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On the evening of March 21, 2018, the text of the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018 [1] was released. The text was posted to the web site of the United States House Committee on Rules at 10:00 p.m. [2] H.R. 1625, formerly the TARGET act, was used as a legislative vehicle for the appropriations bill. [3]
The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2017 (H.R. 244, Pub. L. 115–31 (text)), also known as the 2017 omnibus spending bill, is a United States appropriations legislation passed during the 115th Congress. It provides spending permission to several federal agencies for fiscal year 2017, and it authorizes $1.1 trillion in spending.
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2014 (H.R. 3547, nicknamed the Cromnibus) is an omnibus spending bill that packages several appropriation bills together in one larger bill. [1] The 113th United States Congress failed to pass any of the twelve regular appropriations bills before the beginning of Fiscal Year 2014. [ 2 ]
In 2009, a $410 billion omnibus bill, the Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009 , became a point of controversy due to its $8 billion in earmarks. [11] On March 11, the bill was signed by U.S. President Barack Obama into law as Pub. L. 111–8 (text) (PDF) .
In the United States, a continuing resolution (often abbreviated to CR) is a type of appropriations legislation, which is a bill that appropriates (gives to, sets aside for) money to specific federal government departments, agencies, and programs.
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 is a $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill passed by the 117th United States Congress on March 14, 2022 and signed into law by President Joe Biden the following day. [1] [2] The law includes $13.6 billion in aid to Ukraine as part of the United States' response to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [1] [2]
The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 (COBRA) is a law passed by the U.S. Congress on a reconciliation basis and signed by President Ronald Reagan that, among other things, mandates an insurance program which gives some employees the ability to continue health insurance coverage after leaving employment.
The Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 creates a limited right to 12 weeks of unpaid leave in larger employers. There is no automatic right to an occupational pension beyond federally guaranteed Social Security , [ 5 ] but the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 requires standards of prudent management and good governance if ...