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H.R. 8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

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H.R. 8294: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

117th Congress · introduced 2022-07-05 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2022-07-05 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 11 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 379 (2022): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR8294 (2022-07-20), Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Plain summary

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2023 This bill provides FY2023 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 6 of the 12 regular FY2023 appropriations bills: the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2023; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023. The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Energy, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and several related and independent agencies. The bill also specifies restrictions and requirements for using funds provided by this and other appropriations acts.

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Official text

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2023

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. Price, David E. [D-NC-4] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: CBO Estimate of Discretionary Spending Under H.R. 8294, the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construct (2022-07-15)

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
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).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr8294 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117