S. 2572 · 119th Congress

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

Introduced on Jul 31, 2025 by Mitch McConnell (R-KY). Latest action (Jul 31, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 31, 2025
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

An original bill making appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Asia
  • Aviation and airports
  • Buy American requirements
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional oversight
  • Defense spending
  • Department of Defense
  • Disability assistance
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government trust funds
  • Hawaii
  • Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
  • Health care coverage and access
  • Health facilities and institutions
  • Idaho
  • Intelligence activities, surveillance, classified information
  • Iraq
  • Israel
  • Kuwait
  • Land transfers
  • Lawyers and legal services
  • Micronesia
  • Middle East
  • Military education and training
  • Military facilities and property
  • Military law
  • Military medicine
  • Military personnel and dependents
  • Military procurement, research, weapons development
  • Minnesota
  • Montana
  • Motor vehicles
  • National Guard and reserves
  • Nevada
  • North Dakota
  • Oregon
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Radioactive wastes and releases
  • Research administration and funding
  • Research and development
  • Russia
  • South Dakota
  • Spacecraft and satellites
  • Strategic materials and reserves
  • Syria
  • Terrorism
  • Transportation costs
  • Ukraine
  • Washington State

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Jul 31, 2025). Public domain.

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities.

(The bill excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all included in other appropriations bills.)

Within the DOD budget, the bill provides appropriations for

  • Military Personnel;
  • Operation and Maintenance;
  • Procurement;
  • Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and
  • Revolving and Management Funds.

The bill provides appropriations for Other Department of Defense Programs, including

  • the Defense Health Program,
  • Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
  • Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and
  • the Office of the Inspector General.

In addition, the bill provides appropriations for Related Agencies, including (1) the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund, and (2) the Intelligence Community Management Account.

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Mitch McConnellR-KYSponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jul 31, 2025Introduced in Senate
  2. Jul 31, 2025Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator McConnell. With written report No. 119-52.
  3. Jul 31, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator McConnell. With written report No. 119-52.
  4. Jul 31, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 137.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION21 reports
    $10.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  2. MICROSOFT CORPORATION9 reports
    Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  3. BLOOM ENERGY CORPORATION8 reports
    $1.5M reported (all issues)
  4. BLUE ORIGIN, LLC8 reports
    $1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BLUE ORIGIN, LLC$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  5. General Atomics Electromagnetic Systems8 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)
  6. SIERRA NEVADA CORPORATION8 reports
    $620K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: SIERRA NEVADA COMPANY, LLC$5.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. TENABLE, INC.8 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  8. AEROVIRONMENT, INC.7 reports
    $320K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AEROVIRONMENT, INC.AI match · 100%
  9. C3.AI, INC.7 reports
    $615K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: C3.AI, INC.$1.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  10. LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION7 reports
    $12.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION$13.3B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION7 reports
    $7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION$1.1B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. PARSONS CORPORATION7 reports
    $1.4M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PARSONS GOVERNMENT SERVICES INC.$748M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. ROCKET LAB USA, INC.7 reports
    $540K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: ROCKET LAB USA INC$20.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  14. SHIELD AI7 reports
  15. BAE SYSTEMS6 reports
    $2.2M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BAE SYSTEMS PLCAI match · 99%
  16. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.6 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$1.8B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  17. HAWKEYE 3606 reports
    $410K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: HAWKEYE 360, INC.$23M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.6 reports
    Federal contractor: MOTOROLA SOLUTIONS, INC.$165.2M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  19. PHLOW CORP.6 reports
    $830K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PHLOW CORP.$105.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. THE BOEING COMPANY6 reports
    $7.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE BOEING COMPANY$9B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  21. American Superconductor Corporation5 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN SUPERCONDUCTOR CORP$592.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  22. CUMMINS INC.5 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CUMMINS INC$11.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  23. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE5 reports
    $6.8M reported (all issues)
  24. Institute of International Education (IIE)5 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION INC$41.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  25. Knightwerx LLC5 reports
    $50K reported (all issues)
  26. SHIFT55 reports
    $390K reported (all issues)
  27. TRUE ANOMALY, INC.5 reports
    $470K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: TRUE ANOMALY, INC$100.5K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  28. University of North Dakota5 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTAAI match · 100%
  29. VIASAT, INC.5 reports
    $1.3M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: VIASAT INC$332.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  30. X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC.5 reports
    Federal contractor: X-BOW LAUNCH SYSTEMS INC$6.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  31. AMENTUM HOLDINGS, INC.4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)
  32. AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY4 reports
    $300K reported (all issues)
  33. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION4 reports
    $430K reported (all issues)
  34. APPLIED INTUITION, INC.4 reports
    $420K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: APPLIED INTUITION, INC.AI match · 99%
  35. ARIANESPACE, INC4 reports
    $130K reported (all issues)
  36. Ametrine Inc.4 reports
    $150K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMETRINE INC$25.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  37. Appgate Cybersecurity Inc4 reports
    $200K reported (all issues)
  38. BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE4 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE$313.9M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  39. BLACKVE, INC.4 reports
    $180K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BLACKVE INC.$2.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  40. BOSTON UNIVERSITY4 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: BOSTON UNIVERSITY, TRUSTEES OFAI match · 100%

Reports filed in 2025, 2026.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.