PETER J SCALISE - Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2020

Introduction

On Friday, December 20th of 2019, President Donald J. Trump signed into law:

  • H. R. 1158, entitled the “Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020,” which divisions A through D of the enrolled bill provides full-year funding through September 30, 2020, for projects and activities of certain agencies of the Federal Government; and
  • H. R. 1865, entitled the “Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020,” which Divisions A through H of the enrolled bill provides full-year funding through September 30, 2020, for projects and activities of the remaining agencies of the Federal Government.

Both H.R. 1158 and H.R. 1865 (hereinafter “the new Act”) averted a government shutdown that would have commenced on December 21, 2019 without this sweeping $ 1.4 trillion spending package being passed into law. Most of the new Act outlines how the government will appropriate the federal budget funding across numerous departments and programs including, but not limited to, the Department of Defense; Department of Transportation; Department of Labor; Department of the Interior; and of course, the Department of Treasury.

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