H.R. 5895 — Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-244)
Official title: Making consolidated appropriations for Energy and Water Development, the Legislative Branch, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2019, and for other purposes.
What the tracked text contains
Of the money itself: $266.2B across 42 tracked line-items — veterans ($214.8B, 81%), defense ($29.6B, 11%) and water ($7.7B, 3%) lead; 4 smaller categories carry the rest. The largest single line: $109,017,152,000 for VA Compensation and Pensions — disability compensation, pensions and burial benefits (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019). Beyond the cash, the text also sets $8.8M of authorizations (a ceiling on future spending), $573.6M of set-asides (already counted above) and $230.0M of revenue & offsets (pay-fors) — disclosed beside the total, never summed into it.
115th Congress · Enrolled (enacted, Public Law) · Rep. Michael K. Simpson [R-ID-2] · signed into law Sept. 21, 2018 · read the full bill text →
Where the money goes
$266.2B across 42 tracked items · compare against another law →The largest verified line-items. This pie breaks down the biggest spending items in the bill — appropriations and mandatory (direct) spending — by category. Every dollar is quoted from the text; click any slice to read them. It is not necessarily every dollar in the bill, and the gaps are not always small ones — where an account was left out, How this was built at the foot of this page says so and why, and a large omission can change which category ranks first. Figures that aren’t spending — authorizations, guarantee ceilings, pay-fors, and carve-outs already counted — are deliberately left out and disclosed below.
The money map
blocks sized by dollars — open one for the law’s own wordsArea is dollars. Each block is one category of tracked spending in H.R. 5895, sized by its share of the $266.2B this page tracks. Open a block and it lists the line-items inside it, each with the passage of the enacted text that carries the dollar figure, quoted word for word, and the section it sits in. Category names are the extraction’s own labels, printed as they come — nothing here calls a category worthwhile or wasteful. The quote is the argument.
This map divides the same tracked total the pie above divides — money the text writes as exact dollar lines. It is not the bill’s total fiscal effect: what the extraction leaves out is stated above the pie and in How this was built at the foot of this page, and the dollars deliberately kept out of the count are listed under the map.
2 of the 7 blocks are too small to carry a label without overprinting themselves, so they are drawn blank — every category is named, with its figures, in the rows and the table below.
veterans$214.8B
$214,764,502,000 · 81% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 15 tracked line-items, largest first
- VA Compensation and Pensions — disability compensation, pensions and burial benefits (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$109,017,152,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…remain available until expended; and, in addition, $109,017,152,000 shall become available on…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - VA Medical Services — inpatient and outpatient care for veterans (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$51,411,165,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $51,411,165,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - Department of Veterans Affairs — Readjustment Benefits, the account name as enacted, for benefits under chapters 21, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55 and 61 of title 38. ADVANCE appropriation, first available October 1, 2019. (Commonly called the GI Bill; that name is a gloss and does not appear in this Act.)$14,065,282,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $14,065,282,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS - VA Medical Community Care — health care for veterans at non-VA facilities (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$10,758,399,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $10,758,399,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Medical Support and Compliance — administration of VA medical, hospital and nursing home activities (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$7,239,156,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE - VA Medical Facilities — maintenance and operation of VA hospitals, nursing homes and clinics (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$6,141,880,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $6,141,880,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL FACILITIES - VA Information Technology Systems — IT operations, development and telecommunications$4,103,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $4,103,000,000, plus reimbursements:…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - VA Compensation and Pensions — FY2019 budget authority (the current-year amount that sits in the same sentence as the $109,017,152,000 FY2020 advance; a separate, additional sum)$2,994,366,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $2,994,366,000, which shall be in addition…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - General operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration (claims processing workforce)$2,956,316,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,956,316,000: Provided, That…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; account: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION - Additional VA infrastructure improvements and new construction (Div. C Sec. 248): $750,000,000 seismic, $800,000,000 non-recurring maintenance, $300,000,000 major construction, $150,000,000 minor construction — in addition to every other VA construction amount in this Act$2,000,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, for infrastructure improvements…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Administrative Provisions, Sec. 248 (additional amount for infrastructure improvements) - VA Construction, Major Projects — large VA medical and cemetery construction$1,127,486,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $1,127,486,000, of which…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS - Department of Veterans Affairs — Electronic Health Record System, the account name as enacted. The Act does not describe the system as interoperable with the Department of Defense, so that claim is not made here.$1,107,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Office of the Deputy Secretary
“…employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,107,000,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - VA Medical Community Care — FY2019 budget authority (separate from, and additional to, the $10,758,399,000 FY2020 advance in the same sentence)$1,000,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $1,000,000,000, which shall be in addition…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Medical and Prosthetic Research$779,000,000
“…authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, $779,000,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH - Operation and maintenance of the Armed Forces Retirement Home at Washington, DC and Gulfport, Mississippi (paid from the AFRH Trust Fund)$64,300,000→ Armed Forces Retirement Home — Washington, DC and Gulfport, Mississippi
“…available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Related Agencies; Armed Forces Retirement Home; account: TRUST FUND
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
defense$29.6B
$29,614,748,000 · 11% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 11 tracked line-items, largest first
- NNSA Weapons Activities — nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and infrastructure$11,100,000,000
“…purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only, $11,100,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Department of Energy — Defense Environmental Cleanup, the account name as enacted. The Act states no purpose for the cleanup beyond the account title, so none is characterised here.$6,028,600,000
“…of not to exceed one passenger minivan for replacement only, $6,028,600,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Environmental and Other Defense Activities; account: DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) - Military construction, defense-wide — facilities for DoD agencies other than the military departments$2,550,728,000
“…(other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,550,728,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - Military construction for the Navy and Marine Corps$2,118,619,000
“…other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $2,118,619,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS - NNSA Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation programs$1,949,000,000
“…expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed three aircraft, $1,949,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) - Naval Reactors — naval nuclear propulsion research, development and support$1,788,618,000
“…real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,788,618,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: NAVAL REACTORS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - Military construction for the Air Force$1,440,323,000
“…property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, $1,440,323,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE - Military construction for the Army$1,021,768,000
“…in support of the functions of the Commander in Chief, $1,021,768,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY - DOE Other Defense Activities — atomic energy defense, security and classified activities outside NNSA$860,292,000
“…any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $860,292,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Environmental and Other Defense Activities; account: OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES - Additional Air Force military construction for projects outside the United States, designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/GWOT$414,800,000
“…forceFor an additional amount for Military Construction, Air Force $414,800,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Overseas Contingency Operations; Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE - Deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account (BRAC cleanup and caretaker costs)$342,000,000
“…Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $342,000,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
water$7.7B
$7,732,492,000 · 3% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 6 tracked line-items, largest first
- Corps of Engineers operation and maintenance of existing harbors, channels, flood-control and ecosystem projects$3,739,500,000
“…waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $3,739,500,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - Corps of Engineers construction of river/harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection and ecosystem restoration projects$2,183,000,000
“…not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $2,183,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: CONSTRUCTION - Bureau of Reclamation Water and Related Resources — western water project construction, operation and maintenance$1,391,992,000→ 17 western States (Bureau of Reclamation)
“…State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,391,992,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; account: WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) - Flood damage reduction in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri$368,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley (Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky)
“…alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $368,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES - California Bay-Delta restoration under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act$35,000,000→ State of California — Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta
“…to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; account: CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) - Central Utah Project Completion Act activities, including the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account$15,000,000→ State of Utah — Central Utah Project
“…activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; account: CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
science$6.6B
$6,585,000,000 · 2% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- DOE Office of Science — national laboratories, user facilities and basic research$6,585,000,000
“…vehicles including one bus, and one airplane for replacement only, $6,585,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: SCIENCE
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
energy$4.6B
$4,603,440,000 · 2% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs$2,379,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,379,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - DOE Nuclear Energy research, development and demonstration$1,326,090,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,326,090,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: NUCLEAR ENERGY - Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses (gross appropriation; ~$770,477,000 is expected to be offset by licensing-fee collections)$898,350,000
“…the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $898,350,000, including official…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
other$2.7B
$2,731,464,688 · 1% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- Salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives (parent account total)$1,232,663,035
“…ExpensesFor salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,232,663,035, as follows:House…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; House of Representatives; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Government Accountability Office salaries and expenses$589,749,653
“…the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $589,749,653: Provided, That,…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Government Accountability Office; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Library of Congress salaries and expenses$480,052,000
“…the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $480,052,000, of which…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Library of Congress; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account$429,000,000
“…Expense AccountFor Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $429,000,000 of which $20,128,950…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Senate; account: SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
community & regional development$180.0M
$180,000,000 · 0.1% of the $266,211,646,688 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- Appalachian Regional Commission programs under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965$165,000,000→ Appalachian region (13 States, ARC)
“…by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $165,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION - Denali Commission — rural Alaska infrastructure, plant and capital equipment$15,000,000→ State of Alaska — Denali Commission
“…plant and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, $15,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: DENALI COMMISSION
These same line-items appear in the full cited ledger lower on this page, where each one also carries the fiscal year the text gives it, when it gives one.
- Authorizations (a ceiling on future spending) · 1 tracked item$8.8M
- Set-asides (already counted above) · 1 tracked item$573.6M
- Revenue & offsets (pay-fors) · 2 tracked items$230.0M
None of these are added to the map. They are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of dollars already counted inside a block above, or pay-fors — summing them into the map would count the same money twice and draw permission to spend as spending. Each is itemized further down this page.
| Category | Tracked dollars | Share of $266,211,646,688 | Line-items |
|---|---|---|---|
| veterans | $214,764,502,000 | 81% | 15 |
| defense | $29,614,748,000 | 11% | 11 |
| water | $7,732,492,000 | 3% | 6 |
| science | $6,585,000,000 | 2% | 1 |
| energy | $4,603,440,000 | 2% | 3 |
| other | $2,731,464,688 | 1% | 4 |
| community & regional development | $180,000,000 | 0.1% | 2 |
| Tracked total | $266,211,646,688 | 100% | 42 |
What’s in this bill
every mechanism we could extract, at one scaleA law can move money four different ways, and only one of them is cash. This compares what H.R. 5895 actually spends against what it authorizes, caps, guarantees or pays for. Every bar is a sample. Each one sums the tracked line-items in that mechanism — the largest figures that appear in the text as an exact dollar string — so a bar is a floor, not a mechanism total, and on some laws it is a small fraction of one. Each bar carries its item count and, where the items carry years, the span it covers and where those years came from.
These bars are not added together. Only the top bar is money leaving the Treasury. The rest are ceilings, borrowing limits, carve-outs of money already counted above, or pay-fors — summing them would count the same dollars twice and treat permission to spend as spending. How this was built says what each extraction left out.
What CBO says it does to the deficit
verified estimate, quoted with its basisNo verified CBO estimate is on file for this bill yet — the gap is stated here rather than filled from memory or news coverage.
The terms on this page, in plain English
What these things actually are — and what this bill does to each of them. Written for readers, not staffers; every figure in the “in this bill” lines appears elsewhere on this page.
Contract authority
A promise now, cash later. Congress lets highway agencies sign binding commitments against future trust-fund money before any cash is in hand — useful because a bridge takes years to build. The commitments are real spending eventually, but the figure here is permission to commit, so it is disclosed beside the total rather than counted as money out the door.
Authorization (“authorized to be appropriated”)
Permission, not money. “There is authorized to be appropriated $X” sets a ceiling on what a future spending bill may provide — and if that later bill never passes, not a dollar moves. Much of a landmark law's famous headline number is this kind of permission, which is why this site never adds it to the spending total.
Mandatory vs. discretionary spending
Discretionary money must be re-approved every year in appropriations bills — if Congress does nothing, it stops. Mandatory (also called direct) spending is written into permanent law and flows automatically until Congress changes the law itself. Benefit programs mostly work the mandatory way, which is why they don't show up in the yearly funding fights.
Rescission
Taking back money Congress previously provided that hasn't been spent yet. It reduces spending on paper; how much it saves in practice depends on whether the money was ever going out the door.
Advance appropriation
Money approved now for a future year. Used above all for veterans' benefits and care, so that a government shutdown or a late budget can never interrupt disability checks or hospital operations — the money for next year is already law.
Set-aside (carve-out)
A floor inside money already counted: “of the amounts above, at least $X shall go to Y.” It steers the money rather than adding to it — counting a carve-out again would double-count — so it is disclosed beside the total, never summed into it.
How they voted
| For | Against | Abstained | Did not vote | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | 167 91% | 8 4% | — | 8 4% | 183 |
| Democrats | 89 92% | 2 2% | — | 6 6% | 97 |
| Republicans | 78 91% | 6 7% | — | 2 2% | 86 |
| Senate | 70 93% | 4 5% | — | 1 1% | 75 |
| Democrats | 33 92% | 3 8% | — | — | 36 |
| Republicans | 35 95% | 1 3% | — | 1 3% | 37 |
| Independents | 2 100% | — | — | — | 2 |
“Did not vote” is not the same as “absent.” The record distinguishes Present — there, and formally declining to take a side — from Not Voting, where no vote was cast. That is usually absence, but the roll call does not say so, so this table does not either.
Did not vote (9): Alma S. Adams (D-NC), David Rouzer (R-NC), Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL), Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Ralph Norman (R-SC), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA).
A member is recorded as not voting for many ordinary reasons — illness, a death in the family, official travel, or a paired vote arranged with a colleague on the other side. The roll call gives no reason, so neither does this page, and nothing here is counted against anyone’s grade. This site tracks a small number of major bills, so a single absence is a large share of what is shown here and a very small share of the hundreds of votes a member actually casts.
These tallies count the 258 members sitting today who have a recorded position, not the historical result. Several of these bills passed in earlier Congresses, and members who have since left are not in the roster — so the totals here are smaller than the 435 + 100 that voted at the time. Where both chambers held a recorded vote, a member is grouped by the chamber they sit in now; anyone who has switched chambers since then appears in their current row.
Authorizations (a ceiling on future spending) — $8.8M
“There are authorized to be appropriated $X” sets a CAP on what a future appropriations bill may provide — it is permission, not money. Much of a landmark law’s headline figure is this. It is disclosed here, never summed into the pie, because the cash only exists if a later bill actually appropriates it.
- AUTHORIZATION (ceiling on future appropriations), not an appropriation, for the House of Representatives paid-intern allowance$8.8MFY2019
Set-asides (already counted above) — $573.6M
A carve-out or reservation WITHIN a larger line-item already in the pie (e.g. a share of a fund reserved for a specific use). Shown for detail but NOT summed in — its dollars are part of the parent, and counting both would double-count.
- Members' Representational Allowances — clerk hire, official expenses and official mail (carve-out WITHIN the $1,232,663,035 House Salaries and Expenses total)$573.6M
Revenue & offsets (pay-fors) — $230.0M
Tax changes, rescissions and other provisions that RAISE or save money rather than spend it. Not spending — disclosed so the law’s cost is not overstated by ignoring how it was paid for.
- Rescission of FY2019 VA Medical Support and Compliance funds provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 — saves money, does not spend it$211.0M
- Rescission of prior-year unobligated balances under Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation (Mixed Oxide/Plutonium Disposition) — saves money, does not spend it$19.0M
Every tracked dollar, cited
42 spending line-items · none carries a fiscal yearveterans$214.8B · 81%
- VA Compensation and Pensions — disability compensation, pensions and burial benefits (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$109,017,152,000available until expended→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…remain available until expended; and, in addition, $109,017,152,000 shall become available on…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - VA Medical Services — inpatient and outpatient care for veterans (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$51,411,165,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $51,411,165,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - Department of Veterans Affairs — Readjustment Benefits, the account name as enacted, for benefits under chapters 21, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 39, 41, 51, 53, 55 and 61 of title 38. ADVANCE appropriation, first available October 1, 2019. (Commonly called the GI Bill; that name is a gloss and does not appear in this Act.)$14,065,282,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $14,065,282,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS - VA Medical Community Care — health care for veterans at non-VA facilities (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$10,758,399,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $10,758,399,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Medical Support and Compliance — administration of VA medical, hospital and nursing home activities (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$7,239,156,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…Federal Medical Care Recovery Act (42 U.S.C. 2651 et seq.), $7,239,156,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SUPPORT AND COMPLIANCE - VA Medical Facilities — maintenance and operation of VA hospitals, nursing homes and clinics (ADVANCE appropriation, becomes available October 1, 2019)$6,141,880,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…available on October 1, 2018; and, in addition, $6,141,880,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL FACILITIES - VA Information Technology Systems — IT operations, development and telecommunications$4,103,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…authorized by section 3109 of title 5, United States Code, $4,103,000,000, plus reimbursements:…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - VA Compensation and Pensions — FY2019 budget authority (the current-year amount that sits in the same sentence as the $109,017,152,000 FY2020 advance; a separate, additional sum)$2,994,366,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…and chapters 23, 51, 53, 55, and 61 of title 38, United States Code, $2,994,366,000, which shall be in addition…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - General operating expenses of the Veterans Benefits Administration (claims processing workforce)$2,956,316,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…Department of Defense for the cost of overseas employee mail, $2,956,316,000: Provided, That…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; account: GENERAL OPERATING EXPENSES, VETERANS BENEFITS ADMINISTRATION - Additional VA infrastructure improvements and new construction (Div. C Sec. 248): $750,000,000 seismic, $800,000,000 non-recurring maintenance, $300,000,000 major construction, $150,000,000 minor construction — in addition to every other VA construction amount in this Act$2,000,000,000available until expended→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…For an additional amount for the Department of Veterans Affairs, $2,000,000,000 to remain available until expended, for infrastructure improvements…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Administrative Provisions, Sec. 248 (additional amount for infrastructure improvements) - VA Construction, Major Projects — large VA medical and cemetery construction$1,127,486,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs
“…project were made available in a previous major project appropriation, $1,127,486,000, of which…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: CONSTRUCTION, MAJOR PROJECTS - Department of Veterans Affairs — Electronic Health Record System, the account name as enacted. The Act does not describe the system as interoperable with the Department of Defense, so that claim is not made here.$1,107,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Office of the Deputy Secretary
“…employees hired under titles 5 and 38, United States Code, $1,107,000,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Departmental Administration; account: VETERANS ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORD - VA Medical Community Care — FY2019 budget authority (separate from, and additional to, the $10,758,399,000 FY2020 advance in the same sentence)$1,000,000,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…chapter 17 of title 38, United States Code, at non-Department facilities, $1,000,000,000, which shall be in addition…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - VA Medical and Prosthetic Research$779,000,000
“…authorized by chapter 73 of title 38, United States Code, $779,000,000, plus reimbursements,…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL AND PROSTHETIC RESEARCH - Operation and maintenance of the Armed Forces Retirement Home at Washington, DC and Gulfport, Mississippi (paid from the AFRH Trust Fund)$64,300,000→ Armed Forces Retirement Home — Washington, DC and Gulfport, Mississippi
“…available in the Armed Forces Retirement Home Trust Fund, $64,300,000, of which…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Related Agencies; Armed Forces Retirement Home; account: TRUST FUND
defense$29.6B · 11%
- NNSA Weapons Activities — nuclear weapons stockpile stewardship and infrastructure$11,100,000,000
“…purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only, $11,100,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Department of Energy — Defense Environmental Cleanup, the account name as enacted. The Act states no purpose for the cleanup beyond the account title, so none is characterised here.$6,028,600,000
“…of not to exceed one passenger minivan for replacement only, $6,028,600,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Environmental and Other Defense Activities; account: DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) - Military construction, defense-wide — facilities for DoD agencies other than the military departments$2,550,728,000
“…(other than the military departments), as currently authorized by law, $2,550,728,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, DEFENSE-WIDE (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - Military construction for the Navy and Marine Corps$2,118,619,000
“…other personal services necessary for the purposes of this appropriation, $2,118,619,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS - NNSA Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation programs$1,949,000,000
“…expansion, and the purchase of not to exceed three aircraft, $1,949,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: DEFENSE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) - Naval Reactors — naval nuclear propulsion research, development and support$1,788,618,000
“…real property, plant, and capital equipment, facilities, and facility expansion, $1,788,618,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: NAVAL REACTORS (INCLUDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS) - Military construction for the Air Force$1,440,323,000
“…property for the Air Force as currently authorized by law, $1,440,323,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE - Military construction for the Army$1,021,768,000
“…in support of the functions of the Commander in Chief, $1,021,768,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, ARMY - DOE Other Defense Activities — atomic energy defense, security and classified activities outside NNSA$860,292,000
“…any facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $860,292,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Environmental and Other Defense Activities; account: OTHER DEFENSE ACTIVITIES - Additional Air Force military construction for projects outside the United States, designated for Overseas Contingency Operations/GWOT$414,800,000
“…forceFor an additional amount for Military Construction, Air Force $414,800,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Overseas Contingency Operations; Department of Defense; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE - Deposit into the Department of Defense Base Closure Account (BRAC cleanup and caretaker costs)$342,000,000
“…Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 (10 U.S.C. 2687 note), $342,000,000, to remain…”
Division C — Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Department of Defense; account: DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE BASE CLOSURE ACCOUNT
water$7.7B · 3%
- Corps of Engineers operation and maintenance of existing harbors, channels, flood-control and ecosystem projects$3,739,500,000
“…waters; clearing and straightening channels; and removing obstructions to navigation, $3,739,500,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE - Corps of Engineers construction of river/harbor, flood and storm damage reduction, shore protection and ecosystem restoration projects$2,183,000,000
“…not constitute a commitment of the Government to construction); $2,183,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: CONSTRUCTION - Bureau of Reclamation Water and Related Resources — western water project construction, operation and maintenance$1,391,992,000→ 17 western States (Bureau of Reclamation)
“…State and local governments, federally recognized Indian tribes, and others, $1,391,992,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; account: WATER AND RELATED RESOURCES (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) - Flood damage reduction in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri$368,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley (Missouri, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky)
“…alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $368,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES - California Bay-Delta restoration under the Water Supply, Reliability, and Environmental Improvement Act$35,000,000→ State of California — Sacramento-San Joaquin Bay-Delta
“…to be approved by the Secretary of the Interior, $35,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; Bureau of Reclamation; account: CALIFORNIA BAY-DELTA RESTORATION (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) - Central Utah Project Completion Act activities, including the Utah Reclamation Mitigation and Conservation Account$15,000,000→ State of Utah — Central Utah Project
“…activities authorized by the Central Utah Project Completion Act, $15,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title II — Department of the Interior; account: CENTRAL UTAH PROJECT COMPLETION ACCOUNT
science$6.6B · 2%
- DOE Office of Science — national laboratories, user facilities and basic research$6,585,000,000
“…vehicles including one bus, and one airplane for replacement only, $6,585,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: SCIENCE
energy$4.6B · 2%
- DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy programs$2,379,000,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $2,379,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: ENERGY EFFICIENCY AND RENEWABLE ENERGY - DOE Nuclear Energy research, development and demonstration$1,326,090,000
“…facility or for plant or facility acquisition, construction, or expansion, $1,326,090,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title III — Department of Energy; Energy Programs; account: NUCLEAR ENERGY - Nuclear Regulatory Commission salaries and expenses (gross appropriation; ~$770,477,000 is expected to be offset by licensing-fee collections)$898,350,000
“…the Energy Reorganization Act of 1974 and the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, $898,350,000, including official…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; Nuclear Regulatory Commission; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES
other$2.7B · 1%
- Salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives (parent account total)$1,232,663,035
“…ExpensesFor salaries and expenses of the House of Representatives, $1,232,663,035, as follows:House…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; House of Representatives; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Government Accountability Office salaries and expenses$589,749,653
“…the United States, rental of living quarters in foreign countries, $589,749,653: Provided, That,…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Government Accountability Office; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Library of Congress salaries and expenses$480,052,000
“…the income of any trust fund held by the Board, $480,052,000, of which…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Library of Congress; account: SALARIES AND EXPENSES - Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account$429,000,000
“…Expense AccountFor Senators' Official Personnel and Office Expense Account, $429,000,000 of which $20,128,950…”
Division B — Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2019; Title I — Legislative Branch; Senate; account: SENATORS' OFFICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICE EXPENSE ACCOUNT
community & regional development$180.0M · 0.1%
- Appalachian Regional Commission programs under the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965$165,000,000→ Appalachian region (13 States, ARC)
“…by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $165,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION - Denali Commission — rural Alaska infrastructure, plant and capital equipment$15,000,000→ State of Alaska — Denali Commission
“…plant and capital equipment as necessary and other expenses, $15,000,000, to remain…”
Division A — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2019; Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: DENALI COMMISSION
How this was built
Fetched the GovInfo bulk-data enrolled (ENR) XML with python-requests, decoded the raw bytes as UTF-8 (the server sends no charset, so requests' ISO-8859-1 default would have mangled em-dashes), flattened the XML with ElementTree itertext() into a faithful text stream, walked the division/title/appropriations-major/-intermediate/-small structure to attach each dollar figure to its account, then re-located every quoted dollar string as an exact substring of that flattened text. VERIFIED (adversarial second pass, 2026-08-30): the GovInfo ENR XML was independently re-fetched (HTTP 200, 371,052 bytes), re-decoded UTF-8, re-flattened with ElementTree itertext(), and every dollar string and every citation quote was re-located as an exact substring of that flattened text. Each item's operative verb was re-read from ~900 characters of surrounding context to confirm its mechanism, and the XML ancestry (appropriations-major / -intermediate / -small / section) was inspected to confirm no extracted amount is a carve-out of another extracted amount. 46 of 46 sampled figures were re-located as exact strings in the source text. Source: GovInfo enrolled bill text. Full bill text.
Extraction notes (technical)
SOURCE: enacted/enrolled text (Public Law 115-244, signed 2018-09-21), GovInfo bulk BILLS, keyless. This is a PURE three-division appropriations act, so every figure was extracted from the BILL TEXT; no CBO score was needed. All 46 dollar strings below were re-located as EXACT substrings of the fetched source (46/46 verified), twice: once at extraction and once in an independent adversarial re-fetch (see verifier_notes). ENCODING GOTCHA: GovInfo serves this XML with no charset, so python-requests defaults to ISO-8859-1 and mangles the em-dashes; the bytes were re-decoded as UTF-8 before quoting, otherwise verbatim quotes containing en/em dashes fail to match. AUTHORIZATION vs APPROPRIATION: the phrase 'authorized to be appropriated' appears EXACTLY ONCE in the entire act - Division B, Sec. 120(f): 'There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section $8,800,000 for fiscal year 2019' (the House paid-intern allowance). It is tagged 'authorization' and is NOT summed into the pie. Note that the SAME $8,800,000 is also separately APPROPRIATED a few lines later under the 'Intern Allowance' sub-heading of House Salaries and Expenses; that appropriated copy is itself inside the $1,232,663,035 parent account already in the pie, so counting the authorization would double-count. Everything else in the act uses appropriating language ('For necessary expenses ... $X', 'For an additional amount ... $X'). ADVANCE APPROPRIATIONS - READ THIS BEFORE COMPARING TOTALS. MilCon-VA acts carry two fiscal years of budget authority. Seven VA line-items here read 'shall become available on October 1, 2019' - they are real budget authority ENACTED BY THIS LAW, but they fund FY2020, not FY2019: Compensation and Pensions $109,017,152,000; Medical Services $51,411,165,000; Readjustment Benefits $14,065,282,000; Medical Community Care $10,758,399,000; Medical Support and Compliance $7,239,156,000; Medical Facilities $6,141,880,000. Consequently the tracked total here (~$266B after the adversarial pass added five items) is LARGER than the ~$147B figure usually quoted for this act, because that headline counts FY2019 discretionary budget authority only. Both numbers are correct; they measure different things. The tracked total is labeled 'tracked major spending', not the act's FY2019 discretionary total. MANDATORY-IN-AN-APPROPRIATIONS-ACT: VA Compensation and Pensions and Readjustment Benefits are appropriated entitlements - CBO scores their outlays as mandatory even though the budget authority is provided in this appropriations act. They are tagged 'appropriation' (not 'direct_spending') because the operative text appropriates them and the methodology reserves 'direct_spending' for mandatory spending a law creates OUTSIDE the appropriations process. Either tag puts them in the pie, so the tracked total is unaffected. DOUBLE-COUNTING CHECK: House 'Salaries and Expenses' $1,232,663,035 is a PARENT total; its seven sub-accounts sum to it exactly (Members' Representational Allowances $573,630,000 + House Leadership Offices $25,378,875 + Standing Committees $127,903,173 + Committee on Appropriations $23,112,971 + Salaries, Officers and Employees $220,345,000 + Allowances and Expenses $253,493,016 + Intern Allowance $8,800,000 = $1,232,663,035). Only the parent is counted; the MRA line is included as 'set_aside' for illustration and is NOT summed. The Senate's 'Salaries, Officers and Employees' $208,390,812 is likewise a parent of sub-items and was not extracted. MECHANISMS ABSENT FROM THIS ACT: there are NO loan-guarantee commitment ceilings, NO contract authority, and NO obligation limitations ('shall not exceed total obligations' appears zero times). Loan programs appear only as administrative-expense appropriations (Title 17 Loan Guarantee $33,000,000; ATVM $5,000,000; Tribal Energy Loan Guarantee $1,000,000) or as open-ended credit-subsidy language ('such sums as may be necessary' for the VA Veterans Housing Benefit Program Fund); the only gross-obligation limits in the act are $500,000 for VA specially adapted housing direct loans and $2,037,000 for vocational rehabilitation direct loans. So the $950B-of-guarantee-ceilings failure mode that dominates a THUD bill does not arise here. RESCISSIONS (tagged revenue_or_offset, never summed as spending). Two are extracted: $19,000,000 from prior-year Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation balances (Mixed Oxide/Plutonium Disposition), and $211,000,000 from FY2019 VA Medical Support and Compliance provided by P.L. 115-141 (Div. C, Sec. 236). NOT extracted, but present in the act: $4,600,000 from Defense Environmental Cleanup balances, and the Div. C Sec. 126 DoD rescissions (NATO Security Investment Program $25,000,000; Military Construction, Air Force $31,158,000; Military Construction, Army National Guard $10,000,000; Family Housing Construction, Navy and Marine Corps $2,138,000; and $15,333,000 from the Sec. 1013(d) fund). KNOWN OMISSIONS - THE TRACKED TOTAL IS A FLOOR, NOT THE ACT'S FULL TOTAL. These are the largest and most illustrative items, not every account. Notably NOT extracted: the FY2019 partial-year VA amounts that sit in the same paragraphs as the FY2020 advances (Medical Services $750,000,000; Medical Community Care $1,000,000,000; Medical Facilities $90,180,000; Compensation and Pensions $2,994,366,000) - these are additional, distinct budget authority from this act; the Div. C Sec. 125 additional military construction amounts for unfunded-priority-list projects (Army $94,100,000; Navy and Marine Corps $196,850,000; Air Force $118,450,000; Army National Guard $22,000,000; Air National Guard $54,000,000; Army Reserve $23,000,000; Air Force Reserve $84,800,000); the OCO military construction accounts other than Air Force; the family housing accounts; the remaining Legislative Branch and Architect of the Capitol accounts; and ~40 smaller Energy and Water accounts. PROJECT-LEVEL DETAIL: the act names very few specific places in its operative text. The place-named items captured here are the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri ($368,000,000); the Central Utah Project ($15,000,000); the California Bay-Delta ($35,000,000); the Appalachian Regional Commission ($165,000,000); the Denali Commission for rural Alaska ($15,000,000); and the Armed Forces Retirement Home at Washington, DC and Gulfport, Mississippi ($64,300,000). Which dams, labs, bases and VA facilities actually receive the account-level money is specified in the JOINT EXPLANATORY STATEMENT accompanying the conference agreement - a separate document that is not parsed here and would be a separately-cited later layer. CURATOR-NOTE CHECK (independent, after the adversarial pass): every capitalised phrase in the purpose and recipient fields was compared against the enacted text. 3 description(s) named something the Act does not — a programme's common name, or a characterisation of what an account is for — and were rewritten to the account name as enacted, with any common name kept only where it is explicitly marked as a gloss. Amounts, mechanisms and citations were not touched.
How this lands in a state
two layers, in order: reported, shownPick a state and this section gives you two different things, and keeps them apart. First, what the government itself reports — obligations Treasury tags to this law, where such a tag exists. Second, the state’s own numbers — the same rows an assessment would be given, with their sources and vintages, so you can check this page against the record behind it. Every state is treated identically.
1. What the government reports
no official per-state breakdown exists for this lawNo official source breaks H.R. 5895 down by state, so this page publishes no per-state dollar figure for it. No Disaster Emergency Fund Code maps to this law, so no reported obligation can be traced back to it. Without that tag there is no audit trail from an award to this bill, and any per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived.
Two of the 31 laws tracked on this site can be broken down honestly — the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and the American Rescue Plan Act — because Treasury tags their money with a Disaster Emergency Fund Code that maps to one public law and no other. Where no such code exists, a per-state figure would be modelled rather than derived, and this site does not publish modelled numbers.
The route we refuse to take, and why (technical)
USAspending's award SEARCH endpoints accept the same def_codes filter but select AWARDS, not DOLLARS: they return an award's entire obligation if any part of it touched the law's money. That route reported a single Sandia National Laboratories contract as $42.8B of IIJA money in New Mexico against a true DEFC-apportioned $64.5M, and overstated ARPA nationally by about 80%. It is not used here and must not be.
2. The assessment
nothing staged into this buildNo assessments were staged into this build. This layer reads precomputed readings out of the page, and this build carries none, so there is nothing here for any state — a gap in the build rather than a fact about H.R. 5895. The two sourced layers either side of it are unaffected: they are the government’s figures and the state’s own, and neither depends on a model.
3. The state’s own numbers
the rows the assessment was givenChoose a state above to see the measured profile the assessment reads from — its industry mix, its concentrations, and its energy consumption, each with its source and vintage.
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