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H.R. 8772 - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2025
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COMMITTEE ACTION:
REPORTED BY A RECORD VOTE of 8-3 on Monday, July 8, 2024.
FLOOR ACTION ON H. RES. 1341:
Agreed to by a record vote of 205-201, after agreeing to the previous question by a record vote of 194-186, on Tuesday, July 9, 2024.
MANAGERS: Burgess/McGovern
1. Closed rule for H.R. 8281.
2. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
3. Provides that the amendment in the nature of a substitute recommended by the Committee on House Administration now printed in the bill shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
4. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill, as amended.
5. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on House Administration or their respective designees.
6. Provides one motion to recommit.
7. Closed rule for H.J. Res. 165.
8. Waives all points of order against consideration of the joint resolution.
9. Provides that the joint resolution shall be considered as read.
10. Waives all points of order against provisions in the joint resolution.
11. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Education and the Workforce or their respective designees.
12. Provides one motion to recommit.
13. Structured rule for H.R. 8772.
14. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
15. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees.
16. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
17. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
18. Makes in order only those amendments printed in the report and pro forma amendments described in section 5. Each amendment shall be considered only in the order printed in the report, may be offered only by a Member designated in the report, shall be considered as read, shall be debatable for the time specified in the report equally divided and controlled by the proponent and an opponent, shall not be subject to amendment except as provided by section 5 of the rule, and shall not be subject to a demand for division of the question.
19. Waives all points of order against the amendments printed in the report.
20. Provides that the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Appropriations or their respective designees may offer up to 10 pro forma amendments each at any point for the purpose of debate.
21. Provides one motion to recommit.
22. Closed rule for H.R. 7700.
23. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
24. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
25. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
26. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
27. Provides one motion to recommit.
28. Closed rule for H.R. 7637.
29. Waives all points of order against consideration of the bill.
30. Provides that the bill shall be considered as read.
31. Waives all points of order against provisions in the bill.
32. Provides one hour of general debate equally divided and controlled by the chair and ranking minority member of the Committee on Energy and Commerce or their respective designees.
33. Provides one motion to recommit.
Amendments (click headers to sort)
| # | Version # | Sponsor(s) | Party | Summary | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Version 1 | Norton (DC) | Democrat | Prohibits the use of funds for installing permanent fencing around the perimeter of any U.S. Capitol buildings or grounds. | Submitted |
| 2 | Version 2 | Crockett (TX), Molinaro (NY) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Requires compliance with the Javits-Wagner-O'Day Act (Chapter 85 of Title 41 of the U.S. Code) when purchasing flags. | Revised |
| 3 | Version 2 | Sorensen (IL) | Democrat | Revised Adds H.R. 6206 which prohibits agencies from using funds to procure a U.S. flag unless such flag has been manufactured in the United States from materials that have been U.S. grown, produced, or manufactured, with specified exceptions. | Revised |
| 4 | Version 1 | Molinaro (NY) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding to ensure the needs of those with intellectual and developmental disabilities are accommodated throughout the Capitol complex. | Submitted |
| 5 | Version 1 | Omar (MN), Jacobs (CA) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding to emphasize the need to offer halal and kosher food options at the U.S. Capitol cafeterias. | Submitted |
| 6 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Torres (NY), Suozzi (NY), LaLota (NY), D'Esposito (NY), Malliotakis (NY), Goldman (NY), Lawler (NY) | Bi-Partisan | Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act or any amendments made by this Act from being used to provide former members of congress who have been expelled with the privileges generally afforded to former members including but not limited to access to the floor, parking facilities and athletic or wellness facilities, access to administrative services and dining facilities and membership in the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress. | Submitted |
| 7 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for Library of Congress to conduct proactive education outreach to every Congressional office about the Congress Surplus Books Program. | Submitted |
| 8 | Version 2 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Revised Increases and decreases funding for the Government Accountability Office to study and make recommendations to Congress about how Congressional offices can solicit and implement legislative recommendations from citizens of the United States. | Revised |
| 9 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for the Modernization Initiatives Account to create a opt-in centralized, House-wide system for tagging or tracking casework that would allow the House to view a wider landscape of constituent concerns, better anticipate problem areas and backlogs, and identify issues that may need to be addressed through a federal policy change. | Submitted |
| 10 | Version 1 | Davids (KS) | Democrat | Strikes section 213. | Submitted |
| 11 | Version 2 | Rosendale (MT), Ogles (TN) | Republican | Revised Prohibits any funds made available by this Act from being used to restrict a Member of Congress from authorizing members of their staff to carry a firearm in their official duties. | Revised |
| 12 | Version 2 | Tenney (NY), Castro (TX), Jacobs (CA), Gimenez (FL), Lamborn (CO), Barr (KY) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Increases and decreases funding for House Leadership Offices to express the sense of the House of Representatives that a revision to the House Security Manual should be made to allow one staffer in each personal Member office to apply for a TS/SCI clearance in line with Senate policies. | Revised |
| 13 | Version 1 | Dingell (MI), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Prioritizes the improvement of physical accessibility of the Capitol grounds by addressing accessibility barriers. | Submitted |
| 14 | Version 1 | D'Esposito (NY) | Republican | Increases and decreases funding to emphasize the importance of improving training facilities and acquiring additional training space for Capitol Police. | Submitted |
| 15 | Version 2 | Huizenga (MI) | Republican | Revised Prohibits funds be made available by this Act to the Congressional Office of International Leadership. | Made in Order |
| 16 | Version 2 | Clyde (GA) | Republican | Revised Ensures the FY 2025 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act conforms with the 27th Amendment. | Revised |
| 17 | Version 2 | Jackson (TX) | Republican | Revised Reduces funding for the Office of the Attending Physician to the Congress to FY20 levels. | Made in Order |
| 18 | Version 2 | Aguilar (CA), Ciscomani (AZ), Stanton (AZ) | Bi-Partisan | Revised Increases/decreases the MRA by $1 million to allow Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients to be eligible for employment in the Legislative Branch. | Revised |
| 19 | Version 1 | Kiggans (VA) | Republican | Withdrawn Prohibits funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this Act from being used to procure an item for sale to the public in a gift shop or through any other means which is manufactured in the People’s Republic of China. | Withdrawn |
| 20 | Version 1 | Ogles (TN) | Republican | Prohibits funds from use to impose a COVID-19 mask mandate. | Made in Order |
| 21 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Prohibits funds to provide training to an employee of the Capitol Police outside the United States, District of Columbia, or the territories and possessions of the United States. | Submitted |
| 22 | Version 1 | Porter (CA), Cárdenas (CA) | Democrat | Strikes Section 214. | Submitted |
| 23 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ), Nickel (NC), D'Esposito (NY) | Bi-Partisan | Increases and decreases funding for the Library of Congress to encourage a new physical exhibition about Hamas' October 7th terrorist attack. | Submitted |
| 24 | Version 1 | Gottheimer (NJ) | Democrat | Increases and decreases funding for Modernization Initiatives Account to highlight the need to make e-Dear Colleagues and Rules Website Amendments exportable to excel sheets. | Submitted |
| 25 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Late Eliminates funding for the Open World program and moves the $6,600,000 savings to the Spending Reduction Account. | Submitted |
| 26 | Version 1 | Houlahan (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Late Withdrawn Increases and decreases funds to authorize the procurement and placement of a statue of Benjamin Franklin to be placed along the US Capitol Tour Route. | Withdrawn |
| 27 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used by the House Child Care Center to purchase or maintain in a school library any book that contains pornographic material or espouses radical gender ideology. | Submitted |
| 28 | Version 1 | Houlahan (PA), Fitzpatrick (PA) | Bi-Partisan | Late Shifts funding for the procurement and placement of a statue of Benjamin Franklin in the Capitol Building. | Submitted |
| 29 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to procure the impossible burger or any human food made with cultured animal cells. | Submitted |
| 30 | Version 1 | Jackson Lee (TX) | Democrat | Late Strikes section 212 prohibiting the use of funds for purposes of DEI. | Submitted |
| 31 | Version 1 | Pfluger (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to distribute voter registration application forms. | Submitted |
| 32 | Version 2 | Self (TX) | Republican | Late Revised Prohibits funds going towards the charging of electric vehicles on Capitol property. | Made in Order |
| 33 | Version 1 | Boebert (CO) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to require a food service provider or providers to eliminate or reduce plastic waste, including waste from plastic straws. | Submitted |
| 34 | Version 1 | Gosar (AZ) | Republican | Late Prohibits funding for the Congressional Office for International Leadership to support Saudi Arabian participants. | Submitted |
| 35 | Version 1 | Turner (OH) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding for the Architect of the Capitol to commission a report on the number of U.S. Capitol flag certificates issued that have included religious references from 2007 through 2023. | Submitted |
| 36 | Version 2 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Late Revised Increases and decreases funding for the U.S. Botanic Garden to encourage the cultivation and inclusion of Guam's plant species, including the endangered tree Serianthes nelsonii (commonly known as the trongkon gulfi), Ifit (a culturally significant species of tree and the official territorial tree of Guam), and the native flowers of Guam, such as the Gafao (Melastoma malabathricum), atkapares (Capparis mariana), and kamuke-nanofe (Taeniophyllum mariannense). | Revised |
| 37 | Version 1 | Griffith (VA) | Republican | Late Lowers the salary of the General Counsel to the United States Capitol Police to $174,000. | Submitted |
| 38 | Version 1 | Arrington (TX) | Republican | Late Prohibits funds from being used to implement Executive Order 14019 (relating to promoting access to voting also known as Biden Bucks). | Submitted |
| 39 | Version 1 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funds appropriated to the maintenance, care, and operation of the Capitol to emphasize the need to procure and display statues from the U.S. Territories of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands in the U.S. Capitol along U.S. Capitol Tour Routes. | Submitted |
| 40 | Version 1 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases the Salaries and Expenses account of the Library of Congress to emphasize the need for the Library to develop educational programs which seek to highlight the CHamoru language, which is endemic to Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands. | Submitted |
| 41 | Version 2 | Nehls (TX) | Republican | Late Revised Decreases funds from the Office of Congressional Ethics and increases funds for the standing, special, and select committees account for the purposes of increasing funds for the House Committee on Ethics. | Revised |
| 42 | Version 1 | Moylan (GU) | Republican | Late Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to enter into an agreement to obtain and arrange for display of at least one statue from each of the following: Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, American Samoa, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. | Submitted |
| 43 | Version 1 | Issa (CA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding for House Leadership Offices to express the sense of the House of Representatives that a revision to the House Security Manual should be made to allow new staff members entering offices to retain previously acquired security clearances without counting towards an office’s security two clearance maximum. | Submitted |
| 44 | Version 1 | Issa (CA) | Republican | Late Increases and decreases funding for House Leadership Offices to express the sense of the House of Representatives that a revision to the House Security Manual should be made to allow two staff members apply to have clearances processed per office at a time, removing the cap on how many clearances a House office can hold. | Submitted |
Committee Votes
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 256
Motion by Ms. Scanlon to amend the rule to make in order amendment #30 to H.R. 8772, offered by Representative Jackson Lee, which strikes section 212, prohibiting the use of funds for purposes of DEI. Defeated: 3–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
No Vote
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 257
Motion by Ms. Leger Fernández to amend the rule to make in order amendment #10 to H.R. 8772, offered by Representative Davids, which strikes section 213. Defeated: 3–8
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Nay
Mrs. Fischbach
Nay
Mr. Massie
No Vote
Mr. Norman
Nay
Mr. Roy
Nay
Mrs. Houchin
Nay
Mr. Langworthy
Nay
Mr. Scott (GA)
Nay
Mr. Burgess, Chairman
Nay
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Yea
Ms. Scanlon
Yea
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
Yea
Rules Committee Record Vote No. 258
Motion by Mr. Reschenthaler to report the rule. Adopted: 8–3
Majority Member
Vote
Mr. Reschenthaler
Yea
Mrs. Fischbach
Yea
Mr. Massie
No Vote
Mr. Norman
Yea
Mr. Roy
Yea
Mrs. Houchin
Yea
Mr. Langworthy
Yea
Mr. Scott (GA)
Yea
Mr. Burgess, Chairman
Yea
Minority Member
Vote
Mr. McGovern
Nay
Ms. Scanlon
Nay
Mr. Neguse
No Vote
Ms. Leger Fernández
Nay