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Markup boosts NNSA and Office of Science funding while Democrats warn cuts risk nonproliferation and cleanup work
Summary
The subcommittee recommended roughly $25.3 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration and $8.4 billion for DOE’s Office of Science, while Democrats warned cuts to nonproliferation and cleanup accounts would harm efforts to prevent proliferation and to remediate legacy contamination.
The subcommittee’s opening statement said the FY2026 bill provides about $25.3 billion for the National Nuclear Security Administration, an increase of roughly $1.2 billion over fiscal 2025, and includes $8.4 billion for the Department of Energy Office of Science. The chairman described these increases as priorities for nuclear modernization and scientific leadership. Democratic members argued the bill simultaneously cuts critical nonproliferation and cleanup accounts. Representative Kaptur said the measure cuts $412 million from the…
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