To strike a provision relating to hemp.

Amendment No. 3411 was proposed as a substitute to H.R. 3944. Its purpose was to provide a bipartisan appropriations package for fiscal year 2026. The amendment aimed to add and change the following:

Veterans Affairs and Military Construction

• Allocates $6,356,000,000 for veterans' telehealth and $709,573,000 for opioid prevention and treatment programs.
• Provides $36,879,000 for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program.
• Requires several reports, including the use of third-party contractors for medical disability exams, veterans in the housing choice voucher program, and a report on the funding backlog for State homes for veterans.
• Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to maintain a public spreadsheet of interment schedule availability for National Cemetery Administration cemeteries.
• Prohibits the use of funds to reduce staffing, hours, or capacity of the Veterans Crisis Line.
• Requires the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on the methodology and implementation of staffing models to ensure high-quality delivery of services.
• Restricts the cancellation of contracts exceeding $10,000,000 without prior notice and a written explanation to Congress.

Agriculture, FDA, and Rural Development

• Appropriates $500,000 to expedite industrial hemp fiber research and $500,000 to expand cereal research for mycotoxin risk mitigation.
• Allocates $6,500,000 for the suppression and control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers in Western States.
• Increases funding for rural decentralized water systems and the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program.
• Requires reports on New World screwworm readiness and an assessment of expanding the agricultural quarantine and inspection program to Hawaii.
• Strikes a provision relating to hemp.

Other Changes

• The amendment was agreed to and passed by the Senate with a vote of 87 yeas and 9 nays.