This resolution sets the ground rules the House will follow when it debates and votes on four separate items: the annual defense policy bill (H.R. 8800) covering troop levels and Pentagon spending, a national security and State Department funding bill (H.R. 8595), a bill reauthorizing a Social Security disability-insurance demonstration program (H.R. 8884), and a commemorative resolution marking one year since the Working Families Tax Cuts became law. It limits floor debate time, controls which amendments members can offer and in what order, and waives procedural objections that could otherwise block consideration of these bills. It also directs the House Clerk to combine the defense bill with a Senate-passed provision (S. 1383) when the final version is prepared. The resolution itself does not change any federal law — it only governs how and when the House considers the underlying bills.
Congressional Summary
This resolution provides for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes.
Details
- Congress
- 119th
- Chamber
- House
- Status
- summarized
- Action
- Reported to House
- Action Date
- 2026-06-30
- Date Added
- 2026-07-09
- Source
- Congress.gov →
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