The bill funds military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and related agencies for fiscal year 2027 (the year ending September 30, 2027). It provides about $17.4 billion for military construction and family housing across the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, National Guard, and Reserves, plus the U.S. share of NATO security investment. It provides roughly $413 billion for the VA, including $283.8 billion for veterans compensation and pensions, $112.7 billion for veterans medical services and community care, $13.5 billion for medical facilities, $3.4 billion for the new electronic health record system, and $54.6 billion for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund (with another $53.7 billion advance-funded for fiscal 2028). Within VA medical accounts, the bill sets minimum spending floors for women veterans care ($1.4 billion), the Caregivers program ($3.5 billion), telehealth ($6.4 billion), suicide prevention ($700 million), homelessness programs ($3.5 billion), rural health ($349 million), opioid prevention ($710 million), and the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program ($32 million). It also rescinds about $2.4 billion in unspent VA medical funds previously appropriated under a 2025 stopgap law. Several policy riders are attached: the bill blocks any closure or realignment of Guantanamo Bay Naval Station and any transfer of detainees to U.S. soil, prohibits the VA from reporting mentally incapacitated veterans to the federal gun-background-check system without a judge's order, requires the VA to phase out using Social Security numbers as login authenticators by September 30, 2027, expands fertility treatment and adoption reimbursement for veterans whose service-connected disabilities prevent procreation, and bars VA purchases of computers and printers from companies on federal forced-labor and military-end-user watchlists.
Average Household Impact
- VA medical services funding — $70.7B set for fiscal 2028 plus $100M added to fiscal 2027
- VA community care funding — $42B set for fiscal 2028 for non-VA-facility care
- Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund — $54.6B for fiscal 2027 plus $53.7B advance for fiscal 2028
- Women veterans care floor — $1.4B minimum set across VA medical accounts
- Caregivers program floor — $3.5B minimum set for veteran caregivers
- Telehealth funding floor — $6.4B minimum set for veteran telehealth
- Veterans homelessness floor — $3.5B minimum set across VA medical accounts
- Suicide prevention outreach floor — $700M minimum set for veteran suicide programs
- Opioid prevention floor — $710M minimum set for veteran opioid programs
- Veterans Crisis Line protection — Funding for staffing and hours cannot be reduced
- VA hospital and clinic protection — Closures and service reductions blocked pending rural-impact report
- Veteran fertility treatment — IVF and reproductive-tech coverage extended to spouses of service-connected veterans
- Veteran adoption reimbursement — Adoption-expense reimbursement added for service-connected veterans
- Medical Support and Compliance funding — $1.65B rescinded from prior fiscal 2026 appropriation
- Medical Facilities funding — $754M rescinded from prior fiscal 2026 appropriation
- Veteran transportation reimbursement rule — 2023 VA rate rule blocked from enforcement through fiscal 2027
Civil Liberties
- Veteran firearms due process — Judicial order required before VA reports a veteran as a mental defective to federal gun checks
- SSN authentication in VA systems — Use as login identifier ended by September 30, 2027
Transparency & Accountability
- Inspector General records access — Agencies cannot delay or block IG document requests
- Veteran-employee speech to Congress — VA barred from settlement clauses that restrict disclosures to Members or staff
- Suicide hotline staffing protection — Executive orders cannot block VA from filling crisis-line positions
- Quarterly VA financial reporting — Department-wide status reports required within 30 days of each quarter
- Disability claims backlog reporting — Quarterly performance data required from each VBA Regional Office
- Electronic Health Record reporting — 25% of $3.4B funds withheld until VA submits cost, schedule, and staffing plan
- VA IT supply chain screening — Procurement blocked from entities on federal China-military and Uyghur-forced-labor lists
- Construction bid-savings notification — VA must report savings of $5M or 5% within 14 days of contract identification
- Major construction reprogramming limit — VA cannot shift more than $7M cumulative without committee approval
- Major construction scope limit — Projects cannot exceed scope in original justification without committee approval
- Outreach campaign disclosure — Quarterly notification required for any single campaign over $1M
- Veteran medical research animal use — Canine, feline, and non-human primate research requires Secretary-level certification and reporting
Congressional Summary
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2027This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies.The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military construction forthe Army;the Navy and Marine Corps;the Air Force;Defense-wide agencies and activities;the Army and Air National Guard; andthe Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves.The bill also provides appropriations to DOD forthe North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program;the Base Closure Account;Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Family Housing for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide agencies and activities;the Family Housing Improvement Fund; andthe Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.Within the VA budget, the bill provides appropriations forthe Veterans Benefits Administration,the Veterans Health Administration,the National Cemetery Administration,Departmental Administration, andthe Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund.The bill provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, includingthe American Battle Monuments Commission,the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, andthe Armed Forces Retirement Home.The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2026-04-23
- Date Added
- 2026-04-28
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