Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020
Latest action · Sep 26, 2019 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
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 26, 2019
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020
This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the Senate and Joint Items such as
- the Joint Economic Committee,
- the Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies of 2021,
- the Joint Committee on Taxation,
- the Office of the Attending Physician, and
- the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.
In addition, the bill provides FY2020 appropriations for
- the Capitol Police;
- the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights;
- 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 of Representatives are not included in the Senate bill.)
The bill also 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 Sep 26, 2019 |
| Legislative Branch Subcommittee | Hearings Apr 10, 2019 |
Actions 6
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2019Introduced in Senate
- Sep 26, 2019Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Hyde-Smith. With written report No. 116-124.
- Sep 26, 2019Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 228.
- Apr 10, 2019Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-83.
- Apr 3, 2019Committee on Appropriations Senate Subcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held prior to introduction and/or referral. Hearings printed: S.Hrg. 116-83.
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
CRS reports 8
Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.
Cite it 8
Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.
| Product | Title | Kind | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| R44399 | Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA): History and Usage | Report | Aug 4, 2026 |
| 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 |
| 97-615 | Salaries of Members of Congress: Congressional Votes, 1990-2025 | Report | Aug 26, 2025 |
| R47624 | Legislative Branch: FY2024 Appropriations | Report | May 21, 2024 |
| R47296 | Legislative Branch: FY2023 Appropriations | Report | Mar 13, 2023 |
| R46936 | Legislative Branch: FY2022 Appropriations | Report | May 18, 2022 |
| R45755 | Legislative Branch: FY2020 Appropriations Archived | Report | Feb 12, 2020 |
Related bills 2
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 1865 | Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 | Related bill | Dec 20, 2019 |
| HR 2779 | Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020 | Related bill | May 16, 2019 |
Titles 2
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, 2020, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Reported to Senate
- Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2020
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Congress.
- Appropriations
- Architect of the Capitol
- Asia
- Books and print media
- Budget deficits and national debt
- China
- Computer security and identity theft
- Computers and information technology
- Congress
- Congressional agencies
- Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
- Congressional committees
- Congressional leadership
- Congressional officers and employees
- Congressional operations and organization
- Congressional Research Service (CRS)
- Disability and paralysis
- Employment discrimination and employee rights
- Espionage and treason
- Food industry and services
- Foreign and international corporations
- Government Accountability Office (GAO)
- Government buildings, facilities, and property
- Government information and archives
- Government Publishing Office (GPO)
- Government trust funds
- Horticulture and plants
- House of Representatives
- Immigration status and procedures
- Intellectual property
- Iran
- Joint Committee on Taxation
- Joint Economic Committee
- Law enforcement officers
- Library of Congress
- Members of Congress
- Middle East
- North Korea
- Policy sciences
- Pornography
- Public contracts and procurement
- Russia
- Senate
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Solid waste and recycling
- Subversive activities
- Technology assessment
- Telephone and wireless communication
- U.S. Capitol
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Sep 26, 2019Reported to 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.