Congress sets spending plan for ten years with large yearly shortfalls.
H.Con.Res. 113 — Establishing the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2027 and setting forth the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2028 through 2036. · Filed by Jodey Arrington (R-TX) · Introduced Jul 18, 2026 · Passed chamber
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What it does
This resolution sets money targets for the federal government from 2027 through 2036. It says the government will collect $4.5 trillion in 2027. By 2036, collections will rise to $6.3 trillion. It says the government will spend $6.1 trillion in 2027. By 2036, spending will rise to $7.9 trillion. The resolution splits spending across twenty areas: defense, health, Medicare, and Social Security. Four House committees can propose new laws. These laws can add $95 billion to the shortfall over ten years.
Who it affects
This resolution sets targets for future laws but does not spend money itself. Citizens will feel effects when Congress passes future laws based on these targets. The resolution projects yearly shortfalls of $1.4 to $1.6 trillion. This will happen for ten years.
One thing to notice
The government will spend more money than it collects every year. The resolution does not say how to fix this problem.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jul 18, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 657”
- Jul 22, 2026 — Passed the House · Congress.gov: “On agreeing to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: 216 - 214 (Roll no. 281)”
- Jul 23, 2026 — Referred to Senate Committee on the Budget · Congress.gov: “Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on the Budget”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
9 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 9 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $510,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 3 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 89% of bills with any report.
Jodey Arrington, who sponsored the bill, received $573,000 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Northwestern University — $150,000 in 1 report
- Cencora, Inc. — $60,000 in 1 report
- American Bankers Association — $50,000 in 1 report
- GE Aerospace — $50,000 in 1 report
- Iron Mountain — $50,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- resolution — A plan that sets spending and money targets for the government.
- shortfall — The amount of money the government spends more than it collects.
- lobbying — Trying to influence lawmakers about a bill. Companies and groups pay people to do this.
- PACs — Groups that collect money and give it to candidates for office.
- sponsored — To sponsor a bill is to introduce it in Congress and put your name on it.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 19, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 14,206 analysed bills.
Status and sponsors — Congress.gov's bill record — actions, committee referrals and cosponsors — loaded nightly. The timeline shows status changes, not every procedural action.
Money — Senate Lobbying Disclosure Act filings whose specific-issue field names this bill for quarters ending Jun 2026 to Jun 2026. A filing's amount is reported whole beside the median number of bills a filing names; it is never divided across them. PAC receipts are FEC-reported contributions to the sponsor's candidate committee in the 2026 cycle.
As of — lobbying records through Jul 21, 2026 · page rendered 2026-09-17.
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