House sets rules to vote on four unrelated bills together.
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 bill sets the rules for House debate and voting. Four separate bills will be voted on as one package. One bill covers defense money for 2027. Another covers money for safety and the State Department. A third changes Social Security. The fourth marks one year of the Working Families Tax Cuts. The rules limit which changes members can offer.
Who it affects
All Americans could be touched by the four bills. Defense spending, safety money, and Social Security changes affect many people. Members of Congress have fewer chances to change bills before voting.
One thing to notice
Four bills on different topics are bundled into one vote. A member who votes against one bill also votes against all three others.
From the analysis of the bill text, linked under Primary records below.
Where it stands
- Jun 30, 2026 — Reported out of committee · Congress.gov: “Placed on the House Calendar, Calendar No. 83”
- Jun 30, 2026 — Failed · Congress.gov: “On agreeing to the resolution Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 224 (Roll no. 231)”
Dates and quoted wording are Congress.gov's action record; the timeline shows status changes, not every procedural step.
Money around this bill
1 groups reported lobbying about this bill. They filed 1 reports from Jun 2026 to Jun 2026.
Those reports show $860,000 in lobbying spending. Each report lists about 18 bills. So that money was not all for this bill.
More groups named this bill than 0% of bills with any report.
Austin Scott, who sponsored the bill, received $783,500 from PACs for the 2026 election.
- Siemens Medical Solutions Usa, Inc — $860,000 in 1 report
Lobbying is legal. These reports show who lobbied about this bill, not what changed.
Words to know
- debate — Discussion where members talk about a bill before voting.
- changes — Additions or edits that members propose to a bill.
- bundled — Grouped together so they are voted on as one package.
- Social Security — A federal program that pays money to retired and disabled people.
- 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.
How this was measured
Analysis — Quorum's AI read the full bill text on Jul 8, 2026; transparency and hidden-provision scores are compared against the median of 16,778 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 20, 2026 · page rendered 2026-11-02.
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