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RepublicanSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 3073· Senate(119-SAMDT-3073)

To require a report on New World screwworm readiness and response.

Rep. Cornyn
Age: 74 years
Texas
Introduced
7/29/2025
Last activity
8/1/2025 — Amendment SA 3073 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Sponsored by
John Cornyn
Cosponsors
None
Changes amendment
119-SAMDT-3411
On the bill
119-HR-3944 — Military Construction and Veterans Affairs, Agriculture, and Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026
  1. Introduced
  2. Passed Senate
  3. Adopted

What this amendment would do

Amendment No. 3411 was proposed as a substitute to H.R. 3944. Its purpose was to provide a comprehensive package of appropriations for the fiscal year 2026.

The amendment aimed to add or change the following:

Veterans Affairs and Military Construction

  • Funding and Reports: Added specific funding for veteran telehealth ($6,356,000,000) and opioid prevention and treatment ($709,573,000), and funds for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program ($36,879,000).
  • Accountability: Required reports on the use of third-party contractors for medical disability exams, veterans in the housing choice voucher program, and funding backlogs for State homes for veterans.
  • Operational Requirements: Required the National Cemetery Administration to continue customer service surveys and maintain a public spreadsheet of interment schedule availability.
  • VA Oversight: Included a requirement for the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report on the methodology and implementation of staffing models to ensure high quality delivery of care.
  • Specific Facilities: Required reports on the capacity and infrastructure of General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital and a briefing on the construction timeline for a new medical center in Reno, Nevada.
  • Contract Protections: Limited the use of funds to cancel contracts exceeding $10,000,000 without prior notification and written explanation to Congress.

Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Research and Health: Added funding to expedite industrial hemp fiber research and expand cereal research into mycotoxin risk mitigation.
  • Pest Control: Allocated $6,500,000 for the suppression and control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers.
  • Water Systems: Increased funding for rural decentralized water systems, including subgrants for household wastewater systems.
  • Nutrition: Increased funding for the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program.
  • Agricultural Safety: Required reports on New World screwworm readiness and an assessment on expanding the agricultural quarantine and inspection program for products entering Hawaii.

General Changes

  • Hemp: Struck a provision relating to hemp (Section 781 of division B).