House appropriators released their committee report Wednesday for the Legislative Branch funding bill, which includes detailed guidance on how they’d like Capitol Hill offices and agencies to spend fiscal 2026 funding. Here’s a sampling of what’s on their minds ahead of Thursday’s full-committee markup:
Member security: The report instructs the security agencies under congressional purview, including Capitol Police, to direct patrols to buildings and locations “where the Members tend to congregate” and to educate members on how to stay safe while outside the Capitol complex.
“The Committee is concerned about the current level of security measures across the Capitol campus, particularly when Members of Congress are travelling across the Capitol Plaza to vote,” reads the 38-page report.
The report also includes notice that Congress will not continue funding a Capitol Police pilot program of field offices across the country tasked with investigating threats against lawmakers, saying