Legislative branch appropriations documents
AGI maintains a repository of information for each legislative branch appropriations bill dating back to FY 2013 as part of the broader LegWiki project. This collection provides a one-stop resource for the documents that are useful to understanding the deeper context of how Congress has funded itself over the last decade and a half, which is critical to understanding the state of the institution. We’ve copied the repository over to the AGI website to make it more accessible to congressional stakeholders and the public.
Fiscal Year 2027 – 120th Congress, 2nd Session
House Legislative Branch Appropriations Subcommittee
Agency and Office Written Testimony and Budget Justifications
- Architect of the Capitol: [CBJ] House
- Chief Administrative Officer of the House: [CBJ] House
- Clerk of the House: [CBJ] House
- Congressional Budget Office: [CBJ] House
- Government Accountability Office: [CBJ] House
- Government Publishing Office: [CBJ] House
- House Office of Inspector General: [CBJ] House
- Library of Congress [CBJ] House
- Office of Congressional Workplace Rights: [CBJ]
- Office of General Counsel of the House of Representatives: [CBJ] House
- Office of Law Revision Counsel of the House of Representatives: [CBJ] House
- Office of Legislative Counsel of the House of Representatives: [CBJ] House
- Sergeant at Arms of the House: [CBJ] House
- Sergeant at Arms of the Senate: [CBJ]
- Stennis Center: [CBJ]
- US Capitol Police: [CBJ] House
Public witnesses
- Omar Awan of HillClimbers.org testified in favor of better data management in workforce management.
- John D. Rackey of the Bipartisan Policy Center requested fully funding the House Modernization Initiatives Account at $10 million.
- Fritz Mulhauser, attorney and former congressional staffer, testified for changes in U.S. Capitol Police threat assessment policies.
- Michael Stern, former House senior counsel, testified for greater transparency from the House Office of General Counsel and Bipartisan Legal Advisory Group.
- Joseph Ennello of Capitol Counsel LLC, requested the Library of Congress to improve delivery of information in appropriations bills.
- Rep. Sylvia Garcia of the 29th Texas district testified to support expansion of federal employment requirements to include recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.
- James Burd of Preservation Technologies, LP testified for $2.5 million for the Library of Congress to implement a mass deacidification program of books and documents in its collections.
- Kel McClanahan of National Security Counselors recommended the subcommittee restate GAO statutory authority to audit intelligence agencies.
- James H Townsend of the Carl Levin Center requested the subcommittee require the Government Publishing Office to make all inspector general reports available on its website.
- Rep. Jodey C. Arrington of the 19th Texas district recommended the subcommittee order an independent audit of the Congressional Budget Office.
- Aubrey Wilson of POPVOX Foundation testified in support of new funding for artificial intelligence adoption and technological experimentation programs in the House.
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib of the 12th Michigan district requested $20 million for a childcare benefit program for House staff.
- Danielle Stewart of POPVOX Foundation testified in favor of fully funding the Modernization Initiatives Account at $10 million, providing $5 million for member and staff security, and providing better support for member families in Washington, D.C.
- Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute, Haiman Wong of R Street Institute, and Sean Vitka of Demand Progress Action requested the subcommittee provide sustained funding, clear authority, and coordinated programs to secure congressional staffers’ devices and accounts from cyberattack.
- Lorelei Kelly of the Public Good Group requested additional funding for legislative branch data infrastructure, technology modernization, and the development of public-interest artificial intelligence tools for Congress.
- Dan Lips of the Foundation for American Innovation provided recommendations for reports aiming to improve the Government Accountability Office’s return on investment.
- Nicholas Hart of the Data Foundation testified for funding to support the Legislative Branch Technology Data Map.
- Anne Meeker of POPVOX Foundation requested the creation of a congressional casework liaison office inside the Office of the Chief Administrative Officer and better support for casework inquiries.
- Daniel Schuman of the American Governance Institute requested funding for one full-time employee to coordinate the work of the Congressional Data Task Force.