Bills / H.R. 3944
H.R. 3944
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
In plain English
This bill would provide funding for fiscal year 2026 for military construction and family housing, veterans’ programs, agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, and parts of Congress. It affects service members and military families, veterans, farmers, and the federal agencies that run these programs. It includes funding for the Senate and agencies that support Congress, but not the House of Representatives. It also sets rules and limits on how the money can be used.
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Sponsor and status
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How South Carolina voted
On the Motion · Senate roll call 472 · 2025-08-01 · Roll-call record ↗
| Darline Graham (R) | Lindsey Graham (R) | Tim Scott (R) |
|---|---|---|
| Not serving | Nay | Nay |
Who lobbied
Lobbying reports name the bills a client worked on. They don't say which side anyone took.
269 reports from 85 clients reporting $205,953,105 in fees and expenses. Fees cover each report's whole lobbying effort, not just this bill.
Businesses and trade groups (49)
- CHAMBER OF COMMERCE OF THE U.S.A. ↗3 reports
- PHARMACEUTICAL RESEARCH AND MANUFACTURERS OF AMERICA ↗4 reports
- GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP ↗Defense · 4 reports
- DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION ↗Energy · 6 reports
- AMERICAN PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE ASSOCIATION ↗Finance · 7 reports
- NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION ↗Defense · 6 reports
- DAVITA INC ↗7 reports
- ORACLE CORPORATION ↗3 reports
- GSK (FKA GLAXOSMITHKLINE INC.) ↗4 reports
- NATIONAL RIFLE ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA ↗8 reports
- ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES ↗Health · 4 reports
- LEIDOS INC ↗2 reports
- HP INC ↗3 reports
- EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE ↗3 reports
- AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION ↗4 reports
- GUN OWNERS OF AMERICA INC ↗3 reports
- SCIENCE APPLICATIONS INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION ↗3 reports
- FRESENIUS MEDICAL CARE NORTH AMERICA ↗Health · 1 report
- AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF NURSE ANESTHETISTS ↗Health · 7 reports
- LENOVO (UNITED STATES) INC. ↗3 reports
- CMS ENERGY CORP ↗Energy · 5 reports
- SAP AMERICA, INC. ↗5 reports
- OSHKOSH CORPORATION ↗2 reports
- ROCKET LAB USA, INC. ↗3 reports
- AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS ↗Energy · 1 report
and 24 more
Advocacy groups and nonprofits (7)
- AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES UNION ↗3 reports
- AMERICAN SOCIETY OF ANESTHESIOLOGISTS ↗5 reports
- THE MICHAEL J. FOX FOUNDATION FOR PARKINSON'S RESEARCH ↗3 reports
- NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY ↗3 reports
- FDD ACTION ↗1 report
- DAYTON DEVELOPMENT COALITION ↗2 reports
- NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL FOUNDATION (NPSF) ↗3 reports
Labor unions (3)
- AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES AFL-CIO ↗11 reports
- BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION TRADES DEPT AFL-CIO ↗Construction · 5 reports
- NATIONAL NURSES UNITED ↗1 report
Not classified (26)
- HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL ↗2 reports
- UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA ↗2 reports
- HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN ↗5 reports
- PARALYZED VETERANS OF AMERICA ↗6 reports
- BALFOUR BEATTY INVESTMENTS ↗4 reports
- FEDERATION OF AMERICAN SOCIETIES FOR EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY ↗4 reports
- GIFFORDS ↗8 reports
- BRADY CAMPAIGN TO PREVENT GUN VIOLENCE ↗6 reports
- PODIMETRICS ↗5 reports
- BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE ↗2 reports
- UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX ↗3 reports
- BRAINFUTURES ↗3 reports
- T-MOBILE ↗3 reports
- APPALACHIAN VOICES ↗3 reports
- AMERICAN HUMANE ↗2 reports
- DAVITA ↗2 reports
- RUTGERS THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW JERSEY ↗1 report
- RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT ↗4 reports
- LYKOS THERAPEUTICS ↗1 report
- MICHIGAN STATE UNIV ↗1 report
- UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE ↗2 reports
- VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA ↗1 report
- PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC ↗1 report
- LEIDOS ↗1 report
- INTERSYSTEMS ↗1 report
and 1 more
Groupings are our label from each organization's name and industry, not its legal or tax status.
The connection table
Organizations that lobbied this bill, and money each gave South Carolina's delegates this cycle: its PAC's contributions (FEC) plus its lobbyists' reported contributions and event payments (LD‑203, group events excluded). Exact name matches only. An empty cell means no matching money was found. Under each name is that delegate’s final vote on the bill (passage or last substantive vote). Delegates who didn’t vote on it, for example because they weren’t serving, are grayed out and left out of the Total column.
| Organization | D. GrahamNo vote | L. GrahamYea | T. ScottYea | J. ClyburnNo vote | J. WilsonNo vote | N. MaceNo vote | R. NormanNo vote | R. FryNo vote | S. BiggsNo vote | W. TimmonsNo vote | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GENERAL DYNAMICS CORP | – | $6,500 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | $6,500 |
| DUKE ENERGY CORPORATION | – | $5,000 | – | $70,000 | – | – | – | $15,000 | $16,000 | $10,000 | $5,000 |
| Total | – | $11,500 | – | $116,500 | $4,000 | – | $1,000 | $33,500 | $41,726 | $14,000 |