Four unrelated bills bundled into one vote, amendments pre-screened by leadership
H.Res. 1398 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8800) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8595) making appropriations for national security, Department of State, and related programs for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2027, and for other purposes; providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 8884) to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reauthorize demonstration authority for the disability insurance program; providing for consideration of the resolution (H. Res. 1383) commemorating the one-year anniversary of the enactment of the Working Families Tax Cuts; and for other purposes. · Filed by Austin Scott (R-GA) · Introduced Jun 30, 2026 · Failed
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What it does
This is a procedural resolution that sets the rules for House floor debate and amendment on four separate bills: a $2027 defense authorization (H.R. 8800), a national security appropriations bill (H.R. 8595), a Social Security disability insurance demonstration reauthorization (H.R. 8884), and a commemorative resolution marking the one-year anniversary of the Working Families Tax Cuts. The resolution waives normal procedural objections, limits amendments to those pre-approved by the Rules Committee, and allows leadership to bundle unrelated legislation together for a single vote.
Why we flagged it
This is a Rules Committee resolution that bundles four substantively unrelated bills (defense, appropriations, Social Security, and a commemorative resolution) into a single procedural package, waives points of order, pre-approves amendments, and prevents normal amendment debate. It is fundamentally a procedural gatekeeping mechanism, not substantive legislation.
- H. Res. 1383 (commemorating Working Families Tax Cuts anniversary) bundled into defense/appropriations procedural package with no legislative nexus.
- Social Security disability reauthorization (H.R. 8884) procedurally linked to defense authorization and appropriations, enabling single vote on unrelated policy areas.
What the text implies
- Bundling four unrelated bills into one procedural vote prevents targeted opposition or amendment to individual provisions; a Member opposed to one bill's content cannot vote against it without also voting against the others.
- Section 14 authorizes the Clerk to add S. 1383 (Senate-passed text) as 'new matter at the end of H.R. 8800' with broad authority to 'conform cross-references' — this may obscure the substantive content of the Senate provision and its relationship to defense authorization.
The full analysis lists 5 implications of this text.
Who stands to gain
defense contractors; financial services firms (regulatory exposure per mapped stocks); insurance companies (AIG, PRU regulatory exposure)