House

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee was scheduled to mark up its $177.1B FY19 Labor HHS Education spending bill this week but postponed the markup until next week as the Congressional Women’s Softball game, scheduled for Wednesday evening, meant there would be little time for the committee to consider the bill. The bill will now be marked up in full committee next Tuesday.

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20180615/108431/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-LaborHHS-LaborBill.pdf

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395353 

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee approved its $54B FY19 State Foreign Operations spending bill this week by a vote of 30 to 21. The funding level is held steady from FY18 but is $11.8B more than the administration requested for FY19. The bill funds the State Department, the United States Agency for International development, and other international activities.

During consideration of the bill, the full committee adopted a manager’s amendment as well as an amendment offered by Rep. Wasserman Schultz (D-FL) that prohibits the use of funds to deny Members of Congress access to detention facilities housing foreign national minors in the U.S. Rep. Wasserman Schultz’s amendment was adopted by voice vote. The manager’s amendment included an authorization giving USAID greater flexibility for how economic support funds are spent to rebuild parts of Iraq destroyed by ISIS, addressed delays in issuing U.S. visas, recommended funds be used to combat human trafficking in Libya, and stressed the importance of sustainable development and human rights in Africa.

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180620/108462/BILLS-115HR-SC-AP-FY2019-AP00-State__Bill.pdf

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395349 

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Report Language

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180620/108462/HMKP-115-AP00-20180620-SD005.pdf 

OMB Letter to Chairman Frelinghuysen on FY19 State Foreign Ops Bill

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Frelinghuysen-SFO-Letter.pdf

Senate

The Senate Appropriations marked up three FY2019 spending bills (Financial Services, Homeland Security, and State Foreign Operations) in subcommittee and full committee this week. And the full Senate began consideration of it first FY19 minibus appropriations bill on the Senate floor this week. The Senate will resume consideration of the FY19 Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2019 (H.R. 5895) next week.

White House Statement of Administration Policy on H.R. 5895

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/saphr5895s_20180620.pdf

Senate FY19 Financial Services Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $23.688B FY19 Financial Services spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week, and reported the measure out of full committee by a vote of 31 to 0.

The FY19 recommended funding level is $16M above the FY18 enacted level. The bill provides $728M for the Executive Office of the President ($2.6M above FY18), $7.251B for the federal judiciary ($140M above FY18), $699.3M for the Small Business Administration ($1M over FY18), $1.695B for the Securities and Exchange Commission (equal to FY18), $281.5M for the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ($32.5M over FY18), $309.7M for the Federal Trade Commission ($3M over FY18), $333.1M for the Federal Communications Commission ($11M over FY18), $703.2M in federal payments to the District of Columbia ($18M less than FY18), $11.263B for the IRS ($75M over FY18), $250M for the Treasury Community Development Financial Institutions Fund (equal to FY18), $416M for the Office of National Drug Control Policy ($400K more than FY18), $126M for the Consumer Product Safety Commission (equal to FY18), and $9.633 for the GSA Federal Buildings Fund ($650M over FY18).

In addition to a 1.9% cost-of-living adjustment for federal civilian employees for CY2019, other noteworthy provisions in the bill include:

• A prohibition on funds for an increase in pay for the Vice President and other senior political appointees;
• A prohibition on funding for grants or contracts to tax cheats and companies with felony criminal convictions;
• A requirement that all departments and agencies link contracts that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes, and prohibit the use of funds to pay for award or incentive fees for contractors with below satisfactory performance; and
• A prohibition against the use of funds to paint portraits of federal employees, including the President, Vice President, Cabinet Members and Members of Congress; and
• A requirement that agency inspectors general have timely access to agency documents and records;

Senate FY19 Financial ServicesAppropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20FSGG%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.3107.pdf 

Senate FY19 Financial ServicesAppropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/senate-subcommittee-approves-fy2019-financial-services-and-general-government-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Financial ServicesAppropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary_–senate-subcommittee-approves-fy2019-financial-services-and-general-government-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Financial ServicesAppropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20FSGG%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-281.pdf

Senate FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $55.15B FY19 Homeland Security spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week, and reported the measure out of full committee by a vote of 26 to 5.

The FY19 recommended funding level includes $48.334 in base discretionary funding, which is $611M above the FY18 enacted level and $900M above the President’s FY19 budget request. The bill provides $14.256B for Customs and Border Protection ($239M above FY18), $7.21B for Immigration and Customs Enforcement ($134M above FY18), $4.843B for the Transportation Security Administration ($83M below FY18), $10.19B for the U.S. Coast Guard ($237M below FY18), $2.18B for the U.S. Secret Service ($173M above FY18), $1.95B for the National Protection and Programs Directorate ($38M above FY18), $11.69B for the Federal Emergency Management Agency ($96M above FY18), $813M for the Science and Technology Directorate ($28M less than FY18), $457M for the DNDO (equal to FY18), $1.076B for cybersecurity ($13M less than FY18), and $1.5B for DHS Departmental Management and Operations ($104M below the FY19 budget request).

The bill also requires the department to:

• Submit a report on visa overstays and publish border security metrics;
• Submit quarterly obligation and staffing plans and better details in budget justification;
• Report conference spending to the inspector general and limit the use of funds for certain conferences; and
• Link all contracts that provide award fees to successful acquisition outcomes, and prohibit funds to pay for award or incentive fees for contractors with below satisfactory performance.

Senate FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Homeland%20Security%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.3109.pdf

Senate FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/fy2019-homeland-security-appropriations-bill-clears-senate-subcommittee

Senate FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary-fy2019-homeland-security-appropriations-bill-clears-senate-subcommittee

Senate FY19 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Homeland%20Security%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-283.pdf

Senate FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $54.4B FY19 State Foreign Operations spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week, and reported the measure out of full committee by a vote of 31 to 0.

Senate FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20SFOPS%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.3108.pdf

Senate FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/fy2019-state-and-foreign-operations-appropriations-bill-approved-by-senate-subcommittee

Senate FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary_–fy2019-state-and-foreign-operations-appropriations-bill-approved-by-senate-subcommittee

Senate FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20SFOPS%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-282.pdf

FY2019 Appropriations Bills Status

House

The House Appropriations Committee continued their work on their FY19 spending bills. They marked up their Defense and Financial Services spending bills in full committee and the Labor HHS Education and State Foreign Operations bills in subcommittee this week. The House has passed three of its FY19 spending bills on the House floor, reported another six out of full committee and two out of subcommittee. The last bill that has not been considered yet is the Homeland Security spending bill.

The House has a full committee markup scheduled for next week in which they will consider the Labor HHS Education and State Foreign Operations spending bills as well as revised FY19 subcommittee budget allocations.

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Subcommittee approved its $674.6B FY19 Defense spending bill this week by a vote of 48 to 4. The bill provides $606.5B in base discretionary funding (an increase of $17.1B above FY18) and $68.1B in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding.

Only two partisan amendments were brought up during consideration of the measure. One by Rep. Barbara Lee (D-CA) would have repealed the 2001 Authorization for the Use of Military Force (AUMF) and required Congress to adopt a new authorization within eight months. The Administration has been using the current AUMF to conduct antiterrorism operations around the globe. The committee approved a similar amendment last year with bipartisan support, but it was stripped out by the Rules Committee before the bill went to the House floor. The amendment was defeated on a party-line vote of 22-30. The other controversial amendment offered by Rep. Pete Aguilar (D-CA) would have banned the deportation of Dreamers if they serve in the military or receive an honorable discharge from the military. The amendment was defeated by a vote of 24-27.

The full committee did adopt the following amendments to the bill:

• Stewart(R-UT) – The amendment adds report language to encourage the Department of Defense to continue the development and deployment of existing prototypes related to cyber-situational awareness and electronic warfare capabilities. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Taylor(R-VA) – The amendment adds report language encouraging the Department of Defense to evaluate options to expand military child care programs. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Amodei (R-NV) – The amendment realigns $5 million within the Army research, development, test and evaluation account. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Pocan (D-WI) – The amendment adds report language requiring the Department of Defense to submit a classified report on U.S. assistance to the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180613/108421/BILLS-115-SC-AP–AP00-Defense_Bill.pdf

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Report Language

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180613/108421/HRPT-115-HR_Defense.PDF

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395335

OMB Letter to the House Appropriators re: Defense Bill

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Frelinghuysen-DOD.pdf 

House FY19 Financial Services Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee approved its $23.4B FY19 Financial Services spending bill by a mostly party-line vote of 28 to 20. The bill’s FY19 funding level is equal to the FY18 enacted level. The bill funds the Treasury Department, the Judiciary, the Small Business Administration, the Securities and Exchange Commission, and other related agencies.

The full committee adopted the following amendments to the bill:

• Graves (R-GA)– The manager’s amendment makes technical and noncontroversial changes to the bill and report, and adds certain authorization language. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Simpson (R-ID) –The amendment prohibits the Office of Management and Budget from altering the Army Corps of Engineers’ annual work plan. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Palazzo(R-MS) – The amendments increases the Community Development Financial Institutions fund by $25 million, offset by a cut of $10 million to information technology oversight, and reform and $15 million to DC Courts capital projects. The amendment was adopted by a voice vote.
• Joyce (R-OH)– The amendment requires the U.S. Postal Service to maintain the July 1, 2012, service standards for first-class mail. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.

House FY19 Financial Services Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180613/108421/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-AP00-FSG_Bill.pdf

House FY19 Financial Services Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395297

House FY19 Financial Services Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180613/108421/HRPT-115-HR_FSGG.pdf

OMB Letter to the House Appropriators re: Financial Services Bill

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Frelinghuyse-FSGG.pdf

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill

The House Labor HHS Education Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its $177.1B FY19 spending bill this week. The bill is funded at essentially the same funding level as the FY18 enacted level.

The bill provides $12.1B for the Department of Labor ($88.8M below FY18), $89.2B for the Department of Health and Human Services ($1B above FY18), $71B for the Department of Education ($43M above FY18), $1.06B for the Corporation for National and Community Service (same as FY18), $445M for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (same as FY18), $12.4B to administer Social Security Administration activities ($332M below FY18) and $261.3M for the National Labor Relations Board ($12.9M below FY18).

The bill also includes provisions prohibiting the use of any new discretionary funding to implement ObamaCare. And it terminates the following programs: CDC Climate Change program, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Grants, Regional Partnership Grants, Kinship Navigator Grants, Project AWARE State Grants, Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinics, the Health Career Opportunity Program, and Screening, Brief Intervention, Referral, and Treatment.

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP07/20180615/108431/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-LaborHHS-LaborBill.pdf

House FY19 Labor HHS Education Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395353

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill

The House State Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee approved its $54B FY19 spending bill this week by a voice vote. The funding level is held steady from FY18 but is $11.8B more than the administration requested for FY19. The bill funds the State Department, the United States Agency for International development, and other international activities.

The bill includes $16.2B in base and Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding for the State Department and related agencies. This is $163M above the FY18 enacted level. The bill funds USAID at $1.6B, an increase of $3.6M over FY18. And it contains $25.5B in base and OCO funding for bilateral economic assistance in foreign countries (an increase of $289M above FY18). Finally, the bill provides $1.5B for assistance to foreign countries through international organizations and banks, but does not include funding for the Green Climate Fund, International Debt Relief, the UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and the UN Population Fund.

The bill also includes several policy provisions on Syria, Egypt, Afghanistan, the Palestinian Authority, Russia, Guantanamo Bay, private email servers, the UN Arms Trade Treaty, UN Reform, abortion, and OPIC coal regulations.

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP04/20180613/108419/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-StateForOp-StateBill.pdf

House FY19 State Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395349

Senate

The Senate will begin taking up FY19 spending bills in minibus measures next week after they complete work on the FY19 National Defense Authorization Act. The first bill up will be the Energy & Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs minibus spending bill. After debate on this spending bill is done, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) will turn to the farm bill.

Senate FY19 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $62.995B FY19 Commerce Justice Science spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week, and reported the measure out of full committee by a vote of 30 to 1. The one “no” vote came from Sen. James Lankford (R-OK) who opposes an accounting maneuver freeing up additional discretionary spending above the subcommittee’s official allocation, as well as language in the bill preventing Attorney General Jeff Sessions from interfering with states that choose to legalize medical marijuana use.

The FY19 recommended funding level is $3.4B above the FY18 enacted level. The bill provides $11.57B for the Department of Commerce ($435M above FY18),  $30.7B for the Department of Justice ($402.5M above FY18), $21.3M for NASA ($587M above FY18), $8.1B for the National Science Foundation ($301M above FY18), $410M for the Legal Services Corporation (equal to FY18), $95M for the International Trade Commission ($1M above FY18), and $73M for the Office of the United States Trade Representative.

Senate FY19 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20CJS%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.30721.PDF

Senate FY19 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/subcommittee-approves-fy2019-commerce-justice-science-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary-senate-subcommittee-approves-fy2019-commerce-justice-science-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Commerce Justice Science Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20CJS%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-2751.pdf 

Senate FY19 Interior Environment Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $35.853B FY19 Interior Environment spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week and reported the bill out of full committee by a vote of 31 to 0. This spending bill historically has been one of the most contentious of the 12 annual spending bills, so this unanimous bipartisan vote is notable. The manager’s amendment included report language from Sen. Tom Udall (D-NM) demanding that EPA officials comply with ethics standards.

The bill provides $13.109B for the Department of Interior, $1.34B for the Bureau of Land Management ($11M above FY18), $3.21B for the National Park Service ($13.4M above FY18), $1.57B for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service ($19.7M below FY18), $1.148B for the U.S. Geological Survey (equal to FY18), $252.8M for the Office of Surface Mining ($2.6M below FY18), $5.77B for the Indian Health Service ($234M above FY18), $3.07B for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education ($11.4B above FY18), $8.058B for the Environmental Protection Agency (equal to FY18), $6.29B for the U.S. Forest Service, $4.345B for Wildland Firefighting, $1.043M for the Smithsonian Institution, $155M for the National Endowment for the Arts and Humanities, and $3.005M for the Council on Environmental Quality.

Senate FY19 Interior Environment Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Interior%20Environment%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.30731.pdf

Senate FY19 Interior Environment Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/fy2019-interior-environment-appropriations-bill-approved-by-senate-subcommittee 

Senate FY19 Interior Environment Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary_–senate-appropriations-subcommittee-approves-fy-19-interior-environment-and-related-agencies-appropriations-bill- 

Senate FY19 Interior Environment Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Interior%20Environment%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-2761.pdf

Senate FY19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved their $4.79B FY19 Legislative Branch spending bill in full committee by a vote of 31-0. The bill provides $90M more than FY18 enacted levels. The bill will be considered on the Senate floor next week with the Energy & Water and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bills in a minibus appropriations measure.

The bill provides $589.7M for the Government Accountability Office (GAO) ($10.8M above FY18), $453M for the U.S. Capitol Police ($26.5M above FY18), $92.5M for the Copyright Office ($20.5M above FY18), $50.3M for the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) ($350K above FY18), $509.8M for the Architect of the Capitol ($5M above FY18), and $123.8M for the Congressional Research Service (CRS) ($4.5M above FY18).

Senate FY19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Legislative%20Branch%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.30711.pdf

Senate FY19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/fy2019-legislative-branch-appropriations-bill-advanced-by-committee

Senate FY19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary_–legislative-branch-fiscal-year-2019-appropriations-bill-

Senate FY19 Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20Legislative%20Branch%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-2741.pdf

FY2019 Appropriations Bills Status

House

The House of Representatives considered the FY19 Energy & Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs appropriations minibus on the House floor this week. The bill was passed by a vote of 235 to 179. The White House sent a Statement of Administration Policy (SAP) to Congress before the considered the minibus spending package.While the White House had some concerns over funding levels for specific programs in the three bills as well as the overall higher non-defense spending caps for FY19, the SAP did not include a veto threat.

White House Statement of Administration Policy on FY19 Energy & Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Spending Bills

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/saphr5895hr_20180605.pdf

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill

The House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee approved its $674.6B FY19 spending bill this week. The bill provides $606.5B in base discretionary funding (an increase of $17.1B above FY18) and $68.1B in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding. House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Kay Granger (R-TX) expects the full committee to markup the bill next week.

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP02/20180607/108403/BILLS-115-SC-AP-FY2019-Defense-DefenseBill.pdf

House FY19 Defense Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395335

House FY19 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill

The House Appropriations Committee approved its $35.252 FY19 Interior and Environment spending bill by a vote of 25 to 20. The bill’s FY19 funding level is equal to its FY18 enacted level.

Republicans defeated most Democratic attempts to attach amendments related to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt’s long list of ethical, spending and personnel entanglements. One such amendment, limiting the amount the EPA can spend on individual fountain pens to $50, earned bipartisan support after reports that Administrator Pruitt ordered a $1,560 set of 12 fountain pens.

The full committee adopted the following amendments to the bill:

• Calvert– The Manager’s amendment makes technical and non-controversial changes to the bill and report. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Newhouse– The amendment prohibits funding to reintroduce grizzly bears into certain areas in the State of Washington. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Aderholt/Rep. Visclosky –The amendment ensures that existing “Buy America” standards at the EPA are maintained. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Cole– The amendment adds report language regarding EPA’s 2010 guidance issued under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act to provide clarity to states and tribes on certain certifications. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Stewart– The amendment adds bill language allowing the Department of Interior to use sterilization in the management of wild horses and burros. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Amodei– The amendment prohibits funding for the Interior Department to issue a final rule on the “Bi-State” district population of the greater Sage Grouse. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Herrera Beutler– The amendment prohibits funding for U.S. Fish and Wildlife to require certain additional land to be set-aside for conservation of the marbled murrelet. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Valadao– The amendment adds language exempting certain California water projects from additional judicial review, which causes unnecessary delays. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Harris– The amendment adds report language related to the E-15 education outreach program at the EPA. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Kaptur– The amendment adds report language encouraging the EPA to review the backlog of applications related to biogas fuel pathways under the Renewable Fuels Program. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Amodei– The amendment prohibits funding for the EPA to require the transfer of groundwater rights as a condition for approving certain permits. The amendment was adopted on a vote of 26-21.
• Cole– The amendment adds bill language ensuring that trust and treaty obligations are met related to Alaska Native oil and gas revenue sharing. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.
• Kaptur– The amendment prohibits funding for the EPA to purchase fountain pens costing more than $50 each. The amendment was adopted on a voice vote.

House FY19 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Text

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180606/108402/BILLS-115-FC-AP-FY2019-AP00-InteriorEnvironmentBill.pdf

House FY19 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Summary

https://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=395297

 House FY19 Interior and Environment Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://docs.house.gov/meetings/AP/AP00/20180606/108402/HRPT-115-HR.pdf

 Senate

The Senate Appropriations Committee marked up the FY19 Energy & Water and Agriculture spending bills and reported them out of the full committee on May 24. Mick Mulvaney, the Director of the Office of Management and Budget Administration, sent letters to Chairman Shelby (R-AL) this week that addressed the administration’s concerns with the Senate bills. The letters don’t threaten a veto, but instead end with a comment that the administration wants to work with the Senate to address their concerns.

OMB Letter to Senate Appropriators re: FY19 Agriculture Bill

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Shelby_Agriculture.pdf

OMB Letter to Senate Appropriators re: FY19 Energy & Water Bill

https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Shelby_Energy_Water.pdf

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $97.1B FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week, and reported the measure out of full committee by a vote of 31 to 0. The FY19 recommended funding level is $5.1B above the FY18 enacted level.

The bill provides $10.3B to fund 169 military construction projects ($228M above the FY18 level) and $86.4B in discretionary funding for the Department of Veterans Affairs ($5B above FY18). The bill also provided $75.7B in FY2020 advance discretionary funding for veterans health care, and $121.3B in FY2020 advance mandatory funding for veterans benefits. And the legislation includes funding for the American Battle Monuments Commission ($81M), U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims ($35M), Arlington National Cemetery ($137.4M), and the Armed Forces Retirement Home ($64.3M).

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20MilCon-VA%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.3024.pdf

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/fy2019-milcon-va-appropriations-bill-approved-by-senate-subcommittee

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary_–fy2019-milcon-va-appropriations-bill-approved-by-senate-appropriations-subcommittee

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20MilCon-VA%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-269.pdf

Senate FY19 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill Manager’s Package

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/060718-FY2019%20MilCon-VA%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Manager’s%20Package.pdf

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill

The Senate Appropriations Committee approved its $71.417B FY19 Transportation HUD spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week and reported the bill out of full committee by a vote of 31 to 0. The FY19 recommended funding level is $1.117B above the FY18 enacted level and $23.421B more than the President’s FY19 budget request. The bill provides $26.6B in discretionary appropriations for the Department of Transportation ($698M above FY18) and $44.5B for the Department of Housing and Urban Development ($1.8B above FY18).

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill Text

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20THUD%20Appropriations%20Act,%20S.3023.pdf

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill Summary – Republicans

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/subcommittee-approves-fy2019-transportation-hud-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill Summary – Democrats

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/summary-senate-appropriations-subcommittee-approves-fy2019-transportation-hud-appropriations-bill

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill Report Language

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/FY2019%20THUD%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Report%20115-268.pdf

Senate FY19 Transportation HUD Appropriations Bill Manager’s Package

https://www.appropriations.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/060718-FY2019%20THUD%20Appropriations%20Act,%20Manager’s%20Package.pdf

FY2019 Appropriations Bills Status

The House Rules Committee will meet on Tuesday and Wednesday next week to consider the FY19 minibus spending bill combining the Energy & Water, Legislative Branch, and Military Construction-Veterans Affairs spending bills. The bill will then be considered on the House floor later in the week.

The Senate Appropriations Committee will mark up its FY2019 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs and Transportation HUD spending bills in subcommittee on Tuesday and full committee on Thursday.

FY2019 Appropriations Bills Status