Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
Latest action · Jun 14, 2018 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 14, 2018
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
Provides FY2019 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the Senate and Joint Items such as:
- the Joint Economic Committee,
- the Joint Committee on Taxation,
- the Office of the Attending Physician, and
- the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.
Provides FY2019 appropriations for:
- the Capitol Police;
- the Office of Compliance;
- the Congressional Budget Office;
- the Architect of the Capitol;
- the Library of Congress, including the Congressional Research Service and the Copyright Office;
- the Government Publishing Office;
- the Government Accountability Office;
- the Open World Leadership Center Trust Fund; and
- the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.
(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the House are not included in the Senate bill.)
Sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for funds provided by this bill.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| Senate | Appropriations Committee | Reported as an original measure Jun 14, 2018 |
| Legislative Branch Subcommittee | Hearings Apr 25, 2018Hearings May 8, 2018Hearings May 15, 2018 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2018Introduced in Senate
- Jun 14, 2018Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Daines. With written report No. 115-274.
- Jun 14, 2018Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 450.
- May 15, 2018Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-411.
- May 8, 2018Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-411.
- Apr 25, 2018Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 115-411.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Committee report
Printed hearings 2
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 115-411 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201934 pages | Appropriations Committee | May 8, 2018 |
| S. Hrg. 115-411 | LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS FOR FISCAL YEAR 201973 pages | Appropriations Committee | Apr 25, 2018 |
CRS reports 10
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 10
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R49049 | Legislative Branch: FY2027 Appropriations | Report | Jul 30, 2026 |
| 97-1011 | Salaries of Members of Congress: Recent Actions and Historical Tables | Report | May 6, 2026 |
| R48612 | Legislative Branch: FY2026 Appropriations | Report | Mar 26, 2026 |
| 97-615 | Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2025 | Report | Aug 26, 2025 |
| R48145 | Legislative Branch: FY2025 Appropriations | Report | Jun 17, 2025 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 5894 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | May 21, 2018 |
| HR 5895 | Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 | Related bill | Sep 21, 2018 |
Titles 3
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- An original bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Appropriations
- Architect of the Capitol
- Budget deficits and national debt
- Building construction
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional committees
- Congressional elections
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government Publishing Office (GPO)
- Government trust funds
- Horticulture and plants
- International exchange and broadcasting
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Joint Economic Committee
- Law enforcement officers
- Library of Congress
- Members of Congress
- Mississippi
- Motor vehicles
- Policy sciences
- Public contracts and procurement
- Russia
- Senate
- U.S. Capitol
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 14, 2018Placed on Calendar Senate
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.