Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021
Latest action. Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on appropriationA law permitting federal agencies to spend money. The Constitution forbids any spending without one, Congress's 'power of the purse'.Read the full definition (opens a new tab).
Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021
This bill provides FY2021 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies.
The bill includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2021 appropriations bills:
the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021;
the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021;
the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021;
the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2021;
the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; and
the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021.
The departments and agencies funded in the bill include
the Department of Defense;
the Department of Commerce;
the Department of Justice;
science-related agencies, including the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA);
the Department of Energy;
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers;
the Bureau of Reclamation;
the Department of the Treasury;
the judiciary;
the Executive Office of the President;
the District of Columbia;
the Department of Labor;
the Department of Health and Human Service;
the Department of Education;
the Department of Transportation;
the Department of Housing and Urban Development; and
several related and independent agencies.
The bill also requires certain statues and busts, such as those that depict Confederate soldiers or officials, to be removed from areas of the U.S. Capitol that are accessible to the public.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House" stage on July 31, 2020. 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 August 12, 2020: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
- 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?
PETER VISCLOSKY (D-IN) introduced it on July 16, 2020. 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 July 16, 2020, 2247 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 2220 days ago, on August 12, 2020.
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