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RepublicanSecond Degree Amendment · S.Amdt. 3163· Senate(119-SAMDT-3163)

To fund activities relating to the suppression and control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers.

Rep. Crapo
Age: 75 years
Idaho
Introduced
7/30/2025
Last activity
8/1/2025 — Amendment SA 3163 as modified agreed to in Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Sponsored by
Mike Crapo
Cosponsors
Republican - 2Democrat - 2
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 by Ms. Collins as a substitute amendment to H.R. 3944. Its purpose was to integrate a series of other amendments and funding adjustments into the appropriations bill.

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

Veterans Affairs and Healthcare

  • Reports and Accountability: Requires reports on the use of third-party contractors for medical disability exams, veterans participating in housing choice voucher programs, and the funding backlog for State homes for veterans.
  • Funding and Services: Allocates $6.356 billion for telehealth and $709.573 million for opioid prevention and treatment. It also provides $36.879 million for the Intimate Partner Violence Assistance Program.
  • Operational Changes: Requires the National Cemetery Administration to continue customer service surveys and maintain a public spreadsheet of interment schedule availability.
  • Oversight: Limits the use of funds to cancel contracts exceeding $10 million without notifying Congress and requires a report on the implementation of VA staffing models.

Agriculture and Rural Development

  • Research and Pest Control: Appropriates $500,000 for industrial hemp fiber research and $500,000 for cereal research to mitigate mycotoxin risks. It also allocates $6.5 million for the control of Mormon crickets and grasshoppers.
  • Reporting: Requires reports on New World screwworm readiness and an assessment of expanding agricultural quarantine and inspection programs in Hawaii.
  • Rural Support: Increases funding for rural decentralized water systems and the Healthy Fluid Milk Incentives Program.

General Provisions

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