119th Congress · introduced in the House · Jan 3, 2025
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
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Latest action (Dec 2, 2025): Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
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Congressional Research Service summary, version: Introduced in House (Jan 3, 2025)
Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act
This bill reduces budgetary levels for certain federal programs that are funded through the annual appropriations process and do not have an authorization of appropriations.
Under the bill, budgetary levels are spending allocations provided to the congressional appropriations committees by a congressional budget resolution or a deeming resolution. The allocations are provided under the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and are often referred to as 302(a) allocations.
The bill applies to programs included in the Congressional Budget Office's (CBO's) annual report listing programs that are funded through the appropriations process and have an authorization of appropriations that has either expired or will expire during the year.
If a program is listed in the CBO report, the bill requires specified reductions to be implemented over a three-year period and terminates the unauthorized programs at the end of the third unauthorized year.
Includes amendment, cloture, and procedural votes. Each is labeled with its exact question; only a passage question is a vote to pass the bill.
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Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 25 - 19.
Committee Consideration and Mark-up Session Held
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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.
Referred to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, and in addition to the Committees on the Budget, and Rules, 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.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
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COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE · lobbying firm or registrant: COUNCIL FOR CITIZENS AGAINST GOVERNMENT WASTE
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · amended · posted Jan 26, 2026 · issue area: Government Issues
$20,000
Spent on own lobbying
Support H.R. 5749, H.R. 5457, and H.R. 143
Congress inferred from the report year; bill number matches Congress.gov records and the bill predates the report; no title was cited with it. The amount is lobbying spending for every issue on this report, not this bill alone, and none of it is paid to any member of Congress. View filing
NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION · lobbying firm or registrant: NATIONAL TAXPAYERS UNION
2025 Q4 report (Oct 1, 2025 – Dec 31, 2025) · posted Jan 21, 2026 · issue area: Budget/Appropriations
$30,000
Spent on own lobbying
H.R. 143Unauthorized Spending Accountability Act Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act Department of Interior, Environment, and Related Ag…
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