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Friday, June 13, 2008
Approps Update
House Approps Committee Releases 302(b)s; Byrd Announces Markup Schedule
The House Appropriations Committee has released its 302(b) allocations.
House FY 2009 302(b) Allocations
(discretionary budget authority; excluding emergency funding unless otherwise noted; in billions of dollars) |
| FY 2009 Proposed Allocations |
| Defense | $487.737 |
| Homeland Security | 39.900 |
| Homeland Advance Appropriations: BioShield | 2.175 |
| Military Construction & Veterans Affairs | 72.729 |
| Subtotal, Security-Related | 602.541 |
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| State & Foreign Operations | 36.620 |
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| Agriculture | 20.623 |
| Commerce, Justice, & Science | 56.858 |
| Energy & Water | 33.265 |
| Financial Services & General Government | 22.390 |
| Interior & the Environment | 27.867 |
| Labor, Health, & Education | 153.121 |
| Legislative Branch | 4.404 |
| Transportation & Housing | 54.997 |
| Subtotal, Domestic | 373.525 |
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| Total | $1,012.686 |
And, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) has announced his "intention to complete Full Committee action on all of the 12 appropriations bills by the end of July." The press release also indicates that that subcommittee markups are to begin the week of June 16, starting with Commerce, Justice, Science and Homeland Security on June 18.
Also, three approps subcommittees in the House have wrapped up their work. Here's the current situation:
Posted by Craig Jennings
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