Appropriations Committee Releases Reports for Homeland Security and Financial Services and General Government Bills

WASHINGTON — The House Appropriations Committee today released its reports accompanying the fiscal year 2023 Homeland Security and Financial Services and General Government appropriations bills.

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

The Homeland Security funding bill, which was advanced by a voice vote in Subcommittee on Thursday, June 16:

• Makes smart and effective investments in border security.
• Secures our critical infrastructure with dramatically increased funding to prevent cyber-attacks and root out cyber intrusions.
• Invests strongly in maritime security through funding for the Coast Guard.
• Supports a new pay system for TSA to ensure its personnel are paid salaries equivalent to other federal workers carrying out comparable work.
• Respects the dignity of immigrants with funding to improve migrant processing.

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 Financial Services and General Government funding bill, which was advanced by voice vote in Subcommittee on Thursday, June 16:

• Assists small businesses and entrepreneurs through the Small Business Administration and Community Development Financial Institutions.
• Protects our democracy with Election Security Grants to ensure the integrity and safety of our elections.
• Rebuilds the Internal Revenue Service to finally crack down on big corporations and the wealthy who are not paying their fair share and to provide better customer service to working families navigating the tax system.
• Supports working and middle-class families by increasing funding for consumer protection activities at the Consumer Product Safety Commission and the Federal Trade Commission.
• Confronts the climate crisis by providing funding to start the transition of the Federal vehicle fleet to electric and zero emission vehicles.

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 9 AM. It will be webcast live and linked from the House Committee on Appropriations website.

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