Legislation

S. 2296, as amended; An original bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes.

Merkley Amdt. No. 3927; To limit the use of Federal law enforcement officers for crowd control, and for other purposes.

Sanders Amdt. No. 3853; To reduce the bloated Pentagon budget by 10 percent and instead expand veteran dental care at the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Duckworth Amdt. No. 3210; To limit the provision of support by the Armed Forces to civilian law enforcement activities.

Van Hollen Amdt. No. 3872; To amend title 32, United States Code, to clarify certain limitations on full-time National Guard duty performed in a State, Territory, or the District of Columbia.

Schumer Amdt. No. 3109; To prohibit the use of funds to procure or modify foreign aircraft for presidential airlift.

Curtis Amdt. No. 3697; To require a review of the methodologies used to determine the amounts of locality-based comparability payments and to require the President's Pay Agent to conduct a pilot program establishing alternative models for determining the amounts of those payments.

Scott (FL) Amdt. No. 3535; To require Presidential appointment and Senate confirmation of the Inspector General of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection.

Paul Amdt. No. 3761; To prohibit earnings on balances maintained at a Federal Reserve bank by or on behalf of a depository institution.

Confirmation: Jennifer Lee Mascott, of Delaware, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the Third Circuit