YourVoice.Now Summary
Environmental ConcernsCivil LibertiesTransparency & AccountabilityFunds Congress's own 2026 operations (~$1.98B for House salaries) — freezes lawmaker pay raises and blocks Chinese-linked tech purchases.
Environmental Concerns
- Alternative-fuel vehicle requirement — Removed for the House fleet under the Energy Policy Act of 1992
Civil Liberties
- Religious-belief protections — Federal action barred against persons acting on a one-man-one-woman marriage belief
- Diversity, equity, and inclusion training funds — Barred for training promoting race- or sex-based superiority or moral-worth ideas
Transparency & Accountability
- CBO cost-estimate transparency — Director directed to spend at least $500,000 on public access to models and data
- Contractor incentive payments — Barred for Architect of the Capitol contractors behind schedule or over budget
- GAO civil-suit authority — Comptroller General barred from impoundment lawsuits without a concurrent resolution
- Member medical-care ethics rule — Doctor-patient relationship for a treating Member excluded from fiduciary rules
The details
The Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026 funds Congress's own operations. It covers the budget year ending September 30, 2026. The bill provides about $1.98 billion for House salaries and expenses. It adds $850 million for Members' office allowances and $687 million for Capitol Police salaries. Hundreds of millions more go to the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), and the Government Accountability Office (GAO). More funding goes to the Architect of the Capitol and the Government Publishing Office. It pays $174,000 each to the heirs or widows of three recently deceased Representatives. It also funds intern pay, the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights, and the National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled. Beyond the dollar amounts, the bill carries several policy riders. It blocks funds for buying Chinese-linked information technology, telecommunications equipment, drones, and vehicles. It bars money for diversity, equity, and inclusion training that promotes race- or sex-based superiority ideas. It also prohibits federal action against people who believe marriage is between one man and one woman. Other provisions freeze a cost-of-living raise for Members of Congress. They direct the CBO to spend money making its cost estimates more transparent and its data more public. They stop the GAO from suing to enforce budget-impoundment law unless Congress authorizes it by resolution. They also remove a requirement that the House buy alternative-fuel vehicles. Any leftover Member office allowances would go to the Treasury for deficit or debt reduction.
Congressional Summary
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the House of Representatives and joint items such asthe Joint Economic Committee,the Joint Committee on Taxation,the Office of the Attending Physician, andthe Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.In addition, the bill provides FY2026 appropriations forthe Capitol Police;the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights;the Congressional Budget Office;the Architect of the Capitol;the Library of Congress, including the Congressional Research Service and the Copyright Office;the Government Publishing Office;the Government Accountability Office;the Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund; andthe John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the Senate are not included in the House bill.)The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this bill.
Legislative Subjects
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Introduced in House
- Action Date
- 2025-06-30
- Date Added
- 2026-06-19
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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