House Passes 2025 Budget Bill with Health, Veterans Funds; Caps Defense Spending

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3 months ago - Politics

The House passed a bill that provides money for the government to keep running in 2025 at the same spending levels as 2024. The bill includes funds for health programs, veterans, and other services. It restricts new defense spending and limits advance purchases of military equipment. Some operations can start without the normal waiting period. The funding will last until December 20, 2024, unless a new specific funding law is passed before then.

This is a bill about funding the government and extending certain programs for the year 2025.

  1. Main Point: The bill provides temporary funding for government departments and agencies to keep running without interruption. It maintains the funding and activities from the previous year (2024) until new funding is approved or December 20, 2024, whichever comes first.

  2. Details:

    • It lists specific government departments and programs to continue receiving the same funding as in 2024.
    • For the Department of Defense, the bill limits spending to prevent starting new projects, increasing production rates, or continuing projects not funded last year.
    • Programs that distribute funds quickly at the year's start won't do so until final funding decisions are made later.
    • It makes sure money from this bill is used only for projects and activities that were funded previously and operates under the same rules as last year.
    • The bill also states the funding will immediately stop if a new appropriation for a project is made or if the project is not included in the final budget.

  3. Impact:

    • Government services continue without interruption.
    • Limits on new military spending ensure control over new or expanded projects.
    • All spending and project continuation are tied to last year's decisions and rules.
423 votes

Yes

341

No

82

Not Voting

9

  1. Became Public Law No: 118-83.
  2. Presented to President.
  3. Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
  4. On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 341 - 82 (Roll no. 450). (text: CR H5781-5787)
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  5. Passed/agreed to in House: On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 341 - 82 (Roll no. 450). (text: CR H5781-5787)
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  6. Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5800-5801)
  7. At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
  8. DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 9747.
  9. Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H5781-5791)
  10. Mr. Cole moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill.
  11. Passed/agreed to in Senate: Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed, under the order of 9/24/24, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 18. Record Vote Number: 255.
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  12. Received in the Senate, read twice, considered, read the third time, and passed, under the order of 9/24/24, having achieved 60 votes in the affirmative, without amendment by Yea-Nay Vote. 78 - 18. Record Vote Number: 255. (consideration: CR S6408)
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  13. Message on Senate action sent to the House.
  14. Introduced in House

    This is a bill about funding the government and extending certain programs for the year 2025.

    1. Main Point: The bill provides temporary funding for government departments and agencies to keep running without interruption. It maintains the funding and activities from the previous year (2024) until new funding is approved or December 20, 2024, whichever comes first.

    2. Details:

      • It lists specific government departments and programs to continue receiving the same funding as in 2024.
      • For the Department of Defense, the bill limits spending to prevent starting new projects, increasing production rates, or continuing projects not funded last year.
      • Programs that distribute funds quickly at the year's start won't do so until final funding decisions are made later.
      • It makes sure money from this bill is used only for projects and activities that were funded previously and operates under the same rules as last year.
      • The bill also states the funding will immediately stop if a new appropriation for a project is made or if the project is not included in the final budget.

    3. Impact:

      • Government services continue without interruption.
      • Limits on new military spending ensure control over new or expanded projects.
      • All spending and project continuation are tied to last year's decisions and rules.
  15. Referred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  16. Introduced in House