APPROPRIATIONS NEWS AND STATUS CHART

FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2024 APPROPRIATIONS UPDATES:

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FY 2025 Appropriation Hearings:  

Senate Appropriations Committee: FY 2025 hearing schedule
House Appropriations Committee FY 2025 hearing schedule:  Week of 4/15/24

Recent Appropriation Actions (see Chron for news archives):

Wednesday, April 17 – UPDATED-SEE 4th BILL BELOW:  House Appropriations Chairman Cole (R-OK) today released Israel, Ukraine, and Indo-Pacific/Taiwan supplemental aid bills.  Ranking Democrat DeLauro announced her support for the package of three security funding bills introduced in the House that mirror the Senate-passed bipartisan National Security Act, 2024: “The three bills introduced today provide support for Ukraine’s battle against Russian tyranny and Israel’s war against Hamas terrorists, as well as security for Taiwan and deterrence against Chinese aggression, and to address humanitarian crises in Gaza, Ukraine, and in other populations caught in conflict zones.”  Cole stmt  DeLauro stmt

Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray endorsed the legislation, saying “I am glad to see the House finally moving forward to pass this critical legislation, which mirrors the package I negotiated and helped pass here in the Senate.”

President Biden has said he will sign the package:  “I strongly support this package to get critical support to Israel and Ukraine, provide desperately needed humanitarian aid to Palestinians in Gaza, and bolster security and stability in the Indo-Pacific. Israel is facing unprecedented attacks from Iran, and Ukraine is facing continued bombardment from Russia that has intensified dramatically in the last month. The House must pass the package this week and the Senate should quickly follow. I will sign this into law immediately to send a message to the world: We stand with our friends, and we won’t let Iran or Russia succeed.”

Also today, Gen. CQ Brown Jr., Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told the House Defense Appropriations Subcommittee that “Ukraine right now is facing some dire battlefield conditions” due to lack of munitions, vehicles, and platforms (emphasis added).

According to Politico, “(Speaker) Johnson has decided to also move to tee up debate on a separate border security measure, which includes what GOP leaders are calling ‘core components’ of H.R. 2, the House-passed border security and immigration bill favored by conservatives. A vote to debate that package will not be linked to the foreign aid measures, however, and amendments will be allowed….In a text to House lawmakers midday Wednesday, the speaker said the House will have time ‘for a robust amendment process,’ predicting final passage Saturday evening.” (emphasis added)

Bill #1: The Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, $26.38 billion (text; R-sum; D-sum)

• $4 billion to replenish Iron Dome and David’s Sling missile defense • $1.2 billion for the Iron Beam defense system • $3.5 billion for advanced weapons systems, defense articles and services • $1 billion to enhance production and development of artillery and critical munitions. • $4.4 billion to replenish defense articles and defense services • $2.4 billion for current U.S. military operations in the region in response to recent attacks • $9.15 billion to address the dire need for humanitarian assistance for Gaza as well as other vulnerable populations around the world.

Bill #2: The Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, $60.84 billion (text; R-sum; D-sum)

• $13.78 billion for Ukraine security assistance • $13.41 billion to replenish U.S. stocks • $20.5 billion for U.S. Armed Forces mission support • $9.5 billion in forgivable loans for economic support • $481 million for humanitarian services • $149 million to prepare for and respond to potential nuclear and radiological incidents • $26 million to continue oversight and accountability.
• Roll Call reports that a key difference from the Senate-passed aid bill is the $9.5 billion in economic aid to Ukraine structured as a forgivable loan.
• In a related story, Politico reports that the Administration is “making a new push this week to rally reluctant allies behind the idea that billions in immobilized Russian assets should be tapped to support Ukraine.”

Bill #3: The Indo-Pacific Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, $8.12 billion (text; R-sum; D-sum)

• $3.3 billion to develop submarine infrastructure, including investments in dry dock construction • $2 billion in Foreign Military Financing Program for Taiwan and other key allies and security partners in the Indo-Pacific • $1.9 billion to replenish defense articles and defense services provided to Taiwan and regional partners • $542 million to strengthen U.S. military capabilities in the region • $133 million to enhance the production and development of artillery and critical munitions.

Bill #4: Fourth Bill:  TikTok; Ukraine Support Fund w/ Russian assets; Hamas, Syria, Iran sanctions; Fentanyl Trafficking (text; R-sum)

• RollCall: “Would allow TikTok owner ByteDance 270 days from the date of enactment to divest the app. The measure would also give the president the flexibility to offer a one-time extension of 90 days, bringing the total time available for ByteDance to nearly a year….(D)irect the president to set up a Ukraine Support Fund and work with partner countries to establish a mechanism that would allow use of frozen Russian sovereign assets to help reconstruct Ukraine from the damage caused by Russia’s invasion.” According to the House Foreign Affairs Committee bill summary, the measure also includes provisions pertaining to: sanctions against Hamas and other terrorist groups; sanctions on individuals assisting Bashar al-Assad; sanctions on Iran; sanctions on anyone involved in supplying components for Iranian missiles; strengthening sanctions on the use of civilians as human shields; and fentanyl trafficking.

Tuesday, April 16: House GOP Leadership released a statement suporting Speaker Johnson’s plan for separate votes on Israel, Ukraine, Taiwan aid, and a 4th catch-all bill this week: House Appropriations Committee Chairman Cole (R-OK), House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee Chairman Calvert (R-CA), House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rogers (R-AL), House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman McCaul (R-TX), and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-OH) released this statement: “There is nothing our adversaries would love more than if Congress were to fail to pass critical national security aid. Speaker Johnson has produced a plan that will boost U.S. national security interests in Europe, the Middle East, and the Indo-Pacific. We don’t have time to spare when it comes to our national security. We need to pass this aid package this week” (emphasis added).

Meanwhile, Speaker Johnson’s plan to move forward with a vote on Ukraine aid has driven Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) to join Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to oust Johnson, complicating the outlook for House action on the supplemental and for Johnson’s speakership.  See Politico Playbook PM.  Johnson says he won’t resign, reports CNN, saying “it is, in my view, an absurd notion that someone would bring a vacate motion when we are simply here trying to do our jobs.”

“The text of the plan has not been released, so House Democrats are still weighing whether to bail out Johnson – or stand up against (Johnson’s 4-bill plan) and pressure Republicans to instead take up the $95 billion Senate package that Johnson has sidelined for two months,” CNN reports.

Monday, April 15:  Updated–Speaker Johnson has reportedly rejected allowing a vote on the Senate-passed Ukraine-Israel-Taiwan-Gaza Aid package, and instead plans to call for votes on 4 separate bills–which would require new consideration by the Senate, greatly slowing down the enactment of aid. In addition, it is unclear according to Politico whether Johnson can get House Republicans to support a rule to enable consideration of the four bills.  Also unclear is whether Johnson will attempt to craft a rule that combines the bills, if passed, prior to transmittal to the Senate for that chamber’s consideration, although that appears to be the plan. (More background from Roll Call.) The 4 bills are:

1. Israel aid; [earlier today, the White House expressed opposition to an Israel-only bill and some Senate Democrats have expressed opposition to an Israel-only bill w/o conditions attached]
2. Ukraine aid; [watch today’s PBS interview with Ukraine’s President Zelensky]
3. Indo-Pacific / Taiwan aid; and
4. a 4th bill including a ban on TikTok, sale of seized assets from Russian oligarchs, a lend-lease act for military aid, and convertible loans for humanitarian relief (it is unclear whether this 4th bill will include $10 billion in humanitarian aid for Gaza and other troubled hotspots as in the Senate-passed bill].

Also, today, Roll Call reported that House Appropriations Chair Cole is considering changes to earmark guidelines to limit earmarks that are “political” in nature.

Sunday, April 14:  This Week’s Big Question in Appropriations: Will Iran’s attack on Israel, lead Speaker Johnson to allow a vote on the Senate-passed Israel-Ukraine supplemental?  It appears not.  He told Fox News on Sunday, he is putting together a new bill:

• Speaker Mike Johnson on Fox News: “House Republicans and the Republican Party understand the necessity of standing with Israel….We’re going to try again this week, and the details of that package are being put together. Right now, we’re looking at the options and all these supplemental issues.”  Reported by the NYTimes
• House Foreign Affairs Chair McCaul said Sunday on Face the Nation, the Israel and Ukraine conflicts are tied together, and he hoped they would be addressed together. “What happened in Israel last night happens in Ukraine every night.”  Reported by the NYTimes
• House Appropriations Chair Cole’s statement:  “Israel has the right to defend itself, and I strongly condemn Tehran’s attack on one of our greatest allies. This is a dangerous escalation that further derails the safety and security of the region and the world. Congress must continue to ensure Israel is equipped with the resources and capabilities needed to defend itself in full force against this terror. This is a defining moment – our actions must show the United States remains steadfast in our commitment to Israel’s security. We must work together and lead with strength. Our prayers are with Israel.”
• House Appropriations Ranking Member DeLauro’s statement:  “Iran’s attack on Israel highlights the need to provide urgent assistance to all of our allies, including Israel, Ukraine, Indo-Pacific partners, and humanitarian aid. When the House convenes on Monday, our first order of business should be to agree to the Senate-passed supplemental, which is the fastest and best path to providing emergency aid.”

Thursday, April 11:  House Appropriations Chairman Cole released guidance for FY 2025 programmatic and language requests and released changes to the lineup of subcommittee chairs:

• Rep. Mark Amodei (R-NV) will chair the Homeland Security Subcommittee.
• Rep. Steve Womack (R-AR) will chair the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
• Rep. Dave Joyce (R-OH) will chair the Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee.
• Rep. David Valadao (R-CA) will chair the Legislative Branch Subcommittee.

Also today, CBS News reports that Maryland’s congressional delegation unveiled legislation requiring the federal government to pay 100% (instead of 90%) of the costs of rebuilding the Key Bridge in Baltimore.  In a related story, the Washington Post reports that Maryland might leap frog over other states seeking federal funds for highway disasters from the Federal Highway Administration’s emergency relief fund, which currently has only $890 million on hand with a backlog of $2.1 billion in requests (before the costs of Key Bridge reconstruction are calculated).  Also today, the schedule was released today for Senate appropriation hearings next week: FY 2025 hearing schedule.

Wednesday, April 10:  House Republican Conference officially named Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) Chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.  Musical chairs: With the retirement of Kay Granger as the committee chair and a subcommittee chair, Cole’s first task will be to sort out the lineup of sought-after subcommittee chairmanships (aka “the Cardinals”). See Roll Call for early reports on possible chairmanships. DeLauro Stmt  

Also today, Chairman Cole announced senior appropriations staff:  Susan Ross – Chief Clerk and Staff Director; Adam Sullivan – Deputy Staff Director; Josh Grogis – Senior Advisor and Director of Member Services; Matt Diller – Parliamentarian and Policy Director; Sara Peters – Counsel and Budget Director; Alexia Sikora – Chief of Communications; Alex Attebery – Director of Communications; Joe Russo – Director of Coalitions; and Brenan Tjelmeland – Director of Operations.

Tuesday, April 9:  Today, the House GOP Steering Committee recommended that Rep. Tom Cole serve as the new Chair of the House Appropriations Committee. The recommendation will now go before the Republican Conference to be ratified.

Declaring that “FY 2024 was hard; ’25 will be harder,” Senate Appropriations Chair Patty Murray delivered remarks about the FY 2025 appropriations process, the desparate need for House passage of Ukraine aid in the Senate’s bipartisan national security supplemental, and the need for funding to reopen the Port of Baltimore and rebuild the Francis Scott Key Bridge. Murray also underscored the difficulty of the Fiscal Responsibility Act caps on discretionary spending for FY 2025 which permit only a 1% increase in budget authority for defense discetionary ($886b increasing to $895b) and for non-defense discretionary ($704b increasing to $711b); see the table at the bottom of this page for complete details.  Murray pledged to ensure that any FY 2025 agreement takes care of both non-defense and defense needs.  The Committee’s Ranking Republican, Susan Collins, today also underscored the need for House passage of the national security supplemental and questioned Administration officials about their FY 2025 defense requests.  Meanwhile Rep. Majorie Taylor Greene’s grandstanding against Speaker Mike Johnson and her threats to trigger a motion to oust him, are complicating the path to passage of Ukraine Aid; see reporting by the NYTimes and WashingtonPost.

Friday, April 5:  Senate Majority Leader Schumer released a letter to his colleagues on the legislative agenda for 2024 including the national security supplemental, nominations, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act  (FISA) reauthorization, reopening the Port of Baltimore and rebuilding the Key Bridge, FAA authorization, and advance “bipartisan bills that enhance our national security, advance online safety for kids and promote innovation, expand the Child Tax Credit, work on a path forward on TikTok legislation, combat the fentanyl crisis, hold failed bank executives accountable, address rail safety, ensure internet affordability, safeguard cannabis banking, outcompete the Chinese government, (and) lower the cost of prescription drugs like insulin while expanding access to health care….”

CBO released its final sequestration report for FY 2024 finding that “a sequestration will not be required for 2024. However, the authority to make that determination—and, if so, how to cut budgetary resources— rests with the Administration’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Those determinations are based on OMB’s own estimates of federal spending.” (emphasis added)

Thursday, April 4:  Senator Collins releases congressionally directed spending (earmark) request form for FY 2025.

Tuesday, April 2:  Senate GOP Leader McConnell says the federal government will pay the “lion’s share” of the cost of repairing Baltimore’s Key Bridge, The Hill reports.  “In situations like that, whether it’s a hurricane in Florida or an accident like this, the federal government will step up and do the lion’s share of it,” McConnell told Louisville radio host Terry Meiners in an interview.

Thursday, March 28:  Punchbowl News did an analysis (who voted no and took the dough) of Members of Congress who voted against the $1.2 trillion spending bill, but had earmarks in the bill for their states or districts.

Saturday, 3-23: Shutdown Averted – After rejecting several amendments and motions (by Senators Lee, Paul, Cruz, Tuberville, Schmitt, Johnson, Lankford, Budd, and Hagerty), early Saturday morning the Senate passed 74-24 HR 2882 (Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024), the $1.2 trillion 2d FY 2024 funding package (amendment to H.R. 2882), including Defense, Financial-Services-General-Govt, Homeland-Sec., Labor-HHS-Ed, Leg., and State-Foreign Ops. Chair Murray stmt on passage  Ranking Member Collins stmt on passage  President signed.  CBO Cost Estimate

See Chron for actions prior to the above date. 

REMAINS UNADDRESSED: President’s $106 billion Emergency Supplemental funding request:

• $60.8 billion in security and other assistance for Ukraine;
• $13.9 billion in security assistance for Israel;
• $13.6 billion for U.S. border security;
• $9.6 billion in humanitarian assistance including Gaza; and
• $2 billion for security assistance to allies in the Indo-Pacific (including Taiwan).
• Complete details of the President’s request.

APPROPRIATIONS STATUS CHART:

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