Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (113th Congress)
Jurisdiction
State Justice Institute
2014 enacted level: $51.6 billion
2015 budget request: $51 billion
2015 Omnibus: $50.1 billion
Highlights and key points:
Previous Commerce, Justice, and Science Bills
Fiscal Year 2014
Fiscal Year 2013
- H.R. 933, Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, Public Law 113-6
- House Explanatory Statement
Fiscal Year 2012
Highlights of 2015 Commerce-Justice-Science Appropriations Act
2014 enacted: $51.6 billion
2015 President's request: $51.0 billion
2015 Committee mark: $51.2 billion
The Chairman's mark provides:
· $5.3 billion for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), which is $10.5 million less than the FY2014 level and $163.6 million less than the request.
o $943.2 million for the National Weather Service operations, research, and facilities, which is $10.4 million less than the FY2014 level and $16.3 million more than the President's request.
o Oceanic and Atmospheric Research sustains a significant cut. In particular, climate research is cut $37.5 million (24%) below FY2014 and $69.3 million (37%) below the President's request.
I rise to offer to the House our support for the base bill. The chairman of this committee, whom I have had the honor to work with for a number of years, has laid out in some detail some of the appropriations in this bill. And as our Constitution requires, no dollar out of our Treasury shall be appropriated, except by act of Congress. So we are here in our constitutional roles.
I want to thank Chairman Wolf for all of the courtesies extended to the minority. Obviously, if we were drafting a bill, we might have a different set of numbers in different areas, whether for legal services or COPS. But in the main, this is a bill that the chairman has extended himself in every effort that could be done to accommodate the minority. I want to thank him for his work with me over these many years, inasmuch as this will be the last bill that he will carry on the floor.