An original bill making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year…

Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2020

This bill provides FY2020 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 Commodity Futures Trading Commission,
• the Consumer Product Safety Commission,
• the Election Assistance Commission,
• the Federal Communications Commission,
• the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,
• the Federal Election Commission,
• the Federal Labor Relations Authority,
• Federal Permitting Improvement Steering Council,
• 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 Office of Government Ethics,
• the Office of Personnel Management,
• the Office of Special Counsel,
• the Postal Regulatory Commission,
• the Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight 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.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov