House to Consider HR 6617 – FY 2022 CR

The House is scheduled to take up HR 6617, the Further Additional Ex5 tending Government Funding Act. The bill would extend the current continuing resolution thru March 11^th. This is a relatively ‘clean’ CR. It does add funds for response and clean up of the military fuel leakage in Hawaii. Division B of the bill provides extensions a number of different authorities, including the scheduling of fentanyl-related substances as schedule I controlled substances, through March 11^th.

The bill will be considered under a closed rule, 1-hour of debate and no amendments. The bill is likely to pass with at least some bipartisan support. It will likely be taken up in the Senate later this week. The current CR expires on February 18^th, 2022.