Last week, I touched on some of the provisions that ended a long standing shutdown in H.R.5371, particularly as it relates to VA’s approved FY 2026 funding.

In this article, I’d like to provide an overview of all three regular FY 2026 appropriations bills that passed in the new legislation – located primarily in Divisions B through D of the bill. These appropriations will fund the following agencies and activities through September 30, 2026:

• Department of Agriculture (most offices, but not all)
• Food and Drug Administration 
• Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities
• Department of Veterans Affairs
• Congress and agencies that support Congress
• Other related and independent agencies

DIVISION B—AGRICULTURE, RURAL DEVELOPMENT, FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION, AND RELATED AGENCY APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

According to a Senate summary, the discretionary total for the FY 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies Appropriations is $26.6B in nondefense funding.

The bill funds several key agencies under the Department of Agriculture:

Moreover, the appropriations bill funds several nutrition programs under USDA including the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) with $107.5B, of which $3.0B is to remain available through September 30, 2027, and $3.0B through September 30, 2028. Moreover, the Child Nutrition programs are funded with $37.8B, Women Infants and Children (WIC) with $8.2B and the Commodity Assistance Program with $551M.

In terms of information technology, the bill funds USDA’s Office of the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) at $85M, which is $6M less than what the office received in FY 2025. Of that, $60M is dedicated to cyber requirements in the department. Further, the bill stipulates that funds may not be used to acquire new IT systems or major upgrades without the approval of the CIO and the Executive IT Investment Review Board. Moreover, funds for IT projects, contracts and other agreements over $25,000 must receive writing approval by the CIO, except for certain projects, contracts and other agreements protected by law up to $250,000.

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) under the Department of Health and Human Services is funded with $6.9B, including $3.4B in discretionary funding – a slight increase above the $3.2B FY 2026 budget request, yet falling short of the $3.6B the agency received in FY 2025.

DIVISION C—LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

The appropriations bill provides $7.2B towards operations of the House and Senate, the U.S. Capitol Police, the Library of Congress and more. A breakdown of the funding among select offices as well as the dollar difference from FY 2025 is below:

In terms of IT, this section of the bill prohibits the House from procuring IT equipment from any parent entity or subsidiary from businesses listed on certain U.S. government restricted lists (i.e. China).

Under the CBO, $7.1M is provided for cybersecurity related expenses, of which $500K is to be used for improving technical systems, processes and models to improve transparency of budgetary estimates, and of which $2.7M will remain available until September 30, 2027.

DIVISION D—MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, VETERANS AFFAIRS, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2026

According to the Senate summary, the appropriations bill provides an increased level of funding for nearly 300 military construction and family housing projects, a breakdown of military construction funding by military component includes:

The bill also stipulates that cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts for military construction that exceed $25,000 require specific written approval by the Secretary of Defense. The bill also requires that architect and engineer contracts that exceed $500,000 for projects in Japan or any NATO country, or countries bordering the Arabian Gulf, must be awarded to U.S. firms or U.S. joint ventures.

Again, for a breakdown of FY 2026 VA appropriations, please refer to last week’s article, The Government Shutdown Ends: The VA is Funded for FY 2026.