Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes, and providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3486) to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to increase penalties for individuals who illegally enter and reenter the United States after being removed, and for other purposes.
The document you provided is H. Res. 682, a House Rules resolution from September 9, 2025. It does not itself change policy in H.R. 3838 or H.R. 3486; instead, it sets the House’s procedural rules for considering those two bills. Specifically, it directs how H.R. 3838 (the FY 2026 defense authorization—funding for DoD activities, military construction, and defense activities of the DOE, plus military personnel levels) and H.R. 3486 (a bill to increase penalties for illegal entry and reentry under the Immigration and Nationality Act) will be debated and amended in the House. The resolution outlines debate time, amendment rules (including amendments in the nature of substitutes and “en bloc” amendments), and how final passage will proceed, including waivers of certain points of order. In short, it governs the floor process for these two bills rather than their substantive content.
Key Points
- 1The resolution authorizes potential consideration of H.R. 3838 in the Committee of the Whole with a one-hour general debate, after which amendments would be considered under a five-minute rule.
- 2It requires adopting an amendment in the nature of a substitute for H.R. 3838 that aligns with Rules Committee Print 119-8, and treats the amended bill as the base for further amendment.
- 3Amendments to H.R. 3838 printed in Part A of the Rules report will be offered only by designated Members, read, and subject to specified debate times; such amendments are not amendable themselves and cannot be divided.
- 4The chair may offer amendments en bloc (grouped amendments) to H.R. 3838 not previously disposed of, with a 40-minute debate allocated to such amendments.
- 5After consideration, the Committee shall rise and report H.R. 3838, as amended, to the House with any further amendments adopted, and the “previous question” motion for final passage will be considered as ordered, with limited opportunity for recommittal.
- 6For H.R. 3486, consideration is authorized after the adoption of this resolution, with the Judiciary Committee’s substitute amendment (as printed) adopted, and amendments treated as read under a one-hour debate split equally between the chair and ranking minority member (or designees); a single motion to recommit remains available.
- 7The resolution waives all points of order against consideration of both bills and their amendments, streamlining floor action.