H.R. 1865 — Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020
Official title: An Act making further consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2020, and for other purposes (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020; Public Law 116-94)
What the tracked text contains
Of the money itself: $1.36T across 38 tracked line-items — health ($836.7B, 61%), income security ($204.5B, 15%) and veterans ($204.1B, 15%) lead; 7 smaller categories carry the rest. The largest single line: $410,796,100,000 for Federal payments into the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds. Beyond the cash, the text also sets $5.5B of authorizations (a ceiling on future spending), $56.5B of trust-fund obligation limits, $950.0B of loan-guarantee ceilings and $3.2B of revenue & offsets (pay-fors) — disclosed beside the total, never summed into it. The dated money sits in fiscal 2021 — 11% of tracked dollars carry a year in the text.
116th Congress · Enrolled (enacted, Public Law) · Rep. Bill Pascrell, Jr. [D-NJ-9] · signed into law Dec. 20, 2019 · read the full bill text →
Where the money goes
$1.36T across 38 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. 1865, sized by its share of the $1.36T 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.
5 of the 10 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.
health$836.7B
$836,708,200,466 · 61% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 6 tracked line-items, largest first
- Federal payments into the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds$410,796,100,000
“…administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $410,796,100,000.…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; account: PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS - Federal share of Medicaid grants to States (fiscal year 2020)$273,188,478,000
“…otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; CMS; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID - Medicaid payments to States — advance appropriation for the first quarter of FY2021$139,903,075,000
“…Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $139,903,075,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; CMS; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID (advance, 1st quarter FY2021) - Global HIV/AIDS programs (PEPFAR), including the U.S. contribution to the Global Fund$5,930,000,000
“…for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,930,000,000, to remain available…”
Division G, Title III — Bilateral Economic Assistance; account: GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (HIV/AIDS) - Indian Health Service — clinical and preventive health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives$4,315,205,000→ Indian Health Service
“…Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $4,315,205,000 to remain available…”
Division D, Title III — Related Agencies; Indian Health Service; account: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES - Community Health Center Fund — mandatory funding level for October 1, 2019 through May 22, 2020, set by amending PPACA sec. 10503(b)(1)(F); this Act strikes the prior-law $887,671,223 and inserts $2,575,342,466, so the NET increase attributable to this Act is $1,687,671,243$2,575,342,466
“…Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by— (1)striking $887,671,223 and inserting $2,575,342,466; and (2)striking December…”
Division N, Title I, Subtitle D, Sec. 401(a) — Extension for community health centers
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.
income security$204.5B
$204,536,974,000 · 15% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 9 tracked line-items, largest first
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$67,886,285,000
“…the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $67,886,285,000, of which…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Supplemental Security Income benefit payments and administration$41,714,889,000
“…expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $41,714,889,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM - Child nutrition programs — National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs$23,615,098,000
“…1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $23,615,098,000 to remain available…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - Supplemental Security Income benefit payments — advance appropriation for the first quarter of FY2021$19,900,000,000
“…Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $19,900,000,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM (advance, 1st quarter FY2021) - Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance (Housing Choice Vouchers) — FY2020 amount$19,874,050,000
“…U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act herein), not otherwise provided for, $19,874,050,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - Children and Families Services Programs — Head Start, Runaway and Homeless Youth, Community Services Block Grant and related ACF programs$12,876,652,000→ HHS — Administration for Children and Families
“…and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, $12,876,652,000, of which…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; Administration for Children and Families; account: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS - Project-based Section 8 rental assistance contracts$12,170,000,000
“…(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act), not otherwise provided for, $12,170,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Housing Programs; account: PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)$6,000,000,000
“…17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) - Mandatory appropriation for child welfare demonstration projects and Family First Prevention Services Act implementation$500,000,000
“…section referred to as the Secretary) to carry out this subsection $500,000,000 for fiscal year…”
Division N, Title I, Subtitle F, Sec. 602 — Addressing expiration of child welfare demonstration projects
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.
veterans$204.1B
$204,115,134,000 · 15% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 4 tracked line-items, largest first
- Veterans disability compensation, pension and burial benefits — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$118,246,975,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, $118,246,975,000 shall become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA medical services — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$56,158,015,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $56,158,015,000, plus reimbursements, shall…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - VA medical community care — health care at non-Department facilities; advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$17,131,179,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…became available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $17,131,179,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - Veterans readjustment and rehabilitation benefits (Post-9/11 GI Bill and vocational rehabilitation) — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$12,578,965,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…United States Code, $12,578,965,000, to remain available until expended and to become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
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.
education$55.4B
$55,402,370,000 · 4% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- Student financial assistance — Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work-Study$24,520,352,000
“…part A, and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,520,352,000 which shall remain…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - Title I Education for the Disadvantaged — grants to school districts serving high-poverty areas$16,996,790,000
“…Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as HEA), $16,996,790,000, of which…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED - Special education — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants to States$13,885,228,000
“…Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,885,228,000, of which…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: SPECIAL EDUCATION
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$18.5B
$18,539,297,000 · 1% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 3 tracked line-items, largest first
- NNSA Weapons Activities — nuclear warhead stockpile stewardship, production and infrastructure$12,457,097,000→ National Nuclear Security Administration
“…the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only, $12,457,097,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title III — Dept. of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Rebuilding Navy and Marine Corps installations damaged by Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 2019 flooding and earthquakes$3,477,000,000→ U.S. Navy and Marine Corps disaster-damaged installations (incl. Camp Lejeune, NC)
“…an additional amount for Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, $3,477,000,000, to remain available…”
Division F, Title V — Natural Disaster Relief; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS - Rebuilding Air Force installations damaged by Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 2019 flooding and earthquakes$2,605,200,000→ U.S. Air Force disaster-damaged installations (incl. Tyndall AFB, FL and Offutt AFB, NE)
“…an additional amount for Military Construction, Air Force, $2,605,200,000, to remain available…”
Division F, Title V — Natural Disaster Relief; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
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.
transportation$15.9B
$15,946,140,392 · 1% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 6 tracked line-items, largest first
- FAA Operations — air traffic control, aviation safety and certification$10,630,000,000→ Federal Aviation Administration
“…the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $10,630,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; FAA; account: OPERATIONS (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) - Highway Infrastructure Programs — general-fund highway appropriation, including $1,150,000,000 for bridge replacement and rehabilitation$2,166,140,392
“…is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $2,166,140,392: Provided, That the…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration; account: HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS - Grants to Amtrak for the National Network (long-distance and State-supported routes)$1,300,000,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — National Network
“…Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), $1,300,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration; account: NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - National Infrastructure Investments (BUILD/TIGER discretionary grants)$1,000,000,000
“…capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; account: NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS - Grants to Amtrak for the Northeast Corridor$700,000,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — Northeast Corridor
“…Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), $700,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration; account: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Capital and preventive maintenance grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC/MD/VA)
“…authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
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.
international affairs$12.4B
$12,425,687,000 · 1% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- State Department Diplomatic Programs — embassy operations, the Foreign Service and Worldwide Security Protection$9,125,687,000→ Department of State
“…Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,125,687,000, of which…”
Division G, Title I — Dept. of State and Related Agency; Administration of Foreign Affairs; account: DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS - Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel (directed floor inside the Foreign Military Financing Program account)$3,300,000,000→ Israel
“…That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available…”
Division G, Title IV — International Security Assistance; account: FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM (directed floor for Israel)
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$7.0B
$7,000,000,000 · 1% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 1 tracked line-item, largest first
- DOE Office of Science — national laboratories and basic research$7,000,000,000→ Department of Energy — Office of Science
“…of not more than 33 passenger motor vehicles including one bus, $7,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title III — Dept. 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.
water$4.6B
$4,621,232,000 · 0.3% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants — Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and related grants$4,246,232,000
“…including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,246,232,000, to remain available…”
Division D, Title II — Environmental Protection Agency; account: STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS - Flood damage reduction in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri$375,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley (AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN)
“…River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $375,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
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$3.6B
$3,600,000,000 · 0.3% of the $1,362,895,034,858 this page tracks · 2 tracked line-items, largest first
- Community Development Block Grants to States and localities$3,425,000,000
“…of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.)(the Act herein), $3,425,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Community Planning and Development; account: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND - Appalachian Regional Commission — economic development in the 13-state Appalachian region$175,000,000→ Appalachian Regional Commission (13 Appalachian States)
“…authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $175,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL 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) · 2 tracked items$5.5B
- Trust-fund obligation limits · 2 tracked items$56.5B
- Loan-guarantee ceilings · 2 tracked items$950.0B
- Revenue & offsets (pay-fors) · 1 tracked item$3.2B
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 $1,362,895,034,858 | Line-items |
|---|---|---|---|
| health | $836,708,200,466 | 61% | 6 |
| income security | $204,536,974,000 | 15% | 9 |
| veterans | $204,115,134,000 | 15% | 4 |
| education | $55,402,370,000 | 4% | 3 |
| defense | $18,539,297,000 | 1% | 3 |
| transportation | $15,946,140,392 | 1% | 6 |
| international affairs | $12,425,687,000 | 1% | 2 |
| science | $7,000,000,000 | 1% | 1 |
| water | $4,621,232,000 | 0.3% | 2 |
| community & regional development | $3,600,000,000 | 0.3% | 2 |
| Tracked total | $1,362,895,034,858 | 100% | 38 |
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. 1865 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.
The Highway Trust Fund
The federal government's dedicated road-and-transit account. Money flows in from federal taxes on gasoline and diesel, and flows out to state highway and transit projects. Congress promises states money from it years in advance — so the fund's health depends on fuel-tax receipts keeping up with the promises, and for years they haven't. When the gap gets big enough, Congress moves ordinary Treasury money in to cover it.
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.
Obligation limitation
The annual brake on those promises. States hold years of trust-fund commitments, and each year's spending bill caps how much of them may turn into actual signed spending that year. It is real money moving, but the number is a limit on older promises — not new money — so adding it to the total would double-count.
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.
Loan-guarantee ceiling
The government co-signing loans, not spending money. The figure caps how much new lending the government may promise to stand behind; cash leaves the Treasury only if borrowers default. These ceilings can dwarf a bill's actual spending — which is exactly why they are shown separately and never summed into it.
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.
SNAP (food stamps)
Monthly grocery money on a debit card for low-income households. It is an entitlement: everyone who qualifies and applies receives it, and the appropriation has to cover whoever shows up — so the figure moves with the economy, not with a policy choice in this bill.
Housing Choice Vouchers (Section 8)
Rent help for low-income tenants: the household pays roughly a third of its income, the voucher covers the rest up to a local cap. Unlike SNAP it is not an entitlement — when the year's money runs out, waiting lists grow. That is why this annual number decides how many families are actually helped.
When the money is for
fiscal years the tracked line-items carry2 of 38 tracked line-items carry a fiscal year in their own quoted text — 11% of the tracked dollars. The no year column is money the text appropriates without naming a year in the quoted passage; it is shown so the dated columns aren’t mistaken for the whole schedule.
How they voted
| For | Against | Abstained | Did not vote | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| House | 163 71% | 64 28% | — | 4 2% | 231 |
| Democrats | 120 94% | 5 4% | — | 3 2% | 128 |
| Republicans | 43 42% | 59 57% | — | 1 1% | 103 |
| Senate | 54 68% | 21 27% | — | 4 5% | 79 |
| Democrats | 34 89% | 1 3% | — | 3 8% | 38 |
| Republicans | 19 49% | 20 51% | — | — | 39 |
| Independents | 1 50% | — | — | 1 50% | 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 (8): Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), Bennie G. Thompson (D-MS), Bernard Sanders (I-VT), Cory A. Booker (D-NJ), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Frank D. Lucas (R-OK), Jerrold Nadler (D-NY), Juan Vargas (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 310 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) — $5.5B
“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 (a ceiling on future appropriations, not money) for the U.S. subscription to the IBRD general capital increase$5.1B
- AUTHORIZATION (not an appropriation) for humanitarian relief for the Venezuelan people, FY2020$400.0M
Trust-fund obligation limits — $56.5B
Ceilings on Highway Trust Fund contract authority. Real spending, but the figure is a limit and the underlying authority is set in the surface-transportation law, not this bill — so it is disclosed here, not summed into the spending pie.
- Ceiling on FY2020 obligations for Federal-aid highway and highway safety construction (Highway Trust Fund contract authority set in the FAST Act)$46.4B
- Ceiling on FY2020 obligations for transit formula and bus grants (Mass Transit Account contract authority)$10.2B
Loan-guarantee ceilings — $950.0B
Caps on NEW loan or mortgage-backed-security guarantee commitments. No cash is spent — the government only backstops private lending — so these are excluded from the pie entirely.
- Ginnie Mae — ceiling on NEW mortgage-backed-securities guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$550.0B
- FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance — ceiling on NEW single-family loan guarantee commitments (no cash outlay)$400.0B
Revenue & offsets (pay-fors) — $3.2B
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 unobligated Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) balances$3.2B
Every tracked dollar, cited
38 spending line-items · 2 carry a fiscal yearhealth$836.7B · 61%
- Federal payments into the Medicare Hospital Insurance and Supplementary Medical Insurance trust funds$410,796,100,000
“…administrative expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g) of the Social Security Act, $410,796,100,000.…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; account: PAYMENTS TO THE HEALTH CARE TRUST FUNDS - Federal share of Medicaid grants to States (fiscal year 2020)$273,188,478,000
“…otherwise provided, titles XI and XIX of the Social Security Act, $273,188,478,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; CMS; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID - Medicaid payments to States — advance appropriation for the first quarter of FY2021$139,903,075,000FY2021
“…Social Security Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $139,903,075,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; CMS; account: GRANTS TO STATES FOR MEDICAID (advance, 1st quarter FY2021) - Global HIV/AIDS programs (PEPFAR), including the U.S. contribution to the Global Fund$5,930,000,000
“…for the prevention, treatment, and control of, and research on, HIV/AIDS, $5,930,000,000, to remain available…”
Division G, Title III — Bilateral Economic Assistance; account: GLOBAL HEALTH PROGRAMS (HIV/AIDS) - Indian Health Service — clinical and preventive health services for American Indians and Alaska Natives$4,315,205,000→ Indian Health Service
“…Public Health Service Act with respect to the Indian Health Service, $4,315,205,000 to remain available…”
Division D, Title III — Related Agencies; Indian Health Service; account: INDIAN HEALTH SERVICES - Community Health Center Fund — mandatory funding level for October 1, 2019 through May 22, 2020, set by amending PPACA sec. 10503(b)(1)(F); this Act strikes the prior-law $887,671,223 and inserts $2,575,342,466, so the NET increase attributable to this Act is $1,687,671,243$2,575,342,466
“…Act (42 U.S.C. 254b–2(b)(1)(F)) is amended by— (1)striking $887,671,223 and inserting $2,575,342,466; and (2)striking December…”
Division N, Title I, Subtitle D, Sec. 401(a) — Extension for community health centers
income security$204.5B · 15%
- Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP / food stamps)$67,886,285,000
“…the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 (7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.), $67,886,285,000, of which…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION ASSISTANCE PROGRAM - Supplemental Security Income benefit payments and administration$41,714,889,000
“…expenses incurred pursuant to section 201(g)(1) of the Social Security Act, $41,714,889,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM - Child nutrition programs — National School Lunch and School Breakfast programs$23,615,098,000
“…1966 (42 U.S.C. 1771 et seq.), except sections 17 and 21; $23,615,098,000 to remain available…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: CHILD NUTRITION PROGRAMS - Supplemental Security Income benefit payments — advance appropriation for the first quarter of FY2021$19,900,000,000FY2021
“…Act for the first quarter of fiscal year 2021, $19,900,000,000, to remain available…”
Division A, Title IV — Related Agencies; Social Security Administration; account: SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM (advance, 1st quarter FY2021) - Section 8 tenant-based rental assistance (Housing Choice Vouchers) — FY2020 amount$19,874,050,000
“…U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act herein), not otherwise provided for, $19,874,050,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Public and Indian Housing; account: TENANT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - Children and Families Services Programs — Head Start, Runaway and Homeless Youth, Community Services Block Grant and related ACF programs$12,876,652,000→ HHS — Administration for Children and Families
“…and section 501 of the Refugee Education Assistance Act of 1980, $12,876,652,000, of which…”
Division A, Title II — HHS; Administration for Children and Families; account: CHILDREN AND FAMILIES SERVICES PROGRAMS - Project-based Section 8 rental assistance contracts$12,170,000,000
“…(42 U.S.C. 1437 et seq.) (the Act), not otherwise provided for, $12,170,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Housing Programs; account: PROJECT-BASED RENTAL ASSISTANCE - Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC)$6,000,000,000
“…17 of the Child Nutrition Act of 1966 (42 U.S.C. 1786), $6,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division B, Title IV — Domestic Food Programs; account: SPECIAL SUPPLEMENTAL NUTRITION PROGRAM FOR WOMEN, INFANTS, AND CHILDREN (WIC) - Mandatory appropriation for child welfare demonstration projects and Family First Prevention Services Act implementation$500,000,000
“…section referred to as the Secretary) to carry out this subsection $500,000,000 for fiscal year…”
Division N, Title I, Subtitle F, Sec. 602 — Addressing expiration of child welfare demonstration projects
veterans$204.1B · 15%
- Veterans disability compensation, pension and burial benefits — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$118,246,975,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…under this heading that became available on October 1, 2019; and, $118,246,975,000 shall become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: COMPENSATION AND PENSIONS - VA medical services — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$56,158,015,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…services authorized by section 1787 of title 38, United States Code; $56,158,015,000, plus reimbursements, shall…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL SERVICES - VA medical community care — health care at non-Department facilities; advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$17,131,179,000→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Health Administration
“…became available on October 1, 2019; and, in addition, $17,131,179,000, plus reimbursements, shall become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Health Administration; account: MEDICAL COMMUNITY CARE - Veterans readjustment and rehabilitation benefits (Post-9/11 GI Bill and vocational rehabilitation) — advance appropriation available October 1, 2020$12,578,965,000available until expended→ Department of Veterans Affairs — Veterans Benefits Administration
“…United States Code, $12,578,965,000, to remain available until expended and to become available…”
Division F, Title II — Dept. of Veterans Affairs; Veterans Benefits Administration; account: READJUSTMENT BENEFITS
education$55.4B · 4%
- Student financial assistance — Pell Grants, Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work-Study$24,520,352,000
“…part A, and part C of title IV of the HEA, $24,520,352,000 which shall remain…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: STUDENT FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE - Title I Education for the Disadvantaged — grants to school districts serving high-poverty areas$16,996,790,000
“…Higher Education Act of 1965 (referred to in this Act as HEA), $16,996,790,000, of which…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: EDUCATION FOR THE DISADVANTAGED - Special education — Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants to States$13,885,228,000
“…Act (IDEA) and the Special Olympics Sport and Empowerment Act of 2004, $13,885,228,000, of which…”
Division A, Title III — Dept. of Education; account: SPECIAL EDUCATION
defense$18.5B · 1%
- NNSA Weapons Activities — nuclear warhead stockpile stewardship, production and infrastructure$12,457,097,000→ National Nuclear Security Administration
“…the purchase of not to exceed one ambulance for replacement only, $12,457,097,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title III — Dept. of Energy; National Nuclear Security Administration; account: WEAPONS ACTIVITIES - Rebuilding Navy and Marine Corps installations damaged by Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 2019 flooding and earthquakes$3,477,000,000→ U.S. Navy and Marine Corps disaster-damaged installations (incl. Camp Lejeune, NC)
“…an additional amount for Military Construction, Navy and Marine Corps, $3,477,000,000, to remain available…”
Division F, Title V — Natural Disaster Relief; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, NAVY AND MARINE CORPS - Rebuilding Air Force installations damaged by Hurricanes Michael and Florence and 2019 flooding and earthquakes$2,605,200,000→ U.S. Air Force disaster-damaged installations (incl. Tyndall AFB, FL and Offutt AFB, NE)
“…an additional amount for Military Construction, Air Force, $2,605,200,000, to remain available…”
Division F, Title V — Natural Disaster Relief; account: MILITARY CONSTRUCTION, AIR FORCE
transportation$15.9B · 1%
- FAA Operations — air traffic control, aviation safety and certification$10,630,000,000→ Federal Aviation Administration
“…the lease or purchase of passenger motor vehicles for replacement only, $10,630,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; FAA; account: OPERATIONS (AIRPORT AND AIRWAY TRUST FUND) - Highway Infrastructure Programs — general-fund highway appropriation, including $1,150,000,000 for bridge replacement and rehabilitation$2,166,140,392
“…is hereby appropriated to the Secretary of Transportation $2,166,140,392: Provided, That the…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Highway Administration; account: HIGHWAY INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAMS - Grants to Amtrak for the National Network (long-distance and State-supported routes)$1,300,000,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — National Network
“…Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), $1,300,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration; account: NATIONAL NETWORK GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - National Infrastructure Investments (BUILD/TIGER discretionary grants)$1,000,000,000
“…capital investments in surface transportation infrastructure, $1,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; account: NATIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE INVESTMENTS - Grants to Amtrak for the Northeast Corridor$700,000,000→ National Railroad Passenger Corporation (Amtrak) — Northeast Corridor
“…Fixing America’s Surface Transportation Act (division A of Public Law 114–94), $700,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Railroad Administration; account: NORTHEAST CORRIDOR GRANTS TO THE NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION - Capital and preventive maintenance grants to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority$150,000,000→ Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (DC/MD/VA)
“…authorized under section 601 of division B of Public Law 110–432, $150,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title I — Dept. of Transportation; Federal Transit Administration; account: GRANTS TO THE WASHINGTON METROPOLITAN AREA TRANSIT AUTHORITY
international affairs$12.4B · 1%
- State Department Diplomatic Programs — embassy operations, the Foreign Service and Worldwide Security Protection$9,125,687,000→ Department of State
“…Department of State and the Foreign Service not otherwise provided for, $9,125,687,000, of which…”
Division G, Title I — Dept. of State and Related Agency; Administration of Foreign Affairs; account: DIPLOMATIC PROGRAMS - Foreign Military Financing grants for Israel (directed floor inside the Foreign Military Financing Program account)$3,300,000,000→ Israel
“…That of the funds appropriated under this heading, not less than $3,300,000,000 shall be available…”
Division G, Title IV — International Security Assistance; account: FOREIGN MILITARY FINANCING PROGRAM (directed floor for Israel)
science$7.0B · 1%
- DOE Office of Science — national laboratories and basic research$7,000,000,000→ Department of Energy — Office of Science
“…of not more than 33 passenger motor vehicles including one bus, $7,000,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title III — Dept. of Energy; Energy Programs; account: SCIENCE
water$4.6B · 0.3%
- EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants — Clean Water and Drinking Water State Revolving Funds and related grants$4,246,232,000
“…including capitalization grants for State revolving funds and performance partnership grants, $4,246,232,000, to remain available…”
Division D, Title II — Environmental Protection Agency; account: STATE AND TRIBAL ASSISTANCE GRANTS - Flood damage reduction in the Mississippi River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri$375,000,000→ Mississippi River alluvial valley (AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, TN)
“…River alluvial valley below Cape Girardeau, Missouri, as authorized by law, $375,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title I — Corps of Engineers—Civil; account: MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES
community & regional development$3.6B · 0.3%
- Community Development Block Grants to States and localities$3,425,000,000
“…of 1974, as amended (42 U.S.C. 5301 et seq.)(the Act herein), $3,425,000,000, to remain available…”
Division H, Title II — HUD; Community Planning and Development; account: COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND - Appalachian Regional Commission — economic development in the 13-state Appalachian region$175,000,000→ Appalachian Regional Commission (13 Appalachian States)
“…authorized by 5 U.S.C. 3109, and hire of passenger motor vehicles, $175,000,000, to remain available…”
Division C, Title IV — Independent Agencies; account: APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
How this was built
Fetched the enrolled (ENR) XML from GovInfo bulk BILLS with python requests; text extracted faithfully via ElementTree itertext() and whitespace-normalized; walked the division/title/appropriations-major/intermediate/small structure to rank every dollar figure by size and account, then hand-classified the largest and most illustrative by reading the operative verb ('For necessary expenses ... $X' / 'There is hereby appropriated' = appropriation; 'shall not exceed total obligations of' = obligation limitation; 'New commitments to guarantee ... shall not exceed' = loan-guarantee ceiling; 'there are authorized to be appropriated' = authorization; 'are hereby rescinded' = offset). Every quote is machine-generated as an exact <=15-word substring of that extracted text and re-verified by substring search against a fresh re-parse of the XML. ADVERSARIAL VERIFICATION PASS (2026-08-30): the source_url was re-fetched independently (HTTP 200, 3,295,165 bytes) and re-parsed. NOTE ON EXTRACTION: quotes only match when the XML is flattened with ''.join(itertext()); flattening with ' '.join(itertext()) injects spaces inside parentheses (e.g. '( 7 U.S.C. 2011 et seq.)') and breaks 21 of the 40 original quotes. That is a text-normalization artifact, not a citation error. Under the faithful join, all 45 dollar strings and all 45 quotes are verbatim substrings, and every quote is UNIQUE in the source (exactly one occurrence), so each citation resolves to one unambiguous place in the bill. 45 of 45 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 bill text, not a CBO score. This is one of the two FY2020 consolidated appropriations acts (its companion, H.R. 1158 / P.L. 116-93, carries Defense, Commerce-Justice-Science, Financial Services and General Government, and Homeland Security). H.R. 1865 carries eight full-year appropriations acts as Divisions A-H (Labor-HHS-Education; Agriculture-FDA; Energy and Water; Interior-Environment; Legislative Branch; Military Construction-VA; State-Foreign Operations; Transportation-HUD) plus non-appropriations Divisions I-Q (extenders, foreign policy, the Bipartisan American Miners Act, HHS extenders, the SECURE Act, and Division Q revenue/tax-extender provisions). MECHANISMS - do not sum these together. (1) 'appropriation' is real budget authority provided by this law; note that in Division A several of the very largest appropriation lines fund MANDATORY entitlement programs that are nonetheless appropriated annually (Payments to the Health Care Trust Funds $410.8B, Grants to States for Medicaid $273.2B plus a $139.9B advance for the first quarter of FY2021, SSI $41.7B), and in Division F the VA benefit accounts are advance appropriations that become available October 1, 2020 - which is why the tracked total is far larger than the bill's discretionary total. (2) 'obligation_limitation' = a ceiling on drawing down Highway Trust Fund contract authority that was created by the FAST Act, not by this bill (Federal-aid Highways $46,365,092,000; transit formula grants $10,150,348,462). The matching liquidating-cash lines in the same accounts ($47,104,092,000 for highways, $10,800,000,000 for transit) are deliberately NOT listed as separate items, because they pay off those same obligations and listing both would double-count. (3) 'loan_guarantee_ceiling' = a cap on NEW guarantee commitments with no cash outlay (Ginnie Mae $550B, FHA Mutual Mortgage Insurance $400B); a naive 'add every dollar' read of Division H would be dominated by these $950B of guarantees that spend nothing. (4) 'authorization' = permission to appropriate later, not money (IBRD capital subscription $5,102,619,230; Venezuela humanitarian relief $400,000,000 in Division J). (5) 'revenue_or_offset' = the CHIP rescission ($3,169,819,000), which SAVES money. DOUBLE-COUNTING: only top-level account amounts are listed; 'of which' carve-outs were excluded, with one deliberate exception - the $3,300,000,000 floor for Israel is a directed set-aside inside the Foreign Military Financing Program account, so the FMF parent account total ($6,156,924,000) is intentionally NOT listed, and the Israel figure is counted once. Other directed country floors in Division G section 7041 (Jordan $1,525,000,000, Egypt $1,300,000,000, Ukraine $448,000,000, Colombia $448,253,000) draw on several Title III/IV accounts at once and are therefore not listed as separate line-items. COVERAGE: these are the largest and most illustrative accounts, not every account in an act with hundreds of them, so the tracked total is a FLOOR. Per-project earmark detail for accounts such as Corps of Engineers construction lives in the accompanying joint explanatory statement, a separate document not parsed here. TAX PROVISIONS: Division Q (Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019 - the tax extenders and repeal of the Cadillac/medical-device/health-insurer taxes) moves hundreds of billions of dollars of revenue, but those amounts appear NOWHERE as '$X for Y' in the operative text (the text only amends dates and credit caps), so no dollar figure is asserted for them here; the honest source for that piece is the JCT/CBO score, which is not extracted in this file.
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. 1865 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. 1865. 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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