U.S. House Appropriations News

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Appropriations Committee today approved the fiscal year 2014 Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Appropriations bill. The bill provides funding to help strengthen America’s homeland security efforts while cutting wasteful or unnecessary programs. The legislation includ... more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The House Appropriations Committee today released the initial fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill, which will be considered in subcommittee tomorrow. The legislation provides the nation’s military with the infrastructure needed to house,... more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed legislation to allow the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to transfer funds to stop the furloughing of air traffic controllers. These furloughs were the result of automatic budget cuts under the sequestration law, and have caused rec... more

WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers commented on the President’s fiscal year 2014 Budget request, which was released today – more than nine weeks past the February 4th deadline. “The President’s budget request released today is months overdue and is overstuffed with spending ... more

House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers has named Will Smith as Committee Staff Director, effective April 1. Smith currently serves as the Committee’s Deputy Staff Director. Smith has worked for Rogers for 15 years, and was named Deputy Staff Director in 2010. Prior to his time with Roger... more

The U.S. House today approved H.R. 933, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013. The bill provides funding needed to keep the doors of the government open until the end of the 2013 fiscal year on September 30. The current continuing resolution expires on March 27. The legislation provide... more