Making appropriations for energy and water development and related agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 58.
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2020
This bill provides FY2020 appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of Energy (DOE), and independent agencies such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The bill provides appropriations for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers civil works projects, including for
Investigations,
Construction,
Mississippi River and Tributaries,
Operation and Maintenance,
the Regulatory Program,
the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program,
Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies,
Expenses, and
the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works.
The bill provides appropriations to the Department of the Interior for the Central Utah Project and the Bureau of Reclamation.
The bill provides appropriations to DOE for Energy Programs, including
Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy;
Cybersecurity, Energy Security, and Emergency Response;
Electricity;
Nuclear Energy;
Fossil Energy Research and Development;
Naval Petroleum and Oil Shale Reserves;
the Strategic Petroleum Reserve;
the Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve;
the Energy Information Administration;
Non-Defense Environmental Cleanup;
the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund;
Science;
the Advanced Research Projects Agency--Energy;
the Title 17 Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program;
the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program;
the Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee Program;
the Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs;
Departmental Administration; and
the Office of the Inspector General.
The bill also provides appropriations to DOE for
Atomic Energy Defense Activities of the National Nuclear Security Administration,
Environmental and Other Defense Activities, and
the Power Marketing Administrations.
The bill provides appropriations to several independent agencies, including the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
The bill sets forth permissible and prohibited uses for 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 23, 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 23, 2019: Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 58.
- 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?
MARCY KAPTUR (D-OH) introduced it on May 23, 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 23, 2019, 2667 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2667 days ago, on May 23, 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