Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019
Latest action. Became public lawWhat a bill becomes when enacted, numbered by Congress and order of enactment: Public Law 119-4 is the 4th law of the 119th Congress.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) No: 115-244.
Highlights:
This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal agencies. The bill includes 3 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills:
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019;
the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; and
the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
The departments and agencies funded in the bill include:
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers,
the Bureau of Reclamation,
the Department of Energy,
Congress and the agencies that serve Congress,
Department of Defense military construction and military family housing activities,
the Department of Veterans Affairs, and
several related and independent agencies.
The bill also includes additional military construction funds which are designated as Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO)/ Global War on Terrorism funds and are not subject to discretionary spending limits.
Full Summary:
Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019
(Sec. 3) Specifies that, unless this bill expressly provides otherwise, references to "this Act" included in a division shall be treated as referring only to the provisions of that division.
(Sec. 4) Specifies that this bill provides appropriations for FY2019.
DIVISION A--ENERGY AND WATER DEVELOPMENT AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2019
Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019
This division provides FY2019 appropriations for:
the civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
the Department of the Interior's Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project;
the Department of Energy (DOE); and
several independent agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
TITLE I--CORPS OF ENGINEERS--CIVIL
Provides appropriations to the Corps of Engineers for authorized civil functions pertaining to rivers and harbors, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection, aquatic ecosystem restoration, and related efforts.
Provides appropriations to the Corps of Engineers for:
Investigations;
Construction;
Mississippi River and Tributaries, including flood damage reduction projects in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri;
Operation and Maintenance;
the Regulatory Program pertaining to navigable waters and wetlands;
The summary continues for 383 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 "Public Law" stage on September 21, 2018. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
This bill has been enacted. It is law.
The record's latest action, on September 21, 2018: Became Public Law No: 115-244.
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?
MICHAEL SIMPSON (R-ID) introduced it on May 21, 2018. 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.
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Vote history
- HousePassed
- SenatePassed
- PresidentSigned into law