What Congress is funding, and how far it got
A budget request is what the Department asked for. A bill is what Congress is prepared to give it, and the stage a bill reached is the difference between a headline and a fact. A Congress introduces about twenty thousand bills and resolutions; the ones kept here are the ones that touch federal buying.
219,647 bills tracked
Appropriations, defense authorization, procurement and small business bills. A Congress introduces about twenty thousand bills and resolutions, and most of them name post offices. Every one is read, and the ones that touch federal buying are marked and followed.
The five that moved most recently
| Action | Bill | How far | What it is |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | Faith and Rural Small Business ActHR 10644 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business. | Introduced | small business |
| Sep 30, 2026 | A bill to express the sense of Congress that the Secretary of the Navy should name an appropriate United StateS 5655 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services. | Introduced | appropriations |
| Sep 30, 2026 | Skills-Based Federal Contracting Act of 2025HR 5235 · Passed Senate without amendment by Unanimous Consent. (considera | Passed one chamber | procurement |
| Sep 22, 2026 | A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal yeaSCONRES 40 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Cale | Reported out of committee | appropriations |
| Sep 22, 2026 | Small Business Audit Correction Act of 2026S 5454 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, an | Introduced | small business |
Members see every tracked bill filtered to their codes, with the stage it reached, the fiscal year it funds and the rules that came out of it.
The kinds that matter to a supplier
Appropriations
The twelve bills that actually hand out the money. Until one passes, an agency is spending at last year's rate or not at all, and new programme starts are usually barred.
Defense authorization
The annual NDAA sets defense policy and authorizes programmes. It is also where most procurement rule changes are written before they ever reach the DFARS.
Continuing resolution
A stopgap that keeps the lights on at the previous year's level. It is the single best explanation for a quarter in which nothing you expected to be solicited was solicited.
Small business
Size standards, set-aside rules, the goaling percentages and the programmes behind them. These change what you are eligible to bid on.
Procurement
Bills that change how the government buys: thresholds, domestic sourcing, supply chain restrictions, commercial item rules.
Enacted law
A bill that made it all the way. The rules implementing it follow within a year, which is where the Federal Register picks the story back up.
How far a bill got, in six steps
Introduced, reported out of committee, passed one chamber, passed both chambers, sent to the President, became law. Almost everything dies at the first or second step, so a bill being introduced is not news. A bill reported out of committee is worth reading. A bill that passed both chambers is going to change something.
Each bill here carries the latest action and its date, the fiscal year it funds where it states one, and the codes it touches. Members filter the whole list to their own codes and see the rules that came out of each enacted law.
Read next
- Defense budget requestWhat the Department asked for, line by line.
- Federal rulesWhat the money ends up requiring.
- Data and sourcesEvery source, what it gives and how often.
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Every code, every buying office, every vendor and every recompete, organized from the federal record and read nightly. Open it with a plan.