Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.
Latest action · Apr 9, 2019 Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, H. Res. 293 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H3185-3186; text: CR H3185-3186)
Progress
Where this resolution reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried. A simple resolution is the business of one chamber alone: it is not sent to the other chamber or to the President, and does not become law.
- IntroducedApr 8, 2019
- Agreed to in HouseApr 9, 2019
Summary
This resolution establishes budget enforcement procedures in the House of Representatives for FY2020.
Specifically, the resolution establishes requirements for
- committee allocations,
- aggregate spending levels,
- aggregate revenue levels, and
- limitations on advance appropriations.
(An advance appropriation is new discretionary budget authority that is provided in FY2020 appropriations legislation and first becomes available after FY2020.)
The resolution also specifies requirements for adjusting the allocations and levels to accommodate specified funding for
- Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism,
- Internal Revenue Service tax enforcement activities, and
- the 2020 census.
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 | Budget Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2019 |
| House | Rules Committee | Referred Apr 8, 2019 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2019Passed/agreed to in House: Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 294, H. Res. 293 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H3185-3186; text: CR H3185-3186)
- Apr 8, 2019Introduced in House
- Apr 8, 2019Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.
In the Congressional Record 1
Days the Record’s own index lists this resolution, 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 H3141–H3148, H3185Text printed H3141, H3185Amendments H3147Recorded votes H3166, H3167adopt (H. Res. 294), previous question | Austin Scott R-GA, Joseph D. Morelle D-NY, Neal P. Dunn R-FL, Rob Woodall R-GA (amendment), Tom Cole R-OK | Apr 9, 2019 |
Research
What has been written about this resolution: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
CRS reports 4
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this resolution or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 4
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R47388 | Enforceable Spending Allocations in the Congressional Budget Process: 302(a) Allocations and 302(b) Suballocations | Report | Nov 17, 2025 |
| R44296 | Deeming Resolutions: Budget Enforcement in the Absence of a Budget Resolution | Report | Jun 8, 2022 |
| R45774 | Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (THUD) Appropriations for FY2020: In Brief | Report | May 18, 2020 |
| R45708 | Energy and Water Development: FY2020 Appropriations Archived | Report | Jan 29, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 294 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1644) to restore the open internet order of the Federal Communications Commission; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2021) to amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and to establish a congressional budget for fiscal year 2020; and for other purposes. | Procedurally related | Apr 9, 2019 |
| HR 2021 | Investing for the People Act of 2019 | Related bill | Apr 9, 2019 |
Titles 1
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2020.
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.
- Appropriations
- Budget process
- Census and government statistics
- Congressional committees
- Defense spending
- Department of Commerce
- Department of Veterans Affairs
- Economics and Public Finance
- Executive agency funding and structure
- House Committee on the Budget
- Military operations and strategy
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
Text 2
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Apr 9, 2019Engrossed in House
- Apr 8, 2019Introduced 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 resolution 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.
