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H.R.4 moved through both chambers in 2025. The Senate changed the House-passed bill, and the House agreed to that amendment before it became law. S.2067 is a separate related Senate bill; H.R.4 was the measure enacted.
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The President signed H.R.4 after both chambers agreed to the same text.
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H.R.4 kept its number when the Senate considered it. S.2067 is a separate related Senate bill; the enacted measure was H.R.4.
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The record
The President signed H.R.4 after both chambers agreed to the same text.
The House adopted H.Res.590, 216–213 (roll call 203). That resolution provided that its adoption constituted agreement to the Senate amendment to H.R.4. The recorded vote was on H.Res.590, not a separate final-passage vote on H.R.4.
The Senate approved H.R.4 with an amendment on roll call 411. It retained the H.R.4 number; this vote was not on S.2067.
The House approved H.R.4 on roll call 168. This was the House-passed text, before the Senate amendment.
Rep. Steve Scalise introduced the Rescissions Act of 2025. The bill was referred to the House Appropriations Committee.
Historical context
These packages addressed different funding. Their shared history is the use of the Impoundment Control Act’s rescission process.
1992 · Historical precedent
Congress combined presidentially proposed rescissions with others of its own. H.R.4990 became Public Law 102-298 on June 4, 1992, after the chambers resolved their differences. This is a precedent for the process, not an earlier version of the 2025 bill.
2018 · Historical precedent
The House passed this different rescissions package 210–206 on June 7. On June 20, the Senate rejected a motion to discharge it from committee, 48–50. That was a procedural vote, not final passage; the package did not become law.