HR 4016 · introduced · major
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
- defense
What this bill does
- This bill allocates federal funding for the Department of Defense's military operations and personnel in fiscal year 2026.
- The appropriations affect active duty service members, defense contractors, and military support agencies.
- The bill funds military personnel, equipment procurement, maintenance, and research without specifying total cost.
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Started by Cosponsor
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How should Congress balance funding for active military personnel salaries against spending on new equipment and weapons systems?
- 02
Which defense priorities—readiness, modernization, or personnel benefits—should receive the largest share of the 2026 budget?
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What oversight mechanisms would ensure defense contractors spend appropriated funds efficiently on the projects Congress intends to fund?
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Sponsor · R-CA-41
Ken Calvert
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Introduced 2025-12-08
Legislative timeline
2025-12-08 · senate · Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8522)
2025-12-02 · senate · Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S8433)
2025-11-19 · senate · Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.
2025-11-18 · senate · Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8189)
2025-10-16 · senate · Floor
Motion by Senator Thune to reconsider the vote by which cloture on the motion to proceed to H.R. 4016 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 575) entered in Senate.
2025-10-16 · senate · Floor
Cloture on the motion to proceed to the measure not invoked in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50 - 44. Record Vote Number: 575. (CR S7154)
2025-10-14 · senate · Floor
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7113-7114)
2025-10-14 · senate · Floor
Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7113)
2025-07-31 · senate · Calendars
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 136.
2025-07-30 · senate · Calendars
Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
2025-07-23 · senate · IntroReferral
Received in the Senate.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 4016.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).
2025-07-18 · Floor
Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 219 (Roll no. 211).
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
Ms. Kaptur moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (CR H3467)
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The House adopted the amendments en gros as agreed to by the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The House rose from the Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union to report H.R. 4016.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.
2025-07-18 · house · Floor
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3467-3468)
2025-07-17 · house · Floor
Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4016 as unfinished business.
2025-07-17 · house · Floor
On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.
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