Spending Bills on the Move

Though Congress still hasn’t passed a budget, three of the twelve bills that will determine federal spending for the coming fiscal year are on the move.

So we’re doing a special email dedicated to appropriations for fiscal 2012, which begins October 1st. The three bills below spend about $2,000 per U.S. family. Read on…

Featured Items

As its name suggests, H.R. 2017, the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012, funds the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

After extensive debate last week, the House passed the bill, sending it to the Senate.

Passage of H.R. 2017 would spend about $300 per U.S. family.

H.R. 2055 is the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. The bill funds military construction in the Department of Defense and also the Department of Veterans Affairs and related agencies such as the American Battle Monuments Commission, the Armed Forces Retirement Home, and the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims.

The House began debating the bill last week.

Passage of H.R. 2055 would spend about $980 per U.S. family.

The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012, is H.R. 2112.

The bill funds the Department of Agriculture (except for the Forest Service), the Farm Credit Administration, the Farm Credit System Financial Assistance Corporation, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and the Food and Drug Administration.

The bill has been sent to the full House of Representatives from the Appropriations Committee, but it has yet to see debate.

Passage of H.R. 2112 would spend about $850 per U.S. family.

H.R. 2017
The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $304.56 per family

H.R. 2055
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $982.78 per family

H.R. 2112
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.
Costs $848.61 per family

What People Think

The Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2012 9% For, 91% Against Vote on this Bill

The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012 50% For, 50% Against Vote on this Bill

The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012. 50% For, 50% Against Vote on this Bill

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

New Items

H.R. 2112
The Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012.
Costs $848.61 per family

H.R. 1891
The Setting New Priorities in Education Spending Act
Saves $8.38 per family

H.R. 2055
The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2012
Costs $982.78 per family

S. 550
The Fire Grants Reauthorization Act of 2011
Costs $15.72 per family

S. 676
A bill to amend the Act of June 18, 1934, to reaffirm the authority of the Secretary of the Interior to take land into trust for Indian tribes
Costs $0.00 per family

Updated Items

H.R. 1425
The Creating Jobs Through Small Business Innovation Act of 2011
Costs $0.05 per family

Passed Items

P.L. 112-14
The PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011

P.L. 112-15
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 12781 Sir Francis Drake Boulevard in Inverness, California, as the “Specialist Jake Robert Velloza Post Office”

P.L. 112-16
The Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2011, Part II

P.L. 112-17
The Small Business Additional Temporary Extension Act of 2011