House and Senate Consider FY25 Appropriations Bills

Since the July 4th recess, both the House and Senate have advanced multiple appropriations bills.

• The House Committee on Appropriations (HAC) has reported all 12 FY25 appropriations bills out of the Committee. Four of the bills have passed through the full House, including Defense, Homeland Security, Military Construction – Veterans Affairs and State-Foreign Operations. On July 10, the HAC approved revised subcommittee allocations, or 302(b)s, on a 29-26 vote that shifted money from the LHHSE bill to the Interior-Environment bill. The House has set a goal of passing all 12 bills before the August Recess.
• The Senate Appropriations Committee (SAC) began markups on July 11 and approved a $1.61 trillion slate of allocations for its dozen annual bills with a 15-12 vote along partisan lines. However, Appropriations Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Ranking Member Susan Collins (R-ME) reached an agreement on emergency spending to add $34.4 billion on top of the budget caps laid out in last summer’s debt limit law (PL 118-5) with $21 billion for defense programs and $13.5 billion for domestic and foreign aid accounts. SAC has unanimously passed the Agriculture, Legislative Branch and Military Construction – Veterans Affairs bills and is expected to consider a second batch of bills, including LHHSE, in the coming weeks.

Please check our AACOM Action Center for updates and analysis of OME priorities as appropriations bills continue to advance in both chambers.