Defense gains $233.6B in House bills; 6 of 11 others fall
Source. CBO status reports, FY2027 House (June 25, 2026) and FY2026 (April 30, 2026)
Method and data
Method. Both levels are CBO base budget authority (security plus nonsecurity), excluding designated and emergency amounts; the Legislative Branch bar is not like for like because CBO’s House total omits Senate items, and the House committee states $7.3B, $42.5M above FY2026.
| Bill area | FY2026 enacted base ($ millions) | House base ($ millions) | House minus FY2026 ($ millions) | House minus FY2026 (%) | CBO CR annualized base ($ millions) | Comparability note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agriculture-FDA | 26,650 | 26,270 | −380 | −1.4 | 26,599 | |
| Commerce-Justice-Science | 78,011 | 77,341 | −670 | −0.9 | 78,609 | |
| Defense | 838,653 | 1,072,210 | 233,557 | 27.8 | 843,898 | House Appropriations states a 1,072,000 total discretionary allocation |
| Energy-Water | 58,039 | 58,500 | 461 | 0.8 | 57,970 | |
| Financial Services-General Government | 26,298 | 25,296 | −1,002 | −3.8 | 26,305 | |
| Homeland Security | 55,017 | 64,900 | 9,883 | 18 | 48,075 | CBO FY2026 level includes about 7,000 from Div. B of P.L. 119-86, which the CR excludes; ICE and Border Patrol are funded through P.L. 119-98 |
| Interior-Environment | 38,600 | 38,900 | 300 | 0.8 | 40,365 | Emergency designation of 1,537 (EPA Superfund) is excluded from allocations and shown separately |
| Labor-HHS-Education | 194,904 | 189,279 | −5,625 | −2.9 | 223,839 | CBO annualized CR base exceeds FY2026 enacted by 28,935; the pages reviewed do not itemize why, so use the FY2026 comparison |
| Legislative Branch | 7,259 | 5,441 | −1,818 | −25 | 7,226 | House total excludes Senate items by CBO convention, so the change is not like-for-like; House Appropriations states $7.3B allocation, $42.5M above FY2026 |
| Military Construction-VA | 153,278 | 156,985 | 3,707 | 2.4 | 159,713 | Discretionary only; the House bill also provides 323,900 of mandatory programs (House Appropriations) |
| National Security-State (NSRP) | 50,014 | 47,320 | −2,694 | −5.4 | 49,756 | |
| Transportation-HUD | 102,883 | 92,224 | −10,659 | −10.4 | 104,416 | |
| Total, 12 bills | 1,629,606 | 1,854,666 | 225,060 | 13.8 | 1,666,771 | Senate has no allocation or reported level; row labels recovered from CBO table order and cross-checked against House Appropriations and CRS statements |
