Sponsor
Virginia Ann Foxx
Representative · R-NC
The resolution speeds House consideration and potential passage of the FY2026 consolidated appropriations bill—reducing the risk of funding gaps—but does so by curtailing debate, amendment opportunities, and transparency and by concentrating record‑entry authority, increasing the risk that costly or partisan provisions will pass with less scrutiny.
Federal, state, and local governments (and their employees): enables timely consideration and a House floor vote on the FY2026 consolidated appropriations bill (H.R.7147), reducing the risk of funding gaps or delays in government operations.
Taxpayers and the legislative process: limits debate to one hour, permits only one motion to recommit, waives points of order, and deems the bill read—streamlining floor procedures to expedite passage and reduce procedural delay.
Federal employees, lawmakers, and the public: allows the House Appropriations Chair to enter explanatory context for H.R.7148 and H.R.7147 in the Congressional Record, which can clarify legislative intent for implementers and stakeholders.
Taxpayers, state and local governments: short debate and restricted amendment processes increase the risk that problematic, costly, or ill-considered provisions pass without full scrutiny, potentially raising costs or administrative burdens.
Federal employees and minority Members: reduces members' ability to raise procedural or substantive objections and limits deliberation, curtailing minority input on a major spending bill.
Taxpayers, state governments and stakeholders: fast-tracking the bill reduces transparency and public opportunity for input, making it harder for affected parties to understand or influence spending decisions.
Based on analysis of 10 sections of legislative text.
Establishes expedited House procedures to combine multiple appropriations measures into a single FY2026 package, limit debate, and permit clerical consolidation and explanatory insertions.
Representative · R-NC
Sets special House floor procedures to speed consideration and final passage of a consolidated fiscal year 2026 appropriations package by waiving points of order, deeming the measure as read, limiting debate to one hour, and allowing only a single motion to recommit. It also directs clerical and editorial changes to combine text from multiple previously passed House measures into a single engrossed document and permits the Appropriations Committee chair to insert explanatory material into the Congressional Record by a specified date. Also requires the Clerk to delay notifying the Senate of passage of one House measure until the House passes the consolidated package, and authorizes technical corrections (redesignations, cross-reference fixes, punctuation, headings, and numbering) to the engrossed text to conform multiple bills into one complete bill.
Introduced January 22, 2026 by Virginia Ann Foxx · Last progress January 22, 2026