H.R. 8469 – Making appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes
Green indicates amendments en bloc. Black indicates standalone amendments.
En bloc receives up to 20 minutes of debate. Standalone amendments receive up to 10 minutes of debate
En Bloc #1 – OFFERED BY REP. CARTER (R-TX) – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Alford (R-MO) – Amendment No. 1 – Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for readjustment and rehabilitation benefits to or on behalf of veterans and to emphasize the importance of creating a pilot program under The Survivors’ and Dependents’ Educational Assistance (DEA) program to such educational assistance to no less than 1,000 students who are a dependent of a veteran and prepare them to be successful in college or some other post-high school educational program
Bean (R-FL) – Amendment No. 2 – Increases and decreases funding by $5 million to expand the use of data analytics and program integrity tools used to detect improper payments, duplicate claims, and organized fraud schemes within VA benefits and community care programs
Bean (R-FL) – Amendment No. 3 – Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Inspector General to conduct a comprehensive audit of improper payments, unused or duplicative software contracts, redundant consulting agreements, and stale unliquidated obligations across VA administrative offices, and to provide Congress with recommendations to reduce waste, fraud, and abuse within 180 days
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 4 – Redirects $2 million to the Board of Veterans Appeals to help reduce its backlog so that veteran claims can be adjudicated in a timely manner
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 5 – Redirects $2 million to provide additional resources for medical and prosthetic research to ensure our veterans receive cutting edge medical care from the VA
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 6 – Redirects $2 million to provide additional funding for the construction of new state-extended care facilities
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 7 – Redirects $2 million to fund grants for the construction of veteran’s cemetery programs to assist state and tribal governments in providing burial benefits for veterans in rural areas lacking a VA national cemetery
Boebert (R-CO) – Amendment No. 8 – Redirects $2 million to the Office of the Inspector General to combat waste, fraud, and abuse
Carson (D-IN) – Amendment No. 9 – Increases funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetic Research account for veteran-focused medical, prosthetic, toxic exposure, and rehabilitation research
Crow (D-CO) – Amendment No.11 – Increases funding for the Medical Services account by $500,000 to establish a working group focused on improving the collection and analysis of data regarding veteran on-campus suicides and attempted suicides, and reduces funding for the General Administration account by $500,000
Elfreth (D-MD) – Amendment No. 12 – Increases and decreases funding by $86 million for the US Naval Academy’s Stormwater Management System. The current system is insufficient to handle storm and tidal flooding. Flooding poses a threat to the mission, the installation, and the training of future naval officers
Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 13 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) which VA hospitals and clinics have had dentist positions open for more than 60 days; (2) vacancy rates for dental positions in VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services; (3) average wait times to receive a dental appointment across VA medical centers and clinics which provide dental services
Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 14 – Increases and decreases funds to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to study the feasibility and potential benefits of establishing financial literacy centers at VA medical centers and other appropriate facilities
Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 15 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Grants for Construction of Veterans Cemeteries for the purposes of emphasizing the need for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to allow internment of Military Working Dogs in veteran cemeteries
Gonzalez (D-TX) – Amendment No. 16 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services to require the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide a report to Congress on: (1) the number of unfilled positions for home health aides in Texas and New Mexico; (2) which communities in the states of Texas and New Mexico have the highest concentrations of unfilled home care positions
Gottheimer (D-NJ) – Amendment No. 17 – Increases and decreases funding by $285 million for the Veterans Health Administration Medical Services account to support Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grants
Graves (R-MO) – Amendment No. 18 – Increases and decreases funding by $63 million military construction for the Air National Guard with the intent to construct a new aircraft apron at Rosecrans Air National Guard Base, in St. Joseph, Missouri
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 19 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities at Naval Air Stations have adequately maintained Intelligence Community Directive (ICD) 705 facilities that support naval aviation, such as hangers and Sensitive Compartmentalized Information Facilities, are in working order and in adequate quantity for mission readiness
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 20 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that facilities supporting Amphibious capabilities, including, but not limited to, piers, and dry docks are in adequate repair
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 21 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring Quality of Life-related facilities at Naval Aviation Training Areas, including, but not limited to, bathrooms, waiting areas, and ready rooms, are in working order
Kiggans (R-VA) – Amendment No. 22 – Increases and decreases funding by $1 million for Navy Military Construction for the purposes of ensuring that working spaces, such as office buildings, bathrooms, and other similar facilities, used by Navy civilian employees at Public Shipyards are in working order
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 24 – Increases and decreases funding for host nation support by $1,000,000 to direct the Secretary of the Army to submit to the Committees on Appropriations of both Chambers of Congress a report detailing, for each overseas installation at which host nation support funds were obligated or expended during fiscal years 2025 and 2026: (1) the total U.S. contribution to military construction costs; (2) the total host nation financial contribution to the same projects; and (3) the ratio of U.S.-to-host nation expenditure expressed as a percentage of total project cost
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 25 – Prohibits funds made available by this Act from being used to prepare more than one environmental impact statement for the same military construction project identified by the same Department of Defense Form 1391 project number, unless required by court order. The amendment is intended to reduce duplicative environmental review costs and delays for military construction projects
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 26 – Prohibits funds made available under the “Medical Community Care” account from being used in a manner inconsistent with the existing specialty care access standards. The amendment preserves current community care eligibility standards relating to veteran wait times and drive times for specialty care services
Ogles (R-TN) – Amendment No. 27 – Prohibits funds made available under the “Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps” account from being used for architectural and engineering services or construction design for administrative facilities unless such activities support operational, training, maintenance, housing, or infrastructure-related facility categories recognized under the Department of Defense Real Property Categorization System
Pappas (D-NH) – Amendment No. 28 – Increases and decreases construction, major projects funding by $1 million for the purpose of adding report language supporting robust funding for improvements to VA direct care for New Hampshire veterans, including funding for upgrades to the VA Medical Center in Manchester, New Hampshire – to include a replacement facility
Pettersen (D-CO) – Amendment No. 30 – Increases and decreases the Major Construction account by $5 million to construct a new VA clinic, with primary care and mental healthcare services, in Fremont County, Colorado, where there are 5,000 veterans, but no VA clinic
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 31 – Increase/Decrease funding by $12 million for GAO to assess transportation barriers facing veterans in rural and highly rural communities traveling long distances for specialty care appointments, including travel times, transportation availability, and impacts on access to timely care
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 32 – Increase and decrease funding by $5 million for refrigeration, food storage, food preparation, and sanitation equipment upgrades at Naval shore installation dining facilities with limited kitchen infrastructure
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 33 – Increase and decrease funding by $12 million for upgrades to aging water and wastewater infrastructure serving Naval shore installations
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 34 – Increase and decrease funding by $5 million for construction and modernization of career resource, workforce development, and employment support facilities serving military spouses on Naval installations.
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 35 – Increase and decrease funding by $15 million for Child Development Center expansion projects at Naval installations experiencing childcare waitlists for servicemembers and civilian personnel
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 36 – Increase and decrease funding by $12 million for repairs and modernization of water, utility, roadway, and community infrastructure serving military family housing areas at Naval installations
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 37 – Increase/Decrease funding by $1 million to expresses the sense of Congress that access to affordable and reliable childcare is critical to military family readiness, retention, and quality of life for service members and civilian personnel
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 38 – Increase and decrease funding by $20 million for electrical grid modernization, backup power generation, microgrid capabilities, and energy resilience infrastructure upgrades at the Navy’s four public shipyards to support continuous maintenance, repair, and industrial operations
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 39 – Increase and decrease funding by $10 million for roadway, parking, traffic flow, and multimodal transportation improvements on and surrounding Navy public shipyards to reduce congestion and improve workforce access during peak shift changes
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 40 – Increase and decrease funding by $8 million for modernization of locker rooms, break facilities, restrooms, and workforce support spaces used by civilian shipyard workers and apprentices at Navy public shipyards
Randall (D-WA) – Amendment No. 41 – Increase and decrease funding by $10 million for ventilation, lighting, fire suppression, and emergency response infrastructure upgrades in industrial and maintenance facilities at Navy public shipyards
Sewell (D-AL) – Amendment No. 46 – Increases and decreases the Air National Guard Military Construction account by $15 million to demolish World War II-era facilities and construct a services training facility at Sumpter Smith Air National Guard Base in Birmingham, Alabama. The construction of a services training facility, including a services flight area, honor guard area, and fitness center, will support the mission readiness of the 117th Air Refueling Wing, the 99th Air Refueling Squadron, and the 117th Intelligence Squadron
Stanton (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 47 – Increases and decreases funding by $5 million for the Office of the Secretary at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the service of Tribal veterans and to encourage the Secretary to consult with Tribal partners on adapting culturally significant insignia at facilities that serve Tribal veterans and to expand the hiring of culturally competent clinical staff
Stanton (D-AZ) – Amendment No. 48 – Redirects $5 million to the Office of Rural Health to fund the use of mobile clinics and targeted clinical staffing to improve access to care for Tribal veterans
Walkinshaw (D-VA) – Amendment No. 51 – Increases and decreases funding for Department of Veterans Affairs General Administration by $1 million to emphasize the importance of ensuring that MilConVA facilities meet indoor air quality (IAQ), ventilation, and HVAC performance standards and the need for strengthened oversight and GAO review of IAQ conditions in MilConVA–funded buildings
Correa (D-CA) – Amendment No. 10 – Increases and decreases funding by $45 million for the Medical and Prosthetic Research account at the Department of Veterans Affairs to emphasize the importance of the Department’s research on areas benefiting veterans such as oncology, traumatic brain injury care, psychedelic therapies, and assistive devices – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Mast (R-FL) – Amendment No. 23 – Prohibits funds appropriated to the Department of Veterans Affairs from being used to enforce provisions of VHA Directive 1315 that restrict VA providers from assisting veterans with participation in State-approved marijuana programs. This amendment was previously adopted in FY26 MilCon-VA appropriations by voice vote – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Perry (R-PA) – Amendment No. 29 – Increases and decreases Veterans Health Administration, Medical Services, by $1 million for furnishing Stellate Ganglion Block (SGB) therapy to personnel who elect to receive the treatment – ADOPTED BY VOICE
WILL NOT OFFER – Rose (R-TN) – Amendment No. 42 – Prohibits funds from being used to close the McMinnville VA Clinic in McMinnville, Tennessee
NOT OFFERED Roy (R-TX) – Amendment No. 43 – Strikes section 239, removing the funding transfer restriction currently applied to the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund
WILL NOT OFFER – Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 44 – Increases and decreases funds by $1,000,000 to underscore the strict prohibition against the Department of Veterans Affairs providing or financing gender-affirming care
WILL NOT OFFER – Self (R-TX) – Amendment No. 45 – Prohibits the Department of Veterans Affairs from using funds to establish, implement, administer, or maintain any diversity, equity, and inclusion office, program, training, or initiative
Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 49 – Prohibits funds from being used to close the Port Charlotte VA Clinic in Port Charlotte, FL – ADOPTED BY VOICE
Steube (R-FL) – Amendment No. 50 – Redirects $481,832,000 from the NATO Security Investment Program to Military Construction Defense-Wide – VOTE REQUESTED