H.R. 8237 · 117th Congress

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023

Introduced on Jun 24, 2022 by Tim Ryan (D-OH-13). Latest action (Jun 24, 2022): Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jun 24, 2022
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Congress
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

Making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2023, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Arkansas
  • Art, artists, authorship
  • Books and print media
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Conflicts and wars
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
  • Congressional agencies
  • Congressional committees
  • Congressional leadership
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Congressional operations and organization
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government information and archives
  • Horticulture and plants
  • House Committee on Appropriations
  • House of Representatives
  • Immigration status and procedures
  • Infectious and parasitic diseases
  • Joint Committee on Taxation
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Judges
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Library of Congress
  • Medical tests and diagnostic methods
  • Members of Congress
  • Military history
  • Monuments and memorials
  • Museums, exhibitions, cultural centers
  • North Carolina
  • Policy sciences
  • Presidents and presidential powers, Vice Presidents
  • Public contracts and procurement
  • Racial and ethnic relations
  • Religion
  • Senate
  • Social work, volunteer service, charitable organizations
  • Solid waste and recycling
  • South Carolina
  • State and local government operations
  • Supreme Court
  • U.S. Capitol
  • U.S. history
  • Wages and earnings
  • Worker safety and health

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to House, Jun 24, 2022). Public domain.

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2023

This bill provides FY2023 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the House of Representatives and joint items such as

  • the Joint Economic Committee,
  • the Joint Committee on Taxation,
  • the Office of the Attending Physician, and
  • the Office of Congressional Accessibility Services.

In addition, the bill provides FY2023 appropriations for

  • the Capitol Police;
  • the Office of Congressional Workplace Rights;
  • the Congressional Budget Office;
  • the Architect of the Capitol;
  • the Library of Congress, including the Congressional Research Service and the Copyright Office;
  • the Government Publishing Office;
  • the Government Accountability Office;
  • Congressional Office for International Leadership Fund; and
  • the John C. Stennis Center for Public Service Training and Development.

(Pursuant to the longstanding practice of each chamber of Congress determining its own requirements, funds for the Senate are not included in the House bill.)

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this bill.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Tim RyanD-OH-13Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

Recorded votes on the measure. Most measures move by voice vote or unanimous consent, which record no individual positions.

No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

Every action as published, oldest first. Roll calls link to how each member voted.

  1. Jun 24, 2022Introduced in House
  2. Jun 24, 2022The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 117-389, by Mr. Ryan.
  3. Jun 24, 2022 · HouseThe House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 117-389, by Mr. Ryan.
  4. Jun 24, 2022 · HousePlaced on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 297.

Committees

Committees and subcommittees the measure was referred to.

Who lobbied on it

Organizations whose lobbying reports (LD-2) name this measure. Spending is what they reported for those quarters on all issues, not on this measure alone.

  1. DP Facilities Inc.2 reports
    $40K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 5, 2026 · loaded Oct 5, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.