Sentences with phrase «appropriations bills also»

[10][11] Supplemental appropriations bills also provide funding for recovering from unexpected natural disasters like Hurricane Sandy (the Disaster Relief Appropriations Act, 2013).
The appropriations bill also boosted funding for Head Start by $ 610 million, included $ 5 million fund grants for early childhood mental health promotion, and increased funding for early intervention services for preschoolers with disabilities or developmental delays.

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But the Washington Post reports that when the full Senate appropriations committee considers that bill, an amendment will be offered which makes permanent the USDA's whole grain waiver and which would also postpone upcoming requirements that sodium in school food be further reduced.
Udall also worked to include several concussion prevention provisions in December's appropriations bill.
Saraki also stated that the 2017 — 2019 Medium Term Expenditure Framework and Fiscal Strategy Paper (MTEF / FSP) would be debated and passed this week, while the consideration on the 2017 Appropriation Bill would occupy the three sitting days of next week.
The Democrat - dominated Assembly declined to follow suit after receiving assurances from then - governor Eliot Spitzer, also a Democrat, that he would discontinue the practice of putting substantive policy into appropriations bills.
The restraining order also enjoins the governor from submitting further extender appropriation bills that include provisions requiring furloughs or exclude the payment of contracted - for salary raises.
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However, the bill also requires approval by the House, which might still reduce or eliminate the appropriation.
He and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D - N.Y., also each discussed the pace of progress of appropriations bills as the measures compete for time with nominations on the Senate floor...
Meanwhile, the House is also expected to approve car loans for MPs as well as the supplementary appropriation bill.
«She also has consistently voted in support of additional funding in Congress to fight the heroin and opioid epidemic, including supporting the Appropriations Bill signed into law last May that contained a $ 650 million increase in funding to address the prevention and treatment of opioid and heroin use,» said Tom Flanagin, the spokesman.
Bill: Military Construction / Veterans Affairs («Milcon») Key Agency: Department of Veterans Affairs Bill Text Report Language Markup Video See also: VA Research in the AAAS Appropriations Dashboard
The House Appropriations Committee also debated the lack of funding allocations for spending bills, which complicates the funding process with less than two months remaining before the August recess.
«Mandatory spending — also known as direct spending — refers to any spending written into, and required by, laws other than appropriations bills,» the AAAS analysis explains.
And if his guidance is included in whatever appropriations bill Congress finally approves, it could also tie NSF's hands.
The language in its pending 2018 spending bill — approved last night by the appropriations committee for the U.S. House of Representatives — could also rekindle a smoldering debate over whether Congress should set parameters for how much NSF invests in specific disciplines.
Also, Congress as a whole has yet to adopt an overall 2018 spending blueprint, called a budget resolution, which lawmakers use to set how much money is allocated to each of the 12 appropriations bills.
In addition to the 8 September analysis and roundup of FY 2016 appropriations, the AAAS R&D Budget and Policy Program has also maintained an appropriations tracker showing the status of each of the bills.
In November, AAAS also sent letters to leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives as well as the Senate, urging policymakers to «complete the strong, bipartisan work already completed in both chambers to develop and move appropriations bills» through committees.
The bill also provides the House with mismatching authorizations and appropriations for the effected agencies in FY 2016, as shown in the chart below (see also this table).
Bill: Defense Key Agency: Department of Defense Bill Text Markup Video Tables: Total R&D R&D by Military Branch Basic Research Science & Tech See also: DOD in the AAAS Appropriations Dashboard
Bill: Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Key Agencies: NSF, NASA, NIST, NOAA, Census Bill Text Markup Video See also: AAAS Appropriations Dashboard
Bill: Agriculture Key Agency: U.S. Department of Agriculture Bill Text Markup Video See also: USDA in the AAAS Appropriations Dashboard
The full Senate Appropriations Committee will markup that bill tomorrow morning also.
Also last week, the Congress cleared and President Bush signed a final version of HR 3566, an appropriations bill that provides the Education Department with $ 24.15 billion for the fiscal year that began Oct. 1.
Lawmakers also passed a special appropriations bill that should allow state funds to flow to eight...
In the Department's fiscal year (FY) 2006 appropriations bill, Congress also included language overriding the statutory provision that SEAs use 50 percent of the amount available for grants to Local Education Agencies (LEAs) for formula awards and 50 percent for competitive awards.
The bill also transfers $ 6 million from the universal service fund and $ 5 million in fed money in DOA's federal e-rate appropriation to the grant program.
What a shame, then, that it also would weaken a key aspect of existing law, making the new bill unworthy of support when it comes before the Senate Appropriations Committee on Thursday.
At the exhibition called What's Appropriation: The Art of Revisiting the Art curated by Claudia Giannetti, alongside Moral, the works of Martha Rosler, Marina Abramonic, Bill Viola, Ulrike Rosenbach were also be seen.
Some are pushing not just for the computational experiments funded by the Senate appropriations bill, but also for field experiments.
There is also a federal appropriations bill which prohibits expenditure of federal funds to prosecute marijuana crimes which are legal under state law, although these bills only last a year at a time.
The Senate bill also denounced abstinence - only education by voting for a decrease in Community - Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) programs in the FY2009 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations bill.
The full House of Representatives has not yet voted on the appropriations bill, which would also need to be approved by the Senate.
«The Budget also follows through on a campaign promise and prohibits any funding in the Labor - HHS appropriations bill for certain entities that provide abortions, including Planned Parenthood.
NAR is also working to get Mortgage Choice Act language included in bills moving through the appropriations process.
The bill also includes a $ 5 million appropriation to develop a Federal Emergency Management Agency Flood Map Modernization Fund, instead of an assessment of mortgage transaction fees, as HUD proposed.
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