More than $206 million will come to New Mexico through congressionally directed spending in the 2026 fiscal year for high-dollar items like an Air Force dormitory and for smaller projects like buying a wildland fire engine in Questa.

Along with a stopgap funding bill to keep the federal government open through January, three year long appropriations bills were included in the November deal to end the government shutdown. Those yearlong appropriations bills will pay for military construction and Veterans Affairs; provide annual appropriations for agriculture, rural development, nutrition assistance programs and the Food and Drug Administration; and fund Congress and agencies that support its function, like the Capitol Police and Library of Congress.

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