Appropriations Committee Releases Reports for Energy and Water Development and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bills

WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2023 Energy and Water Development and Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies appropriations bills.

The reports will be considered at tomorrow’s full Committee markup.

The Energy and Water Development funding bill, which was advanced by a voice vote in Subcommittee on Tuesday, June 21:

• Helps lower energy costs by strengthening America’s energy independence.
• Creates tens of thousands of good-paying jobs with a focus on deploying clean energy technologies and the green jobs of tomorrow in communities across the country.
• Confronts the climate crisis with more than $16 billion of transformative investments in clean energy and science, which will help develop clean, affordable, and secure American energy.
• Rebuilds our nation’s water infrastructure, critical to protecting communities from more frequent and severe storms and addressing the worsening western drought.
• Strengthens our national security by providing for a safe and secure nuclear deterrent and protects our environment by funding legacy nuclear cleanup work.

The bill report is here. The text of the bill is here. In keeping with the Appropriations Committee’s commitment to transparency, information on Community Project Funding in the bill is here. A summary of the bill is here.

The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill, which was advanced by voice vote in Subcommittee on Wednesday, June 22:

• Supports safer communities with substantial funding for Federal, State, and local law enforcement, including greatly expanding gun violence prevention efforts.
• Addresses violence against women with significant increases for Violence Against Women Act prevention and prosecution programs, as well as efforts to reduce the backlog of unprocessed rape kits.
• Helps create good paying American jobs with investments in economic development in distressed communities, with support for small businesses, including small and medium-sized manufacturers.
• Confronts the climate crisis with strong funding for climate resilience and research at NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Institute of Standards and Technology, and the National Science Foundation, and increased funding for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of DOJ to help combat the climate crisis and advance environmental justice.

The bill report is here. The text of the bill is here. In keeping with the Appropriations Committee’s commitment to transparency, information on Community Project Funding in the bill is here. A summary of the bill is here.

Tomorrow’s full Committee markup begins at 10 AM. It will be webcast live and linked from the House Committee on Appropriations website.

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