From the Blog: FY 2010 Spending Update

The federal government is operating under a temporary spending measure, but it expires at the end of the week. Congress has passed only four of the twelve bills that set funding levels for the fiscal year, which started October 1st. Read about it in a blog post titled: “FY 2010 Spending Update.”

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Annual spending bills dominate the business of Congress this week.

But to start, the House is scheduled to debate H.R. 3854, the Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009.

The bill is intended to improve programs providing access to capital for small businesses.

No cost estimate for H.R. 3854 is available yet.

The House is also scheduled to debate H.R. 2996, the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.

The bill spends money on operation of the Department of Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, and related agencies and programs.

Passage of H.R. 2996 would cost about $320 per U.S. family.

The Senate will also debate spending legislation. It is scheduled to consider H.R. 2847, the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010.

The bill spends money on the operations of the Department of Commerce, the Department of Justice, and on agencies and programs dealing with science.

Passage of H.R. 2847 would cost the average U.S. family about $650.

The current spending picture for fiscal year 2010, which began October 1st, is reviewed in our recent “FY 2010 Spending Update” blog post.

H.R. 3854
The Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009

H.R. 2996
The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Costs $323.06 per family

H.R. 2847
The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Costs $665.01 per family

What People Think

The Small Business Financing and Investment Act of 2009 56% For, 44% Against Vote on this Bill

The Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 28% For, 72% Against Vote on this Bill

The Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010 16% For, 84% Against Vote on this Bill

Displayed below are new, updated, and passed items with their cost or savings per family.

New Items

H.R. 3596
The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 1478
The Carmelo Rodriguez Military Medical Accountability Act of 2009
Costs $22.09 per family

H.R. 1110
The PHONE Act of 2009
Costs $0.00 per family

H.R. 1319
The Informed P2P User Act
Costs $0.05 per family

H.R. 3618
The Clean Hull Act of 2009
Costs $0.04 per family

H.R. 3598
The Energy and Water Research Integration Act
Costs $1.96 per family

H.R. 3254
The Taos Pueblo Indian Water Rights Settlement Act
Costs $0.23 per family

H.R. 3342
The Aamodt Litigation Settlement Act
Costs $0.53 per family

H.R. 2495
The Federal Real Property Disposal Enhancement Act of 2009
Saves $0.02 per family

S. 1261
The PASS ID Act
Costs $1.15 per family

H.R. 3650
The Harmful Algal Blooms and Hypoxia Research and Control Amendments Act of 2009
Costs $1.67 per family

Updated Items

none

Passed Items

P.L. 111-74
To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at McKinley Avenue and Third Street, SW., Canton, Ohio, as the “Ralph Regula Federal Building and United States Courthouse”

P.L. 111-75
To designate the United States courthouse located at 525 Magoffin Avenue in El Paso, Texas, as the “Albert Armendariz, Sr., United States Courthouse”

P.L. 111-76
To provide for the transfer of certain Federal Property to the Galveston Historical Foundation
Costs $0.00 per family

P.L. 111-77
To designate the Federal building located at 844 North Rush Street in Chicago, Illinois, as the “William O. Lipinski Federal Building”

P.L. 111-78
To designate the United States courthouse located at 301 Simonton Street in Key West, Florida, as the “Sidney M. Aronovitz United States Courthouse”

P.L. 111-79
The Foreign Evidence Request Efficiency Act of 2009

P.L. 111-80
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2010
Costs $1,178.80 per family

P.L. 111-81
The Veterans Health Care Budget Reform and Transparency Act of 2009
Costs $1,670.13 per family