WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Introduction The fiscal year 2024 allocation is $11,311,000,000 in addition to $14,013,000,000 in reallocated funds, for a discretionary spendi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 13) TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY Departmental Offices SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriation, fiscal year 2023... $273,882,000 Bud  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 13) TITLE II--EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND FUNDS APPROPRIATED TO THE PRESIDENT Funds appropriated in this title provide for the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 3 of 13) TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY The funds in title III are for the operation and maintenance of United States Courts and include the salarie  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 4 of 13) TITLE IV--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Federal Funds FEDERAL PAYMENT FOR RESIDENT TUITION SUPPORT Appropriation, fiscal year 2023... $40,00  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 11 of 13) TITLE IX--ADDITIONAL GENERAL PROVISIONS Spending Reduction Account Section 901. The Committee includes a new provision establishing   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 12 of 13) Title V--Independent Agencies Language is included for the Administrative Conference of the United States, Salaries and Expenses, th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 5 of 13) TITLE V--INDEPENDENT AGENCIES Administrative Conference of the United States SALARIES AND EXPENSES Appropriation, fiscal year 2023  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 6 of 13) General Services Administration The Committee continues several reporting requirements for General Services Administration (GSA) for  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 7 of 13) National Credit Union Administration COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT REVOLVING LOAN FUND Appropriation, fiscal year 2023...$3,500,000 Budget   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 8 of 13) TITLE VI--GENERAL PROVISIONS--THIS ACT (INCLUDING RESCISSION OF FUNDS) Section 601. The Committee continues a provision prohibiting   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 9 of 13) TITLE VII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--GOVERNMENT-WIDE Departments, Agencies, and Corporations (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Section 701.   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-145) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4664) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sept. 30, 2024. The report was advanced by Rep. Steve Womack, R-Arkansas, July 17, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 10 of 13) TITLE VIII--GENERAL PROVISIONS--DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA (INCLUDING TRANSFERS OF FUNDS) Section 801. The Committee continues a provisio  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-165) on the Gabriella Miller Kids First Research Act 2.0 (H.R. 3391), which aims to extend the Gabriella Miller Kids First Pediatric Research Program at the National Institutes of Health. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Aug. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary The bill reauthorizes funding for the National Institute of Health's (NIH) Gabriella  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-164) on the Preemie Reauthorization Act (H.R. 3226), which aims to reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers Who Deliver Infants Early Act. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washington, on Aug. 25, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 3226 would reauthorize the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-164) on the Sickle Cell Disease and Other Heritable Blood Disorders Research, Surveillance, Prevention and Treatment Act (H.R. 3884), which aims to amend Title XI of the Public Health Service Act to reauthorize the program providing for sickle cell disease and other heritable blood disorders research, surveillance, prevention and treatment. The report was advanced by Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Washingt  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-134) on a bill (H.R. 2622), which aims to amend the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 to codify certain Securities and Exchange Commission no-action letters that exclude brokers and dealers compensated for certain research services from the definition of investment adviser. The report was advanced by Rep. Patrick T. McHenry, R-North Carolina, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE AND SUMMARY   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Rules Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-141) on a resolution (H.Res. 582) for the consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (H.R. 2670) to authorize appropriations for fiscal 2024 for military activities of the Department of Defense and for military construction and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year and for other purposes. The report was advance  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-163) on a bill (H.R. 783), which aims to designate the Department of Energy Integrated Engineering Research Center Federal Building located at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory in Batavia, Illinois, as the "Helen Edwards Engineering Research Center". The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Aug. 22, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE OF LEGISLATION The purpos  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-167) on the Save Our Seas 2.0 Amendments Act (H.R. 886), which aims to amend the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Foundation, to amend the Marine Debris Act to improve the administration of the Marine Debris Program of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on Aug. 25, 2023. Here are  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose of Legislation The purpose of H.R. 3935 is to amend  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 9 of 12) TITLE VI: AEROSPACE INNOVATION Subtitle A--Unman  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 10 of 12) TITLE VII: PASSENGER EXPERIENCE IMPROVEMENTS Su  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 11 of 12) TITLE VIII: MISCELLANEOUS Sec. 801. Digitalizat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 12) Legislative History and Consideration H.R. 3935,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 2 of 12) Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Sub  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 3 of 12) Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Sub  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 4 of 12) Amendment to the Amendment in the Nature of a Sub  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 5 of 12) Committee Votes Clause 3(b) of rule XIII of the   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 6 of 12) TITLE II: GENERAL AVIATION Subtitle A--Expanding  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 7 of 12) TITLE IV: AIRPORT INFRASTRUCTURE Subtitle A--Air  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 7 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-138) on the Securing Growth and Robust Leadership In American Aviation Act (H.R. 3935), which aims to amend Title 49 of the U.S. Code, to reauthorize and improve the Federal Aviation Administration and other civil aviation programs. The report was advanced by Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, on July 11, 2023. * * * (Continued from Part 8 of 12) TITLE V: AVIATION SAFETY Subtitle A--General Pro  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Appropriations Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-57) on the revised allocation to subcommittees of budget totals for fiscal 2024. The report was advanced by Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, July 12, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * The Committee on Appropriations submits the following report revising the allocations to its subcommittees for fiscal year 2024 set forth in Senate Report 118-45 (June 22, 2023). Section 302(e) of the Congressional Budget Act of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-56) on a bill (S. 623), which aims to amend the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act to exclude certain payments to aged, blind, or disabled Alaska Natives or descendants of Alaska Natives from being used to determine eligibility for certain programs. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of S. 623 is to ame  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-48) on a bill (S. 92), which aims to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Rick Boucher Amphitheater". The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 92 is to designate the outdoor amphitheater at the Blue Ridge Music Center in Galax, Virginia, as the "Ri  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-54) on a bill (S. 593), which aims to amend the John D. Dingell Jr. Conservation, Management and Recreation Act to establish the Cerro de la Olla Wilderness in the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument and to modify the boundary of the Rio Grande del Norte National Monument. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-55) on a bill (S. 612), which aims to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of S. 612 is to reauthorize the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act through September 30, 2034. Background and Need In 2000, Congress passed the Lake Tahoe Restoration Act (Public Law 106-506), w  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-52) on the Nuclear Fuel Security Act (S. 452), which aims to require the Secretary of Energy to establish a Nuclear Fuel Security Program, expand the American Assured Fuel Supply Program and submit a report on a civil nuclear credit program. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purposes of S. 452, as ordered repor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-53) on a bill (S. 535), which aims to streamline the oil and gas permitting process and to recognize fee ownership for certain oil and gas drilling or spacing units. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 535 is to remove the requirement for a permit from the Secretary of the Interior for certain oil a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-51) on the Oregon Recreation Enhancement Act (S. 440), which aims to designate certain land administered by the Bureau of Land Management and the Forest Service in the State of Oregon as wilderness and national recreation areas, to withdraw certain land located in Curry County and Josephine County, Oregon, from all forms of entry, appropriation, or disposal under the public land laws, location, e  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-50) on the Root and Stem Project Authorization Act (S. 199), which aims to codify the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of the Interior to conduct certain landscape-scale forest restoration projects. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * PURPOSE The purpose of S. 199, as ordered reported by the Commit  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-49) on a bill (S. 162), which aims to amend the Smith River National Recreation Area Act to include certain additions to the Smith River National Recreation Area, to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain wild rivers in the Oregon. The report was advanced by Sen. Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia, on July 11, 2023. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose The purpose of S. 162 is to ame  more