This week the U.S. Senate took up and passed its version of the first three-bill “minibus” packages and the Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee reported out its FY2019 bill. For more on these measures and news from Washington, DC read updates from Federal Relations.
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CJS and Interior appropriations bills move through committee
The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS) and Interior Appropriations bills last week. For details on the contents of both bills, check out this post from our colleagues in the Office of Federal Relations.
U.S. Senate August recess shortened to one week
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced today that he is cancelling most of the traditional month-long August recess. Under the new schedule, the Senate would have a week-long recess at the beginning of August but would return to Washington for the rest of the month. Read more from Federal Relations.
DOE Office of Science funded at $6.7 billion for FY 2019
The FY2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Bill approved by the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday would fund the Department of Energy Office of Science (Science) at $6.65 billion. Read more from Federal Relations.
This week in Congress
Curious what’s happening in Congress this week? Our colleagues in Federal Relations have compiled a selection of committee meetings scheduled for this week. Several committees are slated to examine the opioid crisis from a variety of angles and there are markups and hearings on funding requests and budgets budgets. Read more here.