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119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4230 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require certain executive branch 
employees to complete annual training on appropriations law, and for 
other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 27, 2025 
Ms. KAPTUR (for herself, Ms. DELAURO, Mr. HOYER, Mr. BISHOP, Ms. 
MCCOLLUM, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Ms. PINGREE, Ms. MENG, Mr. 
POCAN, Ms. LOIS FRANKEL of Florida, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Mrs. 
TORRES of California, Mr. CASE, Mr. MORELLE, Mr. LEVIN, Ms. DEAN 
of Pennsylvania, Ms. ESCOBAR, Mr. MRVAN, and Mr. IVEY) introduced 
the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight and 
Government Reform 
A BILL 
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require certain 
executive branch employees to complete annual training 
on appropriations law, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as ‘‘the Appropriations Com-
pliance and Training Act’’. 
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SEC. 2. MANDATORY APPROPRIATIONS LAW TRAINING. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Chapter 41 of title 5, United 
States Code, is amended by inserting after section 4105 
the following new section (and conforming the table of 
contents at the beginning of such chapter accordingly): 
‘‘§ 4106. Mandatory appropriations law training 
‘‘(a) TRAINING.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—The head of each agency 
shall require any employee occupying a covered posi-
tion at the agency to complete an annual training 
course on appropriations law. 
‘‘(2) TIMING.—With respect to any employee 
occupying a covered position on the date of the en-
actment of this section, such training shall be com-
pleted not later than 1 year after such date and an-
nually thereafter. With respect to any individual ap-
pointed to a covered position after such date of en-
actment, such training shall be completed not later 
than 60 days after such appointment and annually 
thereafter. 
‘‘(b) COURSE REQUIREMENTS.— 
‘‘(1) IN GENERAL.—For purposes of carrying 
out the requirements of this section, the head of 
each agency shall— 
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‘‘(A) use the appropriations law training 
course offered by the Government Account-
ability Office; 
‘‘(B) establish an appropriations law train-
ing course within the agency; or 
‘‘(C) use an appropriations law training 
course offered by any other agency or con-
tractor. 
‘‘(2) REQUIREMENTS.—If the head of an agen-
cy establishes a training course under paragraph 
(1)(B) or uses a training course offered by an agen-
cy or contractor under paragraph (1)(C), such 
course may not be implemented or used without 
prior approval of the Director of the Office of Man-
agement and Budget and the Comptroller General. 
Any such course shall at a minimum provide train-
ing on the following: 
‘‘(A) The constitutional and statutory 
framework governing the obligation and expend-
iture of appropriated funds, including the role 
of Congress and its power of the purse, the role 
of the Office of Management and Budget, and 
the role of executive agencies in the appropria-
tions process; 
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‘‘(B) Section 1301 of title 31 (commonly 
referred to as the ‘Purpose Statute’). 
‘‘(C) Sections 1341, 1342, and 1511 
through 1519 of title 31 (commonly referred to 
as the ‘Antideficiency Act’). 
‘‘(D) The bona fide needs rule, including 
section 1502 of title 31. 
‘‘(E) The Impoundment Control Act of 
1974 (parts A and B of title X of the Congres-
sional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 
1974). 
‘‘(F) A comprehensive review of the direc-
tion provided in the current fiscal year’s appro-
priation Act and accompanying report or ex-
planatory statement (if any) relevant to the em-
ploying agency. 
‘‘(G) All possible penalties an employee 
may be subject to for violating appropriations 
law. 
‘‘(H) Any other relevant statutory or regu-
latory provisions concerning the proper use of 
appropriated funds. 
‘‘(c) CERTIFICATION.—The head of each agency shall 
submit an annual report to the Office of Management and 
Budget listing each employee who has completed such 
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training. The head shall make a permanent notation in 
the employee’s official personnel record file each time such 
employee completes such training. 
‘‘(b) NONCOMPLIANCE.— 
‘‘(1) IN
GENERAL.—If an employee fails to 
complete the required training under this section, 
after 45 days of noncompliance— 
‘‘(A) such employee— 
‘‘(i) shall be suspended from super-
visory authority over budget execution or 
financial decision making, including obliga-
tion of funds; and 
‘‘(ii) may not, nowithstanding any 
other provision of law, receive any perform-
ance bonus or increase in basic rate of pay; 
and 
‘‘(B) the head of the agency shall place a 
notation of such noncompliance in the employ-
ee’s official personnel record file. 
‘‘(2) ADDITIONAL PENALTIES.—If an employee 
remains in noncompliance after 60 days, such em-
ployee shall be suspended from accessing any agency 
information technology systems and computer net-
works, including email and financial management 
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systems, until the employee completes the required 
training under this section. 
‘‘(c) AGENCY ACCOUNTABILITY.—The head of each 
agency shall be responsible for ensuring each employee oc-
cupying a covered position is in compliance with this sec-
tion. Not later than 1 year after the date of the enactment 
of this section and annually thereafter, the head of each 
agency shall publish, on the agency’s public website, statis-
tics regarding compliance by such employees with the 
training required by this section. 
‘‘(d) DEFINITION OF COVERED POSITION.—In this 
section, the term ‘covered position’ means— 
‘‘(1) any position within the executive branch of 
the Government that is classified at or above grade 
11 of the General Schedule (or equivalent); 
‘‘(2) any political position (as that term is de-
fined in section 4(a) of Public Law 114–136); and 
‘‘(3) any Senior Executive Service position (as 
that term is defined in section 3132(a)).’’. 
(b) IMPLEMENTATION.— 
(1) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 90 days after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, the Director 
of the Office of Personnel Management, in consulta-
tion with the Comptroller General, shall issue imple-
mentation guidance and maintain a list of approved 
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providers of training required by section 4106 of 
title 5, United States Code (as added by subsection 
(a)). 
(2) AGENCY
COMPLIANCE
PLANS.—Not later 
than 120 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, the head of each executive branch agency 
shall submit to the Office of Management and Budg-
et a plan for implementing the training required by 
such section 4106. 
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