Trump Signs the One Big Beautiful Bill into Law After Senate Passes It 51 to 50 and House 218 to 214
On July 4, 2025, President Donald Trump signed H.R.1 into law at a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House. The budget reconciliation measure, popularly known as the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, became Public Law 119-21.
The bill had completed its passage through Congress in four days. On July 1, the Senate passed it 51 to 50, with Vice President JD Vance casting the tie-breaking vote. On July 3, the House of Representatives agreed to the Senate version 218 to 214, sending the bill to the president, who signed it on Independence Day, July 4. The House had earlier passed its first version of the bill on May 22 by a single vote, 215 to 214.
The act was passed through the budget reconciliation process under the instructions in Title II of H.Con.Res.14, the fiscal year 2025 budget resolution. Running to hundreds of pages with hundreds of provisions, it centers on tax and federal spending policy: it makes permanent many of the tax provisions of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 that were set to expire at the end of 2025, adds new deductions covering items such as tips and overtime pay, and carries provisions on Medicaid, food assistance, energy and border policy, with staggered effective dates.
Following the signing, the law's provisions are to be carried out by the Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and other federal agencies on their respective schedules.
Related: House Passes the One Big Beautiful Bill Act by One Vote, 215 to 214, Sending It to the Senate
(Source: U.S. Congress)
Source: U.S. Congress
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Photo: 图：2025年7月4日，特朗普总统在白宫南草坪签署《One Big Beautiful Bill Act》后展示已签署的法案文本。白宫官方照片，公共领域，经 Wikimedia Commons。 / Photo: President Donald Trump holds up the signed One Big Beautiful Bill Act on the South Lawn of the White House on July 4, 2025, after signing it into law. Official White House photo, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
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