Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
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Highlights
This bill provides FY2019 appropriations to agencies responsible for
regulating the financial, telecommunications, and consumer products industries;
collecting taxes and assisting taxpayers;
managing federal buildings and the federal workforce; and
operating the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, and the District of Columbia.
Full Summary
Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
Department of the Treasury Appropriations Act, 2019
This title provides appropriations to the Department of the Treasury for Departmental Offices, including
Salaries and Expenses,
the Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence,
the Cybersecurity Enhancement Account,
Department-Wide Systems and Capital Investments Programs,
the Office of Inspector General,
the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration, and
the Special Inspector General for the Troubled Asset Relief Program.
The title provides appropriations to Treasury for
the Financial Crimes Enforcement Network,
the Bureau of the Fiscal Service,
the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau,
the U.S. Mint, and
the Community Development Financial Institutions Fund Program Account.
The title provides appropriations to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) for
Taxpayer Services,
Enforcement,
Operations Support, and
Business Systems Modernization.
(Sec. 101) This section permits up to 5% of any IRS appropriation provided by this bill to be transferred to any other IRS appropriation upon the advance approval of Congress.
(Sec. 102) This section requires the IRS to maintain an employee training program that includes taxpayers' rights, dealing courteously with taxpayers, cross-cultural relations, ethics, and the impartial application of tax law.
(Sec. 103) This section requires the IRS to institute and enforce policies and procedures to safeguard the confidentiality of taxpayers' information and protect taxpayers against identity theft.
(Sec. 104) This section makes funds available for improved facilities and increased staffing to provide sufficient and effective 1-800 help line service for taxpayers. The IRS must continue to make improvements to the help line service a priority and allocate resources necessary to enhance the response time to taxpayer communications, particularly with regard to victims of tax-related crimes.
The summary continues for 236 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on January 9, 2019. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on January 10, 2019: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 9.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 116th Congress (2019-20), 344 of the 14,345 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 2.4 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Mike Quigley (D-IL) introduced it on January 8, 2019. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on January 8, 2019, 2802 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2800 days ago, on January 10, 2019.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 116th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2021 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
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Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers