Fiscal 2014 Appropriations Coverage
Below are selected stories and documents for fiscal 2014 appropriations bills. This page will be updated frequently; complete coverage is available on CQ Budget Tracker.
Overview
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House Appropriators to Launch Bills to Boost Defense, Slash Domestic Spending May 20, 2013 House Looks to Preserve Defense Spending Via Deep Domestic Cuts May 17, 2013 House Appropriators Set 'Austere' Allocations on $967 Billion Budget Cap May 16, 2013 House Democrat Says Many Spending Bills 'Nearly Impossible' to Move May 15, 2013 House Expects to Move Spending Bills in June May 3, 2013 Mikulski Expects to Undo Sequester, Raise Spending With 2014 Appropriations April 11, 2013 House Republicans Set to Break Budget Cap, Senate Democrats to Follow June 10, 2013 Senate Appropriators May Mark Up Most Bills By Mid-July June 13, 2013 Senate Appropriations Panel to Set Spending Allocations on June 20 June 13, 2013 House Appropriators Prepare to Consider Major Domestic Cuts June 14, 2013 Republicans to Oppose Senate Spending Allocations, Seek Lower Top Line June 19, 2013 Senate Spending Markups Will Set Positions for Later Negotiations June 24, 2013 GOP Appropriators Seek Balancing Act on Spending Bills: Vote Now, Block Later June 26, 2013 House Appropriators Adopt Revised Spending Allocations June 27, 2013 Lawmakers Target Program Disputes in Spending Bills Despite Topline Differences June 27, 2013 Democrats Will Say GOP Spending Bills Make for Poor Science July 5, 2013 Sessions Vows to Block Senate Spending Bills, Budget Talks on Idle July 9, 2013 Spending Stalemate May Stretch Appropriations Blockade Beyond 2014 July 16, 2013 House Republicans Start Discussions on Fiscal 2014 Continuing Resolution July 22, 2013 Appropriations Setbacks Prompt Calls for New Budget Deal Aug. 1, 2013 Conservative Groups Want One-Year Health Care Law Delay in CR Aug. 8, 2013 Alexander's Exit Highlights Change on House Appropriations Aug. 8, 2013 Uncomplicated CR Eyed by House Republican Appropriators for September Aug. 15, 2013
Agriculture
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, June 5. Full committee approved by voice vote, June 13.
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Commerce-Justice-Science
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 10. Full committee approved by voice vote, July 17.
Senate subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 16. Full committee approved, 21-9, on July 18.
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Defense
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, June 5. Full committee approved by voice vote, June 12. Passed by House, 315-109, on July 24.
Senate subcommittee approved without objection, July 30. Full committee approved, 22-8, on Aug. 1.
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House Defense Draft Bill Tops Spending Cap June 4, 2013 House Appropriators Would Prevent Army From Reducing Helicopter Fleet June 11, 2013 House Appropriators Fret Over Missiles' Spotty Performance June 12, 2013 House Appropriators Criticize Combat Ship, Fund Sexual Assault Programs June 11, 2013 Air Force Blasted on Drone Purchasing Plan June 11, 2013 Defense Spending Bill Backed by House Subcommittee June 5, 2013 Navy Running Short of Shipbuilding Funds Due to Sequestration, Says Panel June 11, 2013 Defense Panel Approves Older and Cheaper U-2 Technology for Drones June 11, 2013 Appropriators Fear Pentagon is Lost in Space June 11, 2013 Lawmakers Seek to Prevent Pentagon Purchases From Russian Firm June 12, 2013 GOP Considers Limiting House Amendments on Defense Appropriations July 9, 2013 House Leaders Weigh Concerns Over Floor Debate on NSA, Egypt, Syria July 15, 2013 Amash Hopes to Limit NSA Data Collection in Defense Spending Bill July 16, 2013 Defense Bill Delayed in House July 18, 2013 Amid NSA Debate, Defense Spending Bill Faces Veto Threat Over Budget Allocation July 22, 2013 Afghanistan War Funding Under Fire in the House July 23, 2013 House Passes Defense Bill After Defeating NSA Amendment July 24, 2013 Behind the House's Narrow Defeat of Amash's NSA Amendment July 26, 2013 Defense Appropriations Bill Approved in Senate Subcommittee July 30, 2013 Defense Hawks Feel Rising Pressure of Another Impending Sequester Aug. 1, 2013 Navy Blocked by Senate Bill on Plan to Retire Warships Aug. 1, 2013 Defense Spending Bill With Syria Language Wins Senate Panel's Approval Aug. 1, 2013 Nuclear Bomb Program Takes Hit in Senate Spending Bill Aug. 1, 2013 Army's Patriot Missile Modernization Effort Takes Hit in Senate Bill Aug. 1, 2013 Appropriators Demand Information From NSA on Phone Surveillance Aug. 2, 2013 Pentagon Overestimates Size of Civilian Workforce, Say Senate Appropriators Aug. 5, 2013
Energy-Water
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, June 18. Full committee approved, 28-21, on June 26. Passed by House, 227-198, on July 10.
Senate subcommittee approved without objection, June 25. Full committee approved, 24-6, on June 27.
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House Releases Energy-Water Spending Plan With Steep Program Cuts June 17, 2013 Energy-Water Spending Bill Advanced to Full Committee June 18, 2013 Energy-Water Spending Bill Advanced by Senate Panel June 25, 2013 Full House Committee OKs Energy-Water Bill June 26, 2013 Energy-Water Spending Bill Advanced by Full Senate Panel June 27, 2013 Veto Threat Says House Bill Underfunds Critical Research July 8, 2013 House Rejects Science, Yucca Mountain Provisions to Energy-Water Spending Bill July 9, 2013 House Passes Energy-Water Bill July 10, 2013 Congress Debates Alternative Ways to Fund Inland Waterway Repairs Aug. 12, 2013 Lawmakers Fight to Spare Energy Research Hub From Appropriators' Ax Aug. 15, 2013
Financial Services
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 10. Full committee approved, 27-21, on July 17.
Senate subcommittee approved without objection, July 23. Full committee approved, 16-14, on July 25.
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Homeland Security
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, May 16. Full committee approved by voice vote, May 22. Passed by House, 245-182, June 6.
Senate subcommittee approved, 9-2, on July 16. Full committee approved, 21-9, on July 18.
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House Passes Fiscal 2014 Homeland Bill June 10, 2013 Full Committee: House Homeland Security Bill Advances With Abortion, Equal-Pay Language May 22, 2013 House Committee Nixes Visas for Brazilians Over Extradition Spat May 22, 2013 Subcommittee Backs Boost in Funds for Homeland Security May 16, 2013 House Appropriators Add Money for Border Agencies May 15, 2013 Senate Homeland Spending Bill Top Line Close to House Number July 15, 2013 Homeland Spending Bill Advanced by Senate Panel July 16, 2013 Homeland Spending Bill Advanced by Senate Committee July 18, 2013 Homeland Spending Bill Can't Avoid Immigration Overhaul Issues July 18, 2013
Interior-Environment
House subcommittee approved, 7-4, on July 23.
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Labor-HHS-Education
Senate subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 9; full committee approved, 16-14 en bloc with the Legislative Branch bill, July 11.
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Legislative Branch
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 9. Full committee approved by voice vote, July 18.
Senate committee approved, 16-14 en bloc with the Labor-HHS-Education bill, July 11. (The bill was not considered in subcommittee.)
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Military Construction-VA
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, May 15. Full committee approved by voice vote, May 21. Passed by House, 421-4, June 4.
Senate subcommittee approved by unanimous consent, June 18.
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State-Foreign Operations
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 19. Full committee approved by voice vote, July 24.
Senate subcommittee approved by voice vote, July 23. Full committee approved, 23-7, on July 25.
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Transportation-HUD
House subcommittee approved by voice vote, June 19. Full committee approved, 28-20, on June 27.
Senate subcommittee approved without objection, June 25. Full committee approved, 22-8, on June 27.
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Highway Funding Fix Should be Part of Tax Overhaul, Administration Says June 13, 2013 House Spending Bill Would Slash Rail, Housing Programs June 18, 2013 House Appropriators Seek to Kill Transportation Grant Program June 19, 2013 House Panel Approves Transportation-HUD Spending Bill June 19, 2013 House Appropriators Would Avoid More Transfers From Airport Grant Program June 19, 2013 Difference of $9.9 Billion Between Senate, House THUD Bills Could Grow June 25, 2013 Transportation-HUD Spending Bill Advanced by Senate Panel June 25, 2013 House Appropriators Would Cut Subsidized Flights to Some Rural Airports June 27, 2013 Full Senate Panel Backs Transportation-HUD Bill June 27, 2013 House Committee OKs Downsized Spending Bill June 27, 2013 House Appropriators Would Deny Funding For Emergency Relief to Transit Agencies July 2, 2013 House Pushes Transportation-HUD Spending Plan Toward Floor Action July 15, 2013 Senate Moving to Transportation-HUD Spending Bill With Eye on Budget Battle June 17, 2013 White House Threatens Veto of House Bill, Citing Cuts to Investments July 22, 2013 Senate Bill Directs $15 Million to Project Favored by Lautenberg July 23, 2013 Housing Amendment Added to Senate Transportation Spending Bill July 23, 2013 Senate Targets Risky Bridges in Spending Bill July 24, 2013 Coburn Amendment Would End Funding for Small Community Airports Program July 24, 2013 Senate Rejects $8.6 Billion Cut to Transportation-HUD Bill July 25, 2013 Senate Bill Would Boost Shipyard Loan Funding Almost Tenfold July 29, 2013 House Action on Transportation-HUD Bill Will Seek to Draw Conservatives July 29, 2013 Senate GOP Seeks to Send Budget Message on Transportation Spending Bill July 30, 2013 Paul Rebuffed on Attempt to Cut Off Aid to Egypt As Senators Explore Alternatives July 30, 2013 House Backs Funding Changes, Rejects NextGen Provisions in First Day of Transportation-HUD Spending Debate July 30, 2013 House Bill Pulled; Senate On Deck July 31, 2013 Proposal to Strip D.C. Metrorail of Federal Funds Is Revived July 31, 2013 Boehner Says Transportation Funding Bill Had Votes to Pass, Defends House's Record Aug. 1, 2013 Transportation-HUD Spending Bill Snags on Procedural Vote Aug. 1, 2013 House Conservatives Troubled That Spending Bill Pulled From Voting Aug. 2, 2013