The allocated 10% less to the area of in 2026, while the forecast of expenses indicated by deputies and senators for the area of social assistance increased by 57%, which include everything from meal delivery to the cost of reception units for people who abuse alcohol and drugs.
The Budget data also shows an increase of 16.4% in the budget allocated to urban planning actions, applied to the construction of roads and repairs to public squares, among other works.
Variations in amendments occur in election years, when parliamentarians seek actions with greater social visibility. For the first time, Congressional nominations were made before the electoral dispute.
The data is part of a report that will be released this Friday (6), by , a platform that cross-references and presents data on the Budget.
At the center of the (Supreme Federal Court) debate on transparency, Pix amendments also fell for the second year in a row, totaling R$6.93 billion in the Budget, a figure 1.2% lower than the previous year.
In this type of individual amendment, parliamentarians directly send the resources to states and municipalities. Decisions by the STF, however, forced the presentation of a plan for using the funds.
The report also points out that the federal government’s discretionary funding increased by 11.3% since last year, while the resource for amendments increased by 2.9%. This portion of the Budget is aimed at investments and funding in public policies and is managed in a more flexible way, as it is not earmarked for salary payments and other obligations.
The manager of the Amendments Center, Bruno Bondarovsky, states that parliamentarians decided to cut part of the nominations to expand the electoral fund. “You also notice the parliamentarians’ option to set aside money for the fund, rather than to interfere in national politics through state bench amendments,” he says, who is an associate researcher at PUC-Rio.
In 2026, the health sector will continue to benefit the most from the amendments, with around R$26.3 billion. The budget represents 54.4% of the R$49.9 billion reserved for deputies and senators.
The dominance of amendments is explained by the obligation to allocate at least half of the individual and state bench nominations to departmental actions. The money is generally transferred to local departments to pay for hospitals and outpatient clinics.
The budget for social assistance, which jumped from R$845.2 million to R$1.32 billion, could be attractive to parliamentarians as it brings them closer to the poorest population, says Bondarovsky.
“There is a lot of contact between the population [mais pobre] with the CRAS (Social Assistance Reference Center), with the CadÚnico registration service. If there is more money, you can make more deliveries to these locations”, he said.
Resources from amendments for education fell by R$174.9 million in 2026, reaching R$1.54 billion. The sector is the fourth main destination for parliamentary nominations.
Since 2015, parliamentarians have promoted profound changes, including in the Constitution, to expand the control and volume of amendments. Today, individual and state bench nominations are mandatory, that is, mandatory payment.
Congress’ progress on the Budget became clear from 2020 onwards, when there was a jump from R$18.3 billion to R$48.5 billion in committed amendments, considering values updated for inflation. The increase was driven by the so-called rapporteur’s amendment, which the STF would declare unconstitutional in 2022.
In 2026, the amendments should still account for more than a third of the budget of five ministries, with control reaching 68.7% of Tourism’s discretionary resources.
“It becomes much more difficult for the government to continue with its planning with this dependence on parliamentary amendments”, says Bondarovsky.
He also points out that the demand for the execution of resources ends up mainly affecting the Executive.
“When you think life is bad, when someone complains, you go to the mayor, governor and president. About the deputies, we complain about their behavior, their attitudes, their choices, but we don’t blame the problems in our lives on the parliamentarian.”
