# H.R. 8595 (119th): National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027

National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2027 This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for national security, the Department of State, and related programs. The bill provides appropriations to the State Department for Administration of Foreign Affairs, International Organizations, and International Commissions. The bill provides appropriations for related programs, including the Asia Foundation, the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund, the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowship Program, the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program, the East-West Center, and the National Endowment for Democracy. The bill provides appropriations for other commissions, including the Commission for the Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe, the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, and the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission. The bill provides appropriations to the House Democracy Partnership, the Offices of Inspector General, the State Department and the President for International Security Assistance, and International Financial Institutions for Multilateral Assistance. The bill provides appropriations for bilateral economic assistance, including programs and activities conducted by the President; Independent Agencies, including the Peace Corps, the Millennium Challenge Corporation, and the U.S. Foundation for Natural Security and Counterterrorism, the Department of the Treasury. The bill provides appropriations for export and investment assistance to the Export-Import Bank of the United States, the U.S. International Development Finance Corporation, and the U.S. Trade and Development Agency. The bill 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: foreign_policy. Category: war_peace. Lane tag: prudential.
Lane: national_security. 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 241: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 242: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 243: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 244: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 245: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Vote type: amendment.
Roll 246: On Motion to Recommit. Vote type: recommit.
Roll 247: On Passage. Vote type: final_passage.
Polarity rationale: Reviewed enrichment (llm_import) polarity: This is an ordinary, omnibus-style appropriations measure. It funds many functions, including diplomacy, development, and international commissions, which are legitimate governmental goods. It also includes security assistance and large spending that raise prudential concerns about foreign entanglement and military aid. Nothing in the metadata shows it directly advancing a named moral harm or directly restraining one, so 'mixed' fits better than 'unclear'.
Theological note: The bill is relevant to stewardship of public money, the proper ordering of civil authority, and the moral weight of foreign military and security aid. Its foreign assistance and security provisions raise questions of just vocation for the nation and whether state power is being exercised with prudence and restraint. Its treatment of religious freedom commissions and democracy programs is a secondary concern. The measure itself does not operatively target a named moral evil, so the relevance is one of prudential stewardship rather than a direct moral verdict.

## Recorded votes

Roll 241: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 79 · Nay 348 · Other 9.
Roll 242: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 178 · Nay 247 · Other 11.
Roll 243: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 104 · Nay 314 · Other 19.
Roll 244: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 6 · Nay 421 · Other 10.
Roll 245: On Agreeing to the Amendment. Yea 136 · Nay 291 · Other 9.
Roll 246: On Motion to Recommit. Yea 209 · Nay 216 · Other 6.
Roll 247: On Passage. Yea 217 · Nay 209 · Other 5.

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