of a zero-graphite lithium-ion battery pack

Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 224 – Increases and decreases funding by $10 million to expand the testing infrastructure for quantum communications and sensing platforms by establishing a national test center alongside the Air Force Research Laboratory

Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 226 – Increases and decreases $8 million in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy to the further development, acquisition, and fielding of Tethered Unmanned Aerial Systems (Te-UAS) on military installations as part of their force protection measures

Nehls (R-TX) – Amendment No. 241 – Increases and decreases the RDT&E, Air Force account by $10 million for the development of a high energy laser hybrid integrated turret beam director with improved optical performance for high power aircraft missile defense missions against advanced cruise missiles and hypersonic threats to reflect the President’s budget

Norton (D-DC) – Amendment No. 243 -Increases and decreases by $8 million for research, development, test and evaluation for the Space Force with the intent it be used for High Energy Resilient Stage (Space Force RDT&E, Line 4, PE#1206601SF, Space Technology)

Panetta (D-CA) – Amendment No. 251 – Increases Operations and Maintenance, Navy, by $10,000,000 to support the Naval Postgraduate School to enhance instruction, research, and infrastructure. Reduces excess OCO balances in Operations and Maintenance, Navy

Scott (R-GA) – Amendment No. 264 – Increases and decreases funding for Marine Corps RDT&E, page 30, line 3, by $8 Million to procure specialized equipment and training devices that will minimize the exposure of personnel to the physical effects of blast overpressure during training activities

Scott (R-GA) – Amendment No. 265- Increases and decreases page 27, line 1, by $17,000,000 for the Army to procure specialized equipment and training devices that will minimize the exposure of personnel to the physical effects of blast overpressure during training activities

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 276 –  Increases and decreases funding to express Congressional support for providing service-connected disabled veterans the eligibility to enroll in TRICARE

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 289 – Increases Air Force RDT&E, PE 0603680F, Line 29, Manufacturing Technology Program by $5 million for additive manufacturing of Super Niobium refractory metal. Reduces Air Force RTD&E, PE 0604858F, Line 58, Technology Transition Program by $5 million

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 302 – Increases and decreases funding for Air Force RDT&E to support salt hydrate phase change energy storage for aircraft HEL pods

Tokuda (D-HI) – Amendment No. 304 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $5,000,000 for “Advanced Manufacturing Workforce Development in the Pacific” in Line 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Program. Offset is within the account

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 312 – Increases and decreases Defense Wide RDTE by $10,000,000 to design and construct an initial pilot line/demonstration unit to produce alloy grade cobalt metal

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 313 – Increases and decreases Space Force RDTE by $2,500,000 for development of technology for super and hypersonic airbreathing propulsion for use in attritable/reusable aircraft

Van Orden (R- WI) – Amendment No. 319 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide, by $7,500,000 for “Production of Next Generation Printed Circuit Boards with Embedded High Thermal Performance” in Line 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment. The offset is within the account

En Bloc #2: ADOPTED BY VOICE

Barrett (R-MI) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases RDT&E Army, PE 0602141A, Line 8 – Lethality Technology by $10 million to support testing and evaluation of an Advanced Direct Fire Control system that houses an AI algorithm to be capable of accurately perceiving complex environments and making nuanced decisions in real-time

Barrett (R-MI) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases and decreases RDT&E Army, PE 0203735A, Line 209 – Combat Vehicle Improvement Programs by $10 million to support testing and evaluation of Vehicle-Based Unified Fire Control that interlinks all lethality systems on a combat vehicle, allowing rapid fielding, vehicle based integrated weapon coordination, simultaneous rapid engagement with multiple lethality systems, and the ability to out-fight adversaries

Bilirakis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 26 – Increases and decreases funding for Army RDT&E, Line 9, by $4.6 million to support continued development of the Advanced Optics Program (AOP)

Brownley (D-CA) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $5 million to support additional funds for Undersea Warfare Submersible Launched UAS (Line 11)

Carter (R-GA) – Amendment No. 43 – Increases and decreases funding by $4,500,000 to allow the Digital Persona Protection Program (DP3) to expand to include all general officers within the Air Force and the Navy, mirroring the comprehensive protection offered to all general officers in the Army

Carter (R-GA) – Amendment No. 44 – Increase and decrease funding by $7,800,000 for the Savannah Combat Readiness Training Center to receive Multi-Domain Emitter Threat (MET) High systems that are software definable

Correa (D-CA) – Amendment No. 50 – Increases and decreases funding for congressionally directed medical research programs under the Defense Health Agency by $15 million to restore funding for the Department of Defense’s Autism Research Program

Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 79 – Increases and decreases Long Range Precision Fires by $10,000,000 to support low-cost propulsion development and design improvements for solid rocket motors (SRMs)

Fischbach (R-MN) – Amendment No. 87 – Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 the appropriation for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army,” to support the establishment of a new initiative for Collaborative Robotics Payloads within the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology program

Fischbach (R-MN) – Amendment No. 88 – Increases and decreases by $4,000,000 the appropriation for “Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy” to support the development and evaluation of the MRZR Alpha 6×6 ULTV as an aerial loitering munition (ALM) launch platform

Fong (R-CA) – Amendment No. 96 – Increases and decreases Air Force RDT&E by $12,700,000 to help advance AI-powered command and control for global mobility in contested environments (Air Force RDT&E, Line 209, PE 0208006F)

Fry (R-SC) – Amendment No. 97 – Increases and decreases funding for Navy RDT&E by $10.5 million to support additional funds for Cyberphysical Resilience for Unmanned Platforms

Horsford (D-NV) – Amendment No. 123 – Increases and decreases RDT&E Navy, PE 0603640M, Line 19 – MC Advanced Technology Demo by $12 million to ruggedize and improve laser lethality and reliability of an existing high energy laser weapon system integrated into a Joint Tactical Light Vehicle (JLTV) for Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS) capability

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 127 – Increases and decreases Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force funds, specifically for the Base Support enterprise information program, by $4.85 million, to expand the use of zero trust, quantum-resistant, passwordless, data-centric cyber and authentication solutions

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 130 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide, by $6,000,000 for “Modernization of Titanium Master Alloy Production for Defense Applications” in Line 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment. Offset is within the account

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 138 – Increases and decreases funding by $7,000,000 to R,D,T&E Defense-wide for a pilot program using commercially available, API-driven, non-PKI reliant, zero trust-based technology software to enable real-time, dynamic zero-trust relationships across users, devices, networks, and data while protecting user accounts, devices, applications, and data across all operating environments. This program strengthens the Nation’s ability to defend critical infrastructure, military operations, and emerging AI-driven environments by deploying innovative, non-PKI reliant security software built for modern threats

Johnson (R-SD) – Amendment No. 155 – Increases and decreases $3,000,000 in RDTE, AF for artificial intelligence-based robotic technologies to automate airfield and flight line maintenance operations such as FOD and snow removal, control invasive vegetation growth around runway edges, mitigate bird-strikes, and provide aerospace ground equipment towing capability, while reducing the number of hours and airmen required to complete these necessary tasks

Kelly (R-PA) – Amendment No. 163 – Increases and decreases the Defense-Wide RDT&E account by $10 million to invest in equipment for the production of high-quality downstream materials required for defense Vacuum Induction Melted (VIM) and castings products. The metals produced by the VIM process are highly purified metals that are required for precise defense applications like hypersonic missiles and nuclear submarine components

Kennedy (D-NY) – Amendment No. 164 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide by $10M for “High Temperature Advanced Materials (HTAMP)” (Line 55) Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology Program

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 165 – Increases and decreases funding for the Defense Health Program to express the intent that TRICARE reimbursement rates should be increased for mental health providers in order to improve access to behavioral health services for service members and their families. Identical to H.R. 8774 (118th Congress)

Leger Fernández (D-NM) – Amendment No. 173 – Increases and decreases the Defense Health Agency Defense Health Program Operations and Maintenance by $1,680,000 to support circuit rider health programs at U.S. military bases to address the needs of service members and their families and to improve mission readiness

Letlow (R-LA) – Amendment No. 174 – Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 to provide funding for Securing 3D Packaging Against Adversaries (S3A2) within RDT&E Army, Network C3I Technology (PE: 0602146A)

Letlow (R-LA) – Amendment No. 175 – Increases and decreases by $5,000,000 to provide funding for MesoPitch Large-scale Prototype Demonstration (M-LPD) within RDT&E Defense-Wide, Manufacturing Technology Program (PE: 0603680S)

Levin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 176 – Increases and decreases funding within Defense-Wide RDT&E by $3 million to support Embedded Molecular Data as an authentication and traceability solution for the Manufacturing Technology Program (Line 56, PE 0603680S)

McBride (D-DE) – Amendment No. 192 – Increases and decreases funding for Defense-Wide RDTE, Line 56, by $5 million to support development of Two Phase Immersion Cooling for Data Centers

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 199 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $5 million to support development of the Distributed Nexus for Geospatial Intelligence (GEOINT) Tradecraft through PE 0602146A, Line 13 – Network C3I Technology

McGarvey (D-KY) – Amendment No. 204 – Increases and decreases funding in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide account by $12,500,000 for “Domestic Polymer Electrolyte Facility to Enhance Next-Generation Lithium-Ion Batteries” in Line 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment

McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 205 – Increases and decreases funding for Army RDTE, Line 39, by $8 million to support Therapeutic Targets for Warfighters with Traumatic Brain Injury

Messmer (R-IN) – Amendment No. 213 – Increases and decreases the Air Force Research, Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, line Aerospace Technology DEV/DEM PE 0603211F, for Turboelectric Adaptive Engine Research

Miller (R-OH) – Amendment No. 215 – Increases and decreases defense-wide procurement by $9.7 million to enable SOCOM to acquire an additional 40 lightweight remote weapon stations to equip a second squadron with this advanced capability. These systems allow operators to remotely fire weapons, minimizing exposure to enemy return fire and enhancing the survivability of Special Forces operators

Mills (R-FL) Amendment No. 225 – Increases and decreases funds to equip UC35 and C12 aircraft that are used by Geographic Combatant Commanders (GCC), and other government and diplomatic personnel who travel overseas, with secure, resilient satellite communication (SATCOM) terminals which allows them to maintain global connectivity. These systems will utilize the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellite constellations due to their resistance to jamming, cyber threats, and other anti-disruption protections

Moore (R-UT) – Amendment No. 231 – Decrease and Increase funding for RDTE, Air Force, Future AF Capabilities Applied Research by $12,000,000 so the Air Force Research Laboratory can research, develop, and deliver a multi-functional portable, self-power, ISR tactical system for future distributed force capabilities in Great Power conflict

Norton (D-DC) – Amendment No. 242 – Increases and decreases by $8 million for research, development, test and evaluation for the Navy with the intent it be used for QuickStrike Kinetic Improvements (Navy, RDT&E, Line 12, PE# 0602750N, Future Naval Capabilities Applied Research)

Panetta (D-CA) – Amendment No. 250 – Increases Operations and Maintenance, Army (training and recruiting, specialized skill training), by $30,871,000 to support foreign language training at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center. Reduces unobligated balances from Operations and Maintenance, Army

Scholten (D-MI) – Amendment No. 262 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $5,000,000 for “Augmented Behavioral Analytics” in Line 13, Network C3I Technology

Scholten (D-MI) – Amendment No. 263 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $3,000,000 for “Packaging Surge Capacity for Munitions and Maintenance” in Line 9, Army RDTE

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 272 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, by $10 million for advanced caliber munitions demonstration within the Long Range Precision Fires Technology program

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment 273 –  Increases and decreases funding for Other Procurement, Navy, by $1 million for the completion of the Navy Sea Systems Command’s (NAVSEA) final review of centrifuge purifiers for surface combatant vessels

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 275 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, by $10 million for the testing of tethered unmanned aircraft system (T-UAS) prototypes within the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology program

Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 280 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $4 million to support weight reduction and modernization efforts for the Paladin family of ground vehicles under PE 0604854A, Line 120 – Artillery Systems

Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 283 – Increases and decreases Defense-Wide Procurement by $5.9 million to support the Unified Video Dissemination System (UVDS) PE 0303126K, Line 12 – Defense Information System Network

Swalwell (D-CA) – Amendment No. 284 –  Increases and decreases funding for Army RDTE, Line 10, by $5 million to support continued development of the Silent Soldier Wearable Power Generator with Multi-Fuel Separator system for the dismounted soldier

Swalwell (D-CA) – Amendment No. 285 – Increases and decreases the RDT&E, Navy account by $5 million to emphasize then need for Laser Peening of Navy Jet Engines to Improve Reliability and Performance

Timmons (R-SC) – Amendment No. 294 – Increases and decreases funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide by $10 million to provide support for the Vendor Threat Mitigation Pilot Project, which ensures the compliance and security standards of vendors engaging with federal agencies are continuously monitored and re-assessed

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 301 – Increases and decreases funding for Army RDT&E to support aviation status dashboard

Van Orden (R-WI) – Amendment No. 321 – Increases and decreases funding to develop new Non-Alerting Techniques (NAT) for cellular geolocation using software-defined receivers. Enhances the ability of U.S. Special Operations and Intelligence personnel to locate devices without detection

Wagner (R-MO) – Amendment No. 323 – Increases and Decreases by $6 million Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDTE,A) to support the Isostatic Advanced Armor Production program (RDT&E, Army, Ground Technology, Line 11, PE 0602144A), which enables domestic development and production of stronger, lighter, and more flexible armor

En Bloc #3: ADOPTED BY VOICE

Amo (D-RI) – Amendment No. 4 – Increases and decreases by $5 million Army RDTE for Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology for Body Armor & Integrated Headborne Advanced Tech

Alford (R-MO) – Amendment No. 5 – Increases and decreases funding by $10,000,000 in the Research, Development, Evaluation, and Test Army account for Man-Portable Doppler Radar

Crow (D-CO) – Amendment No. 56 – Increases and decreases by $7.5 million for “Expeditionary Area Air Defense Systems”, a counter – small unmanned aerial systems project. The funding increase would be offset from within the same appropriations account

Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 61 – Increases by $10M – Army RDT&E, Line 12 – PE 0602145A– Next Generation Combat Vehicle Technology –add as “Advancing Autonomous Capabilities for the Next Generation of Quadruped Unmanned Ground Vehicles;” and decreases $10M – Army RDT&E, Line 1, Defense Research Sciences

Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 62 – Increases and decreases Defense-wide RDT&E by $10 million to plus-up the Industrial Base Analysis funding line, to shore up the domestic fiber industrial base and prevent adversaries like the PRC from infiltrating supply chains for fiber used in military and tactical gear

Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 63 – Increases and decreases $6 million for the Department of the Air Force to establish a pilot program to further develop and evaluate innovative targeting systems through the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC), and integrate the realistic mobile live-fire aircrew training platform within the Air Force training range’s current capabilities

DesJarlais (R-TN) – Amendment No. 66 – Increases and decreases funding for Aircraft Procurement, Army by $9,000,000 for the National Guard Aviation enterprise to procure Aircraft Survivability Training Equipment for National Guard Aviators through the Army’s Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation (PEO-STRI)

Dingell (D-MI) – Amendment No. 67 – Increases and decreases by $8 million RDT&E, Army account to accelerate the design, development, and production of advanced ceramic composites for U.S. Army armor applications via AI/ML methodologies and advanced manufacturing

Dingell (D-MI) – Amendment No. 70 – Increases and decreases funding for Air Force RDTE, by $5 million to support development of new stealth or low observable technology using seamless morphing geometry technology that simultaneously improves aerodynamic efficiency of both manned and unmanned platforms

Gimenez (R-FL) – Amendment No. 102 – Increases and decreases by $10M for assisting in the acquisition of targeting capabilities to support Administration and Department of Defense priorities focused on countering Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs), Countering Transnational Organized Crime (CTOC), Counter-Threat Financing (CTF) using behavioral analytics

Gimenez (R-FL) – Amendment No. 103 – Increases and decreases Army Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, PE 0604036A Line Multi-Domain Sensing Systems (MDSS) for Secure Integrated Multi-Orbit Satellite Communications

Gooden (R-TX) – Amendment No. 105 – Increases and decreases Other Procurement, Army, by $10,000,000 to support expeditionary tactical network communications through TRILOS HW

Hern (R-OK) – Amendment No. 119 – Increases and decreases by $7.5 million Defense-Wide RDT&E for Attack Detection and Response Engine for Integrated IoT, OT and IT Networks [OSD Defense-wide, RDT&E, Line 63, PE#0603680S, Manufacturing Technology Program]. Leverages ongoing, collaborative research partnerships to increase cybersecurity capability and workforce development to address the cybersecurity issues with security control analysis and implementation

Hern (R-OK) – Amendment No. 120 – Increases and decreases by $10 million Army RDT&E for the Army Pathfinder program (Army, RDT&E, Line 12, 0602143A, Soldier Lethality Technology) for Human-Machine Teaming. Builds the cross-communication and cooperation between human and technology needed to leverage AI, decision support, and machining to increase the effectiveness, efficiency, and lethality of the individual soldier

Hinson (R-IA) – Amendment No. 121 – Increases funding by $10,000,000 for RDT&E, Army (PE# 0603463A, Network C3I Advanced Technology) to support development and pre-production prototyping of a small form factor system that integrates Electronic Warfare (EW) and Assured Position, Navigation, and Timing (A-PNT) capabilities for Army ground vehicles. Offsets this increase by decreasing Operations & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $10,000,000

Hinson (R-IA) – Amendment No. 122 – Increases funding by $5,000,000 for RDT&E, Army (PE 0605625A, Manned Ground Vehicle) to support configuration and demonstration of an over-the-air software update capability for Army Ground Combat Systems. Offsets this increase by decreasing Operations & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $5,000,000

Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 125 – Increases and decreases Defense-Wide Manufacturing and Technology Program to support glass technology for semiconductor packaging

Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 126 – Increases and decreases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army (RDTE,A) for Advanced Combat Engine by $20,000,000 to expedite the development of an opposed piston powertrain to deliver enhanced mobility and performance for current and next-generation combat vehicles

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 143 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 for the maturation and integration of the the Fire Faster Integration program autoloading and collateral systems for the M109A7 PIM (Army RDTE, Line 210, 155mm Self-Propelled Howitzer Improvements, PE#0203743A). Included in H.R. 8774 (118th Congress)

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 144 – Increases and decreases Defense-wide RDT&E by $10,000,000 to support Industrialization of ALON and Spinel Transparent Ceramics (Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support, Line 214, PE#0607210D8Z)

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 145 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $8,100,000 to provide Unmanned Maritime Systems with hardware-agnostic software to enable drones to execute coordinated, all-domain, collaborative autonomy mission sets, including but not limited to search, track, deception, and swarm (Navy RDTE, Line 94, Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle, PE#0605512N)

Issa (R-CA) – Amendment No. 146 – Increases and decreases of Army RDT&E to provide US Army DEVCOM SSD ADD to purchase and train with LRPADS in PACOM theater (Army RDTE, Line 37, Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology, PE#0603118A)

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 167 – Increases and decreases RDTE-N funding by $9 million in to develop two Integrated Combat System (ICS) hardware prototypes that enable roll-out optimization and compatibility with Aegis Combat System (ACS) variants. Supports hardware commonality across combat systems to reduce lifecycle costs and improve training, logistics, and fleet-wide integration for Distributed Maritime Operations

Kim (R-CA) – Amendment No. 168 – Increases and decreases funding for Defense-wide Operation and Maintenance by $5 million to support additional resources and funding for the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency to expedite and increase the number of underwater and terrestrial survey and search operations, in partnership with relevant foreign governments and local officials, in support of Gold Star Families seeking answers for missing U.S. servicemembers and civilians

Mackenzie (R-PA) – Amendment No. 186 – Increases and decreases funding by $5,000,000 in the Account Defense-Wide RDT&E, PE 0603680S, Manufacturing Technology Program, Line 56 in the Defense Logistics Agency, to support the Defense Logistics Agency’s Battery Network Research and Development Program

McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 206 – Increases and decreases by $11 million Army RDTE, Line 39, to support Autonomous Vehicle Mobility

McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 207 – Increases and decreases by $4.5 million Army RDTE, Line 39, to support Improved Secondary Rotorcraft Turbine Lubrication System

McGovern (D-MA) – Amendment No. 208 – Increases and decreases by $9.7 million Army RDTE, Line 39, to support Micro-LED Soldier Systems Display Prototype

Meuser (R-PA) – Amendment No. 214 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E, Line 12 – PE 0602143A – Soldier Lethality Technology by $5 million to support testing and evaluating a design for a 6.8x51mm improved upper receiver which modernizes the existing M110 Squad Designated Marksman Rifle

Moore (R-AL) – Amendment No. 227 – Increases RDT&E, Defense-Wide, PE 0603680D8Z, Line 55, by $10 million for modernization of the Organic Industrial Base. Reduces RDT&E, Defense Wide by $10 million

Moore (R-NC) – Amendment No. 230 – Increases and decreases Defense Health Program RDT&E, PE 0603115DHA – Medical Technology Development funds by $4,000,000 for musculoskeletal regenerative medicine

Moore (D-WI) – Amendment No. 233 – Increases and decreases by $7 million the RDT&E, Army account for “Water Quality and Resiliency Technologies” in Line 38 (Ground Advanced Technology)

Nehls (R-TX) – Amendment No. 239 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E for Explosive Forensics Technology, Ground Technology by $3,900,000 to expedite the leveraging of Waveguide – Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (WERS) in drone-mounted Raman explosive and chemical threat detection

Panetta (D-CA) – Amendment No. 249 – Increases Army RDTE (Line 37, PE 0603118A Soldier Lethality) by $10,000,000 to support improvements to pilot situational awareness through Night Vision Laboratory. Reduces excess OCO balances in Operations and Maintenance, Army, by $10,000,000

Patronis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 253 – Increases and decreases the research, development, test and evaluation Army account to support additional funds for modernizing the Gray Eagle fleet

Peters (D-CA) – Amendment No. 254 – Increases and decreases funds by $6.1 million for research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy to support ruggedized artificial intelligence/machine learning High-Performance Compute architectures to meet computational and latency requirements for real-time sensor fusion in Navy platforms

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 256 – Increases and decreases funding for the Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation account in support of completing the delivery and deployment of Mobile Autonomous Robotic Swarms (MARS) that support lunar telecommunications and Space Situational Awareness (SSA)

Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 258 – Increases and decreases funding for the Department of the Navy – Environmental Programs by $5 million to support the restoration and maintenance of treaty-reserved Tribal shellfish beaches on Naval installations across the continental United States

Rouzer (R-NC) – Amendment No. 259 – Increases and decreases funding to support Tactical Mesh Network – Data Transport to address critical communication gaps in tactical operations and enable advanced testing and refinement of proven communication technologies which currently support bandwidth-intensive tools used by forward-deployed units and provide scalable, cost-effective communication capabilities at the tactical edge, consistent with Army modernization goals 

Rulli (R-OH) – Amendment No. 260 – Increases and decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $10,000,000 for “Piercing mill upgrades for titanium tubing” in Line 193, Weapons and Munitions Product Improvement Programs

Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 268 – Increases and decreases funding in the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army account by $10,000,000 for US Ferro Alloy Prototype Technology Initiative in Line 43, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology

Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 279 – Increases and decreases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Space Force, by $8,800,000 for “Cognitive Alternate Position, Navigation, and Timing (AltPNT)” in Line 36A, Commercial Services

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 297 – Increases and decreases funding for Navy RDT&E to support higher performance and safer lithium-ion batteries

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 298 – Increases and decreases funding for Space Force RDT&E to support expeditionary space domain awareness

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 307 – Increases and decreases funding for Air Force RDTE, Line 26, by $10 million to support Collaborative Secure Digital Transformation with the Air Force Digital Transformation Office

Van Duyne (R-TX) – Amendment No. 315 – Increases and decreases funding by $10M to RDTE,DW line 47, Defense Innovation Unit (HAC-D Line #47; FY26 PBR Line #51) for compute- and energy-efficient AI training and inferencing. The funding would support an AI algorithm that enables significant reductions in energy consumption and capital costs, while improving accuracy of large-scale AI models for national security use cases

En Bloc #4: ADOPTED BY VOICE

Amo (D-RI) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases by $10 million Navy RDTE, for the certification of attritable autonomous underwater vehicles. Decreases by $10 million Air Force RDTE to offset

Begich (R-AK) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases Operation & Maintenance budget by a total of $10 million to expand cybersecurity capabilities through the automation of the Department of Defense’s Cyber Operational Readiness Assessment (CORA) process, reducing compliance burdens for the Department’s installations

Begich (R-AK) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases Air Force Operations and Maintenance Cyberspace Sustainment, Air Force by $10.0 million. The increase provides funding for the Air Force’s pilot program, Cyber Operations for Base Resilient Architecture, on mission-relevant terrain, and allows for expansion throughout the Pacific Air Force and INDOPACOM

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 19 – Transfers funds to establish a research initiative to develop contested logistics solutions for multinational operations, particularly within NATO, AUKUS, and ABCANZ frameworks

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 23 – Transfers funds to support Army development and integration of a unified mission planning and operational platform for the Warfighting Machine Interface (WMI) to enhance manned-unmanned teaming and battlefield decision-making

Bilirakis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 27 – Increases Defense Wide Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, line 56 Manufacturing Technology for Replenished Part Modeling. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Defense Wide by same amount

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 33 – Provides $1 million to Operation and Maintenance, Navy to ensure the continuation of the Future Sailor Preparatory Course

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 34 – Provides $3 million in funding to the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide to combat future military training accidents and research ways to prevent them

Elfreth (D-MD) – Amendment No. 73 – Increases RDT&E, Army by $5.0 million and reduces Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $5.0 million. The increase provides for the Army’s accelerated retrofit of autonomous solutions on existing military ground vehicles

Elfreth (D-MD) – Amendment No. 74 – Provides $4 million to Army’s RDT&E account to provide Army tactical networks with enabling infrastructure to support operations in any environment, including operations where the electromagnetic spectrum is denied or degraded

Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 77 – Furthers previous federal funding through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and $2M through the FY20 Army Research Office SBIR awards demonstrated preclinical efficacy data for arterial bleeding, lung trauma (FDA Class III device) relative to QuickClot Combat Gauze. The $15,000,000 increase will enable the final phase of developing advanced hemostat products for military wound care and healing for military medical use

Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 78 – Transfers funds to enable reliable seabed warfare operations through intelligent Autonomous Systems. The Navy has an opportunity to leverage partnerships with industry and academic groups with expertise in autonomous systems, and utilize existing ocean test and evaluation infrastructure in the Gulf of America to further develop these tools for transition to the fleet

Ezell (R-MS) – Amendment No. 80 – Transfers funding for Center for the Study of the National Guard consistent with FY26 NDAA. The U.S. National Guard has a distinguished 300-year history of service in every major American conflict but remains the only major branch of the U.S. military without a dedicated archive and research facility

Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 83 – Increases Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army by $5.0 million and reduces Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $5.0 million to provide for the accelerated establishment of a flexible chemical production facility at Crane Army Ammunition Activity (CAAA)

Garbarino (R-NY) – Amendment No. 100 – Transfers $10 million for Military Alpine Recce System Environmental Clothing Systems SOCOM

Garbarino (R-NY) – Amendment No. 101 – Increases RDT&E Navy, PE 0602123N, Line 4 – Force Protection Applied Research by $5 million to address vulnerabilities posed by cyber threats, physical disruptions, and reliance on foreign-controlled energy supplies. Reduces Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance by $5 million

Harris (R-NC) – Amendment No. 118 – Increases Army Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $15 million, Line PE 0607136A, Blackhawk Product Improvement , for Blade Improvement Erosion Protection System Development. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Army by same amount

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 131 – Increases funding by $11.9 M to R,D,T&E Defense-wide for Intel Systems Development to fund Natural Language Command and Control of Uncrewed Systems for Special Operations Command, offset by a decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same amount to support Voice-Controlled autonomy to reduce uncrewed systems operator workload for special operations command

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 136 – Transfers $8 million in funds for the Pathfinder Airborne program to continue research, development and innovation activities to support the 82nd Airborne Corps and other Army soldiers incorporating soldier feedback into local teams for rapid innovation and high impact

Hurd (R-CO) – Amendment No. 142 – Increases Line 23, Warfighter Protection Advanced Technology (PE 0603729N) by $3,500,000 for Mental Health of Elite Performers Following Trauma: Accelerating Recovery through Combinatorial and Alternative Treatments

Johnson (R-SD) – Amendment No. 156 – Increases Navy RDT&E by $10,000,000 for development of common sensor platform for strategic and distributed autonomous cyber and electronic warfare

Keating (D-MA) – Amendment No. 160 – Increases funding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy to bolster existing research efforts in a number of key areas, focusing on sensing, communications, situational awareness and unmanned systems and autonomy

Kelly (R-PA) – Amendment No. 161 – Increases Defense Wide Research, Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, line Defense Wide Manufacturing Science and Technology, for Robotics and Automation Manufacturing. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Defense Wide, by same amount

Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 166 – Provides $4 million in FY2026 for the Navy to transition successful Uncrewed Surface Vehicle (USV) research into operational support through the Naval Oceanographic Office. Supports build-out of USV sensor suites and real-time encrypted data transmission to enhance naval oceanographic mission effectiveness

Langworthy (R-NY) – Amendment No. 172 – Transfers $7 million to the Navy, RDTE in FY 26 to close a gap and establish a trusted process for Photonic Integrated Circuit production

Mace (R-SC) – Amendment No. 182 – Increases Navy RDT&E account by $15 million, Line PE 0603563N Ship Concept Advanced Design for Large-Scale Maritime Superstructures. Decreases O&M Defense Wide by same amount

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 195 – Increases RDT&E Defense-wide, PE 0607210D8Z, Line 214 – Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support by $10,000,000 to support domestic scale-up of novel high-char polymer composites for hypersonics applications. Reduces Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance by $10 million

McDowell (R-NC) – Amendment No. 203 – Transfers $10 million from Defense-Wide O&M to the RDT&E, Army account to be used to purchase microgrid technology

McGuire (R-VA) – Amendment No. 211 – Increases Army RDT&E, Line 209, ‘Combat Vehicle Improvement Program’ by $6 million for funding for “scaling cost-saving lightweight metallurgical development” to re-shore titanium metal production to the U.S. and decreases Army O&M, Line 411, ‘Other Programs’ by $6 million

Mills (R-FL) – Amendment No. 223 – Transfers funding to support the large-scale manufacturing of next-generation ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) fiber that can be used to create durable and lightweight armor plating

Obernolte (R-CA) – Amendment No. 245 – Direct $1 million in Army RDTE funding for artificial intelligence powered limb restoration and exoskeleton enhancement research

Obernolte (R-CA) – Amendment No. 246 – Increases funding for RDT&E, Navy, Line 019, PE 0603640M, USMC Advanced Technology Demonstration (ATD) to provide for the development of hybrid-electric tactical vehicles with extended operational range and reduced logistics requirements, enhanced stealth through minimized acoustic and thermal signatures, and substantial exportable power for mission-critical systems including counter-UAS and electronic warfare

Obernolte (R-CA) – Amendment No. 247 – Increases RDT&E Navy by $5 million to support Advanced Bio-Integrated Prosthesis for Servicemembers through PE, 0604771N Line 151 – Medical Development. Reduces O&M Defense-Wide by $5 million

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 286 – Transfers $5,000,000 from Defense-Wide O&M to the Air Force RDT&E, PE 0602788F, Line 14, Dominant Information Sciences and Methods, for Passive C-sUAS Target Detection and Characterization

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 288 – Transfers $5M from Defense-wide O&M to Army RDTE, PE 0603118A, Line 37, Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology for Modular, Multi-Mission, Med-Lift UAS

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 306 – Transfers $10 million for process improvements for small arms munitions manufacturing

Van Orden (R-WI) – Amendment No. 318 – Increases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $11,200,000 to support domestic development of a cold weather layering system. Reduces Army RDT&E by $11,200,000 to offset the increase

Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 325 – Decreases Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance by $6,000,000 and Increases Navy RDT&E by $6,000,000 for Unmanned Logistics for the United States Marine Corps

Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 326 – Decreases Defense-wide O&M by $8,000,000 and Increases Defense-wide RDT&E by $8,000,000 to develop a Regional Cybersecurity Clinic that provides trustworthy and cost-effective cybersecurity tools, education, and awareness to small businesses; also provides a Small Business Cybersecurity Incubator that enables collaboration amongst small businesses, researchers, and industry experts, provides state-of-the-art facilities, conducts workshops and training programs, and connects small businesses to potential investors and funding sources

Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 327 – Decreases Defense-wide O&M by $7,000,000 and Increases Defense-wide RDT&E by $7,000,000 to deliver a high-temperature material manufacturing test bed that uses simulations, artificial intelligence, and machine learning (AI/ML), and automation combined with advanced sensors to enable rapid experimentation and development of new materials and production process

En Bloc #5 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Babin (R-TX) – Amendment No. 6 – Decreases the Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide account by $10 million and increases RDT&E, Air Force by the same amount for the purposes of increasing the pace of development of a cost-effective rocket based combined cycle hypersonic engine prototype to benefit multiple weapons programs

Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 10 – Increases Air Force Operations & Maintenance by $4.8 million to support purchase of commercial RO weather data for U.S. Air Force weather forecasting

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 29 – Redirects $2 million from other wasteful spending in the bill to increase funding for Counter Narcotics Support to enhance DOD’s role in countering the flow of illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost to the fentanyl crisis in America, including thousands in Colorado 

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 32 – Transfers $8 million to the Defense-Wide Procurement account for Warrior Systems for SOCOM Command Light SATCOM, providing formations with access to resilient military and commercial satellite connectivity while on-the-move

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 36 – Provides $2 million in funding to the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide to support research into technologies aimed at how to preventing future friendly fire incidents

Buchanan (R-FL) – Amendment No. 37 – Provides $1 million in funding to the Defense Health Program to support research into effective strategies for reducing obesity among service members, with the goals of improving military readiness and capability

Carter (R-GA) – Amendment No. 42 – Increases and decreases funding by $4,500,000 for the Quantum-safe, Encrypted VoIP/PTT in Denied Environments through a corresponding offset in Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, Defense Logistics Agency (DLA)

Carter (D-LA) – Amendment No. 45 – Transfers funds to develop a pilot program to deploy autonomous hydrographic survey systems, retrofit current vessels with autonomous systems, and integrate outputs into current NAVO systems

DesJarlais (R-TN) – Amendment No. 64 – To increase by $7,000,000 for hypersonic supply chain management. Decrease by $7,000,000 (Operations and Maintenance, Defense Wide)

Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 82 – Increases by $7.0 million the Medical Technology Development program in Defense Health Program, Defense-Wide and decreases Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $7.0 million to provide for the development of Ionizing Radiation Therapy

Fong (R-CA) – Amendment No. 95 – Increases funding by $4,000,000 for Operations and Maintenance Navy (page 8, line 15) for the Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office (OMN, Line 530, 4B3N, Acquisition, Logistics, and Oversight) and decreases the Operations and Maintenance Defense-Wide (page 9, line 19) by $4,000,000. With the Naval Air Warfare Rapid Capabilities Office authorized in P.L. 118-31 and funded in P.L. 118-47, this amendment helps ensure continuity and advances this organization’s important work

Fry (R-SC) – Amendment No. 98 – Increases and decreases $5,000,000 in funding for Army Aircraft Procurement for Powered Ascenders for Army aviation readiness

Garbarino (R-NY) – Amendment No. 99 – Increases RDT&E Air Force, PE 0604317F, Line 51 – Technology Transfer by $6,500,000 to support development and transition of nanofiber wound care technology to production readiness. This funding will support final R&D to optimize product performance for key military applications, including combat wounds and burn care, and prolonged field care; and completion of product design and engineering for full-scale manufacturing. Reduces Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance by $6,500,000

Hageman (R-WY) – Amendment No. 117 – Transfers $10 million from the Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance account to the Defense-wide Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation account for machine learning threat detection demonstration activities under the Defense Technical Information Center

Houlahan (D-PA) – Amendment No. 129 – Increases funding for Space Force, Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E), [Line 77, PE 1208248SF], by $10,000,000, offset by a $10,000,000 reduction to Defense-Wide, Operations and Maintenance (O&M). This request for “SDA for Battlespace Intelligence” would enable the Space Force to integrate commercially available, mature (TRL-9) enterprise SDA fusion software capabilities for the National Space Defense Center

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 132 – Increases funding by $8,000,000 to R,D,T&E Army for Radios-as-a-Service Initiative, offset by a decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same amount. The Army can use radios-as-a-service to find cost-effective, efficient, and modernized tactical radio solutions to address current operational demands and challenges. This pilot program permits the Army to pursue an approach that is an alternative to the hardware-centric acquisition approach that required regular modernization and upgrades by the Army

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 135 – Increases funding by $10,600,000 to R,D,T&E Army for tactical radio systems, offset by a decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same amount for The Watchtower Expansion Initiative, specific to SOCOM, to enhance cybersecurity, expand cross-platform capabilities, and streamline tactical operations for warfighters, border security personnel, and homeland defense forces. Specifically, it strengthens special operations cybersecurity resilience by integrating Watchtower’s real-time security and communications management into SOCOM operations, reduces costs and dependencies, improves joint and allied force interoperability, advances digital transformation and supports multi-domain operations and integration

Hurd (R-CO) – Amendment No. 141 – Increases funding for General Purpose Bombs by $3,500,000 for the purchase of BSU-33 fins

Jack (R-GA) – Amendment No. 147 – Reduce $5M from Operation and Maintenance and add to Defense Health Program for administrative and technical costs establishing cancer-related out-of-pocket expense coverage for U.S. service personnel and dependents

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 150 – Increases funding by $10 million for the Army’s Directed Energy Strategy, as executed by the Rapid Capability and Critical Technologies Office (RCCTO). This project supports an unfunded FY26 requirement to develop next generation High Energy Laser (HEL) weapon systems with consideration for cost and performance

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 152 – Increases Navy Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $15 million, line 4 Force Protection Applied Research for Extreme Environment Metallic Alloys. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Navy by same amount

LaHood (R-IL) – Amendment No. 171 – Transfers $4.8 million in funding from the Defense-Wide Operation and Maintenance account to the Army’s Research, Development, Test and Evaluation account for Drone Netting Enclosure System for Counter UAS Testing, to advance counter-UAS defeat mechanisms, technologies, and tactics

Loudermilk (R-GA) – Amendment No. 179 – Increases RDT&E/Defense-Wide/U.S. Special Operations Command/Line 32/PE# 1160401 BB/SOF Technology Development by $3 million to research Real-Time Resilience Optimization for Military Readiness wearable technology for improved recognition of stress markers and suicidal ideation precursors of US servicemembers. Reduces Operations & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $3 million

McClellan (D-VA) – Amendment No. 194 – Increases Navy Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, line Ship Concept Advanced for Hybrid Robotic Automation Manufacturing. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Navy by same amount

McGuire (R-VA) – Amendment No. 209 – Increases Navy RDT&E by $5 million, Line 179 “ISR & Info Operations”; PE: 0304785N for Space Based RF Signal Detection and AIS Integration to allow the Navy to detect, track, and respond to maritime threats worldwide by integrating intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities across multiple domains

McGuire (R-VA) – Amendment No. 210 – Increases RDT&E Army by $5 million PE# 44 0603463A for replacing RF cabling and retrofitting the current deployed and certified UAS with RF over Fiber to directly support Army mission objectives by improving ISR and communication fidelity, reducing operational constraints, and increasing mission effectiveness in both contested and denied environments. Decreases Defense Wide RDT&E by the same amount

Messmer (R-IN) – Amendment No. 212 – Increases Operations & Maintenance, Navy by $7.0 million and reduces Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $7.0 million. The increase enables the continuation and accelerated expansion of the Marine Corps’ Nucleated Foam Engine Restoration Program across its Marine Aircraft Wing fleets

Miller (R-OH) – Amendment No. 218 – Provides $7 million to Air Force Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation to pursue a three-pronged research effort on counter autonomy, responsible human-machine teaming, and ethical AI to meet the evolving needs of tomorrow’s military. These funds will enable the development and demonstration of emerging technologies in an operational environment to determine and evaluate the competitive advantage against our adversaries and how technology is integrated into the future fight

Moore (R-AL) – Amendment No. 228 – Increases Aircraft Procurement, Army, 0023A01001, MQ-1 Payload, Line #12, by $5.7 million for Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) procurement of expeditionary ground control stations. Reduces O&M, Defense Wide by $5.7 million

Moore (R-UT) – Amendment No. 232 – Decreases the O&M, Defense Wide account by $5 million and increases RDT&E, Defense Wide by the same amount to support data-driven F-16 supply chain management tools, which will reduce aircraft downtime, strengthen operational readiness, and increase overall fleet availability

Mullin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 236 – Increases Army Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $10 million, Line PE 0603804A, for Tactical Microgrid Control Node. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Defense Wide by same amount

Mullin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 237 – Increases research, development, test and evaluation for the Defense Health Program by $10 million for the Brain Injury and Disease Prevention, Treatment and Research program to develop treatments to prevent/treat chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) and offsets by decreasing the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10 million

Mullin (D-CA) – Amendment No. 238 – Increases funding for Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $6 million for the development, integration, and testing of U.S.-made wireless power transmission systems that enable in-flight recharging of drones and remote powering of unattended ground sensors. Offsets by decreasing the Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $6 million

Patronis (R-FL) – Amendment No. 252 – Transfers funds to support the development of a modular temporary shade structure and a temporary relocatable Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear operations center

Sessions (R-TX) – Amendment No. 267 – Provides $7.5 million to the Defense-Wide RDT&E account for Trusted and Assured Microelectronics to initiate a Phase 1 proof-of-concept demonstration of an embedded on-chip physical security marker. Offsets funding by reducing $7.5 million from the Army RDT&E account for University and Industry Research Centers

Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 282 – Increases Air Force RDT&E by $2.5 million for the acquisition of next-generation artificially intelligent campaign-level simulation for operational research and analysis in Line 288 – Air Force Studies and Analysis Agency

 Thompson (R-PA) – Amendment No. 291 – Increases Army Procurement of Weapons and Tracked Combat Vehicles, PE 6652GM1900, Line 15- Vehicle Protection Systems by $10 million to support Signature Paint Management. Decreases Operations and Maintenance Army by the same amount

Thompson (R-PA) – Amendment No. 292 – Increases RDT&E Army, PE 0602787A, Line 26- Medical Technology by $5,000,000 for Optimization of Warfighters’ Musculoskeletal Health and Military Readiness by Leveraging Human Digital Twin Technology. Reduces Defense-Wide O&M by the same amount

Timmons (R-SC) – Amendment No. 295 – Increases RDTE, Army by $3.3 million for the Geosynthetics Reinforced Performance pavement test. Reduces funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $3.3 million

Timmons (R-SC) – Amendment No. 296 – Increases RDTE, Army by $6 million for the Winter Tire Development. Reduces funding for Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $6 million

Trahan (D-MA) – Amendment No. 305 – Increases Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Army by $5.0 million to provide for the Army’s operational evaluation of tactical throwable camera systems

Van Drew (R-NJ) – Amendment No. 314 – Increases funding by $9.9 M to R,D,T&E, Army for Tactical Electronic Surveillance System – Adv Dev to fund “System of Systems for Asset Optimization and Management of Uncrewed Systems” offset by a decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same amount

En Bloc #6 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 7 – Increases Air Force RDTE by $4,500,000 for the National Strategic Research Institute, USSTRATCOM’s University Affiliated Research Center, supporting strategic deterrence, nuclear command and control, and joint electromagnetic spectrum operations

Bacon (R-NE) – Amendment No. 8 – Increases Air Force Aircraft Procurement by $5,000,000 to improve data relay capabilities for the RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft

Bean (R-FL) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases Navy RDT&E, PE 060356N, Line 43 – Advanced Submarine System Development – by $9,400,000 to support bow conformal array manufacturing optimization

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 21 – Transfers funds to support the development and testing of an airgun-based hypersonic launch system by the Air Force Research Laboratory to enable cost-effective, high-frequency hypersonic testing. Builds on prior SBIR and TACFI investments by expanding the capability for larger-scale free-flight demonstrations

Biggs (R-SC) – Amendment No. 25 – Increases Army RDTE by $6 million for Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology – Airless Tire Demonstration for the Infantry Squad Vehicle. Reduces funding for Defense-Wide Operations and Maintenance by same amount

Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 28 – Redirects $2 to increase funding for the National Guard Counterdrug Program to train and equip our servicemembers to transnational criminal organizations and prevent the flow of illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids into our communities. Hundreds of thousands of lives have been lost to the fentanyl crisis in America, including thousands in Colorado

Burchett (R-TN) – Amendment No. 38 – Clarifies Sec. 8170 by removing “on President Trump’s 79th birthday” and inserting “for the Army’s 250th birthday”

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 39 – Increases funding by $8,000,000 for Software-Enabled Weapon Systems- Conventional Munitions

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 40 – Increases funding by $10,000,000 for multidisciplinary research, development, test & evaluation (RDT&E) focused on security and assurance for 3D Heterogeneously Integrated (3DHI) microsystems

Cammack (R-FL) – Amendment No. 41 – Increases funding by $4,000,000 for Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) 711th Human Performance Wing and Materials and Manufacturing Directorate research and development of wearable technologies and nanostructured / biological materials to protect and enhance performance of Airmen and Guardians

Downing (R-MT) – Amendment No. 72 – Increases funding for Defense-wide RDT&E, Program Element 0607210D8Z, line item 214, Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support, by $10 million for pre-feasibility support for critical mineral extraction, including resource expansion drilling, engineering, economic and metallurgical studies, for platinum, palladium, nickel, copper, cobalt, and other critical minerals. These funds are offset from Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance

Escobar (D-TX) – Amendment No. 75 – Increases Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army appropriations, specifically for the Ground Advanced Technology line by $6 million, to further develop and test the use of locally available materials in print mixes for additive construction projects

Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 84 – Increases by $10 million RDT&E, Defense-Wide, Industrial Base and Sustainment and decreases Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $10 million to provide for Ablative Material Sustainment

Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 86 – Increases Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Defense Health Agency by $10.0 million and reduces Operation & Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $10.0 million to provide for the accelerated development and deployment of freeze-dried hemostatic platelets to mitigate shortages that threaten warfighter readiness and national security

Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 89 – Increases RDT&E, Army by $10 million for Non-Destructive Testing and Advanced Manufacturing of Missiles and Hypersonics (Line 230, End Item Industrial Preparedness Activities). Offset by a reduction to O&M, Defense-Wide

Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 90 – Increases RDT&E, Air Force by $10 million for Next-gen Integrated Vehicle Power Generation (Line 59, Operational Energy & Installation Resilience). Offset by a reduction to O&M, Defense-Wide

Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 92 – Increases RDT&E, Army by $6 million for Artificial Intelligence Enabled Power Electronics (Line 43, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology). Offset by a reduction to O&M, Defense-Wide

Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 93 – Increases RDT&E, Air Force by $6 million for Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation (BESPIN) Authentication Platform (Line 126, Cyber Network and Business Systems). Offset by a reduction to O&M, Defense-Wide

Gonzales (R-TX) – Amendment No. 104 – Transfers funds to support the development and testing of vertically integrated scramjet supply chains to enable cost-effective, high-frequency hypersonic testing and help restore U.S. leadership in scramjet technology

Gottheimer (NJ) – Amendment No. 107 – Increases funding by $5,000,000 to Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide to increase funding for the U.S.-Israel 

Houchin (R-IN) – Amendment No. 124 – Increases and decreases Defense Wide RDT&E funding by $7.5 million to support existing AFSOC airframes, including the C-130J, with autonomous flight controls that will provide SOCOM with additional capability

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 137 – Increases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army (RDTE,A) by $5 million Multifunctional Ballistic Battery, which supports testing and development of a consolidated Conformal Wearable Battery and Anti-Ballistic personnel armor plate. (Army RDT&E, PE 011 0602144A, Line 11, Ground Technology). Offset by a $5 million reduction in Army RDT&E. This will accelerate advanced battery manufacturing to reduce dependence on foreign entities and develop a battery cell product for weapons systems

Jackson (R-TX) – Amendment No. 149 – Increase the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide account by $10,000,000 to be used for joint United States/Israel anti-tunneling programs and efforts. This amendment is offset by decreasing the Operations and Maintenance, Defense-Wide account by $10,000,000

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 154 – Increases Line 37, Soldier Lethality Technology (PE 0603118A) by $5,000,000 to develop Modular, Attritable, Small Autonomous Robotic Systems and enhance the collaborative capabilities of attritable swarms for autonomous ground vehicles

Joyce (R-PA) – Amendment No. 157 – Reduces Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide by $4 million. Increase Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army Line 26, Medical Technology PE 0602787A by $4 million

Mace (R-SC) – Amendment No. 183 – Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act from being used to decommission any vessel that is part of the Army Prepositioned Stocks-Afloat (APS-3)

McClain (R-MI) – Amendment No. 193 – Increases Defense-Wide RDT&E by $3 million for sterilization and engraving capabilities that use laser technology to put serial number on a variety of military and products

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 196 – Increases RDT&E Army by $7 million to support domestic development of ultra-high-efficiency radio frequency (RF) microelectronics such as Gallium Nitride-based solid-state power amplifiers through PE 0603463A, Line 44 – Network C3I Advanced Technology. Reduces O&M Army by $7 million

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 201 – Increases RDT&E Air Force by $15 million to support predictive maintenance activities that leverage AI to increase operational readiness for fixed-wing aircraft through the Condition-Based Maintenance Plus (CBM+) program under PE 0708051F, Line 77 – Rapid Sustainment Modernization (RSM). Reduces O&M Defense-Wide by $15 million

Miller (R-OH) – Amendment No. 216 – Increases Air Force RDT&E budget for Aerospace Propulsion research $6,000,000 and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide by $6,000,000 to address challenges for electrical circuit protection in tactical aircraft by demonstrating that “software defined” protection hardware can dynamically “learn” and adapt to different configurations of power distribution. Aircraft power protection is critical as aircraft have multiple electric motors, batteries (or fuel cells), numerous power conversion devices, circuit breakers and fuses

Miller (R-OH) – Amendment No. 217 – Increases Army RDT&E by $6,000,000 and reduces Operations and Maintenance, Defense-wide by $6,000,000 to support the Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology program’s vehicle centric microgrid project to develop and demonstrate sensing and control strategies to optimize export power capability and availability. These power networks are both on- and off-board vehicles, where power is distributed to microgrids, weapons, communications, traction and other systems

Miller-Meeks (R-IA) – Amendment No. 220 – Prohibits funds from being used to close the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, Fort Sill National Historic Landmark and Museum, or the U.S. Army Transportation Museum

Miller-Meeks (R-IA) – Amendment No. 222 – Transfers funding to address an important Department of Defense need to develop advanced air-to-air refueling systems that improve pilot safety, increase mission effectiveness and substantially reduce fuel usage. This technology supports the goals of the NAVAIR Precision Strike Weapons Program Office (PMA-201) and the USAF Next-Generation Aerial Refueling System (NGAS) program

Moore (R-NC) – Amendment No. 229 – Increases Army RDT&E, PE #0603827A, Soldier Systems – Advanced Development by $5,000,000 to expand production capacity of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) used in the most technically advanced armor solutions used by the U.S. warfighter. Reduces the Defense-wide Operations and Maintenance by $5,000,000

Nunn (R-IA) – Amendment No. 244 – MAPS Gen II will also provide critical APNT and M-Code for Patriot battalions. An additional $10M will procure 200 systems to equip the 2 PATRIOT BNs of the 52nd ADA Brigade forward stationed in EUCOM where enemy NAVWAR is active since the beginning of the Ukraine war. Without the MAPS Gen II Patriot will not be able to effectively engage air and missile threats and leave our most critical assets in EUCOM undefended

Sessions (R-TX) – Amendment No. 266 – Increases funding by $5,000,000 to RDT&E, Army for Spectrum Sharing and Management with Adaptable and Reconfigurable Technology. Offsets the increase with a $5,000,000 decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide

Stefanik (R-NY) – Amendment No. 271 – Increases Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army by $18,000,000 to advance the development of high-altitude precision effects glide munitions

Subramanyam (D-VA) – Amendment No. 281 – Increases Army RDT&E by $4 million to support the Army Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities (TENCAP) program under Line 58: Tactical Electronic Surveillance System – Adv Dev. Offset from Defense-Wide O&M

Van Duyne (R-TX) – Amendment No. 316 – Transfers funding for Three Dimensional & Extended Reality Instructions for Shipyard Maintenance

Veasey (D-TX) – Amendment No. 322 – Increases Army Aircraft Procurement by $7.7 million for final limited user testing and integration of a lightweight a Cockpit Voice and Data Recorder (CVFDR) and a Health and Usage Monitoring System (HUMS), both of which are standard equipment on all other Army helicopters. Decreases by $7.7M Procurement, Defense-Wide

Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) – Amendment No. 324 – Increases RDTE, Defense-Wide, by $10 million within Manufacturing Technology Program for Rapid Additive Manufacturing Critical Hardware. Decreases O&M, Defense-Wide by $10 million

Yakym (R-IN) – Amendment No. 330 – Transfers $10 million from Defense Wide O&M to the DIU for research, development, and deployment of internet of bodies for covert wireless soldier communication

En bloc #7 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Amo (D-RI) – Amendment No. 3 – Increases and decreases by $10 million Army RDTE, for Next Generation Fuel Cell Upgrades for Army helicopters

Balderson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 11 – Transfers funding to be used by the Navy for continued research into solid-state circuit breaker technology to support the development of future naval power systems that require high-performance electrical protection for advanced weapons and sensors. R&D into this technology is critical for replacing outdated mechanical breakers and enabling safe, reliable operation of medium- and low-voltage DC systems in next-generation platforms

Bergman (R-MI) – Amendment No. 22 – Transfers funding to direct the Air Force to support the development of a Mobile Optical Air Mobility System through AFWERX Prime

Carter (D-LA) – Amendment No. 46 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense Wide, by $10,000,000 for “Domestically Produced Lithium and Electrolyte for Defense Applications” in Line 56, Manufacturing Technology Program. Offset is within the account

Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 59 – Increases and decreases Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army by $10,000,000 to conduct Technology Development for Ground-to-ground Vehicle Aided Target Recognition. (Army RDT&E, Line 043, PE 0603462A)

Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 60 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E to fund machine learning programs and optimize the efficient delivery of advanced breakthrough technologies

DesJarlais (R-TN) – Amendment No. 65 – Transfers $8,000,000 million in funds for the Pathfinder Air-Assault program to continue research, development and innovation activities to support soldiers

Dingell (D-MI) – Amendment No. 68 – Increases and decreased by $10 million RDT&E, Army account to expand R&D in modeling and simulation and digital engineering for Army ground vehicles to improve lethality, warfighter protection, and technological edge

Dingell (D-MI) – Amendment No. 69 – Increases and decreases funds by $15 million for the RDT&E, Navy account to support research, development, and education in the areas of advanced materials development and advanced manufacturing relevant to U.S. Navy ships and submarines

Evans (R-CO) – Amendment No. 76 – Increases and decreases Space Force RDT&E by $25,000,000 for the intent it be used for the Air Force Research Laboratory Oracle Prime cislunar space situational awareness, object detection, and tracking demonstration program (Space Force RDT&E, Line 5, PE 1206616SF, Space Advanced Technology Development/Demo)

Finstad (R-MN) – Amendment No. 85 – Increases and decreases O&M, Navy by $5.0 million and increases and decreases O&M, Air Force by $5.0 million to provide for Harmful Behaviors Software Implementation

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 133 – Increases funding by $4.8 million to RDT&E, Army for the Construction Scale 3D Printing project under PE 1160408BB / Line 283 / Operational Enhancements, offset by a decrease to Operation and Maintenance, Defense-wide by the same amount to support military readiness, defense innovation, and advanced manufacturing and 3D scale printing for faster, more cost effective and resilient infrastructure solutions for bases and military environments

Hudson (R-NC) – Amendment No. 134 – Increases funding by $5M to Procurement, Army Other Procurement for Modular Networked Command Post Kits, offset by a decrease to O&M Defense-Wide by the same amount. The U.S. Army requires modular command post kits that can easily establish and manage network communications, bridge networks across Services and international security partners and offer onsite compute and store capacity to allow for command and control in disconnected on-the-move environments

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 151 – Increases Line 218, Combat Vehicle Improvement Program, by $5,000,000 to continue development of Wireless Intercommunication for Army Ground Combat Vehicles through the Dismounted Soldier Communication System

James (R-MI) – Amendment No. 153 – Increases and decreases Army Research Development Test and Evaluation account by $12 million for the Ground Vehicle Enterprise Lifecycle System Integration Laboratories (GV-ELSIL) Capability

Joyce (R-PA) – Amendment No. 158 – Increases Navy Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation account Line 4 Force Protection Applied Research PE 0602123N by $10 million for Laser Powder Bed Fusion Research. Reduces Operations and Maintenance Navy, by $10 million

Krishnamoorthi (D-IL) – Amendment No. 169 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Army, by $10,000,000 for “Automated Pilot for Small Tactical Universal Battery (STUB).” Offset is within the account

Luttrell (R-TX) – Amendment No. 181 – Increases and decreases funds to fund Phase 1 and 2 of clinical trials for a groundbreaking, non-hallucinogenic PTSD treatment developed specifically for military use. Funding will be matched through AF STRATFI program

Mackenzie (R-PA) – Amendment No. 184 – Increases and decreases funding by $16,000,000 in the COLUMBIA Shipbuilding and Conversion Navy (SCN) Advanced Procurement Account to support the Heavy Forging Capacity Improvement Project

Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 189 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $13,300,100 to advance ocean and coastal security through advanced ocean security research with innovative methods and technologies (Applied Research – PE 0602144A / Ground Technology)

Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 190 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $3,000,000 to support scientific research on developing lightweight polymer materials and structures that can maintain their superior mechanical and structural performance over long seawater exposure without strength degradation for maritime deployments

Magaziner (D-RI) – Amendment No. 191 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $10 million to support the development of a submarine extended length TB-29C towed array underwater acoustic sensor towed behind a vessel to improve detection ranges and localization

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 198 – Increases and decreases RDT&E Army, PE 0603118A, Line 37 – Soldier Lethality Advanced Technology by $7 million to support testing and evaluation of Visual Simulation Systems that train pilots and aircrews to recognize and survive the onset of spatial disorientation due to unplanned degraded visual environments

McCormick (R-GA) – Amendment No. 200 – Increases RDT&E Army by $8 million to support dual-use autonomous and collaborative reconnaissance testing that leverages unmanned ground vehicles through PE 0603462A, Line 43 – Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology. Reduces O&M Army by $8 million

McDowell (R-NC) – Amendment No. 202 – Increases and decreases funds to provide for a research and development program to develop quadruped unmanned ground vehicles within Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army

Moulton (D-MA) – Amendment No. 234 – Increases and decreases funding for Marine Corps Procurement, Line 26, by $17 million to procure additional small unmanned air systems (intel)

Moulton (D-MA) – Amendment No. 235 – Increases and decreases classified funding by $25 million to support Small Batch. The Small Batch system provides a solution to space systems that require specific sensor confirmation, inspection and resultant deployment of non-attributable systems

Nehls (R-TX) – Amendment No. 240 – Increases and decreases Navy Other Procurement, Ordnance Support Equipment, EOD Equipment by $13,900,000 for a one-for-one replacement of existing systems on Navy ships that provide inadequate detection of explosives, chemical and emerging synthetic threats

Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 255 – Increases and decreases funding within Army Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation to conduct complex combinatorial search analyses to assess the risk of simultaneous attacks across microgrids, installations, and other critical energy infrastructure

Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 257 – Increases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $10,000,000 for “Steel Performance Initiative” in Line 63, Manufacturing Technology Program. Decreases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-wide by $10,000,000

Scholten (D-MI) – Amendment No. 261 – Increases and deceases funding in Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Defense-Wide by $10,000,000 for “U.S. Navy Propeller Foundry Capability and Capacity Expansion” in Line 214 (Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support)

Soto (D-FL) – Amendment No. 269 – Decreases and then increases RDT&E, Defense Wide, PE 0607210D8Z, Line 214 – Industrial Base Analysis and Sustainment Support by $24.1 million to expand domestic semiconductor Fan-Out Wafer-Level Packaging capabilities

Stanton (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 270 – Increases and decreases funding for Air Force RDT&E, Line 40, by $10 million to support development of needled thermoplastic composite textiles

Steil (R-WI) – Amendment No. 274 – Increases and decreases funding for Research, Development, Test and Evaluation, Navy, by $7.5 million for the continued research of conductive pigments and coatings in batteries within the Warfighter Sustainment Applied Research program

Stevens (D-MI) – Amendment No. 278 – Increases of $10 million to accelerate the procurement of portable water storage and distribution systems for the Army to replace aging legacy equipment

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 290 – Transfers $14,200,000 from Defense-Wide O&M to Aircraft Procurement, Army, Utility Helicopter Mods, Line 17, for UH-60 tail rotor drive shaft improvements

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 299 – Increases and decreases funding for Space Force RDT&E to support digital engineering and hardware for space domain awareness

Titus (D-NV) – Amendment No. 300 – Increases and decreases funding for Army RDT&E to support ground and air robotics lightweight hydrogen fuel cell

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 308 – Transfers $4.5 million to Army RDTE to accelerate the integration of a new combat ground vehicle fuel tank. Reduce Defense Wide O&M by $4.5 million

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 309 – Increases and decreases funding for Air Force RDTE, Line 26, by $7 million to support Secure Domestic Battery Manufacturing for Defense and National Security effort to accelerate development and manufacturing of advanced, higher performance battery cells utilizing domestic materials for small UAS and directed energy weapon systems

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 310 – Increases and decreases funds by $12 million for Navy RDTE Line 183 Major T&E Investment. Funds to be used to integrate collaborative combat aircraft pilot vehicle interface tablets into the Joint Simulation Environment

Turner (R-OH) – Amendment No. 311 – Increases Navy RDTE $7,000,000 and Decreases Defense Wide O&M by $7,000.000 for Navy Strategic Systems Supply Chain Management

Van Orden (R-WI) – Amendment No. 317 – Increases and decreases Navy RDT&E by $5 million to modify a low-cost, portable autonomous underwater vehicle for military use. Supports payload integration, swarm communication capabilities, and scaling for undersea warfare missions

Van Orden (R-WI) – Amendment No. 320 – Increases funding by $10 million to deploy micro-sized aquatic drones (dual USV/UUV) for automated surf zone and littoral hydrographic surveys. Enhances operational efficiency, reduces risk to personnel, and improves the accuracy of environmental data

Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 328 – Decreases Defense-wide O&M by $5,000,000 and increases Army RDT&E by $5,000,000 to strengthen the American high-performance glass fiber industry by increasing investment to develop next-generation glasses capable of supporting emerging technologies groups, such as ballistic protection, hypersonics, and advanced computing. Supports the development of a high-performance Melter capable of producing refined homogenous glass fiber products for future defense applications

Wilson (R-SC) – Amendment No. 329 – Increases and decreases Army RDT&E by $10,000,000 to fund continued development, deployment, and operationalization of the Behavioral Analytics for Security and Threat Intelligence in Operational Networks (BASTION) initiative

Standalone Amendments

NOT OFFERED, Castor (D-FL) – Amendment No. 48 – Increases and decreases funding for Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide, to emphasize the importance of Installation Resilience and Adaptation programs, including the Office of Local Defense Community Cooperation (OLDCC) Installation Readiness Program and the Readiness and Environmental Protection Integration (REPI) Program

NOT OFFERED, Cisneros (D-CA) – Amendment No. 49 – Increases and decreases funding for Revolving and Management Funds, Defense Working Capital Funds by about $20.7 million to support additional funds to the Defense Commissary Agency (DeCA), in accordance with DeCA’s FY26 budget estimate

Davidson (R-OH) – Amendment No. 57 – Strikes the provision barring the Navy from decommissioning Littoral Combat Ships – AMENDMENT REJECTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED, Davis (D-NC) – Amendment No. 58 – Increases and decreases AF O&M to establish an automated maintenance supply dashboard program, thereby moving to integrate AI into supply chain logistics

NOT OFFERED, Fitzgerald (R-WI) – Amendment No. 91 – Increases RDT&E, Air Force by $10 million for Wearable Edge Computing Technology (Line 26, Human Effectiveness Advanced Technology Development). Offset by a reduction to O&M, Defense-Wide

Gosar (AZ) – Amendment No. 106 – Prohibits funds for BioMADE, a bioindustrial manufacturer that produces lab-grown meat for military bases – AMENDMENT REJECTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED, Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 110 – Reduces funding for “overseas humanitarian, disaster, and civic aid” to be in line with the President’s budget request. Transfers excess to spending reduction account

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 111 – Strikes funding to Overseas Humanitarian, Disaster, and Civic Aid programs of the Department of Defense – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 112 – Strikes funding for the Taiwan Security Cooperation Initiative – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 113 – Strikes funding for HIV prevention educational activities in foreign countries – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 114 – Strikes funding for the Israeli Cooperative Programs – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 115 – Strikes funding to support the armed forces of Jordan – VOTE REQUESTED

Greene (R-GA) – Amendment No. 116 – Prohibits funds from being used for assistance to Ukraine – VOTE REQUESTED

Joyce (R-PA) – Amendment No. 159 – Increases the amount for Heavy Dump Truck, 20T (CCE), Other Procurement, Army Budget Activity 1, Line 7, by $30 million. Decrease the amount for development of the Future Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System, Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Army, Line 75, by $30 million – ADOPTED BY VOICE

Miller-Meeks (R-IA) – Amendment No. 221 – Prohibits funds from being used to reduce the workforce at any active United States Army arsenal – AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN

NOT OFFERED, Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 248 – Prohibits funds to remove companies from the 1260H list of Chinese military companies

Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 277 – Prohibits all assistance to the Lebanese Armed Forces – VOTE REQUESTED

Tenney (R-NY) – Amendment No. 287 – Increases and Decreases Air Force, RDTE to provide $71M for PE 0401132F, Line 259, C-130J Program, to provide $70M in NRE for the LC-130J aircraft – AMENDMENT WITHDRAWN

Tiffany (R-WI) – Amendment No. 293 – Prohibits 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 – ADOPTED BY VOICE

NOT OFFERED, Tlaib (D-MI) – Amendment No. 303 – Strikes the provision blocking funds for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency