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Introduced July 10, 2025 by Markwayne Mullin · Last progress July 10, 2025
Places limits and rules on spending for the legislative branch for fiscal year 2026, clarifies how unspent funds are handled, and adds several targeted security and operational funding items as emergency-designated amounts. It also imposes policy restrictions on purchases and activities (for example bans on certain vendor equipment, limits on contractor incentive pay, a freeze on the 2026 cost-of-living adjustment for Members), sets a Library of Congress revolving fund cap, and creates transfer authority for mutual-aid reimbursements to the U.S. Capitol Police.
The bill strengthens fiscal oversight, transparency, and Capitol security while locking in some legislative-branch structures and funding choices that reduce flexibility and create administrative and fiscal trade-offs for taxpayers and federal operations.
Taxpayers: Unused legislative-branch funds are returned to the Treasury to reduce the deficit or pay down federal debt, supporting federal fiscal posture.
United States Capitol Police, Member security, and related law-enforcement: Additional reimbursements and emergency security funding increase resources for Capitol security, mutual-aid reimbursements, and officer readiness.
Federal employees and taxpayers: The Act establishes contracting oversight and transparency requirements (limits on incentive/award payments to late/over-budget contractors and making certain consulting expenditures public), encouraging fiscal discipline and accountability on legislative-branch projects and outside contracts.
Taxpayers and budget enforcement: Several emergency funding designations and specific appropriations increase spending labeled as emergency, which can weaken budget enforcement and set precedents affecting long-term fiscal accountability.
Taxpayers and federal budgets: Permanently authorizing pay and office provisions without further periodic review could lock in costs for taxpayers and reduce future flexibility to adjust compensation structures.
Federal employees and Library users: Capping the Library of Congress's obligational authority for reimbursable/revolving activities may constrain services, delay projects funded from non-appropriated sources, or reduce program scope.