H.R. 5220
119th Congress
House
Congressional Power of the Purse Act
Official title: To strengthen and enhance the congressional power of the purse, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
2 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 2025
Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Sep 9, 2025
Introduced in House
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Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committees on Oversight and Government Reform, Transportation and Infrastructure, Rules, Foreign Affairs, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF Formatted XML
Lobbying activity
7
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
- NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION
- PROJECT ON GOVERNMENT OVERSIGHT
Bodies those filers lobbied
- HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
- SENATE
- Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB)
- Energy, Dept of
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board
Cosponsors
23
D
Mannion, John W.
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Walkinshaw, James R.
D
Budzinski, Nikki
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Case, Ed
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Evans, Dwight
D
McGovern, James P.
D
Fletcher, Lizzie
D
Ansari, Yassamin
D
Amo, Gabe
D
Balint, Becca
D
Chu, Judy
D
Doggett, Lloyd
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Kaptur, Marcy
D
McGarvey, Morgan
D
Omar, Ilhan
D
Panetta, Jimmy
D
Peters, Scott H.
D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
D
Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
D
Tonko, Paul
D
Watson Coleman, Bonnie
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5220: Congressional Power of the Purse Act. 119th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5220/
"H.R. 5220: Congressional Power of the Purse Act." 119th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5220/.
H.R. 5220, 119th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/119-HR-5220/.
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