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HR 4016 · introduced · major

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

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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    How should Congress balance funding for active military personnel salaries against spending on new equipment and weapons systems?

  2. 02

    Which defense priorities—readiness, modernization, or personnel benefits—should receive the largest share of the 2026 budget?

  3. 03

    What oversight mechanisms would ensure defense contractors spend appropriated funds efficiently on the projects Congress intends to fund?

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Introduced 2025-12-08

Legislative timeline

  1. 2025-12-08 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8522)

  2. 2025-12-02 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (consideration: CR S8433)

  3. 2025-11-19 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate.

  4. 2025-11-18 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8189)

  5. 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.

  6. 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)

  7. 2025-10-14 · senate · Floor

    Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure presented in Senate. (CR S7113-7114)

  8. 2025-10-14 · senate · Floor

    Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S7113)

  9. 2025-07-31 · senate · Calendars

    Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 136.

  10. 2025-07-30 · senate · Calendars

    Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.

  11. 2025-07-23 · senate · IntroReferral

    Received in the Senate.

  12. 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.

  13. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

  14. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).

  15. 2025-07-18 · Floor

    Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 221 - 209 (Roll no. 212).

  16. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    On motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 211 - 219 (Roll no. 211).

  17. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    The previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.

  18. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    Ms. Kaptur moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (CR H3467)

  19. 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.

  20. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.

  21. 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.

  22. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    The House resolved into Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union for further consideration.

  23. 2025-07-18 · house · Floor

    Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3467-3468)

  24. 2025-07-17 · house · Floor

    Committee of the Whole House on the state of the Union rises leaving H.R. 4016 as unfinished business.

  25. 2025-07-17 · house · Floor

    On motion that the committee rise Agreed to by voice vote.

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