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Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019
This bill increases discretionary spending limits, suspends the debt limit, and modifies budget enforcement procedures.
The bill increases the FY2020 and FY2021 discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending. The bill also (1) specifies limits for Overseas Contingency Operations funding, which is exempt from discretionary spending limits; and (2) requires the FY2020 discretionary spending limits to be adjusted to accommodate specified funding for the 2020 Census.
The bill suspends the public debt limit through July 31, 2021. On August 1, 2021, the limit will be increased to accommodate obligations issued during the suspension period.
The bill also includes provisions that
Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service, describing H.R. 3877 as public Law on Aug 2, 2019. It is not the text of the measure; a later amendment may have changed what it does.
Jul 25, 2019Each bar: ✓ Yea from the bottom, ✕ Nay aboveAug 1, 2019
House Jul 25, 2019 · the primary vote
Bipartisan Budget Act
Passed
284 Yea 149 Nay
Crossed both parties 81 of 433 voting members broke with their own party: 16 Democrats, 65 Republicans.
DemocratsRepublicansFilled: YeaRing: NayGrey: not voting or present
433 members on this roll call, from the official House record. Party majorities need at least five voting members, so an independent never counts as breaking with a party.
Signing on is not a vote: a member can cosponsor H.R. 3877 and vote against it. 1 signed when it was filed.
Organizations that named H.R. 3877 in a lobbying disclosure. Only those that cited the bill by number appear, so this is a floor, not a full list.
151 disclosures name this measure. Retrieved from LDA.gov on 2026-10-05. Senate Office of Public Records cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from LDA.gov.