S. 2257 · 119th Congress

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

Introduced on Jul 10, 2025 by Markwayne Mullin (R-OK). Latest action (Jul 10, 2025): Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 113.

Stage
Reported by committee
Introduced
Jul 10, 2025
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

An original bill making appropriations for the Legislative Branch for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2026, and for other purposes.

Subjects

  • Appropriations
  • Architect of the Capitol
  • Congressional Budget Office (CBO)
  • Congressional Research Service (CRS)
  • Congressional agencies
  • Congressional officers and employees
  • Government Accountability Office (GAO)
  • Government Publishing Office (GPO)
  • Government buildings, facilities, and property
  • Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
  • Joint Committee on Taxation
  • Joint Economic Committee
  • Law enforcement officers
  • Libraries and archives
  • Library of Congress
  • Senate

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Reported to Senate, Jul 10, 2025). Public domain.

Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2026

This bill provides FY2026 appropriations for the legislative branch, including the Senate 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 FY2026 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;
  • the 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 House are not included in the Senate 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.

Markwayne MullinR-OKSponsor

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. Apr 29, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-69.
  2. May 6, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-69.
  3. May 14, 2025 · SenateSubcommittee on Legislative Branch. Hearings held on the subject prior to the subcommittee ordering to be reported an original measure. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 119-69.
  4. Jul 10, 2025Introduced in Senate
  5. Jul 10, 2025Committee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Mullin. With written report No. 119-38.
  6. Jul 10, 2025 · SenateCommittee on Appropriations. Original measure reported to Senate by Senator Mullin. With written report No. 119-38.
  7. Jul 10, 2025 · SenatePlaced on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 113.

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. American Library Association6 reports
    $276.9K reported (all issues)
  2. CMS ENERGY CORPORATION4 reports
    $890K reported (all issues)
  3. HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN4 reports
    $769.8K reported (all issues)
  4. DP Facilities Inc.3 reports
    $60K reported (all issues)
  5. EDISON ELECTRIC INSTITUTE3 reports
    $2M reported (all issues)
  6. National Health Council3 reports
    $59.7K reported (all issues)
  7. Amnesty International of the USA, Inc.2 reports
    $70K reported (all issues)
  8. MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN2 reports
    $110K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: THE MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN, INC.$7.3M in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  9. Senior Executives Association2 reports
    $20K reported (all issues)
  10. StoryCorps, Inc.2 reports
    $100K reported (all issues)
  11. AMERICAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY, INC. AND AFFILIATED CORPORATIONS1 report
    $410K reported (all issues)
  12. PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.1 report
    $50K reported (all issues)Federal contractor: PORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY$189.1K in contracts, FY2026AI match · 100%
  13. United States Capitol Police Labor Committee1 report
    $10K reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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 10, 2026 · loaded Oct 10, 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.