RepublicanSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 3080· Senate(119-SAMDT-3080)

To require reports on facilities at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

Rep. Hawley
Age: 47 years
Missouri
Introduced
7/29/2025
Last activity
8/1/2025 — Amendment SA 3080 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Sponsored by
Josh Hawley
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, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026. Its purpose was to serve as a primary vehicle for incorporating various changes and additions to the funding bill.

The amendment aimed to change or add the following to the bill:

Veterans Affairs and Health

  • Reporting and Oversight: 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.
  • Funding Allocations: Added specific funding for veterans' telehealth ($6,356,000,000) and opioid prevention and treatment programs ($709,573,000).
  • Service Protections: Included a prohibition on using funds to reduce services or capacity for the Veterans Crisis Line.
  • Administrative Requirements: Required a public spreadsheet for interment schedule availability at National Cemetery Administration cemeteries and the continuation of customer service surveys.
  • Staffing: Required a report on the methodology and implementation of VA staffing models.
  • Contracting: Limited the use of funds to cancel contracts exceeding $10,000,000 without prior notice and contingency plans submitted to Congress.

Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Research and Health: Provided funds for industrial hemp fiber research and cereal research for 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.
  • Nutrition: Increased funding for the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program.
  • Agricultural Oversight: Required reports on New World screwworm readiness and a feasibility assessment for expanding agricultural quarantine and inspection programs to products entering Hawaii.

Military and General Provisions

  • Fort Leonard Wood: Required reports on the capacity and infrastructure of General Leonard Wood Army Community Hospital and the condition of military family housing at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.
  • Reno Medical Center: Required a briefing on the timeline and status of constructing a new VA medical center in Reno, Nevada.
  • General Changes: Struck a provision relating to hemp.