HR 4016, explained
Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026
Active Motion to proceed to consideration of measure made in Senate. (CR S8522) · Author: Ken Calvert (R-CA)
In plain English
This bill decides how much money the Department of Defense gets to spend in 2026. It covers military workers, equipment, weapons, research, and health care for military families. The bill also sets rules for how this money can be used.
If this passes
What would actually change, according to the official CRS summary. No predictions, no opinions.
- The Department of Defense would receive money for military personnel, operations, weapons, and research in fiscal year 2026
- Money would be provided for military health care, drug enforcement, and the Inspector General's office
- Funds would be provided to the CIA's retirement system and the Intelligence Community Management Account
- Rules would be set for how all these funds can and cannot be spent
Who's lobbying this bill
576 organizations reported lobbying activity
mentioning this bill. Federal lobbying reports list the bills an organization worked and its total quarterly lobbying spend, they don't say which side the organization took, and fees aren't itemized per bill.
Chamber Of Commerce Of The U.S.A.total lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 5 filings
$76.9M Rtx Corporation And Affiliatestotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 7 filings
$21.6M Lockheed Martin Corporationtotal lobbying spend, quarters naming this bill · 10 filings
$20.6M Money and the vote
How the chambers voted, from official roll-call records.
House · On Passage2025-07-18
221–209 Lobbying organizations' PAC money, by vote
Where an organization lobbying this bill has an affiliated PAC (linked through the FEC's
own connected-organization records), this shows that PAC's direct contributions to the members on each side of the
vote. Contributions span whole election cycles and are not tied to any single vote; no causal link is asserted.
Rtx Corporation And Affiliatesdirect PAC contributions to House members voting (2024 + 2026 cycles)
$980K → Yes (221) · $868K → No (209) Lockheed Martin Corporationdirect PAC contributions to House members voting (2024 + 2026 cycles)
$1.2M → Yes (221) · $896K → No (209)
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Sources
- Bill text and CRS summary: Congress.gov.
- Lobbying activity: quarterly LDA reports filed with the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House (lda.senate.gov).
- Votes: official House Clerk and Senate roll-call records. PAC contributions: FEC bulk data (committee-to-candidate transactions).
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