Fedorchak votes to complete annual appropriations through regular order
Bipartisan package advances FY26 defense, homeland security, health care, and infrastructure funding
Washington, D.C. — Congresswoman Julie Fedorchak (R-ND) today voted for the final FY26 funding package that completes the appropriations process through regular order. If enacted into law, FY26 will mark the first time in decades that Congress has funded the federal government through all 12 appropriations bills without reverting to a year-long continuing resolution.
“This is exactly why I came to Congress—to bring common sense back to Washington and deliberately review how taxpayer dollars are spent through an orderly budget process. After years of rushed, year-end bloated omnibuses, we are turning the page. The regular order appropriations process is the first step to getting our fiscal house in order,” Fedorchak said. “Thanks to Republican governance, we have shown that funding decisions can be transparent and timely as intended by our founders.”
The conferenced legislation includes funding for the Defense; Homeland; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; and Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development titles. Key provisions include:
Champions America’s military superiority
Supports the modernization of the nuclear triad: the B-21 Raider, the Columbia
Class Submarine, and Sentinel.
Invests in 5th and 6th generation aircraft including the F-35, F-47, and F/A-XX.
Boosts production of munitions.
Allocates funds for missile defense and space programs to support the Golden Dome effort.
Boosts American production by funding a Civil Reserve Manufacturing Network.
Accelerates hypersonic flight tests.
Expands financing for the Office of Strategic Capital.
Funds Special Operations Forces operations, equipment, and capabilities development.
Cares for our troops and their families
Provides a 3.8 percent pay raise for all service members.
Reduces Permanent Change of Station (PCS) moves for our troops.
Continues historic enacted FY25 pay increases for junior enlisted service members.
Shapes a more efficient and effective Department of Defense
Cuts over $1.2 billion through efficiencies and streamlined operations.
Cuts $550 million from lower bulk fuel rates.
Eliminates funding for DEI programs, Critical Race Theory, or abortion-related travel.
Prohibits the use of funds to destroy surplus firearms or spent brass.
Prohibits funds to support the Wuhan Institute of Virology or EcoHealth Alliance.
Prevents the closure or transfer of detainees from Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
Invests in transportation safety and rebuilds America
Increases funding for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) by $1.588 billion.
Provides the FAA with resources to hire 2,500 new air traffic controllers.
Redirects $2.3 billion in Democrat priorities from the Infrastructure Investments and Jobs Act (IIJA), including $879 million from Biden’s failed EV charging program.
Supports the Trump administration’s transportation and housing priorities
Reinforces English language proficiency requirements for truck drivers.
Codifies DOGE recommendations to reduce the federal bureaucracy of Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (THUD) agencies by 29%.
Invests in highway and airport infrastructure.
Terminates $928 million from the now-canceled California high speed rail project.
Safeguards American taxpayer dollars and preserves core functions
Eliminates or redirects $5.6 billion through 28 program cuts and 7 rescissions.
Reduces HUD staff by 24 percent, saving $348 million in salaries and expenses.
Rightsizes DOT staffing with a 5% reduction without compromising
transportation safety.
Maintains longstanding, bipartisan riders
Reinforces citizenship requirements for housing assistance.
Prohibits DOT from enforcing COVID-19 mask mandates on public transportation
conveyances and transportation hubs.
Enforces the American Security Drone Act of 2023, which bans the procurement
and use of drones produced by China and other hostile entities.
Prohibits HUD from requiring grantees to undertake specific zoning laws as a part
of meeting fair housing obligations.
Prohibits the enforcement of the electronic logging device rule with respect to
carriers transporting livestock or insects.
Prohibits Amtrak from reducing the total number of police patrolling stations below 2019 levels.
Limits funds for projects that use eminent domain.
Combats international actors who facilitate drug manufacturing and trafficking into
the country
Provides $1.1 billion for counter-drug programs.
Increases funding for the National Guard Counter-Drug Program.
Maintains the current United States Southern Command headquarters.
Champions public safety and homeland preparedness
Enhances resources to detect and counter the spread of deadly drugs like fentanyl.
Partners with state and local law enforcement to enhance immigration enforcement and homeland defense capabilities.
Protects vulnerable children by strengthening exploitation, human trafficking, and
forced labor investigations.
Increases grant funding for firefighters and first responders.
Supports security preparation and planning for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, America250, the 2028 Summer Olympics and Paralympics, and other National Special Security Events.
Supports the Trump administration’s homeland priorities
Funds the military pay raise for Coast Guard servicemembers.
Eliminates funding for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) efforts.
Eliminates handouts to NGOs that facilitated the Biden administration’s border crisis.
Codifies the Trump administration’s reductions to the bloated bureaucracy.
Bolsters U.S. national security and border protections
Provides funds to sustain 22,000 Border Patrol agents.
Increases the Coast Guard’s Indo-Pacific footprint.
Provides $3.8 billion for custody operations to strengthen detention and deportation efforts of illegal aliens.
Provides $192.5 million for unmanned systems to improve maritime domain
awareness.
Provides $20 million to hire critical positions at the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
Security Agency (CISA).
Prohibits funds for programs that incentivize illegal immigration, such as the Shelter and Services Program and the Case Management Pilot Program.
Enacts President Trump’s mandate from the American people into law
Protects the right to life by maintaining the Hyde Amendment, which prohibits taxpayer funding for abortion on demand.
Supports the Trump administration’s Executive Order on Restoring Gold Standard Science.
Maintains the longstanding Dickey Amendment which prevents the use of federal funds to restrict Second Amendment rights.
Rescinds the Biden Administration’s massive expansion of Internal Revenue Service (IRS).
Champions President Trump’s Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) agenda
Prioritizes primary care funding for rural health, health centers, and the health workforce to end the chronic disease epidemic.
Provides dedicated funding to coordinate Secretary Kennedy’s Food is Medicine initiative.
Increases funding for nutrition research at the National Institutes of Health.
Increases funding for mental health and substance use treatment and prevention.
Invests in President Trump’s Make America Skilled Again (MASA) agenda
Supports apprenticeship programs, trains workers, and educates students in rural America.
Supports investments in career and technical education as well as community colleges.
Increases funding to strengthen Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Bolsters President Trump’s America First National Security Agenda
Provides $48.7 billion for biomedical research.
Strengthens American biosecurity to defend against chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear threats to the homeland.
Invests in cybersecurity training to defend the homeland against foreign actors.
Safeguards American taxpayer dollars and enhances core government functions
Provides program integrity resources to protect the Social Security system and root out waste, fraud, and abuse in federal health care programs.
Prioritizes increased funding for the Social Security Administration to enhance frontline
customer service for seniors.
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