Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
Latest action · Sep 23, 2020 Rule H. Res. 1129 passed House.
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.
- IntroducedSep 21, 2020
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
This bill provides continuing FY2021 appropriations to federal agencies through December 11, 2020, and extends several programs.
It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2021 appropriations bills have not been enacted when FY2021 begins on October 1, 2020.
The CR funds most programs and activities at the FY2020 levels with several exceptions that provide funding flexibility and additional appropriations to various programs.
In addition, the bill extends several authorities and programs, including
- surface transportation programs;
- public health, Medicare, and Medicaid authorities and programs;
- several authorities related to veterans benefits;
- the National Flood Insurance Program;
- the Appalachian Regional Commission;
- the U.S. Parole Commission;
- the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program; and
- several authorities related to immigration.
The bill also includes provisions that
- increase and expand U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services fees for providing premium processing services for certain immigration-related applications, and
- reauthorize a program that provides incentives (e.g., limitations on civil liability) for corporations to self-report antitrust violations to the Department of Justice.
Cosponsors
Members who signed on, in the order they did.
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Appropriations Committee | Referred Sep 21, 2020 |
| House | Budget Committee | Referred Sep 21, 2020 |
Actions 4
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 23, 2020Rule H. Res. 1129 passed House.
- Sep 21, 2020Introduced in House
- Sep 21, 2020Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
- Sep 21, 2020Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1129 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4447, H.R. 6270 and H.R. 8319. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 4447 under a structured rulee with 90 minutes of general debate. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 6270, under closed rule and H.R. 8319 under a closed rule.
In the Congressional Record 2
Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.
| Where | In the Record | Members | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House | Debate and remarks H4725–H4732Text printed H4725Amendments H4732Recorded votes H4772consideration (H. Res. 1129), previous questionLists H4772, H4773Votes recorded by proxy on H. Res. 1129, consideration of H.R. 8319, continuing appropriations and certain public health programs extensionVotes recorded by proxy on previous question to H. Res. 1129, consideration of H.R. 8319, continuing appropriations and certain public health programs extension | Debbie Lesko R-AZ (amendment), James P. McGovern D-MA, John Katko R-NY | Sep 23, 2020 |
| House | Declaratory Statements H4642Lists H4641H.R. 8319–8332 | — | Sep 21, 2020 |
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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimate
- Sep 21, 2020H.R. 8319, the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions ActAs Introduced on September 21, 2020, and Posted on the House Committee on Rules Website (https://rules.house.gov/bill/116/hr-PIH-continuing-appropriations-2021
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 166, no. 163, September 21, 2020, page H4641.
CRS reports 2
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 2
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R46457 | Status of FY2021 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations: In Brief Archived | Report | Jan 10, 2022 |
| R46859 | Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2021 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jan 10, 2022 |
Related bills 13
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
Titles 6
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2021, and for other purposes.
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
- Continuing Appropriations Act, 2021 and Other Extensions Act
- Short Title(s) as Introduced for portions of this bill
- Antitrust Criminal Penalty Enhancement and Reform Permanent Extension Act
- Emergency Stopgap USCIS Stabilization Act
- Department of Veterans Affairs Expiring Authorities Act of 2020
- United States Parole Commission Extension Act of 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Administrative remedies
- Aging
- Agricultural marketing and promotion
- Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
- Appalachian Regional Commission
- Appropriations
- Asia
- Aviation and airports
- Bankruptcy
- Cardiovascular and respiratory health
- Census and government statistics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
- Child care and development
- Child health
- Coast guard
- Community life and organization
- Competition and antitrust
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional oversight
- Corporation for National and Community Service
- Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
- Criminal procedure and sentencing
- Defense spending
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Defense
- Department of Energy
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Department of Homeland Security
- Department of Housing and Urban Development
- Department of State
- Department of the Interior
- Department of Transportation
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Digestive and metabolic diseases
- Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
- Disability assistance
- Disaster relief and insurance
- District of Columbia
- Drug therapy
- Economics and Public Finance
- Education programs funding
- Electric power generation and transmission
- Emergency medical services and trauma care
- Employee leave
- Environmental health
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
- Floods and storm protection
- Food assistance and relief
- Foreign labor
- Forests, forestry, trees
- General Services Administration
- Georgia
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government corporations and government-sponsored enterprises
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government information and archives
- Government lending and loan guarantees
- Government studies and investigations
- Government trust funds
- Grain
- Hazardous wastes and toxic substances
- Health care costs and insurance
- Health care coverage and access
- Health care quality
- Health facilities and institutions
- Health information and medical records
- Health personnel
- Health programs administration and funding
- Health promotion and preventive care
- Higher education
- Home and outpatient care
- Homelessness and emergency shelter
- House of Representatives
- Housing and community development funding
- Housing finance and home ownership
- Hunting and fishing
- Immigration status and procedures
- Infectious and parasitic diseases
- Internet and video services
- Internet, web applications, social media
- Judges
- Land transfers
- Library of Congress
- Long-term, rehabilitative, and terminal care
- Low- and moderate-income housing
- Marine and inland water transportation
- Medicaid
- Medical education
- Medical research
- Medicare
- Members of Congress
- Mental health
- Military personnel and dependents
- Military procurement, research, weapons development
- National Archives and Records Administration
- National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Nursing
- Nutrition and diet
- Office of Personnel Management (OPM)
- Parks, recreation areas, trails
- Pest management
- Philippines
- Physical fitness and lifestyle
- Preschool education
- Prescription drugs
- Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
- Public contracts and procurement
- Public transit
- Railroads
- Research administration and funding
- Roads and highways
- Sales and excise taxes
- Sex and reproductive health
- Small business
- Small Business Administration
- Specialized courts
- Tennessee
- Transportation costs
- Transportation programs funding
- Transportation safety and security
- User charges and fees
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
- Water quality
- Water resources funding
- Water use and supply
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 21, 2020Introduced in House
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.
