The first section of this report provides an overview of the consideration of FY2019 legislative branch appropriations, with subsections covering each action to date, including the initial submission of the request on February 12, 2018; hearings held by the House Legislative Branch Subcommittee in April 2018 and hearings held by the Senate Legislative Branch Subcommittee in April and May 2018; House subcommittee markup held on April 26, 2018; House full committee markup on May 8, 2018; the May 24, 2018, inclusion of a modified text of the legislative branch bill ( H.R. 5894 ) in a print issued by the House Rules Committee; meetings of the House Rules Committee on June 5 and 6, 2018, to consider rules providing for the consideration of H.R. 5895 , which included legislative branch funding as Division B; House consideration of a special rule for H.R. 5895 on June 6, 2018, and consideration of a special rule for further consideration for H.R. 5895 on June 7, 2018; House floor consideration of H.R. 5895 on June 7 and 8, 2018, followed by House passage on June 8, 2018; Senate full committee markup and reporting of its version of the legislative branch appropriations bill ( S. 3071 ) on June 14, 2018; Senate consideration of H.R. 5895 , beginning June 18, 2018, and the agreement to S.Amdt. 2910 , an amendment in the nature of a substitute, on June 18, 2018, followed by Senate passage of H.R. 5895 , as amended, on June 25, 2018; and conference report ( H.Rept. 115-929 ) agreed to by the Senate on September 12, 2018, by the House on September 13, 2018, and signed into law on September 21, 2018 ( P.L. 115-244 ; the Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019). It is followed by a section on prior year actions and funding, which contains a historical table and figure. The report then provides an overview of the FY2019 budget requests of individual legislative branch agencies and entities. Table 5 through Table 9 list enacted funding levels for FY2018 and the requested and House-passed, Senate-passed, and enacted levels for FY2019, while the Appendix lists House, Senate, and conference bills and reports; public law numbers; and enactment dates since FY1998. The Budget for Fiscal Year 2019 was submitted on February 12, 2018. It contains a request for $4.960 billion in new budget authority for legislative branch activities. By law, the legislative branch request is submitted to the President and included in the budget without change. In general, FY2019 legislative branch budget requests had already been developed and submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) prior to the enactment of full-year funding for FY2018, which occurred on March 23, 2018. Accounts in the Budget therefore include the following disclaimer: Note.—A full-year 2018 appropriation for this account was not enacted at the time the budget was prepared; therefore, the budget assumes this account is operating under the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2018 (Division D of P.L. 115–56, as amended). The amounts included for 2018 reflect the annualized level provided by the continuing resolution. Agency assessments for FY2019 may subsequently have been revised following the enactment of the FY2018 Consolidated Appropriations Act—for example, to account for items funded or not funded in that act. Subsequent discussions may vary from the levels or language included in the budget request due to this timing. For purposes of this report, however, FY2019 requested levels refer to the requested levels originally submitted unless otherwise noted. Table 2 lists the dates of hearings of the legislative branch subcommittees in April and May 2018. Prepared statements of witnesses were posted on the subcommittee websites. On April 26, 2018, the House Appropriations Committee Subcommittee on the Legislative Branch held a markup of the FY2019 bill. The subcommittee recommended $3.811 billion, a $133 million increase (+3.6%) from the comparable 2018 enacted level, not including Senate items, which are historically considered by the Senate and not included in the House bill. No amendments were offered. On May 8, 2018, the House Appropriations Committee met to mark up the FY2019 bill reported from its legislative branch subcommittee. The following amendments were considered: a manager's amendment, offered by Chairman Yoder of Kansas, which was agreed to by voice vote, with technical and other changes, including (1) the repeal of authorizations for office space, office expenses, franking and printing privileges, and staff for former Speakers of the House; and (2) directing the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) to hire an external contractor to conduct a House employee salary study; an amendment offered by Representative Wasserman Schultz of Florida, related to the House historical buildings revitalization trust fund, which was not agreed to; and an amendment offered by Representative Kilmer of Washington and Representative Cuellar of Texas, containing language expressing the sense of Congress that the Comptroller General should present an annual report on the fiscal state of the nation, which was withdrawn. The bill, as amended, was reported out of committee by roll call vote of 47-0 ( H.R. 5894 , H.Rept. 115-696 ). On May 24, 2018, the text of H.R. 5894 was included in a print issued by the House Rules Committee entitled "Text of Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act 2019" (Committee Print 115-71, which also contained the text of H.R. 5895 and H.R. 5786 along with modifications). An announcement regarding the amendment process was issued. The House Rules Committee met on June 5 and 6, 2018, to consider a special rule for the consideration of H.R. 5895 , which included legislative branch funding as Division B. The House Rules Committee met to consider a special rule providing for the further consideration of H.R. 5895 on June 7, 2018. A total of 33 proposed amendments to the legislative branch section of the bill were considered by the committee (including 9 that the committee considered late or late revised and 2 that were withdrawn). Seven amendments to Division B were made in order under the rule reported by the House Rules Committee ( H.Res. 918 , amendments printed in H.Rept. 115-712 ). H.Res. 918 was agreed to in the House on June 6, 2018 (223-175, Roll N o. 235 ; see also H.Res. 923 ). The House proceeded to consideration of H.R. 5895 on June 7, 2018, and continued consideration on June 8. Of the seven amendments to Division B made in order by H.Res. 918 , six were offered and four were agreed to: H.Amdt. 758 , agreed to by voice vote, increasing funding for the House Wounded Warrior Program by $250,000 (offset by a decrease in funding for the AOC's Capital Construction and Operations account); H.Amdt. 759 , agreed to by voice vote, increasing funding for the House Office of Employee Assistance by $500,000 (offset by a decrease in funding from the AOC's Capitol Grounds account); H.Amdt. 760 , agreed to by roll-call vote ( Roll No. 254 ), reestablishing a semiannual GAO financial review of obligated expenditures from the Independent Counsel; and H.Amdt. 762 , agreed to by voice vote, prohibiting funds made available in the bill from being used to purchase plastic drinking straws. H.R. 5895 was passed in the House on June 8, 2018, by a vote of 212-179 ( Roll N o. 257 ). On June 14, 2018, the Senate Appropriations Committee met to mark up its version of the FY2019 bill. One amendment was agreed to via unanimous consent related to providing funds to pay interns in Senators' offices. The committee recommended $3.367 billion, a $55.5 million increase from the FY2018 enacted level (+1.7%). This total does not include funding for House items, which are historically considered by the House. One amendment was offered as part of a manager's package, which was agreed to by unanimous consent, and the bill was ordered reported ( S. 3071 , S.Rept. 115-274 ). The Senate began its consideration of FY2019 legislative branch appropriations on June 18, 2018, as part of a "minibus" appropriations package that also included the text of the energy and water and military construction and veterans affairs appropriations bills. An amendment in the nature of a substitute ( S.Amdt. 2910 ) was made to the related House-passed appropriations bill ( H.R. 5895 ). Four amendments addressing the legislative branch portion of the bill were agreed to: S.Amdt. 2953 , designating $250,000 for the Library of Congress's Surplus Books Program to promote the program and donations for it; S.Amdt. 3051 , designating $2,383,000 for the Library of Congress's Veterans History Project to continue digitization efforts for its collections, engage in outreach with veterans, and promote public access to the project; S.Amdt. 3053 , designating a maximum of $5,000 for the Architect of the Capitol to spend working with contractors to eliminate or reduce the use of plastic drinking straws in facilities under the Architect's care; and S.Amdt. 3057 , requiring that the Congressional Budget Office use at least $500,000 to improve the transparency of budgetary effects scoring and improve the availability and replicability of models and data. H.R.