• Homeland Security Appropriations Bill June 5, 2013 - The proposed fiscal year 2014 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 2217) provides $38.9 billion in discretionary budget authority [BA]. The BA figure is $1.01 billion or 3 percent, above fiscal year 2013 enacted post-sequester levels and $27 million below the President’s request... More

• Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill June 4, 2013 - The House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriation bill provides $73.3 billion in discretionary budget authority which is a 3.4% increase over the post-sequester level of funding provided in FY 2013 and is slightly below the President’s FY 2014 requested level. The bill includes $11... More

• Ryan Statement on the Sequester February 5, 2013 - WASHINGTON—House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin released the following statement in response to the President’s remarks on the sequester: “I’m glad the President agrees that we should replace the sequester. The House twice has passed legislation to replace these arbitrary cuts to o... More

• Department of Defense Appropriations Bill July 18, 2012 - The Department of Defense Appropriations bill provides $519.22 billion in discretionary budget authority for the base operations of the Department and $88.48 billion for the conduct of the global war on terrorism. Additionally there is $514 million in appropriated entitlement spending for the CIA Re... More

• Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Bill June 27, 2012 - The Transportation, Housing and Urban Development bill provides $51.6 billion in discretionary budget authority for fiscal year 2013, a 7% decrease from 2012 levels and 3.5% below the President’s request. The legislation includes funding for the Department of Transportation, Department of Housing an... More

• Legislative Branch Appropriations Bill June 8, 2012 - The House Legislative Branch appropriations bill provides $3.3 billion in discretionary budget authority. By longstanding convention, the House bill includes only funding for legislative branch agencies (e.g. GAO, CBO, and the Library of Congress), joint congressional activities (e.g. the Joint Comm... More

• Homeland Security Appropriations Bill June 6, 2012 - The proposed fiscal year 2013 Department of Homeland Security appropriations bill (H.R. 5855) provides $39.1 billion in discretionary budget authority [BA]. The BA figure is $485 million or 1.2 percent, below fiscal year 2012 enacted levels and $395 million or 1 percent below the President’s request... More

• Energy and Water Development Appropriations Bill June 6, 2012 - The House Energy and Water Development appropriations bill provides $32.09 billion in discretionary budget authority, $87.5 million, or 0.3 percent, above the enacted FY 2012 levels and $965 million below the president's request, a 2.9 percent decrease. The bill includes $26.1 billion for the Depar... More

• Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill May 31, 2012 - The House Military Construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill provides $71.7 billion in discretionary budget authority which is the same amount of funding provided in FY 2012 and is slightly below the President’s FY 2013 request and Senate reported levels. The bill includes $10.6 billion ... More

• Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Bill May 8, 2012 - The Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations bill provides $51.1 billion in discretionary and mandatory budget authority for fiscal year 2013. The funding in the bill is 3.1% below FY 2012 levels and 1.4% percent below the President’s request and the Senate Appropriations Committee’s reported F... More

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