The

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for

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2020 ran from October 1, 2019 to September 30, 2020. The government was initially funded through a series of two temporary

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s. The final funding package was passed as two consolidated spending bills in December 2019, the

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() and the

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(). A series of supplemental appropriations bills were passed beginning in March 2020 in response to the

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Budget proposals

The Trump administration's budget proposal was released on March 11, 2019. On August 1, 2019, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 () was passed by the House. The next day, on August 2, 2019, the bill was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Trump. This act increases spending by $320 billion over levels set in the

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and removes the possibility of

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Appropriations legislation

On September 26, 2019, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Health Extenders Act of 2019 () which contained a

lasting until November 21. On November 21, Congress passed the Further Continuing Appropriations Act, 2020, and Further Health Extenders Act of 2019 () which extended temporary funding until December 20. A final appropriations deal was announced on December 16. The appropriations legislation was divided into two bills: the

() contained the appropriations acts for Defense, Commerce–Justice–Science, Financial Services and General Government, and Homeland Security, while the

() contained the remaining acts. Supplemental appropriations were passed in response to the

: *

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(), passed on March 6, 2020 * Families First Coronavirus Response Act (), passed on March 18 *

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() passed on March 27 *

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() passed on April 24

Major initiatives

* $1.4 billion was provided for the

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, the same as the previous year. No provision was included to ban the transfer of funds from other accounts to barrier construction, but the $3.6 billion the Trump administration had previously transferred from military construction accounts was not replaced. * Taxes for

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s and medical devices and a health insurance fee were all permanently repealed. * The

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was extended for seven years. * $12.5 million is provided to each of the

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and

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for research into gun violence. The 1996

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, which banned using federal funds to advocate for gun control, had the effect of stopping federal research on gun violence despite it not being specifically banned. The 2020 appropriations legislation retained the Dickey Amendment, but clarified that it does not prohibit federal gun violence research. * Science research funding was increased for several agencies. Funding for the National Institutes of Health was increased 7%, the

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by 2.5%, the Department of Energy Office of Science by 6.3%,

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by 17%,

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space science by 3.4%,

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by 4%,

Agricultural Research Service The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) is the principal in-house research agency of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). ARS is one of four agencies in USDA's Research, Education and Economics mission area. ARS is charged with ext ...

by 8.5%, and basic research programs at the

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by 3%. * Military and federal civilian employee pay was increased 3.1%. * $425 million was provided for election security grants. * The SECURE Act, which liberalized access to retirement plans, was enacted as part of the bill. * The age limit for use of tobacco was raised to 21 nationwide. * Enactment of the

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Total revenue

Receipts

Receipts by source: ''(in billions of dollars)''

References

External links

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