Committee Hearings – Week of 7-5-20

This week with the House and Senate on their extended 4^th of July weekend we normally expect no more that a couple of hearings in the home district. But with the authority to conduct virtual hearings, the House Appropriations Committee (among others) is taking advantage of allowing members to physically remain in their districts to hold markups of the 12 appropriations bills.

Appropriations Bills

The various subcommittees of the House Appropriations Committee will be holding markup hearings for their respective bills on Monday through Wednesday of this week. The links below take you to the hearing page for each hearing. Those pages include links to the draft bills.

• FY 2021 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Military Construction, Veteran Affairs, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Homeland Security Subcommittee Markup 

• FY 2021 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Legislative Branch Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Departments of Transportation, and House and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee Markup

• FY 2021 Defense Subcommittee Markup

The first full Committee markup hearing will be held on Thursday. The Committee will conduct their markup of the following three bills:

• State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Bill, FY 2021,

• Agriculture Appropriations Bill, FY 2021, and

• Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill, FY 2021.

These three bills are likely to be combined into a single spending bill for consideration on the floor of the House; probably the first to be considered.