FACTS ABOUT THE FISCAL YEAR 2025 LEGISLATIVE BRANCH APPROPRIATIONS ACT (Courtesy of the House Committee on Appropriations):
- Enables Congress to better serve the American people by:
- Maintaining investments to ensure U.S. House of Representatives committees can execute vigorous oversight over the Biden Administration.
- Ensuring adequate resources for Member offices, including funding for staffing and other office expenditures.
- Providing necessary funding for agencies that provide research and support for Members, including the Congressional Budget Office, Library of Congress, and Government Accountability Office.
- Increasing funding for recruiting and retaining sworn Capitol Police officers.
- Strengthens our national security by:
- Prohibiting the purchase of telecommunications equipment from the People’s Republic of China and other adversaries.
- Barring the purchase of drones manufactured in the People’s Republic of China or by a business affiliated with the People’s Republic of China, except as allowed for national security purposes.
- Ensures fiscal responsibility by:
- Requiring unspent amounts from Members’ Representational Allowances (MRA) to be used for debt and deficit reduction.
- Restricting incentive or award payments to contractors for work on contracts or programs behind schedule or over budget.
- Prohibiting the use of funds for the maintenance or care of private vehicles.
- Supports American values and principles by:
- Maintaining restrictions on the use of funds for computer networks that do not block pornography.
- Eliminating the requirement for Members to use “low greenhouse gas emitting vehicles” for leased vehicles paid for with the MRA.