Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
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Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2019
This bill provides FY2019 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2019 appropriations bills:
the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019;
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019;
the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2019;
the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019;
the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2019; and
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.
The departments and agencies funded in the bill include
the Department of Agriculture;
the Food and Drug Administration;
the Department of Commerce;
the Department of Justice;
science-related agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);
the Department of the Treasury,
the judiciary;
the Executive Office of the President;
the District of Columbia;
the Department of the Interior;
the Environmental Protection Agency;
the Forest Service;
the Department of State;
the Department of Transportation;
the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
several related and independent agencies.
The bill also extends several authorities and programs, including
the National Flood Insurance Program,
the authority for the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and spend certain fees related to pesticides,
the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and
several Medicaid provisions.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on January 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 January 28, 2019: Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 16.
- 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?
NITA LOWEY (D-NY) introduced it on January 17, 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 17, 2019, 2793 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2782 days ago, on January 28, 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