Congress Passes Six FY24 Government Funding Bills | United States Senate Committee on Appropriations (2024)

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The legislation includes FY24 funding for: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Energy and Water Development; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies; and ...

Washington, D.C. – The Fiscal Year 2024 Legislative Branch Appropriations Act provides $6.75 billion for the operations of the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives, the United States Capitol Police, the Library of Congress, the Government Accountability Office, the U.S. Copyright Office, the Congressional ...

House Passes First FY24 Package, Refocusing Washington Spending and Cutting Wasteful Bureaucracy. WASHINGTON - Today, the House of Representatives met to consider H.R. 4366 , The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024. The measure was approved with a vote of 339 to 85.

Specifically, the bill includes: $2.3 billion to fully fund the Next Generation Air Dominance program and collaborative combat aircraft development; $266 million to fully fund the F-35 Engine Core Upgrade; and support for the Air Force's request to terminate the Advanced Engine Technology Program.

SACRAMENTO – Governor Gavin Newsom today signed 2024 state budget legislation that brings stability to state finances while preserving key investments in safety net programs, education, addressing homelessness, mental health care reform, and more.

Customs and Border Protection (CBP): $19.6 billion in CBP funding to strengthen border security between and at ports of entry, an increase of more than $3 billion above the President's request. The bill includes $8.3 billion for U.S. Border Patrol operations, an increase of $2 billion above the budget request.

A bill to prohibit the grant or assignment of certain new long residential leases of houses, to amend the rights of tenants under long residential leases to acquire the freeholds of their houses, to extend the leases of their houses or flats, and to collectively enfranchise or manage the buildings containing their ...

Appropriation: A law of Congress that provides an agency with budget authority. An appropriation allows the agency to incur obligations and to make payments from the U.S. Treasury for specified purposes. Appropriations are definite (a specific sum of money) or indefinite (an amount for "such sums as may be necessary").

FY 2024 DEFENSE FUNDING LEVELS

Within this topline, the legislation authorizes $841.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD), $32.4 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy (DOE), and $438.0 million in defense-related activities.

The United States Senate Committee on Appropriations is a standing committee of the United States Senate. It has jurisdiction over all discretionary spending legislation in the Senate.

What is the status of the FY24 budget? ›

Senate Approves Final FY24 Funding Package in Overwhelming 74-24 Vote.

The Biden Administration has worked to reverse these trends, providing federal employees a 4.6 percent pay raise in 2023 and a 5.2 percent raise in 2024. Nonetheless, federal employee pay increases have failed to keep pace with rising labor and living costs.

This bill expands eligibility for a program that authorizes the Department of Homeland Security to, at its discretion, provide lawful permanent resident status to certain long-term residents of the United States, including individuals who are unlawfully present.

It is known as a continuing resolution (CR) and prevents a government shutdown that would otherwise occur if the FY2024 appropriations bills have not been enacted when the existing CR expires on November 17, 2023.

The president signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 into law on March 9 representing $467.5 billion in government spending. The measure consists of six spending bills: Agriculture, Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy-Water, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-VA and Transportation-HUD.

Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: Highlights

The omnibus includes $772.5 billion for non-defense discretionary programs, including $118.7 billion – a 22 percent increase – for VA medical care, and $858 billion in defense funding.