CJS and LHHS Bills Move to House Appropriations Full-Committee Mark-Ups; Senate to Begin Appropriations
As previously reported by COSSA, the House Appropriations Committee has kept to their earlier released appropriations schedule and is expected to finish marking up all twelve of its bills this week. The House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) bill, which funds the National Science Foundation (NSF), National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), and the U.S. Census Bureau, is expected to be marked up on July 9 (watch live here) and the House Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) bill, which provides appropriations for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other HHS agencies, the Department of Education, and the Department of Labor, is expected to be marked up July 10 (watch live here). COSSA will release an in-depth analysis of the bills once they have been reported out of the Appropriations Committee; a preliminary summary of the funding allocations can be found here.
The House has already passed the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, the Legislative Branch, the Legislative Branch, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, Homeland Security, and Defense bills out of the chamber. Floor votes for the other eight bills have yet to be scheduled. Once all twelve bills pass through the House, and the Senate completes their respective twelve bills, the two chambers will be expected to work together to complete the FY 2025 process. While the House bills will not become law in their current state, their bills will set the stage for the rest of the appropriations process.
On the other side of the Capitol, the Senate Appropriations Committee has scheduled their first full committee mark-up for July 11 to consider the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies, the Legislative Branch, State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs, and the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies bills. While Subcommittee allocations have yet to be released due to reported contention between the Senate Democrats, who currently hold the majority, and the Senate Republicans, the Appropriations Committee intends to consider the 302(b) Subcommittee allocations during the same hearing. The hearing will be available to watch live here.
Stay tuned to COSSA’s continued coverage of the FY 2025 budget process.