FY17 Appropriations
Conference
Zika Virus Emergency Funding
The House Rules Committee took up the Senate’s FY17 Transportation-HUD, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Zika response package (HR 2577) swapping out the Senate language and adding three House-passed bills – the $622M Zika supplemental appropriations measure (HR 5243), the FY17 MilCon-VA spending bill (HR 4973), and Zika virus authorization legislation (HR 897). The House then voted 233 to 180 for the rule allowing them to go to conference with the Senate. In addition to the overall funding level (the Senate appropriated $1.1B), one of the bigger issues conferees will have to address is whether or not the emergency funding requires a “pay for” or “offset.” The House justified its lower funding level saying that additional aid would come as part of the regular FY17 appropriations process. The Senate now needs to agree to go to conference.
House
House Floor
Energy and Water
The House took up their $37.4B FY17 Energy and Water appropriations bill this week, but the measure failed by a vote of 112 to 305 (130 Republicans voted no, 6 Democrats voted yes) after an amendment aimed at barring federal contractors from discriminating against LGBT employees passed and was included in the final bill. The amendment would have the effect of codifying a 2014 Executive Order issued by President Obama. Conservatives saw the amendment as an assault on religious freedom and offered their own amendment to allow for religious exemptions. House Speaker Paul D. Ryan (R-WI) did not vote on the measure, but other House GOP leaders did vote for the bill. The President issued a veto threat on the bill over funding levels and policy riders included in the spending bill. House GOP leaders have vowed to keep the appropriations bills moving, but Speaker Ryan conceded that he might have to change the “open” amendment process to keep the bills moving. The FY17 Defense appropriations bill is slated to be the next bill considered on the House floor.
House FY17 Energy and Water Bill Text:
https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr5055/BILLS-114hr5055rh.pdf
House FY17 Energy and Water Report Language:
https://www.congress.gov/114/crpt/hrpt532/CRPT-114hrpt532.pdf
OMB FY17 Energy and Water Veto Threat:
https://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/legislative/sap/114/saphr5055r_20160523.pdf
House Committee
Commerce Justice Science
The full House Appropriations Committee marked up its FY17 Commerce Justice Science (CJS) spending bill this week and reported it out by voice vote. The FY17 CJS bill contains $56B in total discretionary spending, an increase of $279M over FY16 and $1.4B above the President’s budget request. The bill provides $29B for the Department of Justice ($347M above FY16), $19.5B for NASA ($223M above FY16), $9.1B for the Department of Commerce ($194M below FY16), and $15M for the Trade Enforcement Trust Fund and $90M for the International Trade Commission. In addition to a manager’s amendment, the committee adopted three other amendments – one adding language to reaffirm states rights to preserve their autonomy through the use of the legal system (adopted on a vote of 28-19), another to designate 5% of the Crime Victims Fund to be dedicated to Native Americans (adopted on a voice vote), and the final amendment prohibits funding in the bill from being used to implement a new EEOC regulation that requires businesses to report on certain demographic information of the employees (adopted on a voice vote).
FY17 House CJS Bill Text:
http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/bills-114hr-sc-ap-fy2017-cjs-subcommitteedraft.pdf
FY17 House CJS Report Language:
http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hrpt-114-hr-fy2017-cjs.pdf
FY17 House CJS Summary:
http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394535
Transportation HUD
The full House Appropriations Committee marked up its FY17 Transportation HUD (THUD) spending bill this week and reported it out of committee by a voice vote. The FY17 THUD bill contains a total of $58.2B in discretionary spending – an increase of $889M above FY16 and $4.9B billion below the President’s FY17 budget request. The bill includes $19.2B for the Department of Transportation ($540M above FY16, $4B below the President’s budget request), $38.7B for the Department of Housing and Urban Development ($384M above FY16, $953M below the President’s budget request), and $6.9B for Community Planning and Development Programs ($231M above FY16). The only amendment adopted was one making technical corrections.
FY17 House THUD Bill Text:
FY17 House THUD Report Language:
http://appropriations.house.gov/uploadedfiles/hrpt-114-hr-fy2017-thud.pdf
FY17 House THUD Summary:
http://appropriations.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=394537
Financial Services
The House Financial Services Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its FY17 spending bill this week. The FY17 Financial Service bill provides $21.7B in funding, which is $1.5B below the FY16 enacted level and $2.7B below the President’s FY17 budget request. The committee funded the Internal Revenue Service at $10.9B (a cut of $236M from FY16 and $1.3B below the President’s request), the Small Business Administration at $883M, the General Services Administration at $9.2B ($951M below FY16), the Securities and Exchange Commission at $1.5B ($50M below FY16 and $226M below the President’s budget request), the Federal Communications Commission at $315M (a cut of $69M from FY16 and $43M below the President’s budget request), the Executive Office of the President at $692M, and the District of Columbia at $725M ($4.6M below FY16). The bill also includes a provision bringing the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau under the annual congressional appropriations process instead of direct funding from the Federal Reserve and changes the leadership structure of the bureau. And it includes a provision to stop the IRS from further implementing ObamaCare.
FY17 House Financial Services Bill Text:
Interior and Environment
The House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee marked up its FY17 spending bill this week. The FY17 Interior bill provides $32.095B, which is $64M below FY16 and $1B below the President’s FY17 budget request.
FY17 House Interior and Environment Bill Text:
Senate
Senate Committee
Defense
Senate Appropriators marked up their FY17 Defense spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week. The $574.6B measure was reported out of committee by a vote of 30 to 0. The bill adheres to the President’s topline spending levels and is consistent with the Bipartisan Budget Agreement, but uses $15.1B in savings (more than 450 specific budget cuts) to cover some of the military’s unfunded priorities. It funds base programs at $515.9B, and provides $58.6B in Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funds.
Senate FY17 Defense Bill Text:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-defense-approps-bill-text-5-26-16/
Senate FY17 Defense Report Language:
Part 1:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-defense-approps-report-part-1/
Part 2:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-defense-approps-report-part-2/
Part 3:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-defense-approps-report-part-3/
Senate FY17 Defense Majority Summary:
Senate FY17 Defense Minority Summary:
http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/fy17-defense-full-committee-markup-bill-summary
Homeland Security
Senate Appropriators marked up their FY17 Homeland Security spending bill in subcommittee and full committee this week. The $48.07B measure includes $6.7B for the FEMA Disaster Relief Fund and $163M in Overseas Contingency Operations funding for the Coast Guard. The bill was reported out of committee by a vote of 30 to 0.
Senate FY17 Homeland Security Bill Text:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-homeland-security-approps-bill-text-5-26-16/
Senate FY17 Homeland Security Report Language:
https://www.vantagepointstrat.com/senate-fy17-homeland-security-appropriations-report/
Senate FY17 Homeland Security Majority Summary:
Senate FY17 Homeland Security Minority Summary:
http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/fy17-dhs-full-committee-markup-bill-summary
| Subcommittee | House | Senate |
| Agriculture | Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 19 |
Subcommittee: May 17
Full Committee: May 19 |
| Commerce-Justice-Science | Subcommittee: May 18
Full Committee: May 24 |
Subcommittee: April 19
Full Committee: April 21 |
| Defense | Subcommittee: May 11
Full Committee: May 17 |
Subcommittee: May 24
Full Committee: May 26 |
| Energy & Water | Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 19 Floor: Week of June 6? |
Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 14 Floor: May 12 |
| Financial Services | Subcommittee: May 25 | |
| Homeland Security | Subcommittee: May 24
Full Committee: May 26 |
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| Interior | Subcommittee: May 25 | |
| Labor HHS Education | ||
| Legislative Branch | Subcommittee: April 20
Full Committee: May 17 |
Full Committee: May 19 |
| Military Construction – Veterans Affairs | Subcommittee: March 23
Full Committee: April 13 Floor: May 19 |
Subcommittee: April 13
Full Committee: April 14 Floor: May 19 |
| State Foreign Operations | ||
| Transportation HUD | Subcommittee: May 18
Full Committee: May 24 |
Subcommittee: April 19
Full Committee: April 21 Floor: May 19 |
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 | $41.2B | |
| Interior | $32.16B | $32.095B | $32B |
| 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 | $52.1B | |
| Transportation HUD | $57.6B | $58.2B | $56.5B |
*Includes Overseas Contingency Operations (OCO) funding.