H.Res. 432: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any general appropriations bill until a concurrent resolution on the budget has been adopted or the appropriate budgetary suballocations are made available.

H.Res. 432: Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any general appropriations bill until a concurrent resolution on the budget has been adopted or the appropriate budgetary suballocations are made available.

115th Congress · introduced 2017-07-11 · Congress · Latest: Referred to the House Committee on Rules.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-07-11 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any general appropriations bill until a concurrent resolution on the budget has been adopted or the appropriate budgetary suballocations are made available.

Plain summary

Amends Rule XXI (Restrictions on Certain Bills) of the Rules of the House of Representatives to make it out of order in the House to consider a general appropriations bill for a fiscal year unless the Committee on Appropriations has filed the subcommittee allocations required by the Congressional Budget Act of 1974, or if a concurrent resolution on the budget has not yet been agreed to for that fiscal year, unless the committee has filed a report indicating the total amount of new discretionary budget authority it intends to include in general appropriations bills for the fiscal year and how it has allocated that total among its subcommittees.

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Official text

Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit the consideration of any general appropriations bill until a concurrent resolution on the budget has been adopted or the appropriate budgetary suballocations are made available.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Sponsor: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] · 0 cosponsors

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Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. Blunt Rochester, Lisa [D-DE-At Large] reported raising $1.2 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

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Words on this page, explained (6)

Appropriation: Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Fiscal year: The 12-month period a government uses for its budget. The federal fiscal year runs from October 1 to September 30 and is named for the calendar year in which it ends. Most states use July 1 to June 30.
Resolution: A formal statement or decision by a legislative body. Simple resolutions often only express an opinion or set rules for one chamber; they do not become law.
Roll-call vote: A vote where each member's position is recorded by name, so the public can see how every member voted. "Yea" means yes, "Nay" means no, "Present" means the member was there but did not take a side.
Rulemaking: The process agencies use to write regulations that carry out laws passed by Congress or a legislature. Usually an agency publishes a proposed rule, takes public comments, then publishes a final rule.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hres432.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hres>

Record fed-us-cong115-hres432 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115