H.R. 8495

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027

Sponsor: David P. Joyce · 0 cosponsors

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Official summary

Written by the Congressional Research Service.

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2027

This bill provides FY2027 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies, including

  • the Department of the Treasury,
  • the Executive Office of the President,
  • the judiciary,
  • the District of Columbia, and
  • several independent agencies.

The independent agencies funded in the bill include

  • the Administrative Conference of the United States,
  • the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
  • the Council of the Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency,
  • the Election Assistance Commission,
  • the Federal Communications Commission,
  • the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Office of the Inspector General,
  • the Federal Election Commission,
  • the Federal Labor Relations Authority,
  • the Federal Trade Commission,
  • the General Services Administration,
  • the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Foundation,
  • the Merit Systems Protection Board,
  • the Morris K. Udall and Stewart L. Udall Foundation,
  • the National Archives and Records Administration,
  • the National Credit Union Administration,
  • the Office of Government Ethics,
  • the Office of Personnel Management,
  • the Office of Special Counsel,
  • the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board,
  • the Public Buildings Reform Board,
  • the Securities and Exchange Commission,
  • the Selective Service System,
  • the Small Business Administration,
  • the U.S. Postal Service, and
  • the U.S. Tax Court.

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

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Sec. 642.

(a) None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available to the United States Postal Service by this Act may be used to prevent any of the following persons from entering, for the purpose of conducting oversight, any facility owned or leased by the United States Postal Service used for the delivery of letters, printed materials, or mailable packages, including acceptance, collection, sorting, transportation, or other functions ancillary thereto, or to make any temporary modification at any such facility that in any way alters what is observed by a visiting member of Congress or such designated employee, compared to what would be observed in the absence of such modification:

(1) A Member of Congress.

(2) An employee of the United States House of Representatives or the United States Senate designated by such a Member for the purposes of this section.

(b) Nothing in this section may be construed to require a Member of Congress to provide prior notice of the intent to enter a facility described in subsection (a) for the purpose of conducting oversight.

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