H.R. 268: Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

116th Congress · introduced 2019-01-08 · Emergency Management · Latest: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on H.R. 268 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 56) entered in Senate.

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Where it came from: introduced 2019-01-08 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: 9 recorded votes in our records. Latest: Senate vote 55 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-04-01), Cloture Motion Rejected. See all
Where it stands now: Motion by Senator McConnell to reconsider the vote by which cloture on H.R. 268 was not invoked (Record Vote No. 56) entered in Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

Plain summary

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 This bill provides FY2019 appropriations to federal agencies, including supplemental appropriations for disaster assistance and continuing appropriations for agencies that are included in the seven FY2019 appropriations bills that have not been enacted. The bill provides $14.2 billion in FY2019 supplemental appropriations for expenses related to the consequences of recent wildfires, hurricanes, volcanos, earthquakes, typhoons, and other natural disasters. The bill designates the spending as emergency spending, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits. The bill includes supplemental appropriations for the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, the Department of Defense, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of the Interior, the Department of Energy, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, the Department of Education, the Government Accountability Office, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development. The bill also provides continuing FY2019 appropriations to several federal agencies through the earlier of February 8, 2019, or the enactment of the applicable appropriations legislation. This is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and ends the partial government shutdown that began after the existing CR expired on December 21, 2018, because seven of the remaining FY2019 appropriations bills have not been enacted. (Five of the FY2019 appropriations bills were enacted last year, including the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2019; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; the Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019.) Additionally, the CR has the effect of extending through February 8, 2019, several authorities and programs that were extended in prior CRs, including the Violence Against Women Act, the authority for the Environmental Protection Agency to collect and spend certain fees related to pesticides, the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program, and several authorities related to immigration.

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Official text

Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: Rules Committee Print 116-2 for H.R. 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019 (2019-01-09); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 268, Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2019, Including Further Continuing Appropriations (2019-01-18); CBO cost estimate: Senate Amendment 5 to H.R. 268, End the Shutdown and Secure the Border Act (2019-01-24); CBO cost estimate: Divisions A and B of Senate Amendment 201 to H.R. 268 (2019-03-27)

Recorded votes

House roll call 37 (2019): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR268 (2019-01-16): Agreed to
House roll call 38 (2019): On Motion to Recommit with Instructions, HR268 (2019-01-16): Failed
House roll call 39 (2019): On Passage, HR268 (2019-01-16): Passed
Senate vote 8 (2019): On the Motion for Attendance, HR268 (2019-01-24): Motion for Attendance Agreed to
Senate vote 9 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-01-24): Cloture Motion Rejected
Senate vote 10 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-01-24): Cloture Motion Rejected
Senate vote 53 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-03-26): Cloture Motion Agreed to
Senate vote 55 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-04-01): Cloture Motion Rejected
Senate vote 56 (2019): On the Cloture Motion, HR268 (2019-04-01): Cloture Motion Rejected

Words on this page, explained (4)

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).
Continuing resolution: A temporary law that keeps government agencies funded, usually at the previous year's levels, when the regular yearly spending bills are not finished by the start of the fiscal year.
Exemption: A rule that removes certain people, property or activities from a tax or requirement.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)
Congress.gov
Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-116hr268.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/116/hr>

Record fed-us-cong116-hr268 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong116 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong116