Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies.
The bill provides appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military construction for
the Army;
the Navy and Marine Corps;
the Air Force;
Defense-wide agencies and activities;
the Army and Air National Guard; and
the Army, Navy, and Air Force Reserves.
The bill also provides appropriations to DOD for
the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Security Investment Program;
the Base Closure Account;
Construction and Operation and Maintenance of Family Housing for the Army, the Navy and Marine Corps, the Air Force, and Defense-wide agencies and activities;
the Family Housing Improvement Fund; and
the Military Unaccompanied Housing Improvement Fund.
The bill provides appropriations to the VA for
the Veterans Benefits Administration,
the Veterans Health Administration,
the National Cemetery Administration, and
Departmental Administration.
The bill provides appropriations for related agencies and programs, including
the American Battle Monuments Commission,
the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims,
Cemeterial Expenses of the Army, and
the Armed Forces Retirement Home.
The bill provides appropriations to specified DOD military construction accounts for (1) Overseas Contingency Operations, and (2) Natural Disaster Relief.
The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to House" stage on May 15, 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 May 15, 2019: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 40.
- 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?
Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) introduced it on May 15, 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 May 15, 2019, 2675 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2675 days ago, on May 15, 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.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers