Senate
The Senate Appropriations Committee completed work on all of its 12 annual spending bills this week when it marked up its $52.08B FY17 State Foreign Operations appropriations bill in subcommittee and full committee. The bill was approved on a 30 to 0 vote. It is $591M below the FY16 enacted level and $687.4M below the President’s FY17 budget request. Of the $52.08B amount, $37.19B is for enduring costs and $14.89 billion is for Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO). This is the earliest the committee has finished its work since 1988.
Senate FY17 State Foreign Operations Bill Text:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-state-foreign-ops-bill-text-6-29-16/
Senate FY17 State Foreign Operations Report Language:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-state-foreign-ops-report-language-6-29-16/
Majority Bill Summary:
Minority Bill Summary:
FY17 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs and Zika Virus Funding Conference Agreement
The Senate failed to invoke cloture on the FY17 Military Construction-Veterans Affairs and Zika virus funding conference agreement. The vote was 52 to 48 with two Republicans voting against clotures (Mike Lee of Utah and James Lankford of Oklahoma) and one Democrat (Joe Donnelly of Indiana) voting for it. After the vote failed, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) vowed to bring the measure back to the floor after the July 4th recess, but Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn (R-TX) said that he did not expect Republicans to reopen negotiations with Democrats on Zika funding.
Middle East Emergency Funding Package
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) indicated this week that he has held preliminary discussions with Senate Appropriations Ranking Member Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) regarding $4B emergency funding package aimed at helping Middle East allies (e.g. Lebanon and Jordan) cope with the Syrian refugee crisis.
| Subcommittee | House | Senate | |
| Agriculture | Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 19 |
Subcommittee: May 17
Full Committee: May 19 |
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| Commerce-Justice-Science | Subcommittee: May 18
Full Committee: May 24 |
Subcommittee: April 19
Full Committee: April 21 Floor: Week of June 27 |
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| Defense | Subcommittee: May 11
Full Committee: May 17 Floor: June 16 |
Subcommittee: May 24
Full Committee: May 26 |
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| Energy & Water | Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 19 Floor: Pulled after voted down |
Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 14 Floor: May 12 |
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| Financial Services | Subcommittee: May 25
Full Committee: June 9 Floor: Pulled after Democrat sit-in for gun control |
Subcommittee: June 15
Full Committee: June 16 |
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| Homeland Security | Subcommittee: June 9
Full Committee: June 22 |
Subcommittee: May 24
Full Committee: May 26 |
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| Interior | Subcommittee: May 25
Full Committee: June 15 |
Subcommittee: June 14
Full Committee: June 16 |
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| Labor HHS Education | Subcommittee: June 7
Full Committee: June 9 |
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| Legislative Branch | Subcommittee: April 20
Full Committee: May 17 Floor: June 10 |
Full Committee: May 19 | |
| Military Construction – Veterans Affairs | Subcommittee: March 22
Full Committee: April 13 Floor: May 19 Conference: June 23 |
Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 14 Floor: May 19 Conference: Week of June 27 |
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| State Foreign Operations | Subcommittee: July 6 | Subcommittee: June 28
Full Committee: June 29 |
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| Transportation HUD | Subcommittee: May 18
Full Committee: May 24 |
Subcommittee: April 19
Full Committee: April 21 Floor: May 19 |
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FY16 vs. FY17 302(b) Allocations
| FY16 302(b) | FY17 House 302(b) | FY17 Senate 302(b) | |
| Agriculture | $21.75B | $21.3B | $21.2B |
| Commerce Justice Science | $55.7B | $56B | $56.3B |
| Defense* | $572.7B | $575.7B | $572.7B |
| Energy & Water | $37.2B | $37.4B | $37.5B |
| Financial Services | $23.2B | $21.7B | $22.4B |
| Homeland Security* | $41.12B | $41.1B | $41.2B |
| Interior | $32.16B | $32.095B | $32.03B |
| Labor HHS Education | $162.1B | $161.9B | |
| Legislative Branch | $4.37B | $3.48B
(excludes Senate only items) |
$4.4B |
| Military Construction/VA* | $79.9B | $81.6B | $83B |
| State Foreign Ops* | $52.68B | $52.0B | $52.1B |
| Transportation HUD | $57.6B | $58.2B | $56.5B |
*Includes Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding.