Congress legislators advance the bills of expenses for the year 2026, with mixed results for articles related to construction. Generally, the provisional assignments of the authorizations of the subcommittees total $ 1.6 trillion in the 12 bills, a reduction of $ 45 billion compared to the levels promoted of 2025.
“Each bill is reduced, except for the vital areas that the President requested to be protected: our defense, veterans and national security,” said representative Tom Cole (R-Okla), a Committee on Casa Chaor’s appropriations, in a statement.
So far, house legislators have approved two appropriating bills, have advanced five through the Complete Committee and three more through subcommissions. The Senate Appropriating Commission has so far advanced four bills.
Deep cuts to epa
The interior, the Interior Agencies Subcommittee, the Related Subcommittee approved a $ 37.9 billion spending bill for the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Department of the Interior and related agencies on July 9.
The bill reflects the priorities of the current administration, with the financing directed towards deregulation, especially related to the lease of oil and gas inside, and a fall in the overall budget of the EPA by 23%, making deep cuts in state -of -the -art background programs for drinking water infrastructure projects and wastewater.
Cole praised the Republican leaders of the Sub-Committee to “guide the resources where they need the most”, while also reduced funding for “lower priority programs”. Those who considered the lower priorities of the leaders of the Sub -Committee included initiatives and environmental justice programs to implement efforts of diversity, equity and inclusion.
With regard to front -line numbers, the Interior bill would assign $ 14.77 billion to the agency. which is $ 61 million below 2025 tax levels; The EPA’s bill assigns $ 7 billion, which exceeds $ 2.12 billion below the amount promulgated in the year 2025. Although the Bill Slashs the EPA budget significantly, is still less than 31% proposed by the Trump administration in March.
The bill would assign $ 490 million for drinking water infrastructure and $ 559 million for wastewater projects through EPA SRF loans, which would reduce their funding by 26% and 20%, respectively.
The financing cuts are “counterproductive to build and repair the water and wastewater infrastructure of our nation,” said Zack Permonti, Vice President of Affairs of the Government of the National Association of Public Services Contractors. “ The Congress has accumulated the problem by allocating almost half of the remaining funding. Although useful for individual communities, this effectively reduces SRF available resources by removing dollars from the swimming loans pool and damages the long -term health of the critical infrastructure programs used by the 50 States, territories, tribal governments and Columbia district for water projects. ”
In its most recent evaluation, the publication of in September 2023, EPA reached the need for 20 years of drinking water infrastructure to about $ 625 million, an increase of 32% compared to the latest report. The last estimate for clean water estimates the need for 20 years of wastewater infrastructure to more than $ 630 million.
Redirected transport funds
The Urban Transportation, Housing and Development Bill and Related Agencies recommends a $ 89.5 billion discretion of $ 89.5 billion, which reduced $ 4.5 billion or 4.7% from 2025. In this, the US Department of Transportation would have $ 22.1 billion, a $ 3.1 billion decrease from $ 2025 and $ 4.7 billion below Dot’s dowry request from the White House.
The Chambers Committee advanced the measure by a 35-28 vote on July 17.
Along with $ 83.3 billion from road and airport trust fund programs, the bill provides $ 105.1 billion for transport projects. Authorizes $ 6 billion for airport facilities and facilities, $ 63.4 billion from road confidence funds for safety and motorway construction programs, $ 924.9 million for northern runner work -amtrak and $ 1.4 billion for Amtrak projects elsewhere and $ 538 million for the program improvement program Consolidated.
But about $ 4.4 billion of financing are redirected from the previously obliged funds for different programs under the Investment and Infrastructure Job Law of 2021, such as federal-state collaboration for Interity Passenger Rail. Representative Steve Womack (R-Ark) said that during an appropriation committee he felt that the measure would put money from the lowest priorities to “real performance programs”. He said that while “some of these programs have been transformative in nature, there are too many programs in this bill that were due to the curry of political favors or exceeded in relation to demand.”
But the funds of the Infrastructure Act were a more important point for the Committee’s Democrats, along with cuts of some articles in both the transport sections and the HUD of the bill. Representative James Clyburn (DS.C.) said that the financing of infrastructure law programs was included to try to compensate for “an unfortunately inadequate assignment”, prominent cuts to Amtrak, public transport and programs related to climate change.
“These transport cuts are especially looked at because they make up housing and the cost of the crisis of life,” said Clyburn. “Access to secure and reliable affordable traffic is essential to connecting people to jobs, schools and health care.”
Rosa Deauro (D-Con.), A member of the ranking on the Chamber Committee, read a statement from the Connecticut Department of the Transport Commissioner Garrett Eucalytto on Amtrak’s cuts.
“With more than $ 10 billion in capital needs at the New Haven line, which the state … he inherited from a private bankruptcy railway that he did not invest for decades, we cannot make these repairs on our own,” he said. “The proposal of most Thud will not only stop the progress of the north corridor, east, but will also put us again on our heels, just as we have begun to see momentum.”
Energy and water development
The Casa Compress Committee also advanced the development project of agencies and agencies related to agencies related to a 35-27 vote during the same marathon session. Provides a $ 57.3 billion discretion, which is $ 766.4 million below the 2025 level.
The bill cuts $ 1.4 billion from the Department of Energy compared to the levels promoted of 2025, providing $ 48.8 billion for the department. Many programs saw cuts in funding. The bill provides $ 1.9 billion for energy efficiency and renewable energy, with a reduction of $ 1.6 billion compared to 2025; $ 350 million for advanced research projects (Arpa-E), $ 110 million less than 2025, and with reduced $ 35 million from network deployment funding, provides $ 25 million for these projects. “This is a taxable bill that will strengthen our national security and advance our energy independence,” said Chuck Fleishmann (R-Tenn.).
The bill provides $ 9.9 billion for civil works of the North -American Army Corps, including $ 3.5 billion for Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund, $ 1.9 billion for flood and storm damage projects, and $ 396.8 million for internal waterways projects.
But the bill does not include any funding for the formerly used body repair action program, focused on cleaning places contaminated during nuclear efforts of early defense. In the report of the bill on the bill, the legislators wrote that they expect “the body to make an expeditive progress within the available funds of the previous years”. The bill also reduces the financing of the Energy Nuclear Department by $ 779 million, but provides $ 7.7 billion.
“This bill turns its back on communities that still live with the toxic legacy of the atomic past of America,” said representative Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio).
For the inside, the bill provides $ 1.9 billion. Most would go to the water account and resources related to the Claim Office, including $ 126.8 million for rural water projects and $ 201 million for water storage projects.
Military
The Senate Appropriating Committee voted on July 26-3 to advance its 2026 military construction, veterans’ affairs and agencies related to the law with $ 153.5 billion in discretionary funding, an increase of $ 6 billion during the level of 2025, plus $ 300 million in compulsory funding.
House legislators previously approved another version of the bill with a discretionary assignment of $ 152.1 billion.
The Milcon-VA bill of the bill of Milcon-VA provides funding for about 300 projects, including housing and child development centers, works to strengthen the United States’s military presence in the Pacific region and NATO’s facilities, said Senator Patty Murray (D-Wash), Vice President of the Committee. Includes $ 2.4 billion for army construction, $ 5.9 billion for the construction of the Navy and the Navy body, $ 4.1 billion for the construction of the air force and $ 3.7 billion for construction throughout the defense. For family housing construction, the bill provides $ 228.6 million in the army, $ 177.6 million in the Navy and Navy body, and $ 274.2 million in the air force.
“These are incredibly important for our service members, our veterans and our national security,” said Murray.
The bill also includes $ 2.1 billion for the construction of veteran affairs.
