Today, House Republicans will bring to the Floor the Fiscal Year 2025 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, which restores fiscal responsibility to Washington D.C. while ensuring that Congress has the resources necessary to hold the Biden Administration accountable.
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.
