H.R. 9494 · 118th Congress

Continuing Appropriations and Other Matters Act, 2025

Introduced on Sep 9, 2024 by Clay Higgins (R-LA-3). One cosponsor. Latest action (Sep 18, 2024): Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Stage
Failed
Introduced
Sep 9, 2024
Cosponsors
1
0 from the other party
Policy area
Economics and Public Finance
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Progress

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

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

Official title

Making continuing appropriations for fiscal year 2025, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • ASEAN countries
  • Abortion
  • Access Board
  • Accounting and auditing
  • Administrative Conference of the U.S.
  • Administrative law and regulatory procedures
  • Administrative remedies
  • Adoption and foster care
  • Adult education and literacy
  • Advanced technology and technological innovations
  • Advisory bodies
  • Afghanistan
  • Africa
  • African Development Foundation
  • Aging
  • Agricultural conservation and pollution
  • Agricultural education
  • Agricultural equipment and machinery
  • Agricultural insurance
  • Agricultural marketing and promotion
  • Agricultural prices, subsidies, credit
  • Agricultural research
  • Agricultural trade
  • Air quality
  • Alabama
  • Alaska
  • Alaska Natives and Hawaiians
  • Alcoholic beverages
  • Allergies
  • Alliances
  • Alternative and renewable resources
  • Alternative dispute resolution, mediation, arbitration
  • American Battle Monuments Commission
  • American Samoa
  • Animal and plant health
  • Animal protection and human-animal relationships
  • Appalachian Regional Commission
  • Appropriations
  • Aquatic ecology
  • Arab-Israeli relations
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Arizona
  • Arkansas
  • Armed Forces Retirement Home
  • Arms control and nonproliferation
  • Army Corps of Engineers
  • Asia
  • Assault and harassment offenses
  • Athletes
  • Atmospheric science and weather
  • Aviation and airports
  • Bahrain
  • Banking and financial institutions regulation
  • Birds
  • Birth defects
  • Blood and blood diseases
  • Border security and unlawful immigration
  • Broadcasting, cable, digital technologies
  • Budget process
  • Building construction
  • Burma
  • Business investment and capital
  • Buy American requirements
  • California
  • Cambodia
  • Canada
  • Cancer
  • Cardiovascular and respiratory health
  • Caribbean area
  • Cell biology and embryology
  • Cemeteries and funerals
  • Census and government statistics
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
  • Central African Republic
  • Central America
  • Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)
  • Chemical and biological weapons
  • Child care and development
  • Child health
  • Child safety and welfare
  • China
  • Citizenship and naturalization
  • Civil actions and liability
  • Climate change and greenhouse gases
  • Coal
  • Coast guard
  • Collective security
  • Colombia
  • Colorado
  • Commission of Fine Arts
  • Commission on Civil Rights
  • Committee for Purchase from People Who Are Blind or Severely Disabled
  • Commodities markets
  • Commodity Credit Corporation
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Community life and organization
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Competitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficits
  • Computer security and identity theft
  • Computers and information technology
  • 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
  • Congressional oversight
  • Congressional-executive branch relations
  • Connecticut
  • Consumer Product Safety Commission
  • Corporation for National and Community Service
  • Corporation for Public Broadcasting
  • Correctional facilities and imprisonment
  • Credit and credit markets
  • Crime prevention
  • Crime victims
  • Crimes against children
  • Crimes against women
  • Criminal investigation, prosecution, interrogation
  • Criminal justice information and records
  • Criminal procedure and sentencing
  • Cuba
  • Cultural exchanges and relations
  • Currency
  • Customs enforcement
  • Dams and canals
  • Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board
  • Defense spending
  • Delta Regional Authority
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Denali Commission
  • Department of Agriculture
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of Defense
  • Department of Education
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health and Human Services
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Housing and Urban Development
  • Department of Justice
  • Department of Labor
  • Department of State
  • Department of Transportation
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Department of the Interior
  • Department of the Treasury
  • Detention of persons
  • Digestive and metabolic diseases
  • Digital media
  • Diplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroad
  • Disability and paralysis
  • Disability assistance
  • Disaster relief and insurance
  • District of Columbia
  • Domestic violence and child abuse
  • Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)
  • Drug safety, medical device, and laboratory regulation
  • Drug therapy
  • Drug trafficking and controlled substances
  • Drug, alcohol, tobacco use
  • Economic development
  • Education of the disadvantaged
  • Education programs funding
  • Educational facilities and institutions
  • Educational technology and distance education
  • Egypt
  • El Salvador
  • Election Assistance Commission
  • Elections, voting, political campaign regulation
  • Electric power generation and transmission
  • Elementary and secondary education
  • Emergency communications systems
  • Emergency medical services and trauma care
  • Emergency planning and evacuation
  • Employee benefits and pensions
  • Employee hiring
  • Employment and training programs
  • Employment discrimination and employee rights
  • Endangered and threatened species
  • Energy assistance for the poor and aged
  • Energy efficiency and conservation
  • Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  • Environmental assessment, monitoring, research
  • Environmental health
  • Environmental regulatory procedures
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
  • Ethiopia
  • Europe
  • Evidence and witnesses
  • Executive Office of the President
  • Executive agency funding and structure
  • Export-Import Bank of the United States
  • Family planning and birth control
  • Family relationships
  • Family services
  • Farm Credit Administration
  • Farmland
  • Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
  • Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
  • Federal Crop Insurance Corporation
  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)
  • Federal Election Commission (FEC)
  • Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
  • Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
  • Federal Labor Relations Authority
  • Federal Maritime Commission
  • Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
  • Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission
  • Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  • Federal appellate courts
  • Federal district courts
  • Federal officials
  • Federal-Indian relations
  • Fiji
  • Firearms and explosives
  • Fires
  • First Amendment rights
  • First responders and emergency personnel
  • Fishes
  • Floods and storm protection
  • Florida
  • Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  • Food assistance and relief
  • Food industry and services
  • Food supply, safety, and labeling
  • Foreign aid and international relief
  • Foreign labor
  • Foreign language and bilingual programs
  • Foreign loans and debt
  • Forests, forestry, trees
  • Fraud offenses and financial crimes
  • Gaza Strip
  • General Services Administration
  • Genetics
  • Geography and mapping
  • Georgia
  • Georgia (Republic)
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Government National Mortgage Association (Ginnie Mae)
  • Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Government ethics and transparency, public corruption
  • Government information and archives
  • Government lending and loan guarantees
  • Government studies and investigations
  • Government trust funds

Summary

The Congressional Research Service has not summarized this measure yet.

Sponsor and cosponsors

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

Clay HigginsR-LA-3Sponsor

Republicans · 1

Roll calls

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

  1. On Motion to Recommit
    Sep 18, 2024· House· Procedural· Failed 209–214
  2. On Passage
    Sep 18, 2024· House· Passage· Failed 202–220

History

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

  1. Sep 9, 2024Introduced in House
  2. Sep 9, 2024Introduced in House
  3. Sep 9, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  4. Sep 9, 2024 · HouseReferred to the Committee on Appropriations, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
  5. Sep 10, 2024 · HouseRules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1430 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 1398, H.R. 1425, H.R. 1516, H.R. 7980, H.R. 9456 and H.R. 9494. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1398, H.R. 1425, and H.R. 1516 under a structured rule and H.R. 7980, H.R. 9456, and H.R. 9494 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  6. Sep 10, 2024 · HouseRule H. Res. 1430 passed House.
  7. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseConsidered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1430. (consideration: CR H5358-5370; text: CR H5358-5363)
  8. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseRule provides for consideration of H.R. 1398, H.R. 1425, H.R. 1516, H.R. 7980, H.R. 9456 and H.R. 9494. The resolution provides for consideration of H.R. 1398, H.R. 1425, and H.R. 1516 under a structured rule and H.R. 7980, H.R. 9456, and H.R. 9494 under a closed rule. The resolution provides for one hour of general debate and one motion to recommit on each bill.
  9. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseDEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 9494.
  10. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseThe previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
  11. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseMs. DeLauro moved to recommit to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H5370)
  12. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseThe previous question on the motion to recommit was ordered pursuant to clause 2(b) of rule XIX.
  13. Sep 18, 2024 · HousePOSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on H.R. 9494, the Chair put the question on the motion to recommit and by voice vote announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Cole demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings until a time to be announced.
  14. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseConsidered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H5373-5374)
  15. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseOn motion to recommit Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 209 - 214 (Roll no. 430).House · Roll call 430
  16. Sep 18, 2024Failed of passage/not agreed to in House On passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 220, 2 Present (Roll no. 431).House · Roll call 431
  17. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseOn passage Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 202 - 220, 2 Present (Roll no. 431).House · Roll call 431
  18. Sep 18, 2024 · HouseMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

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. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION7 reports
    $1.7M reported (all issues)
  2. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE6 reports
    $7.5M reported (all issues)
  3. TECO Holdings Inc., formerly known as ENERGY, INC.6 reports
    $986.7K reported (all issues)
  4. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES3 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  5. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.3 reports
    $370K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  6. AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES2 reports
    $2.1M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF AIRPORT EXECUTIVES INC$12.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  7. American Civil Liberties Union2 reports
    $870K reported (all issues)
  8. BWX TECHNOLOGIES, INC2 reports
    $230K reported (all issues)
  9. Entergy Services, LLC2 reports
    $1.1M reported (all issues)
  10. GENERAL DYNAMICS CORPORATION2 reports
    Federal contractor: GENERAL DYNAMICS-OTS, INC.$29.3K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  11. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.2 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.$1.8B in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  12. General Electric Company (fka GE Aviation)2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  13. Heritage Action for America2 reports
    $330K reported (all issues)
  14. Leonardo DRS, Inc. (fka DRS Technologies, Inc.)2 reports
    $30K reported (all issues)
  15. MICROSOFT CORPORATION2 reports
    Federal contractor: MICROSOFT CORPORATION$443M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%
  16. NATIONAL TREASURY EMPLOYEES UNION2 reports
    $638K reported (all issues)
  17. PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC.2 reports
    $640K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PUGET SOUND ENERGY INC$1.6M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  18. REINSURANCE ASSN OF AMERICA2 reports
    $920K reported (all issues)
  19. THE GEO GROUP, INC.2 reports
    $690K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE GEO GROUP, INC.$952.1M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  20. UnidosUS (FKA National Council of La Raza)2 reports
    $440K reported (all issues)
  21. AFL-CIO1 report
    $720K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: AFL-CIO WORKING FOR AMERICA INSTITUTE, INC. (THE)AI match · 92%
  22. AMERICAN FED OF GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES, AFL-CIO1 report
    $590K reported (all issues)
  23. AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE1 report
    $789.9K reported (all issues)
  24. AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION1 report
    $180K reported (all issues)
  25. American Urogynecologic Society1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)
  26. Central Contra Costa Sanitary District1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  27. Central Utah Water Conservancy District1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  28. City of Davenport1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  29. City of St. George1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  30. Clark County Department of Aviation, Harry Reid International Airport1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)
  31. Clark County Water Reclamation District1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  32. Clark County, NV (Office of the County Manager)1 report
    $40K reported (all issues)
  33. Colorado River Commission of Nevada1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  34. Contra Costa Water District1 report
    $60K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: CONTRA COSTA WATER DISTRICT$471.8K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  35. DARTMOUTH COLLEGE1 report
  36. DAVITA INC.1 report
    Federal contractor: DAVITA INC.$179.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 97%
  37. DEFENDERS OF WILDLIFE1 report
    $30K reported (all issues)
  38. Douglas County Nevada1 report
    $20K reported (all issues)
  39. FAMILY RESEARCH COUNCIL1 report
  40. FIRSTENERGY CORP.1 report
    $550K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: FIRSTENERGY PENNSYLVANIA ELECTRIC COMPANY$5.4M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 99%

Reports filed in 2024, 2025, 2026.

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.