FY17 Appropriations Update – July 1, 2016

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:

http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/majority/fy2017-state-and-foreign-operations-appropriations-bill-gains-subcommittee-approval

Minority Bill Summary:

http://www.appropriations.senate.gov/news/minority/fy17-state-and-foreign-operations-subcommittee-markup-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

Commerce-Justice-Science Subcommittee: May 18

Full Committee: May 24

Subcommittee: April 19

Full Committee: April 21

Floor: Week of June 27

Defense Subcommittee: May 11

Full Committee: May 17

Floor: June 16

Subcommittee: May 24

Full Committee: May 26

Energy & Water Subcommittee: April 13

Full Committee: April 19

Floor: Pulled after voted down

Subcommittee: April 13

Full Committee: April 14

Floor: May 12

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

Homeland Security Subcommittee: June 9

Full Committee: June 22

Subcommittee: May 24

Full Committee: May 26

Interior Subcommittee: May 25

Full Committee: June 15

Subcommittee: June 14

Full Committee: June 16

Labor HHS Education   Subcommittee: June 7

Full Committee: June 9

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

State Foreign Operations Subcommittee: July 6 Subcommittee: June 28

Full Committee: June 29

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 $41.1B $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.

 

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