After reaching an agreement Tuesday on what amendments would be considered on HR 4366, the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024, the Senate began consideration of those amendments yesterday. There were 29 amendments considered; two amendments were rejected (by recorded votes), two amendments were passed by recorded votes, and 25 amendments were passed by voice votes.
None of the amendments considered were of specific interest here. There were two amendments, however, that were part of the political deal that allowed the Senate to resume consideration of the bill:
• Kennedy Amendment No.
1354 (to Amendment No. 1092), to prohibit the availability of funds for the
Secretary of Veterans Affairs to report certain information to the Department
of Justice for use by the National Instant Criminal Background Check System.
Passed by a vote
of 53 to 45.
• Lankford Amendment No. 1232 (to Amendment No. 1092), to provide for a period of continuing appropriations in the event of a lapse in appropriations under the normal appropriations process, and establish procedures and consequences in the event of a failure to enact appropriations. Failed by a vote of 56 to 42 (60 vote margin).
The Senate began the process to consider HR 4366 on September 7th, 2023. A reminder, while this is the Military Construction spending bill, the substitute language being considered in the Senate includes language from the following Senate bills:
• Division A, S 2127,
Military Construction-Veterans Affairs,
• Division B, S 2131 (removed
from paywall), Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and
Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (ARD), and
• Division C, S 2437 (removed from paywall), Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024 (THUD).
The House has not yet considered their versions of the ARD
and THUD spending bills.
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