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Summary

The legislative branch appropriations bill provides funding for the Senate; House of

Representatives; Joint Items; Capitol Police; Office of Compliance; Congressional Budget Office

(CBO); Architect of the Capitol (AOC); Library of Congress (LOC), including the Congressional

Research Service (CRS); Government Publishing Office (GPO); Government Accountability

Office (GAO); Open World Leadership Center; and the John C. Stennis Center.

The FY2019 legislative branch budget request of $4.960 billion was submitted on February 12,

2018. The budget request levels were developed prior to the enactment of full-year appropriations

for FY2018. Agency assessments for FY2019 may subsequently have been revised—for example,

to account for items funded or not funded in the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

Subsequent discussions may vary from the levels or language included in the budget request due

to this timing. For purposes of this report, however, FY2019 requested levels refer to the

requested levels originally submitted unless otherwise noted. By law, the President includes the

legislative branch request in the annual budget submission without change.

The House Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee held hearings in April

to consider the FY2019 legislative branch requests. On May 8, 2018, the House Appropriations

Committee held a markup of the bill. Three amendments were considered: one, a manager’s

amendment, was adopted, and the bill was ordered reported.

On May 24, 2018, the text of H.R. 5894 was included in a print issued by the House Rules

Committee entitled “Text of Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and

Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2019” (Committee Print 115-71, which also contained the

text of H.R. 5895, H.R. 5894, and H.R. 5786). On June 5 and 6, the House Rules Committee met

to consider rules for the consideration of H.R. 5895, which included legislative branch funding as

Division B; the bill has sometimes been referred to as a “minibus” appropriations package. The

rule for consideration (H.Res. 918, H.Rept. 115-711) was agreed to in the House on June 6, 2018.

Of the seven amendments to Division B made in order by H.Res. 918, six were offered and four

were agreed to (three by voice vote and one by roll call vote). H.R. 5895 passed in the House on

June 8, 2018, by a vote of 212-179 (Roll No. 257). The House-passed total for legislative branch

activities, excluding Senate items, was $3.811 billion (H.R. 5894, H.Rept. 115-696).

The Senate Appropriations Committee’s Legislative Branch Subcommittee held hearings in April

and May of 2018 to consider FY2019 legislative branch requests. On June 14, the Senate

Appropriations Committee held a markup of its version of the FY2019 bill and reported S. 3071

(S.Rept. 115-274), which proposed $3.367 billion for legislative branch activities, excluding

House items. The Senate began consideration of FY2019 legislative branch appropriations on

June 18, 2018, agreeing to an amendment in the nature of a substitute (S.Amdt. 2910) that was

made to H.R. 5895. Four amendments were agreed to for the legislative branch section of the bill,

which is in Division B. H.R. 5895, as amended, was passed in the Senate on June 25, 2018, by a

vote of 86-5 (Rollcall Vote No. 139 Leg.). The Senate-passed bill would have provided $4.796

billion for the legislative branch, including House items.

On September 10, 2018, a conference report (H.Rept. 115-929) was filed on H.R. 5895, the

Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs

Appropriations Act, 2019. The conference report was agreed to in the Senate on September 12

and in the House the following day. The President signed the bill, which provides $4.836 billion

for the legislative branch, an increase of $136.0 million (+2.9%) from the FY2018 level, on

September 21 (P.L. 115-244).

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The FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 115-141) provided $4.700 billion, an increase

of $260.0 million (+5.9%) from FY2017. The FY2017 level of $4.440 billion was an increase of

$77.0 million (+1.7%) from FY2016. The FY2016 level of $4.363 billion represented an increase

of $63 million (+1.5%) from the FY2015 level of $4.300 billion, and the FY2015 level

represented an increase of $41.7 million (+1.0%) from the FY2014 funding level of $4.259

billion. The FY2013 act funded legislative branch accounts at the FY2012 enacted level, with

some exceptions (also known as “anomalies”), less across-the-board rescissions that applied to all

appropriations in the act, and not including sequestration reductions implemented on March 1.

The FY2012 level of $4.307 billion represented a decrease of $236.9 million (-5.2%) from the

FY2011 level, which itself represented a decrease of $125.1 million (-2.7%) from FY2010.

The smallest of the appropriations bills, the legislative branch comprises approximately 0.4% of

total discretionary budget authority.

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Contents

FY2019 Consideration: Overview of Actions ................................................................................. 1

Status of FY2019 Appropriations: Dates and Documents......................................................... 2

Submission of FY2019 Budget Request on February 12, 2018 ................................................ 2

Timing of the FY2019 Budget Submission Prior to the Enactment of FY2018

Funding: Implications ............................................................................................................ 2

Senate and House Hearings on the FY2019 Budget Requests .................................................. 3

House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch Markup ............. 3

House Appropriations Committee Legislative Branch Markup ................................................ 3

House Consideration of a Special Rule ..................................................................................... 4

House Floor Consideration and Passage ................................................................................... 4

Senate Appropriations Committee Legislative Branch Markup and Reporting ........................ 5

Senate Floor Consideration and Passage ................................................................................... 5

Conference Report Agreed to and Enactment of Funding Law ................................................ 6

Funding in Prior Years: Brief Overview and Trends ....................................................................... 6

FY2019 Legislative Branch Funding Issues .................................................................................. 10

Senate ....................................................................................................................................... 11

Overall Funding ................................................................................................................. 11

Senate Committee Funding ................................................................................................ 11

Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account ................................................ 11

Administrative Provisions ................................................................................................. 12

House of Representatives ........................................................................................................ 12

Overall Funding ................................................................................................................ 12

House Committee Funding ............................................................................................... 12

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission .......................................................................... 13

Members’ Representational Allowance ............................................................................ 13

Support Agency Funding......................................................................................................... 14

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) .............................................................................................. 14

Office of Compliance ........................................................................................................ 15

Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ................................................................................ 15

Architect of the Capitol (AOC)......................................................................................... 16

Library of Congress (LOC) ............................................................................................... 17

Government Publishing Office (GPO) .............................................................................. 19

Government Accountability Office (GAO)....................................................................... 19

Open World Leadership Center......................................................................................... 20

John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development ............................ 20

General Provisions .................................................................................................................. 20

Introduction to Summary Tables and Appendix ...................................................................... 22

Figures

Figure 1. Legislative Branch Funding FY2008-FY2018: Current and Constant Dollars................ 9

Figure 2. Timing of Legislative Branch Appropriations Consideration: FY1996-FY2019........... 10

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Tables

Table 1. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2019 ...................................................... 2

Table 2. Dates of House and Senate Hearings on Legislative Branch Requests ............................. 3

Table 3. Legislative Branch Funding, FY2008-FY2018: Current and Constant Dollars ................ 8

Table 4. General Provisions ........................................................................................................... 21

Table 5. Legislative Branch Appropriations: Funding Levels by Agency or Entity ...................... 22

Table 6. Senate Appropriations...................................................................................................... 23

Table 7. House of Representatives Appropriations........................................................................ 24

Table 8. Capitol Police Appropriations.......................................................................................... 25

Table 9. Architect of the Capitol Appropriations ........................................................................... 26

Table A-1. Overview of Legislative Branch Appropriations: FY1998-FY2018 ........................... 27

Appendixes

Appendix. Fiscal Year Information and Resources ....................................................................... 27

Contacts

Author Contact Information .......................................................................................................... 29

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FY2019 Consideration: Overview of Actions

The first section of this report provides an overview of the consideration of FY2019 legislative

branch appropriations, with subsections covering each action to date, including



the initial submission of the request on February 12, 2018;

hearings held by the House Legislative Branch Subcommittee in April 2018 and

hearings held by the Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittee in April and May

2018;



House subcommittee markup held on April 26, 2018;

House full committee markup on May 8, 2018;

the May 24, 2018, inclusion of a modified text of the legislative branch bill (H.R.

5894) in a print issued by the House Rules Committee;

meetings of the House Rules Committee on June 5 and 6, 2018, to consider rules

providing for the consideration of H.R. 5895, which included legislative branch

funding as Division B;

House consideration of a special rule for H.R. 5895 on June 6, 2018, and

consideration of a special rule for further consideration for H.R. 5895 on June 7,

2018;



House floor consideration of H.R. 5895 on June 7 and 8, 2018, followed by

House passage on June 8, 2018;

Senate full committee markup and reporting of its version of the legislative

branch appropriations bill (S. 3071) on June 14, 2018;

Senate consideration of H.R. 5895, beginning June 18, 2018, and the agreement

to S.Amdt. 2910, an amendment in the nature of a substitute, on June 18, 2018,

followed by Senate passage of H.R. 5895, as amended, on June 25, 2018; and

conference report (H.Rept. 115-929) agreed to by the Senate on September 12,

2018, by the House on September 13, 2018, and signed into law on September

21, 2018 (P.L. 115-244; the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military

Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019).

It is followed by a section on prior year actions and funding, which contains a historical table and

figure.

The report then provides an overview of the FY2019 budget requests of individual legislative

branch agencies and entities.

Table 5 through Table 9 list enacted funding levels for FY2018 and the requested and Housepassed, Senate-passed, and enacted levels for FY2019, while the Appendix lists House, Senate,

and conference bills and reports; public law numbers; and enactment dates since FY1998.

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Status of FY2019 Appropriations: Dates and Documents

Table 1. Status of Legislative Branch Appropriations, FY2019

Conference Report

Approval

Committee Markup

House

Senate

5/8/18

6/14/18

House

Report

5/21/18

H.Rept.

115-696;

H.R. 5894

House

Passage

Senate

Report

6/8/18 6/14/18

H.R. 5895 S.Rept.

115-274;

S. 3071

Senate Conference

Passage

Report

House

6/25/18 9/10/18

9/13/18

H.R. 5895, H.Rept. 115- 377-20 (Roll

929

No. 399)

amended

Senate

Public Law

9/12/18 9/21/18

P.L. 115-244

92-5

(Record

Vote No.

207)

Source: Congressional Research Service examination of congress.gov data.

Notes: In recent years, the House has held a subcommittee markup prior to the full committee markup. The

subcommittee markup was held on April 26, 2018.

Submission of FY2019 Budget Request on February 12, 2018

The Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 was submitted on February 12, 2018. It contains a request for

$4.960 billion in new budget authority for legislative branch activities.1 By law, the legislative

branch request is submitted to the President and included in the budget without change.2

Timing of the FY2019 Budget Submission Prior to the Enactment of

FY2018 Funding: Implications

In general, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests had already been developed and submitted

to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the enactment of full-year funding for

FY2018, which occurred on March 23, 2018.

Accounts in the Budget therefore include the following disclaimer:

Note.—A full-year 2018 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the

budget was prepared; therefore, the budget assumes this account is operating under the

Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division D of P.L. 115–56, as amended). The

amounts included for 2018 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing

resolution.

Agency assessments for FY2019 may subsequently have been revised following the enactment of

the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act—for example, to account for items funded or not

funded in that act. Subsequent discussions may vary from the levels or language included in the

1 Office of Management and Budget, Appendix, Budget of the United States Government, FY2019 (Washington: GPO,

2017), pp. 11-44, available at https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/BUDGET-2019-APP/pdf/BUDGET-2019-APP-1-3.pdf.

2 Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 1105, “Estimated expenditures and proposed appropriations for the legislative branch and the

judicial branch to be included in each budget ... shall be submitted to the President ... and included in the budget by the

President without change.” Division C of the FY2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-74) added language

to 31 U.S.C. 1107 relating to budget amendments, stating: “The President shall transmit promptly to Congress without

change, proposed deficiency and supplemental appropriations submitted to the President by the legislative branch and

the judicial branch.”

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budget request due to this timing. For purposes of this report, however, FY2019 requested levels

refer to the requested levels originally submitted unless otherwise noted.

Senate and House Hearings on the FY2019 Budget Requests

Table 2 lists the dates of hearings of the legislative branch subcommittees in April and May 2018.

Prepared statements of witnesses were posted on the subcommittee websites.

Table 2. Dates of House and Senate Hearings on Legislative Branch Requests

House of Representatives

Senate

—

May 15, 2018

House of Representatives

April 25, 2018

—

U.S. Capitol Police

April 11, 2018

May 15, 2018

Office of Compliance (OOC)

April 18, 2018

—

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

April 18, 2018

April 25, 2018

Architect of the Capitol (AOC)

April 12, 2018

May 8, 2018

Library of Congress (LOC), including

the Congressional Research Service

(CRS)

April 25, 2018

May 8, 2018

Government Publishing Office

(GPO)

April 12, 2018

—

Government Accountability Office

(GAO)

April 25, 2018

Members/Public Witnesses

April 17, 2018a

—

Senate

Sources: CRS examination of House and Senate Appropriations Committee websites.

a. The House subcommittee announced that it would accept programmatic and language submissions from

Members through March 16, 2018. Following the enactment of the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations

Act on March 23, this date was extended to April 11, 2018.

House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Legislative

Branch Markup

On April 26, 2018, the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Legislative

Branch held a markup of the FY2019 bill. The subcommittee recommended $3.811 billion, a

$133 million increase (+3.6%) from the comparable 2018 enacted level, not including Senate

items, which are historically considered by the Senate and not included in the House bill.

No amendments were offered.

House Appropriations Committee Legislative Branch Markup

On May 8, 2018, the House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the FY2019 bill reported

from its legislative branch subcommittee. The following amendments were considered:



a manager’s amendment, offered by Chairman Yoder of Kansas, which was

agreed to by voice vote, with technical and other changes, including (1) the

repeal of authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing

privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House; and (2) directing the Chief

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Administrative Officer (CAO) to hire an external contractor to conduct a House

employee salary study;

an amendment offered by Representative Wasserman Schultz of Florida, related

to the House historical buildings revitalization trust fund, which was not agreed

to; and

an amendment offered by Representative Kilmer of Washington and

Representative Cuellar of Texas, containing language expressing the sense of

Congress that the Comptroller General should present an annual report on the

fiscal state of the nation, which was withdrawn.

The bill, as amended, was reported out of committee by roll call vote of 47-0 (H.R. 5894, H.Rept.

115-696).

House Consideration of a Special Rule

On May 24, 2018, the text of H.R. 5894 was included in a print issued by the House Rules

Committee entitled “Text of Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and

Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2019” (Committee Print 115-71, which also contained the

text of H.R. 5895 and H.R. 5786 along with modifications). An announcement regarding the

amendment process was issued.3

The House Rules Committee met on June 5 and 6, 2018, to consider a special rule for the

consideration of H.R. 5895, which included legislative branch funding as Division B. The House

Rules Committee met to consider a special rule providing for the further consideration of H.R.

5895 on June 7, 2018. A total of 33 proposed amendments to the legislative branch section of the

bill were considered by the committee (including 9 that the committee considered late or late

revised and 2 that were withdrawn).4 Seven amendments to Division B were made in order under

the rule reported by the House Rules Committee (H.Res. 918, amendments printed in H.Rept.

115-712).

H.Res. 918 was agreed to in the House on June 6, 2018 (223-175, Roll No. 235; see also H.Res.

923).

House Floor Consideration and Passage

The House proceeded to consideration of H.R. 5895 on June 7, 2018, and continued consideration

on June 8. Of the seven amendments to Division B made in order by H.Res. 918, six were offered

and four were agreed to:



H.Amdt. 758, agreed to by voice vote, increasing funding for the House

Wounded Warrior Program by $250,000 (offset by a decrease in funding for the

AOC’s Capital Construction and Operations account);

H.Amdt. 759, agreed to by voice vote, increasing funding for the House Office of

Employee Assistance by $500,000 (offset by a decrease in funding from the

AOC’s Capitol Grounds account);

H.Amdt. 760, agreed to by roll-call vote (Roll No. 254), reestablishing a

semiannual GAO financial review of obligated expenditures from the

Independent Counsel; and

3 Available at https://rules.house.gov/news/announcement/amendment-process-hr-5894.

4 For a list and a link to text of the proposed amendments, see https://rules.house.gov/bill/115/hr-5895.

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H.Amdt. 762, agreed to by voice vote, prohibiting funds made available in the

bill from being used to purchase plastic drinking straws.

H.R. 5895 was passed in the House on June 8, 2018, by a vote of 212-179 (Roll No. 257).

Senate Appropriations Committee Legislative Branch Markup and

Reporting

On June 14, 2018, the Senate Appropriations Committee met to mark up its version of the

FY2019 bill. One amendment was agreed to via unanimous consent related to providing funds to

pay interns in Senators’ offices.

The committee recommended $3.367 billion, a $55.5 million increase from the FY2018 enacted

level (+1.7%). This total does not include funding for House items, which are historically

considered by the House. One amendment was offered as part of a manager’s package, which was

agreed to by unanimous consent, and the bill was ordered reported (S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274).

Senate Floor Consideration and Passage

The Senate began its consideration of FY2019 legislative branch appropriations on June 18, 2018,

as part of a “minibus” appropriations package that also included the text of the energy and water

and military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bills. An amendment in the nature of

a substitute (S.Amdt. 2910)5 was made to the related House-passed appropriations bill (H.R.

5895). Four amendments addressing the legislative branch portion of the bill were agreed to:6



S.Amdt. 2953, designating $250,000 for the Library of Congress’s Surplus Books

Program to promote the program and donations for it;

S.Amdt. 3051, designating $2,383,000 for the Library of Congress’s Veterans

History Project to continue digitization efforts for its collections, engage in

outreach with veterans, and promote public access to the project;

S.Amdt. 3053, designating a maximum of $5,000 for the Architect of the Capitol

to spend working with contractors to eliminate or reduce the use of plastic

drinking straws in facilities under the Architect’s care; and

S.Amdt. 3057, requiring that the Congressional Budget Office use at least

$500,000 to improve the transparency of budgetary effects scoring and improve

the availability and replicability of models and data.

H.R. 5895, as amended, was passed in the Senate on June 25, 2018, by a vote of 86-5 (Rollcall

Vote No. 139 Leg.).

5 For the text of S.Amdt. 2910, see “Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans

Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019,” consideration in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 164, part 101

(June 18, 2018), pp. 3973 et seq. Legislative Branch appropriations are included as Division B, found on pp. S3992S3997.

6 See “Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act,

2019,” consideration in the Senate, Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 164, part 104 (June 24, 2018), p. S4334.

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Conference Report Agreed to and Enactment of Funding Law

On September 10, 2018, a conference report (H.Rept. 115-929) was filed on H.R. 5895, the

Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs

Appropriations Act, 2019.

The conference report was agreed to in the Senate on September 12 (92-5, Record Vote Number

207) and in the House the following day (377-20, Roll No. 399).

The President signed the bill on September 21 (P.L. 115-244). It provides $4.836 billion for the

legislative branch for FY2019 (Division B).

The FY2019 funding level represents an increase of $136.0 million (+2.9%) from the FY2018

level.

Funding in Prior Years: Brief Overview and Trends

Legislative Branch: Historic Percentage of Total Discretionary Budget Authority

The percentage of total discretionary budget authority provided to the legislative branch has

remained relatively stable at approximately 0.4% since at least FY1976.7 The maximum level,

0.48%, was in FY1995, and the minimum, 0.31%, was in FY2009.

FY2018

FY2018 funding was provided in Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 (P.L.

115-141), which was enacted on March 23, 2018. The $4.700 billion provided by the act

represented an increase of $260.0 million (+5.9%) from the FY2017 enacted level.

In addition, P.L. 115-123, enacted February 9, 2018, provided $14.0 million to the Government

Accountability Office “for audits and investigations relating to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and

Maria and the 2017 wildfires.” (Title IX of Division B)

FY2017

FY2017 funding was provided in Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (P.L.

115-31), which was enacted on May 5, 2017. The $4.440 billion provided by the act represented a

$77.0 million increase (+1.7%) from the FY2016 enacted level.

7 Calculations by CRS with data from Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Historical Tables, Budget of the

United States Government, FY2019, Table 5.4—Discretionary Budget Authority By Agency: 1976–2023, available at

https://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/historical-tables/. The calculations have some limitations, since the OMB data do not

completely align with items funded in the annual and supplemental legislative branch appropriations acts. The

differences may be partially traced to the definition of “legislative branch” in the OMB Public Budget Database user’s

guide. Some entities regularly included with the legislative branch in many OMB budget documents, like the United

States Tax Court and some Legislative Branch Boards and Commissions, are not funded through the annual legislative

branch appropriations acts. Consequently, an examination of the discretionary budget authority listed in the Historical

Tables reveals some differences with the reported total budget authority provided in the annual legislative branch

appropriations acts. The difference in legislative branch budget authority resulting from the different definitions of the

legislative branch in the OMB budget documents and in the appropriations acts, however, does not represent a

significant difference in the proportion of total discretionary budget authority.

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FY2016

FY2016 funding was provided in Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2016 (P.L.

114-113), which was enacted on December 18, 2015. The $4.363 billion provided by the act

represented a $63.0 million increase (+1.5%) from the FY2015 enacted level.

FY2015

FY2015 funding was provided in Division H of the Consolidated and Further Continuing

Appropriations Act, 2015 (P.L. 113-235), which was enacted on December 16, 2014. The $4.300

billion provided by the act represented an increase of $41.7 million (+1.0%) from FY2014.

FY2014

Neither a legislative branch appropriations bill nor a continuing appropriations resolution (CR)

containing FY2014 funding was enacted prior to the beginning of the fiscal year on October 1,

2013. A funding gap, which resulted in a partial government shutdown, ensued for 16 days. The

funding gap was terminated by the enactment of a CR (P.L. 113-46) on October 17, 2013. The CR

provided funding through January 15, 2014.8 Following enactment of a temporary continuing

resolution on January 15, 2014 (P.L. 113-73), a consolidated appropriations bill was enacted on

January 17 (P.L. 113-76), providing $4.259 billion for the legislative branch for FY2014.

FY2013

FY2013 funding of approximately $4.061 billion was provided by P.L. 113-6, which was signed

into law on March 26, 2013.9 The act funded legislative branch accounts at the FY2012 enacted

level, with some exceptions (also known as “anomalies”), not including across-the-board

rescissions required by Section 3004 of P.L. 113-6. Section 3004 was intended to eliminate any

amount by which the new budget authority provided in the act exceeded the FY2013

discretionary spending limits in Section 251(c)(2) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit

Control Act, as amended by the Budget Control Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-25) and the American

Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-240). Subsequent to the enactment of P.L. 113-6, OMB

calculated that additional rescissions of 0.032% of security budget authority and 0.2% of

nonsecurity budget authority would be required. The act did not alter the sequestration reductions

implemented on March 1, which reduced most legislative branch accounts by 5.0%.10 The

accompanying OMB report indicated a dollar amount of budget authority to be canceled in each

account containing nonexempt funds.11

8 The legislative branch previously experienced a funding gap in FY1996 (November 14-18, 1995).

9 FY2013 level from the CBO cost estimate for “Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014 (H.J.Res. 59), Including

the Amendment Reported by the House Committee on Rules on September 18, 2013 (H.Res. 352)” at

http://www.cbo.gov/sites/default/files/cbofiles/attachments/hjres59amendment.pdf, which lists a total for legislative

branch budget authority of $4.061 billion, noting that it “includes effects of the 2013 sequestration.” This bill contained

a small anomaly for the legislative branch.

10 White House, President Obama, Sequestration Order for Fiscal Year 2013 Pursuant to Section 251A of the Balanced

Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act, As Amended, March 1, 2013, available at https://www.federalregister.gov/

documents/2013/03/06/2013-05397/sequestration-order-for-fiscal-year-2013-pursuant-to-section-251a-of-the-balancedbudget-and.

11 Executive Office of the President, Office of Management and Budget, OMB Report to the Congress on the Joint

Committee Sequestration for Fiscal Year 2013, March 1, 2013, https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2013/03/06/

2013-05397/sequestration-order-for-fiscal-year-2013-pursuant-to-section-251a-of-the-balanced-budget-and.

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FY2012 and Prior

Division G of the FY2012 Consolidated Appropriations Act (P.L. 112-74) provided $4.307 billion

for the legislative branch. This level was $236.9 million below (-5.2%) the FY2011 enacted level.

P.L. 112-10 provided $4.543 billion for legislative branch operations in FY2011. This level

represented a $125.1 million decrease from the $4.668 billion provided in the FY2010 Legislative

Branch Appropriations Act (P.L. 111-68) and the FY2010 Supplemental Appropriations Act (P.L.

111-212). The FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act provided $4.402 billion. In FY2009, an

additional $25.0 million was provided for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) in the

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.12 P.L. 111-32, the FY2009 Supplemental

Appropriations Act, also contained funding for a new Capitol Police radio system ($71.6 million)

and additional funding for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ($2.0 million).13

As seen in Table 3, legislative branch funding decreased each year from FY2010 through

FY2013. Funding did not exceed the FY2010 level until FY2018 (+0.7% in current dollars).

Figure 1 shows the same information graphically, while also demonstrating the division of

budget authority across the legislative branch in FY2018.

Table 3. Legislative Branch Funding, FY2008-FY2018: Current and Constant Dollars

(in billions of dollars)

Fiscal

Year

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

Current

Dollars

3.970

4.501a

4.669b

4.543c

4.307

4.061d

4.259

4.300

4.363

4.440

4.700e

Constant

Dollars

4.600

5.200

5.314

5.061

4.698

4.366

4.510

4.524

4.548

4.539

4.700e

Source: CRS analysis of legislative branch appropriations acts and related budget documents.

Notes: These figures exclude permanent budget authorities, including funding for Member pay, that are not

included in the annual legislative branch appropriations bill. Totals include supplementals and rescissions.

Constant 2018 dollars calculated using the “Total Non-Defense” deflator in Table 10.1—Gross Domestic Product

and Deflators Used in the Historical Tables: 1940–2023 in the President’s FY2019 budget request.

a. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 110-161 (the FY2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act),

$25.0 million for the Government Accountability Office provided by P.L. 111-5 (the American Recovery and

Reinvestment Act of 2009), and $73.6 million provided by P.L. 111-32 (the Supplemental Appropriations

Act, 2009) for the U.S. Capitol Police and the Congressional Budget Office.

b. This number contains appropriations provided by P.L. 111-68 (the FY2010 Legislative Branch

Appropriations Act), and $12.96 million in supplemental appropriations provided for the U.S. Capitol Police

in P.L. 111-212 (the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2010).

c. This number does not include scorekeeping adjustment.

d. FY2013 level obtained from the CBO cost estimate for “Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2014

(H.J.Res. 59), Including the Amendment Reported by the House Committee on Rules on September 18,

2013 (H.Res. 352) Discretionary spending (in millions of dollars),” which lists a total for legislative branch

budget authority of $4.061 billion, noting that it “includes effects of the 2013 sequestration.” This bill

contained a small anomaly for the legislative branch.

12 P.L. 111-5, February 17, 2009, 123 Stat. 191.

13 U.S. Congress, conference committee, Making Supplemental Appropriations for the Fiscal Year Ending September

30, 2009, and for Other Purposes, report to accompany H.R. 2346, 111th Cong., 1st sess., H.Rept. 111-151

(Washington: GPO, 2009), p. 117.

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Does not include $14.0 million provided to the Government Accountability Office “for audits and

investigations relating to Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the 2017 wildfires” (P.L. 115-123, Title IX

of Division B, enacted February 9, 2018).

Figure 1. Legislative Branch Funding FY2008-FY2018: Current and Constant Dollars

(and distribution in FY2018)

Source: CRS analysis of legislative branch appropriations acts and related budget documents.

Notes: These figures exclude permanent budget authorities and contain supplementals and rescissions. Total

does not include permanent budget authorities, including funding for Member pay, that are not included in the

annual legislative branch appropriations bill. Total also excludes offsetting collections and authority to spend

receipts. Constant 2018 dollars calculated using the “Total Non-Defense” deflator in Table 10.1—Gross Domestic

Product and Deflators Used in the Historical Tables: 1940–2023 in the President’s FY2019 budget request.

Figure 2 shows the timing of legislative branch appropriations actions, including the issuance of

House and Senate reports, bill passage, and enactment, from FY1996 through FY2019. It shows

that fiscal year funding for the legislative branch has been determined



on or before October 1 six times during this period (FY1997, FY2000, FY2004,

FY2006, FY2010, and FY2019);

twice during the first month of the fiscal year (FY1998 and FY1999);

twice in November (FY1996 and FY2002);

six times in December (FY2001, FY2005, FY2008, FY2012, FY2015, and

FY2016); and

eight times in the next calendar year (FY2003, FY2007, FY2009, FY2011,

FY2013, FY2014, FY2017, and FY2018).

FY2017 funding, enacted on May 5, 2017, represented the latest date of enactment during this

period.

FY2019 funding, enacted on September 21, was the first time funding had been enacted at or

before the start of the fiscal year since the enactment of FY2010 funding.

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Figure 2. Timing of Legislative Branch Appropriations Consideration: FY1996FY2019

(fiscal year consideration during the calendar year)

Source: CRS analysis of data found on http://www.congress.gov.

Notes: Each row represents consideration during the calendar year of the subsequent fiscal year spending bill

(i.e., the calendar year 1992 row shows the timeline of consideration and passage of the FY1993 act). Arrows in

the December column indicate consideration continued until the next calendar year. The figure shows when the

committee report was filed, which may be later than the date the bill was ordered reported. When House and

Senate action occurs on the same date, the House is shown first. The FY2010 Legislative Branch Appropriations

Act (P.L. 111-68) is listed in this figure as stand-alone legislation (Division A), although it was also the vehicle for

a continuing appropriations resolution (Division B).

FY2019 Legislative Branch Funding Issues

The following sections discuss the various legislative branch accounts.

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During consideration of the legislative branch bills, the House and Senate conform to a

“longstanding practice under which each body of Congress determines its own housekeeping

requirements and the other concurs without intervention.”14

As stated above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests were generally developed and

submitted to OMB prior to the determination of FY2018 funding, which was enacted on March

23, 2018.

Senate

Overall Funding

The Senate requested $990.1 million for FY2019, a 7.6% increase over the $919.9 million

provided in FY2018. The Senate-passed bill (H.R. 5895, as amended) would have provided

$933.5 million, a $13.5 million increase from the FY2018 enacted level (+1.5%). The FY2019

law provided $934.8 million for the Senate, a $14.9 million increase from the FY2018 enacted

level (+1.6%).

Additional information on the Senate account is presented in Table 6.

Senate Committee Funding

Appropriations for Senate committees are contained in two accounts.



The inquiries and investigations account contains funds for all Senate

committees except Appropriations. The Senate requested $135.8 million, an

increase of $2.5 million (+1.9%) from the $133.3 million provided in FY2018.

The Senate-passed bill and FY2019 act continued the FY2018 level.

The Committee on Appropriations account contains funds for the Senate

Appropriations Committee. The Senate-requested level of $15.5 million, which

was provided in the FY2019 act, represents an increase of $354,000 (+2.3%)

from the $15.1 million provided each year since FY2015.

Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account15

The Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account (SOPOEA) provides each Senator

with funds to administer an office. It consists of an administrative and clerical assistance

allowance, a legislative assistance allowance, and an official office expense allowance. The funds

may be used for any category of expenses, subject to limitations on official mail.

The Senate requested $474.6 million, $50.6 million above (+11.9%) the $424.0 million provided

in FY2018. The FY2019 Senate-passed and enacted level of $429.0 million represents an increase

of $5 million (+1.2%). The $5 million was added by an amendment at the Senate Appropriations

Committee markup for the purpose of providing compensation to interns working in Senators’

offices.16

14 For example: U.S. Congress, Senate Committee on Appropriations, Subcommittee on Legislative Branch, Legislative

Branch, 2019, report to accompany S. 3071 , 115th Cong., 2nd sess., June 14, 2018, S.Rept. 115-274 (Washington: GPO,

2018), p. 4.

15 For additional information, see CRS Report R44399, Senators’ Official Personnel and Office Expense Account

(SOPOEA): History and Usage, by (name redacted).

16 For more information, see S.Rept. 115-274, pp. 25-26.

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Administrative Provisions

The Senate-passed bill contained the following three administrative provisions:

1. One provision, which was first included in FY2016, would require amounts

remaining in the Senators’ Official Personnel and Expense Account (SOPOEA)

to be used for deficit reduction or to reduce the federal debt.

2. One provision would continue the freeze on Member salaries at the 2009 level.

Member salaries are funded in a permanent appropriations account, and the

legislative branch bill does not contain language funding or increasing Member

pay. A provision prohibiting the automatic Member pay adjustments could be

included in any bill, or be introduced as a separate bill.

3. One provision would amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to

require all designations, statements, and reports required to be filed under the act

to be filed directly with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

The SOPOEA and FEC provisions were included in the FY2019 act as administrative provisions,

along with a provision extending an authorization for committee expenditures. The provision

freezing Member salaries was included in the act as a general provision (§212).

The conference report also provided for two studies regarding Senate administrative operations.

First, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) was directed to review the current operations

of the Senate Employees’ Child Care Center (SECCC). Second, the Secretary of the Senate was

directed to carry out a study of salaries and benefits for Senate personal office and committee

staff.

House of Representatives

Overall Funding

The House requested $1.257 billion for FY2019, a 4.7% increase from the FY2018 enacted level

of $1.199 billion.17 The House-passed bill and the act included $1.233 billion, an increase of

$32.7 million (+2.7%) over FY2018.

Additional information on headings in the House of Representatives account is presented in Table

House Committee Funding

Funding for House committees is contained in the appropriation heading “committee employees,”

which typically comprises two subheadings.

The first subheading contains funds for personnel and nonpersonnel expenses of House

committees, except the Appropriations Committee, as authorized by the House in a committee

expense resolution. The House requested $126.9 million (-0.1%), a slight decrease from the

FY2018 and FY2017 enacted level and an increase of 2.4% from the level provided in FY2014,

FY2015, and FY2016. The House-passed and enacted level of $127.9 million provides an

increase of $850,000 (+0.7%) over the level provided in FY2018 and FY2017.

17 Not including one gratuity payment.

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The second subheading contained funds for the personnel and nonpersonnel expenses of the

Committee on Appropriations. The House-passed and enacted level is $23.1 million (-0.5%), a

slight decrease from the level provided in FY2017 and FY2018.

Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission

The House-reported version of H.R. 5894 would have provided $230,000 for FY2019 for the Tom

Lantos Human Rights Commission. The commission was established in the 110th Congress

(H.Res. 1451, agreed to September 24, 2008) and continued in the House rules packages adopted

for subsequent Congresses.18 Following a point of order during consideration of H.R. 5895 in the

House, this funding provision was not included in the FY2019 House-passed bill or in the act.19

Members’ Representational Allowance20

The Members’ Representational Allowance (MRA) is available to support Members in their

official and representational duties.

The House-requested level of $573.6 million, also included in the House-passed bill and the act,

represents an increase of $10.998 million (+2.0%) from the level provided in FY2017 and

FY2018.

Administrative Provisions

The House requested the continuation of several administrative provisions from prior years

related to

1. unexpended balances from the MRA;

2. limiting amounts available from the MRA for leased vehicles; and

3. limiting or prohibiting the delivery of copies of bills and resolutions, the

Congressional Record, the U.S. Code, the Statement of Disbursements, the Daily

Calendar, and the Congressional Pictorial Directory.

The House-passed bill contained these provisions, as well as additional administrative provisions

related to

1. repealing the authorizations for former Speakers’ office space, office expenses,

franking and printing privileges, and staff;21

2. prohibiting a cost-of-living adjustment to the salaries of Members of Congress in

FY2019; and

3. authorizing transfer authority among House leadership offices.

18 During committee funding authorization hearings held by the Committee on House Administration for the 111th,

112th, and 113th Congresses, funding for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission was addressed during discussion

of the funding request of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs. A committee resolution (115-9) agreed to by the

Committee on House Administration on March 7, 2018, allocated $200,000 for the Committee on Foreign Affairs from

the reserve fund for the expenses of the commission.

19 A point of order was raised against the provision funding the commission, arguing that it was in violation of House

Rule XXI, clause 2, because the commission was not authorized, under its enabling resolution, to receive a direct

appropriation. The chair sustained the point of order and the provision was stricken from the House bill. See

Congressional Record, daily edition, vol. 164, part 94 (June 7, 2018), pp. H4924-H4925.

20 For additional information, see CRS Report R40962, Members’ Representational Allowance: History and Usage.

21 For additional information, see CRS Report RS20099, Former Speakers of the House: Office Allowances, Franking

Privileges, and Staff Assistance.

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All of these provisions were included in the act, along with an administrative provision

establishing an allowance for interns in Member offices (up to $20,000 per office during any

calendar year; $8.8 million was provided in the FY2019 act). The provision freezing Member

salaries was included in the act as a general provision (§212).

Another requested provision, amending the House Services Revolving Fund to allow for the

collection of a fee from vendors for failure to abide by and maintain House security policies, had

previously been included in the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

The House also requested additional administrative provisions that were not included in the

House-passed or the enacted versions of the bill



limiting or prohibiting the delivery of copies of the President’s budget and the

Federal Register; and

relating to the provision of cybersecurity assistance to the House by other federal

entities.

Support Agency Funding

U.S. Capitol Police (USCP)

The U.S. Capitol Police (USCP) are responsible for the security of the Capitol Complex,

including, for example, the U.S. Capitol, the House and Senate office buildings, the U.S. Botanic

Garden, and the Library of Congress buildings and adjacent grounds.

The FY2018 level was $426.5 million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the

following:



requested: $456.4 million (+7.0%)

House-passed: $456.4 million (+7.0%)

Senate-passed: $453.0 million (+6.2%)

enacted: $456.3 million (+7.0%)

Additional information on the USCP is presented in Table 8.

Appropriations for the police are contained in two accounts—a salaries account and a general

expenses account.

1. Salaries—the Capitol Police requested, and the House-passed bill and FY2019

act included, $374.8 million for salaries, an increase of $23.1 million (+6.6%)

from the $351.7 million provided in FY2018. The Senate-passed bill would have

provided $371.5 million, an increase of $19.8 million (+5.6%) from the FY2018

level.

2. General Expenses—the Capitol Police requested, and the House- and Senatepassed bills would have provided, $81.55 million for general expenses, an

increase of $6.75 million (+9.0%) from the $74.8 million provided in FY2018.

The FY2019 act provides $81.50 million, an increase of $6.70 million (+8.96%).

Another appropriation relating to the Capitol Police appears within the Architect of the Capitol

account for Capitol Police buildings and grounds. The FY2018 level was $34.2 million. In

comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the following:



requested: $59.3 million (+73.2%)

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House-passed: $52.5 million (+53.4%)

Senate-passed: $54.7 million (+59.7%)

enacted: $57.7 million (+68.5%)

Office of Compliance

The Office of Compliance is an independent and nonpartisan agency within the legislative

branch. It was established to administer and enforce the Congressional Accountability Act, which

was enacted in 1995.22 The act applies various employment and workplace safety laws to

Congress and certain legislative branch entities.23

The Office of Compliance requested $4.6 million for FY2019, $406,000 (-8.2%) less than the

FY2018 enacted level. As with all legislative branch requests, however, the Office of Compliance

request was developed prior to the enactment of the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act.

The FY2018 act provided $4.96 million, an increase of $1.0 million (+25.3%) from the $3.96

million provided each year since FY2015. The increased funding followed heightened attention

beginning in late 2017 to sexual harassment policies in Congress and discussions related to

potential future changes to the Congressional Accountability Act.

The House-passed bill would have provided $5.4 million (+9.1%). The Senate-passed level of

$6.3 million (+27.7%) was included in the FY2019 act.

Congressional Budget Office (CBO)

CBO is a nonpartisan congressional agency created to provide objective economic and budgetary

analysis to Congress. CBO cost estimates are required for any measure reported by a regular or

conference committee that may affect revenues or expenditures.24

The FY2018 level was $49.95 million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the

following:



requested: $50.7 million (+1.6%)

House-passed: $50.7 million (+1.6%)

Senate-passed: $50.3 million (+0.7%)

enacted: $50.7 million (+1.6%)

The FY2019 act also states that the Director shall use not less than $500,000 to increase

transparency of estimates and increase the availability of models, economic assumptions, and data

(see also S.Amdt. 3057).

22 P.L. 104-1, 109 Stat. 3, January 23, 1995. The act, as amended, applies 12 civil rights, labor, and workplace safety

laws to Congress and certain legislative branch agencies. These laws are the Age Discrimination in Employment Act,

Americans with Disabilities Act, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Employee Polygraph Protection Act, Fair

Labor Standards Act, Family and Medical Leave Act, Federal Services Labor-Management Relations Act,

Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970, Rehabilitation Act of 1970, Veterans’ employment and reemployment

rights at Chapter 43 of Title 38 of the U.S. Code, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Act, and Veterans Employment

Opportunities Act.

23 Among the office’s activities are administration of a dispute resolution process, investigation and enforcement of

occupational safety and health and disability provisions of the act, investigation of labor relations and enforcement of

applicable provisions, and development of educational programs regarding the act’s provisions.

24 The Congressional Budget Office is required to use estimates provided by the Joint Committee on Taxation for all

revenue legislation (Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, P.L. 99-177, §273, 99 Stat.1098,

December 12, 1985; 2 U.S.C. §§621 et seq.).

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Administrative Provisions

CBO requested two administrative provisions, which would

1. apply certain provisions of the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) to CBO,

which were enacted in the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act, but

included in the FY2019 budget request due to timing; and

2. authorize CBO to reimburse new employees for relocation expenses.

The House-passed bill included the relocation expense reimbursement language. The Senatepassed bill and the FY2019 act did not include either provision.

Architect of the Capitol (AOC)

The Architect of the Capitol (AOC) is responsible for the maintenance, operation, development,

and preservation of the U.S. Capitol Complex, which includes the Capitol and its grounds, House

and Senate office buildings, Library of Congress buildings and grounds, Capitol Power Plant,

Botanic Garden, Capitol Visitor Center, and Capitol Police buildings and grounds. The Architect

is responsible for the Supreme Court buildings and grounds, but appropriations for their expenses

are not contained in the legislative branch appropriations bill.

The FY2018 level was $712.1 million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the

following:



requested: $768.4 million (+7.9%)

House-passed:25 $721.8 million (+1.4%)

Senate-passed: $701.1 million (-1.5%)

enacted: $733.7 million (+3.0%)

Operations of the Architect are funded in the following 10 accounts: capital construction and

operations, Capitol building, Capitol grounds, Senate office buildings, House office buildings,

Capitol Power Plant, Library buildings and grounds, Capitol Police buildings and grounds,

Capitol Visitor Center, and Botanic Garden. Additional funding information on the individual

AOC accounts is presented in Table 9.

Administrative Provisions

The AOC also requested four administrative provisions:

1. a provision prohibiting the use of funds for bonuses for contractors behind

schedule or over budget, first included in appropriations acts in FY2015;

2. a provision prohibiting scrims containing photographs of building facades during

restoration or construction projects performed by the Architect of the Capitol,

first included in FY2015;

3. a provision related to AOC’s small purchase contracting authority, which would

increase the threshold from $100,000 to $150,000; and

4. a provision amending authority related to AOC’s Office of Security Programs,

including interagency transfers of appropriations.

25 The House and Senate generally do not consider appropriations for the other chamber’s office buildings. For

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The House-passed bill contained these four provisions, with a modification to the small purchase

contracting authority that would raise the threshold from $100,000 to $250,000. The Housepassed bill also contained two other administrative provisions:

1. a provision that would authorize the AOC to enter into a joint agency agreement

to provide for interagency employee detailees; and

2. a provision that would permit the AOC to accept payment on the office’s behalf

from nonfederal sources for travel and related expenses for meetings related to

employees’ duties.

The Senate-passed bill contained the first two administrative provisions requested by the AOC,

pertaining to the use of funds for bonuses and the prohibition of scrims.

The FY2019 act contained all six of these administrative provisions.

Library of Congress (LOC)

The Library of Congress serves simultaneously as Congress’s parliamentary library and the de

facto national library of the United States. Its broader services to the nation include the

acquisition, maintenance, and preservation of a collection of more than 164 million items in

various formats;26 hosting nearly 1.8 million visitors annually;27 service to the general public and

scholarly and library communities; administration of U.S. copyright laws by its Copyright Office;

and administration of a national program to provide reading material to the blind and physically

handicapped. Its direct services to Congress include the provision of legal research and lawrelated services by the Law Library of Congress, and a broad range of activities by the

Congressional Research Service (CRS), including in-depth and nonpartisan public policy

research, analysis, and legislative assistance for Members and committees and their staff;

congressional staff training; information and statistics retrieval; and continuing legal education

for Members of both chambers and congressional staff.

The FY2018 level was $669.9 million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the

following:



requested: $672.7 million (+0.4%)

House-passed: $709.9 million (+6.0%)

Senate-passed: $687.4 million (+2.6%)

enacted: $696.1 million (+3.9%)

These figures do not include additional authority to spend receipts.28 As stated above, the budget

request levels were developed prior to the enactment of full-year appropriations for FY2018.

The FY2019 budget contains four headings:

1. Salaries and expenses—The FY2018 level was $470.7 million, not including

authority to spend receipts ($6.35 million in FY2018, $6.0 million in FY2019). In

comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the following:

 requested: $469.2 million (-0.3%)

26 Figure obtained from the Annual Report of the Librarian of Congress for Fiscal Year 2016, Library of Congress,

Washington, DC, 2017, p. 21. Available at https://www.loc.gov/portals/static/about/reports-and-budgets/documents/

annual-reports/fy2016.pdf.

27 Ibid., p. 25.

28 An example of receipts is fees paid to the LOC for copyright registration.

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 House-passed: $487.8 million (+3.6%)

 Senate-passed: $468.4 million (-0.5%)

 enacted: $474.1 million (+0.7%)

2. Copyright Office—The FY2018 level was $28.4 million, not including authority

to spend receipts and prior year unobligated balances ($43.6 million in FY2018

and $49.8 million in FY2019). In comparison, levels considered for FY2019

include the following:

 requested: $38.6 million (+35.9%)

 House-passed: $43.6 million (+53.2%)

 Senate-passed: $42.6 million (+49.9%)

 enacted: $43.6 million (+53.2%)

3. Congressional Research Service—The FY2018 level was $119.3 million. In

comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the following:

 requested: $113.6 million (-4.7%)

 House-passed: $125.7 million (+5.4%)

 Senate-passed: $123.8 million (+3.8%)

 enacted: $125.7 million (+5.4%)

4. Books for the Blind and Physically Handicapped—The FY2018 level was $51.5

million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the following:

 requested: $51.2 million (-0.6%)

 House-passed: $52.8 million (+2.5%)

 Senate-passed: $52.5 million (+2.0%)

 enacted: $52.8 million (+2.5%)

The Architect’s budget also contains funds for the Library buildings and grounds. In FY2018,

$74.9 million was provided. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the following:



requested: $113.4 million (+51.5%)

House-passed: $70.2 million (-6.2%)

Senate-passed: $64.1 million (-14.4%)

enacted: $68.5 million (-8.5%)

Administrative Provisions

The Library requested

1. authority to obligate funds for reimbursable and revolving fund activities ($194.6

million); and

2. language related to the operations of the Copyright Office in the event of a lapse

in annual appropriations.

The House- and Senate-passed bills and the FY2019 act included the reimbursable and revolving

fund language, but not the Copyright Office language.

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Government Publishing Office (GPO)29

The FY2019 enacted level of $117.0 million is equivalent to the funding requested by GPO and

included in the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the FY2019 bill. The level is $68,000

(-0.1%) less than the level provided in FY2018 and FY2017.

GPO’s budget authority is contained in three accounts:30

1. Congressional publishing—The FY2019 enacted level of $79.0 million (a

decrease of $528,000, or -0.7%, from FY2018) is equivalent to the funding

requested by GPO and included in the House-passed and Senate-passed versions

of the FY2019 bill.

2. Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents (salaries and

expenses)—The FY2019 enacted level of $32.0 million (an increase of $3.0

million, or +10.3%, from FY2018) is equivalent to the funding requested by GPO

and included in the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the FY2019 bill.

3. Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund31—The

FY2019 enacted level of $6.0 million (a decrease of $2.5 million, or -29.7%,

from FY2018) is equivalent to the funding requested by GPO and included in the

House-passed and Senate-passed versions of the FY2019 bill.

Government Accountability Office (GAO)

GAO responds to requests for studies of federal government programs and expenditures. GAO

may also initiate its own work.32

The FY2018 level was $578.9 million. In comparison, levels considered for FY2019 include the

following:



requested: $616.1 million (+6.4%)

House-passed: $578.9 million (0.0%)

Senate-passed: $589.8 million (+1.9%)

enacted: $589.8 million (+1.9%)

These levels do not include offsetting collections ($23.8 million in FY2018; $24.2 million in the

request; $23.8 million in the House-passed bill; and $35.9 million in the Senate-passed bill and

law).33

29 Formerly known as the Government Printing Office. For additional information on GPO, see CRS Report R45014,

Government Printing, Publications, and Digital Information Management: Issues and Challenges.

30 The FY2015 act renamed these accounts: (1) the former congressional printing and binding account was renamed

congressional publishing, (2) the former Office of Superintendent of Documents (salaries and expenses) account was

renamed Public Information Programs of the Superintendent of Documents (salaries and expenses), and (3) the

revolving fund was renamed the Government Publishing Office Business Operations Revolving Fund.

31 The revolving fund supports the operation and maintenance of the Government Publishing Office. For additional

information, see CRS Report R40939, Legislative Branch Revolving Funds, by (name redacted) and (name redacted) .

32 GAO’s guidelines for initiating studies are contained in U.S. Government Accountability Office, GAO’s

Congressional Protocols, GAO-04-310G (Washington: GAO, 2004), at http://www.gao.gov/special.pubs/d04310g.pdf.

33 Offsetting collections include funds derived from reimbursable audits and rental of space in the GAO building.

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Open World Leadership Center

The Open World Leadership Center administers a program that supports democratic changes in

other countries by inviting their leaders to observe democracy and free enterprise in the United

States. The first program was authorized by Congress in 1999 to support the relationship between

Russia and the United States. The program encouraged young federal and local Russian leaders to

visit the United States and observe its government and society.

Established at the Library of Congress as the Center for Russian Leadership Development in

2000, the center was renamed the Open World Leadership Center in 2003, when the program was

expanded to include specified additional countries.34 In 2004, Congress further extended the

program’s eligibility to other countries designated by the center’s board of trustees, subject to

congressional consideration.35 The center is housed in the Library and receives services from the

Library through an interagency agreement.

The legislative branch bills have included a provision since FY2016, also contained in the

FY2019 act, stating

That funds made available to support Russian participants shall only be used for those

engaging in free market development, humanitarian activities, and civic engagement, and

shall not be used for officials of the central government of Russia.

Open World requested $5.8 million for FY2019, an increase of $200,000 (+3.6%). The FY2019

act included the House-passed and Senate-passed level of $5.6 million, the same as the enacted

level for FY2018, FY2017, and FY2016.

The location and future of Open World, attempts to assess its effectiveness, and its inclusion in

the legislative branch budget have been discussed at appropriations hearings and in report

language for more than a decade. The funding level for Open World has also varied greatly during

this period. For additional discussion, see the “Prior Year Discussion of Location and Funding of

Open World” section in CRS Report R44899, Legislative Branch: FY2018 Appropriations, by (nam

e redacted) .

John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development

The center was created by Congress in 1988 to encourage public service by congressional staff

through training and development programs.36 The FY2019 act provides $430,000, which is

approximately the same level provided since FY2006.

General Provisions

As in past years, Congress considered a number of general provisions related to the legislative

branch. These provisions and their status are listed in Table 4.

34 P.L. 106-554, 114 Stat. 2763, 2763A-120, December 21, 2000; P.L. 108-7, 117 Stat. 382, February 20, 2003.

According to the 2003 act, the additional countries include “any country specified in §3 of the FREEDOM Support Act

(22 U.S.C. 5801),” and “Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.” The countries specified in 22 U.S.C. 5801 are Armenia,

Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and

Uzbekistan.

35 P.L. 108-447, 118 Stat. 3192, December 8, 2004.

36 2 U.S.C. 1105. See also http://www.stennis.gov/.

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Table 4. General Provisions

(and stage of inclusion or status)

Enacted in

FY2018

Included

FY2019

Request

Included in

House-Passed

Bill

Included in

SenatePassed Bill

Enacted in

FY2019

prohibit appropriated funds for the

maintenance and care of private vehicles

Yes

limit funds to the fiscal year unless

otherwise expressly provided

Yes

make any changes in rates of

compensation and designation permanent

Yes

make consulting services contracts a

matter of public record

Yes

authorize the costs of Legislative Branch

Financial Managers Council (LBFMC)

Yes

limit transfers to those authorized by law

Yes

prohibit restrictions on guided staff tours

of the Capitol with limited exceptions

Yes

prohibit a cost of living adjustment for

Members of Congressa

Yesa

(by P.L. 115141)

Noa

Yesab

(as House

administrative

provision)

Yesac

(as Senate

administrative

provision)

Yes

prohibit appropriated funds for the

purchase of plastic drinking straws

Yes

No, although

a provision

related to

plastic waste

reduction was

included

reestablish a semiannual GAO financial

review of obligated expenditures from

the Independent Counsel

Yes

restrict procurement of

telecommunications equipment that may

present a cybersecurity risk

Yes

require computer networks to block the

viewing, downloading, and exchanging of

pornography

Yes

require the reporting of agency cost of

living adjustments

Yes

Provision to

Sources: P.L. 115-141, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5895, H.Rept. 115-696, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274,

S.Amdt. 2910, P.L. 115-244, and CRS analysis.

a. Members of Congress last received a pay adjustment in January 2009. Absent either a statutory prohibition

for Member pay or automatic limitations related to the General Schedule (GS), Members of Congress are

scheduled to receive a maximum adjustment of 2.3%, or $4,000, in January 2019. The legislative branch bill

does not contain language funding or increasing Member pay, and a provision prohibiting the automatic

Member pay adjustments could be included in any bill, or be introduced as a separate bill.

b. A similar provision was included in the House-passed bill as an administrative provision in the section on the

House of Representatives.

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A similar provision was included in the Senate-passed bill as an administrative provision in the section on

the Senate.

Introduction to Summary Tables and Appendix

Table 5 through Table 9 provide information on funding levels for the legislative branch overall,

the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Capitol Police, and the Architect of the Capitol.

The tables are followed by an Appendix, which lists House, Senate, and conference bills and

reports; public law numbers; and enactment dates since FY1998.

Table 5. Legislative Branch Appropriations: Funding Levels by Agency or Entity

(in thousands of dollars)

FY2019

SenatePassed

FY2019

Enacted

—a

$933,461

$934,841b

1,256,971

1,232,893c

1,232,663

20,654

20,656

426,500

456,358

453,037

456,308

Office of Compliance

4,959

4,553

5,410

6,333

Congressional Budget Office

49,945

50,737

50,295

50,737

701,124

733,745

FY2018

Enacted

FY2019

Requested

Senate

$919,932

$990,097

House of Representatives

1,200,173b

Joint Itemsd

Capitol Police

Entity

FY2019

HousePassed

Architect of the Capitol

712,105

768,424

641,254a

Library of Congress, Including

CRS

669,890

672,655

709,878

687,422

696,112

CRS (non-add)

119,279

113,621

125,688

123,828

125,688

Government Publishing Office

117,068

117,000

Government Accountability

Office

578,917e

616,101

578,917

589,750

Open World Leadership

Center

5,600

5,800

5,600

Stennis Center for Public

Service

430

Administrative Provisions

-2,000

-2,000f

-2,000

Otherg

-4,000

16,000

-6,000

$4,700,173

$4,975,782

$3,811,133

$4,790,001

$4,836,175

Legislative Branch, Total

Sources: P.L. 115-141, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5895, H.Rept. 115-696, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274,

S.Amdt. 2910, P.L. 115-244 and CRS calculations. As stated above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests had

already been developed and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the enactment

of funding for FY2018.

Note: Numbers may not sum due to rounding.

a. By tradition, the House generally does not consider appropriations for Senate operations or Senate office

buildings, and the Senate generally does not consider appropriations for House operations or House office

buildings.

b. This total includes one gratuity payment of $174,000.

c. The House Salaries and Expenses account in both the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of H.R.

5895 would have provided $1,232,893,000. Due to the point of order in the House regarding the funding

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for the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, the sum of the individually specified items in the bills is

$1,232,663,000. This lower amount was continued in the enacted version of the bill.

The FY2019 request contains the following under “Joint Items”: the Joint Economic Committee, the Joint

Committee on Taxation, the Office of the Attending Physician, and the Office of Congressional Accessibility

Services.

Does not include emergency appropriation provided by P.L. 115-123. Title IX of Division B provided $14.0

million to the Government Accountability Office “for audits and investigations relating to Hurricanes

Harvey, Irma, and Maria and the 2017 wildfires.”

S.Rept. 115-274 indicated -2,000 for administrative provisions.

Includes, for example, scorekeeping adjustments or prior year outlays.

Table 6. Senate Appropriations

(in thousands of dollars)

FY2018

Enacted

FY2019

Requested

FY2019

HousePasseda

FY2019

SenatePassed

FY2019

Enacted

Payments—Heirs of Deceased

Members of Congress

—

$174

Expense Allowances and

Representation

220

—

220

194,867

213,718

—

205,376

208,390

Office of Legislative Counsel

6,115

6,278

—

6,115

6,278

Office of Legal Counsel

1,147

1,176

—

1,147

1,176

Expense Allowances for

Secretary of Senate et al.

—

Contingent Expenses (subtotal)

717,555

768,677

—

720,575

718,575

Inquiries and Investigations

133,265

135,799

—

133,265

Senate Intl. Narcotics

Caucus

508

520

—

508

Secretary of the Senateb

7,036

—

7,036

Financial Management

Information System

Modernization

3,500

3,000

Sergeant at

Arms/Doorkeeperc

130,076

126,595

—

126,595

Miscellaneous Items

18,870

20,871

—

20,871

18,871

Senators’ Official Personnel

and Office Expense

Account

424,000

474,556

—

429,000

300

—

300

$919,932

$990,097

—

$933,461

$934,841

Accounts

Salaries, Officers, and

Employees

Official Mail Costs

Senate, Total

Source: P.L. 115-141, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274, S.Amdt. 2910, P.L. 115-244, and CRS calculations. As stated

above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests had already been developed and submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the enactment of funding for FY2018.

Note: Numbers may not sum due to rounding.

a. By tradition, the House does not consider appropriations for Senate operations.

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Office operations of the Office of the Secretary of the Senate are also funded under “Salaries, Officers, and

Employees.”

Office operations of the Office of Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper are also funded under “Salaries,

Officers, and Employees.”

Table 7. House of Representatives Appropriations

(in thousands of dollars)

Accounts

FY2018

Enacted

FY2019

Requested

FY2019

HousePassed

FY2019

SenatePasseda

FY2019

Enacted

Payments—Heirs of Deceased

Members of Congress

$174

—

House Leadership Offices

22,278

25,379

Members’ Representational

Allowance

562,632

573,630

—

8,800

Committee Employees (subtotal)

150,279

150,016

151,016

Standing Committees,

Special and Select, except

Appropriations

127,053

126,903

127,903

Appropriations Committee

23,226

23,113

23,133

Salaries, Officers, and Employees

(subtotal)

204,356

222,833

218,345

220,345

Office of the Clerk

27,945

28,305

Office of the Sergeant at

Arms

20,505

18,773

Office of Chief

Administrative Officer

132,865

152,558

148,058

Office of Inspector General

4,968

5,019

Office of General Counsel

1,492

1,502

Office of the

Parliamentarian

2,037

2,026

Office of the Law Revision

Counsel

3,209

3,327

Office of the Legislative

Counsel

9,937

9,925

9,937

11,937

Office of Interparliamentary

Affairs

814

Other Authorized

Employees

584

260,454

288,214

264,293

253,493

3,625

525

Intern Allowance

Allowances and Expenses

(subtotal)

Supplies, Materials,

Administrative Costs and

Federal Tort Claims

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FY2018

Enacted

Accounts

FY2019

HousePassed

FY2019

Requested

FY2019

SenatePasseda

FY2019

Enacted

Official Mail for committees,

leadership, administrative

and legislative offices

190

Government Contributions

233,040

260,000

239,000

228,200

Business Continuity and

Disaster Recovery

Emergency Appropriations

16,186

Transition Activities

2,273

3,000

Wounded Warrior

Program

2,750

3,000

Office of Congressional

Ethics

1,670

1,741

1,670

720

722

$1,200,173a,b

$1,256,971

$1,232,893c

$1,232,663

Miscellaneous Items

House of Representatives,

Total

Sources: P.L. 115-141, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5895, H.Rept. 115-696, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274,

S.Amdt. 2910, P.L. 115-244, and CRS calculations. As stated above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests

had already been developed and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the

enactment of funding for FY2018.

Note: Numbers may not sum due to rounding.

a. By tradition, the Senate generally does not consider appropriations for House operations. The bill reported

by the Senate Appropriations Committee (S. 3071) did not address House funding. The Senate then

included, without change, the House-passed funding levels for House operations in its version of H.R. 5895.

b. Total including the “Payments—Heirs of Deceased Members of Congress.”

c. The House Salaries and Expenses account in both the House-passed and Senate-passed versions of H.R.

5895 would have provided $1,232,893,000. Due to a point of order in the House regarding the funding for

the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission ($230,000 in the House-reported bill), the sum of the

individually specified items in the bills is $1,232,663,000. This lower amount was continued in the enacted

version of the bill.

Table 8. Capitol Police Appropriations

(in thousands of dollars)

Accounts

Salaries, Capitol Police

General Expenses

Capitol Police, Total

FY2018

Enacted

FY2019

Requested

FY2019

HousePassed

FY2019

SenatePassed

FY2019

Enacted

$351,700

$374,804

$371,483

$374,804

74,800

81,554

81,504

$426,500

$456,358

$453,037

$456,308

Source: P.L. 115-141, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5895, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274, S.Amdt. 2910, P.L.

115-244, and CRS calculations. As stated above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests had already been

developed and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the enactment of funding for

FY2018.

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Table 9. Architect of the Capitol Appropriations

(in thousands of dollars)

FY2018

Enacted

FY2019

Requested

FY2019

HousePassed

Capital construction and

operations

$93,478

$103,962

$103,712

$101,382

$103,962

Capitol building

45,300

46,154

44,379

39,318

43,992

Capitol grounds

13,333

17,978

16,261

16,160

16,761

Senate office buildings

101,614

80,535

—a

92,918

93,562

House office buildings

197,294

180,098

187,098

House Historic Buildings

Revitalization Fund

10,000

Capitol Power Plantb

106,694

118,980

97,827

114,050

Library buildings and grounds

74,873

113,427

70,201

64,126

68,525

Capitol Police buildings and

grounds

34,249

59,309

52,542

54,680

57,714

Botanic Garden

13,800

14,659

14,759

14,560

14,759

Capitol Visitor Center

21,470

23,322

23,055

23,322

$712,105

$768,424

$641,254a

$701,124c

$733,745

Accounts

FY2019

SenatePassed

FY2019

Enacted

House of Representatives

Architect of the Capitol,

Total

Sources: P.L. 115-141, the Budget for Fiscal Year 2019, H.R. 5895, H.Rept. 115-696, S. 3071, S.Rept. 115-274,

S.Amdt. 2910, P.L. 115-244, and CRS calculations. As stated above, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests

had already been developed and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the

enactment of funding for FY2018.

a. The House generally does not consider appropriations for Senate office buildings, and the total does not

include funding for that account.

b. Not including offsetting collections.

c. The Senate generally does not consider appropriations for House office buildings. S. 3071, the Senatereported version of the FY2019 legislative branch bill, did not include funding for the House office buildings.

H.R. 5895, as amended and passed in the Senate on June 25, 2018, included the funding level contained in

the House-passed version of the bill.

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Appendix. Fiscal Year Information and Resources

Table A-1. Overview of Legislative Branch Appropriations: FY1998-FY2018

House, Senate, Conference, and CRS Reports and Related Legislative Vehicles

Fiscal

Year

Enactment

Date

and Public

Law

Enactment

Vehicle Title

CRS

Report

House

Senate

Conference

2018

H.Rept.

115-199

(H.R.

3162)

S.Rept.

115-137

(S. 1648)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

(H.R. 1625)

3/23/2018

(P.L. 115141)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2018

CRS Report

R44899, Legislative

Branch: FY2018

Appropriations, by (nam

e redacted)

2017

H.Rept.

114-594

(H.R.

5325)

(H.Res.

771)

S.Rept.

114-258

(S. 2955)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

(H.R. 244)

5/5/2017

(P.L. 115-31)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2017

CRS Report

R44515, Legislative

Branch: FY2017

Appropriations

2016

H.Rept.

114-110

(H.R.

2250)

(H.Res.

271)

S.Rept.

114-64

(H.R.

2250)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

12/18/2015

(P.L. 114113)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2016

CRS Report

R44029, Legislative

Branch: FY2016

Appropriations

2015

H.Rept.

113-417

(H.R.

4487)

(H.Res.

557)

S.Rept.

113-196

(H.R.

4487)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

(H.R. 83)

12/16/2014

(P.L. 113235)

Consolidated and

Further Continuing

Appropriations

Act, 2015

CRS Report

R43557, Legislative

Branch: FY2015

Appropriations

2014

H.Rept.

113-173

(H.R.

2792)

S.Rept.

113-70

(S. 1283)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

(H.R. 3547)

1/17/2014

(P.L. 113-76)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2014

CRS Report

R43151, Legislative

Branch: FY2014

Appropriations

2013

H.Rept.

112-511

(H.R.

5882)

(H.Res.

679)

S.Rept.

112-197

(H.R.

5882)

___

3/26/2013

(P.L. 113-6)

Consolidated and

Further Continuing

Appropriations

Act, 2013

CRS Report

R42500, Legislative

Branch: FY2013

Appropriations

2012

H.Rept.

112-148

(H.R.

2551)

S.Rept.

112-80

(H.R.

2551)

H.Rept. 112331

(H.R. 2055)

12/23/2011

(P.L. 112-74)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2012

CRS Report

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Branch: FY2012

Appropriations

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Fiscal

Year

House

Senate

Conference

2011

___

S.Rept.

111-294

(S. 3799)

___

2010

H.Rept.

111-160

(H.R.

2918)

S.Rept.

111-29

(S. 1294)

2009

___

2008

Enactment

Date

and Public

Law

Enactment

Vehicle Title

CRS

Report

4/15/2011

(P.L. 112-10)

Department of

Defense and FullYear Continuing

Appropriations

Act, 2011

CRS Report

R41214, Legislative

Branch: FY2011

Appropriations

H.Rept. 111265

(H.R. 2918)

10/1/2009

(P.L. 111-68)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 2010

CRS Report

R40617, Legislative

Branch: FY2010

Appropriations

___

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record and

issued in a

committee

(H.R. 1105)

3/11/2009

(P.L. 111-8)

Omnibus

Appropriations

Act, 2009

CRS Report

RL34490, Legislative

Branch: FY2009

Appropriations

H.Rept.

110-198

(H.R.

2771)

S.Rept.

110-89

(S. 1686)

explanatory

materials

inserted into

the

Congressional

Record

(H.R. 2764)

12/26/2007

(P.L. 110161)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2008

CRS Report

RL34031, Legislative

Branch: FY2008

Appropriations

2007

H.Rept.

109-485

(H.R.

5521)

S.Rept.

109-267

(H.R.

5521)

___

2/15/2007

(P.L. 110-5)

Revised Continuing

Appropriations

Resolution, 2007

CRS Report

RL33379, Legislative

Branch: FY2007

Appropriations

2006

H.Rept.

109-139

(H.R.

2985)

S.Rept.

109-89

(H.R.

2985)

H.Rept. 109189

(H.R. 2985)

8/02/2005

(P.L. 109-55)

FY2006 Legislative

Branch

Appropriations Act

CRS Report

RL32819, Legislative

Branch: FY2006

Appropriations

2005

H.Rept.

108-577

(H.R.

4755)

S.Rept.

108-307

(S. 2666)

H.Rept. 108792

(H.R. 4818)

12/8/2004

(P.L. 108447)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2005

CRS Report

RL32312,

Appropriations for

FY2005: Legislative

Branch

2004

H.Rept.

108-186

(H.R.

2657)

S.Rept.

108-88

(S. 1383)

H.Rept. 108279

(H.R. 2657)

9/30/2003

(P.L. 108-83)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 2004

CRS Report

RL31812,

Appropriations for

FY2004: Legislative

Branch

2003

H.Rept.

107-576

(H.R.

5121)

S.Rept.

107-209

(S. 2720)

___

2/20/2003

(P.L. 108-7)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Resolution, 2003

CRS Report

RL31312,

Appropriations for

FY2003: Legislative

Branch

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Fiscal

Year

Enactment

Date

and Public

Law

Enactment

Vehicle Title

CRS

Report

11/12/2001

(P.L. 107-68)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 2002

CRS Report

RL31012,

Appropriations for

FY2002: Legislative

Branch

H.Rept. 106796

(H.R. 4516,

incorporated

into H.R. 4577)

12/21/2000

(P.L. 106554)

Consolidated

Appropriations

Act, 2001

CRS Report

RL30512,

Appropriations for

FY2001: Legislative

Branch

S.Rept.

106-75

(S. 1206)

H.Rept. 106290

(H.R. 1905)

9/29/1999

(P.L. 106-57)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 2000

CRS Report

RL30212,

Appropriations for

FY2000: Legislative

Branch

H.Rept.

105-595

(H.R.

4112)

S.Rept.

105-204

(S. 2137)

H.Rept. 105734

(H.R. 4112)

10/21/1998

(P.L. 105275)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 1999

CRS Report 98-212,

Appropriations for

FY1999: Legislative

Branch

H.Rept.

105-196

(H.R.

2209)

S.Rept.

105-47

(S. 1019)

H.Rept. 105254

(H.R. 2209)

10/7/1997

(P.L. 105-55)

Legislative Branch

Appropriations

Act, 1998

CRS Report 97-212,

Appropriations for

FY1998: Legislative

Branch

House

Senate

Conference

2002

H.Rept.

107-169

(H.R.

2647)

S.Rept.

107-37

(S. 1172)

H.Rept. 107259

(H.R. 2647)

2001

H.Rept.

106-635

(H.R.

4516)

S.Rept.

106-304

(S. 2603)

2000

H.Rept.

106-156

(H.R.

1905)

1999

1998

Source: Congressional Research Service examination of LIS.

Author Contact Information

(name redacted)

Specialist on the Congress

/redacted/@crs.loc.gov, 7-....

(name redacted)

Analyst in American National Government

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Acknowledgments

Paulo Ordoveza and Amber Wilhelm assisted in the preparation of the figures.

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