# H.R. 4016 (119th): Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

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.

## How this bill is scored

Tier: no Tier 1 record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Lane: appropriations. Category: corruption_stewardship. Lane tag: general equity.
Lane: defense_appropriations. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defense_policy. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: defense_spending. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: family_policy. Category: children. Lane tag: command.
Lane: fiscal_stewardship. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: fiscal_year_2026. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: intelligence_funding. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: military_appropriations. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: military_spending. Category: not stored. Lane tag: not stored.
Lane: war_funding. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Tier 1 sign-off: no record. A bill with no record cannot newly become Tier 1.
Stored polarity: mixed. Only tags the rules mark scoreable on a mixed bill are scored. A yea can draw a penalty or a credit according to the tag. A nay on a tag scored as good can draw a penalty.
Roll 204: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 205: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 206: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 207: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 208: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 209: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 210: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 211: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 212: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Roll 575: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4016. Vote type: cloture.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: The bill is an ordinary appropriations measure that funds defense readiness, personnel, and oversight, which falls within legitimate civil ordering of the sword. It also funds military operations and intelligence activities, so it carries real concerns about the scope of war funding and spending, but the text does not directly authorize unjust killing or a named moral harm. The existing 'evil' label rests on the war_funding tag alone and overstates what the summary establishes, so this is classified as mixed.
Theological note: Scripture grants the civil magistrate a real but limited authority to bear the sword for the restraint of evil and the defense of the innocent (Romans 13:4), so funding a defense establishment is a matter of legitimate civil order. The relevant questions are whether the forces and operations supported serve just defense rather than unjust aggression, and whether public funds are stewarded faithfully and with accountability. The summary text does not specify offensive operations, so this is an issue-relevance note rather than a verdict on any particular use of force.

## Recorded votes

Roll 204: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 63 · Nay 365 · Other 9.
Roll 205: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 6 · Nay 421 · Other 10.
Roll 206: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 104 · Nay 326 · Other 7.
Roll 207: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 6 · Nay 422 · Other 9.
Roll 208: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 30 · Nay 400 · Other 7.
Roll 209: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 76 · Nay 353 · Other 8.
Roll 210: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 76 · Nay 355 · Other 6.
Roll 211: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 211 · Nay 219 · Other 2.
Roll 212: On Passage. Yea 221 · Nay 209 · Other 2.
Roll 575: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed H.R. 4016. Yea 50 · Nay 44 · Other 6.

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