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This page consolidates Legislative Branch appropriations documents for Fiscal Years 2013-2020, including budget requests, hearing records, introduced legislation, enacted legislation, bill reports, and more -- all in one place.

Fiscal Years

Fiscal Year 2025 - 118th Congress, Second Session

Information Trackers

  • List of Members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee and their Subcommittee Assignments -- TK
  • Calendar of FY 2025 House and Senate Appropriations Testimony and Hearing Deadlines -- TK
  • Budget Estimate FY 2025 Contained in the President Budget
  • Federal Budget by Agency and Account, FY 2025 starts on page 2

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bills

House:

Senate:

Requests and Deliberations

Agency and Office Written Testimony and Budget Justifications

  • Architect of the Capitol: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Chief Administrative Officer of the House: CBJ | House
  • Clerk of the House: CBJ | House
  • Congressional Budget Office: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Congressional Office for International Leadership: CBJ | House
  • Congressional Research Service: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Government Accountability Office: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Government Publishing Office: CBJ | House | Senate
  • House Office of Inspector General: CBJ | House
  • Library of Congress: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Office of Congressional Workplace Rights: CBJ | House | Senate
  • Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives: CBJ | House
  • Office of Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives: CBJ | House
  • Office of Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives: CBJ | House
  • Sergeant at Arms of the House: CBJ | House
  • Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: CBJ | Senate
  • Stennis Center: CBJ | House | Senate
  • US Capitol Police: CBJ | House | Senate
  • US Copyright Office: CBJ | House | Senate

Aggregated Appropriations Requests for FY 2025

  • Aggregate Appropriations Requests TK

House

Subcommittee Print -- TK Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates Part II: Record of the FY 2024 Leg Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee print -- not available yet Record of the FY 2024 Leg Branch Appropriations Request Hearings

Member Testimony

House Public Witness Testimony

Senate Public Witness Testimony

TK

Fiscal Year 2024 — 118th Congress, First Session

Information Trackers

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2024 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Record of the Fiscal Year 2024 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings - not available yet

Agency and Office Written testimony

Member Testimony

  • Rep. Derek Kilmer - Focused on the work of the Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress

House Public Witness Testimony

  • Kel McClanahan, National Security Counselors - Urging Congress to validate GAO's jurisdiction to investigate intelligence-related matters
  • Zach Graves, Lincoln Network - Urging key reforms to help advance capacity and modernization of Congress: (1) establish an AI working group; (2) elevate the House Digital Service within the CAO; (3) Establish a Chief Science and Tech Advisor; (4) Ask CAO to create a HouseNet help desk for accessing expert policy resources
  • Dan Lips, Lincoln Network -- Urging support for GAO's budget request
  • J. D. Rackey, Sunwater Institute - Urging an improved casework management system that aggregates anonymized data across the institution to improve Congress's ability to engage in evidence-based oversight activities
  • Daniel Schuman, Demand Progress - Urging public availability of historical CRS reports and publication of current reports in HTML
  • Michael Stern - Urging an enhanced public-facing role for the House Office of General Counsel and greater transparency for the Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group
  • Taylor Swift, Demand Progress - Urging public availability of final reports from the House of Representatives Office of the Inspector General

Senate Public Witness Testimony

Demand Progress Aggregated Appropriations Requests for FY 2024

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • House Subcommittee Bill --
  • Senate Subcommittee Bill -- not introduced yet
  • Enacted law -- HR 2882

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

Supplemental(s)

Items Ordered in the 2024 Bill & Reports

  • not yet available
  • not yet available

Fiscal Year 2023 — 117th Congress, Second Session

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates - not available yet

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2023 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Record of the Fiscal Year 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings - not available yet

Civil Society

  1. For Senate Leg Branch Appropriations: On creating a senate office of diversity and inclusion
  2. For Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations: Public and Congressional Access to Senate Legislation
  3. For Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations: Congressional Digital Service Task Force
  4. For Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations: Senate Online Repository for Bills, Resolutions, and Committee Documents
  5. For Senate Legislative Branch Appropriations: Public Records Appeals Process for Legislative Agencies Based on FOIA Advisory Committee Recommendations
  6. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Public Records Appeals Process for Legislative Agencies Based on FOIA Advisory Committee Recommendations
  7. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Joint Congressional Staff Unionization
  8. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Creation of House Intern Resource Office
  9. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: GAO Oversight of the Intelligence Community
  10. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Congressional Digital Service Task Force
  11. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Funding and Transparency Relating to the House Office of General Counsel
  12. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Statements of Disbursement Organization Unique Identifiers
  13. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Closing Gaps in Legislative Branch Inspectors General Coverage and Coordination

  • House Public Witness Hearing & Testimony - No public witness testimony this year

  • Senate Public Witness Testimony - No public witness testimony this year

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

Bill Reports

  • House Report

  • Senate Report - not available yet

  • Joint Explanatory Statement - not available yet

Continuing Resolution(s)

Supplemental(s)

Items Ordered in the 2023 Bill & Reports

Fiscal Year 2022 — 117th Congress, First Session

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates - not available yet

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Record of the Fiscal Year 2022 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings - not available yet

Civil Society

  1. For Senate Leg Branch Appropriations: On creating a senate office of diversity and inclusion
  2. For Senate CJS Appropriations: Transparency for OLC Opinions
  3. For House CJS Appropriations: Transparency for OLC Opinions
  4. For Senate Defense Appropriations:Disclosure of Significant FISC Opinions
  5. For House Defense Appropriations: Disclosure of Significant FISC Opinions
  6. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Congressional Staff Unionization
  7. For House Legislative Branch Appropriations: Transparency Around the Capitol Police

  • House Public Witness Hearing & Testimony - No public witness testimony this year

  • Senate Public Witness Testimony - No public witness testimony this year

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

Supplemental(s)

Items Ordered in the 2022 Bill & Reports

Fiscal Year 2021 — 116th Congress, Second Session

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available yet

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2021 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2021 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Civil Society

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

Supplemental(s)

Items Ordered in the 2021 Bill & Reports

Demand Progress Items Due Spreadsheet

Status of Items Due:

Fiscal Year 2020 — First Session of the 116th Congress

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2020 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available

Fiscal Year 2020 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests for the:

Civil Society

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R.277

  • Introduced in the Senate: S.2581

  • Final Bill: H.R. 1865 Div. E

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 116-94 FY2020 Further Consolidated Appropriations Act

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P.L. 116-59, FY2020 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, H.R. 4378. Enacted September 27, 2019; effective through November 21, 2019.

  • P.L. 116-69, Second FY2020 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, H.R. 3055. Enacted November 21, 2019; effective through December 20, 2019.

Supplemental(s)

  • P.L. 116-123, Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 6074. Enacted March 6, 2020.

  • P.L. 116-127, Second Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 6201. Enacted March 18, 2020.

  • P.L. 116-136, Division B, Title IX: Third Coronavirus Supplemental Appropriations Act, H.R. 748. Enacted March 27, 2020.

Items Ordered in the 2020 Bill & Reports

Fiscal Year 2019 -- 115th Congress, Second Session

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print - not available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2019 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2019 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Civil Society

  • Demand Progress Appropriations Requests

  • Demand Progress House Testimony on Legislative Branch staff pay

  • Congressional Data Coalition House Testimony on Congressional committee calendars, bioguides, and public advisory committee to the Library

  • Demand Progress Senate Testimony on Legislative Branch staff pay

  • Congressional Data Coalition Senate Testimony on Congressional committee calendars, bioguides, and public advisory committee to the Library

  • House Public Witness Hearing & Testimony April 17, 2018

  • Senate Public Witness Testimony

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations Bill

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 5894

  • Introduced in the Senate: S.3071

  • Final Bill: H.R. 5895

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 115-244, Division B: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

None

Supplemental(s)

  • P.L. 116-20, Title IX: FY2019 Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Act (116th Congress), H.R. 2157. Enacted June 6, 2019.

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 268, FY 2019 Supplemental Appropriations Act

Items Ordered in the 2019 Bill & Reports

  • Demand Progress Spreadsheet of Items Due - includes information like item description, entity responsible, due date, and source text

  • Check List of Items Due (October 12, 2019)

Fiscal Year 2018 -- 115th Congress, First Session

Requests & Deliberations

House

Subcommittee Print

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2018 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Civil Society

  • House Public Witness Hearing & Testimony May 3, 2017.

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 115-56: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (H.R. 601). Enacted September 8, 2017; effective through December 8, 2017.

  • P. L. 115-90: Second Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.J. Res. 123). Enacted December 8, 2017; effective through December 22, 2017.

  • P. L. 115-96: Third Continuing Appropriations Fiscal Year 2018 (H.R. 1370). Enacted December 22, 2017; effective through January 19, 2018.

  • P. L. 115-120: Fourth Continuing Appropriations Fiscal Year 2018 (H.R. 195). Enacted January 22, 2018; effective through February 8, 2018.

  • P. L. 115-123: Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018 (H.R. 1892), Enacted February 9, 2018; effective through March 23, 2018.

Supplemental Appropriations

  • P. L. 115-123: Further Additional Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act (H.R. 1892), Enacted February 9, 2018; effective through March 23, 2018.

Fiscal Year 2017 -- 114th Congress, Second Session

House

Subcommittee Print - not available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - not available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2017 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 5325

  • Introduced in the Senate: S. 2955

  • Final Bill: H.R. 244

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 115–31, Division I: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 244). Enacted May 5, 2017.

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 114-223: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325), Enacted September 29, 2016; effective through December 9, 2016.

  • P. L. 114-254: Further Continuing and Security Assistance Appropriations Act, 2017 (H.R. 2028), Enacted December 10, 2016; effective through April 28, 2017.

  • P. L. 115-30: FY2017 Further Continuing Appropriations Resolution (H.J.Res. 99), Enacted April 28, 2017; effective through May 5, 2017.

Supplemental Appropriations

  • P. L. 115-56: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 and Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Relief Requirements Act, 2017 (H.R. 601), Enacted September 8, 2017.

Fiscal Year 2016 -- 114th Congress, First Session

House

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Record of the Fiscal Year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Record of Hearings for the Fiscal Year 2016 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill H.R. 2250 including testimony of the:

  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Government Accountability Office
  • Government Publishing Office
  • Library of Congress
  • Office of Compliance
  • Public Witnesses
  • Secretary of the Senate
  • Senate Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper
  • U.S. Capitol Police

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 2250

  • Introduced in the Senate: none

  • Final Bill: H.R. 2029

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 114-113, Consolidated Appropriations Act 2016, Division I. Enacted December 18, 2015.

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 114-53: Continuing Appropriations Resolution (H.R. 719), Enacted September 30, 2015; effective through December 15, 2017.

  • P. L. 114-96: Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2016 (H.R. 2250), Enacted December 11, 2015; effective through December 16, 2017.

  • P. L. 114-100: Third Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY2016 (H.J. Res. 78), Enacted December 16, 2015; effective through December 22, 2015.

Supplemental Appropriations

  • P. L. 114-223: Continuing Appropriations and Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017, and Zika Response and Preparedness Act (H.R. 5325), Enacted September 29, 2016.

Fiscal Year 2015 -- 113th Congress, Second Session

House

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2015 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 4487

  • Introduced in the Senate: None

  • Final Bill: H.R. 83

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 113-235, Consolidated and Further Appropriations Act of 2015, Division H. Enacted December 16, 2014.

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 114-3: FY2015 Further Continuing Resolution Act (H.R. 33), Enacted February 27, 2015; effective through March 6, 2015.

  • P. L. 113-235: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015 (H.R. 83), Enacted December 16, 2014; effective through February 27, 2015.

  • P. L. 113-203: Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY2015 (H.J.Res. 131), Enacted December 13, 2014; effective through December 17, 2014.

  • P. L. 113-202: Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY2015 (H.J.Res. 130), Enacted December 12, 2014; effective through December 13, 2014.

  • P. L. 113-164: Continuing Appropriations Resolution FY2015 (H.J.Res. 124), Enacted September 19, 2014; effective through December 11, 2014.

Supplemental Appropriations

None

Fiscal Year 2014 -- 113th Congress, First Session

House

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2014 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2014 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings for the:

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 2792

  • Introduced in the Senate: S. 1283

  • Final Bill: H.R. 3547

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 113-76, Division I of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014. Enacted January 17, 2014.

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 113-73: FY2014 Continuing Resolution (H.J.Res. 106), Enacted January 15, 2014; effective through January 18, 2014.

  • P. L. 113-46: Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014 (H.R. 2775), Enacted October 17, 2013; effective through January 15, 2014.

Supplemental Appropriations

Not Applicable

Fiscal Year 2013 -- 112th Congress, Second Session

House

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Part I: Justification of the Budget Estimates

Part II: Record of the Fiscal Year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings

Senate

Subcommittee Print - Not Available

Record of the Fiscal Year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations Requests Hearings of the:

  • Architect of the Capitol (except House items)
  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Government Accountability Office
  • Government Printing Office
  • Library of Congress
  • Office of Compliance
  • U.S. Senate (Office of the Secretary & Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper)
  • United States Capitol Police

Record of Hearings for the Fiscal Year 2013 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill H.R. 5882 including testimony of the:

  • Architect of the Capitol (except House items)
  • Congressional Budget Office
  • Government Accountability Office
  • Government Printing Office
  • Library of Congress
  • Office of Compliance
  • U.S. Senate (Office of the Secretary & Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper)
  • United States Capitol Police

Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill(s)

Regular Appropriations

  • Introduced in the House: H.R. 5882

  • Introduced in the Senate: None

  • Final Bill: H.R. 933

  • Enacted Law: P.L. 113-6, Division F of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013. Enacted March 26, 2013.

Bill Reports

Continuing Resolution(s)

  • P. L. 113-6: Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2013 (H.R. 933), Enacted March 26, 2013; effective through September 30, 2013.

  • P. L. 112-175: Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2013. (H.J.Res. 117), Enacted September 28, 2012; effective through March 27, 2013.

Supplemental Appropriations

Not Applicable

Historic Senate Budget Justifications

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