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Source: National Journal Research, Current Status of the FY2016 Budget Process S H President Releases Budget Request (Completed Feb 2) House Passes Budget Resolution (Completed Mar 25) Senate Passes Budget Resolution (Completed Mar 27) Congress Passes Combined Budget Resolution (Completed May 5) Appropriations Subcommittees Begin Drafting Bills Any Unfinished Appropriations Bills Combined Into Omnibus Bill (Pending) FebruaryMarch - AprilMay - September Senate Passes 12 Appropriations Bills (0 Passed) House Passes 12 Appropriations Bills (6 Passed) XXXX XXXX XXXX Senate Bills ✓✓✓✓ ✓✓ XX XXXX House Bills XXXX XXXX XXXX Combined Congress Combines and Passes 12 Bills (0 Passed) x12 Subcommittees

Appropriations Subcommittee HouseSenate Final Passage Appropriations Committee Full Chamber Appropriations Committee Full Chamber Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA Commerce, Justice, Science ✓ ✓ $51.4B ✓ $51.1B Defense ✓ $579B ✓ $575B Energy and Water Development ✓ ✓ $35.4B Financial Services and General Government ✓ $20.2B Homeland Security ✓ $47.1B Interior, Environment ✓ $30.2B Labor, Health and Human Services, Education Legislative Branch ✓ ✓ $3.3B ✓ $4.3B Military Construction, Veterans Affairs ✓ ✓ $76.6B ✓ $77.6B State, Foreign Operations ✓ $48 B Transportation, Housing and Urban Development ✓ $55.3B Sources: National Journal Research, 2015; House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations. Indicates recent action (June 8-18) Status of FY2016 Appropriations Bills

Source: National Journal Research, FY12FY13FY14FY15 Agriculture ✓ XXX Commerce X ✓ X ✓ Defense ✓✓✓✓ Energy and Water ✓✓ X ✓ Financial Services X ✓✓ X Homeland Security X ✓ X ✓ Interior and Environment XXXX Labor HHS XXXX Legislative Branch ✓✓ X ✓ Military/ Veterans ✓ XX ✓ State/Foreign Operations XXXX Transportation/ HUD XXX ✓ Appropriations Progress is Similar to Previous Years FY12FY13FY14FY15 XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXX ✓ XXXX XXXX XXXX ✓ XXX XXXX XXXX Senate House

Source: National Journal Research, 2015; John Bresnahan and Jake Sherman, “Budget Talks Break Down Amid GOP Rancor Over Defense Spending,” Politico, March 19, 2015; Bernie Becker, Vicki Needham, and Martin Matishak, “House Budget Panel Clears $3.8T Republican Spending Plan,” The Hill, March 19, Defense Spending Issue Threatens to Derail Appropriations Process FY16 Administration Budget Request vs. FY16 Budget Resolution (in billions) 5 Administration Request Congressional Resolution Budget Cap

6 "Democrats are trying to extract more funding for the IRS and the EPA. And if they don't get it, they're going to hold the budget hostage, and shut down the federal government." “We will not vote to proceed to the Defense appropriations bill or any appropriations bills until Republicans have sat down at the table and figured out with us how we’re going to properly fund the Defense Department … and our families’ domestic needs.” “Underscoring their devotion to D.C. dysfunction, Democrats are now threatening to deny funding for the brave men and women who protect us, their families, and veterans in a childish gambit to wrest billions more for wasteful bureaucracies like the IRS,” “Should we start this conversation about our appropriations bills on June 18 or wait until Sept. 28 or Dec. 23? I think history will show that if we start this conversation in June, we could come to a productive result.”

Sources: National Journal Research, 2015; House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations. BillOverview and Policy Provisions Commerce, Justice, Science Marijuana: Both the House and Senate bills include a provision that would prohibit the Justice Department from using its funds to prevent implementation of state-level medical marijuana laws Body Cameras: The House bill provides $25 million for body cameras (compared to a administration request for $50 million), but it is unclear if the Senate bill also contains the funds Defense FISA: The House bill includes an amendment that prevents the government from performing warrantless searches of Americans’ communications stored under section 702 of the FISA Amendments Act Veto Threat: The White House threatened to veto the bills because they side-step defense budget caps by providing nearly $40 billion more than the president’s Overseas Contingency Operations funding request Energy and Water Development Clean Water Act: Both the House and Senate versions of the bill prohibit the government from altering the jurisdiction and application of the Clean Water Act; a similar provision is also contained in the House’s Interior and Environment appropriations bill Nuclear Waste: The House bill continues funding for the controversial Yucca Mountain nuclear repository, while the Senate bill would allow waste to be stored at private facilities proposed in Texas and New Mexico Financial Services and General Government FCC: The House bill contains provisions that would block enforcement of the FCC’s net neutrality rules IRS and ACA: The House bill would prohibit the Internal Revenue Service from further implementing the individual mandate provisions in the Affordable Care Act IRS Audits: The House bill would prohibit IRS funding to audit a faith-based 501(c)3 organization, unless the audit is approved the IRS Commissioner Financial Regulation: The House bill would prohibit funding for the Financial Stability Oversight Council to designate non-banks as “systemically important financial institutions” Abortion Coverage: The House bill would prohibits OPM funding to negotiate Obamacare “multi-state qualified health plans” that cover abortion services Select Details in FY2016 Appropriations Bills

Sources: National Journal Research, 2015; House Committee on Appropriations; Senate Committee on Appropriations. BillOverview and Policy Provisions Interior, Environment EPA Budget: The House bill cuts the EPA’s allocation by 9%, to $7.4 billion Carbon Regulations: The House bill prevents the EPA from enacting carbon dioxide rules for power plants Ozone Regulations: The House bill prevents updates to existing ozone regulations Hydraulic Fracturing: The House bill blocks regulations pertaining to natural gas hydraulic fracturing Clean Water Act: The House bill prohibits the government from altering the jurisdiction and application of the Clean Water Act Legislative Below Request: The Senate bill totals $4.3 billion, which is $220 million (5%) below the level requested by the administration Military Construction Medical Marijuana: The Senate bill includes an amendment that allows VA healthcare providers to recommend marijuana use for medicinal purposes State, Foreign Operations Global Health: The House bill would increase spending on global health programs to $5.67 billion, 4.5 percent above the amount requested by the administration Benghazi: The House bill would withhold 15% of State Department operational funding unless it more quickly turns over documents to the Select Committee on Benghazi Cuba: The House bill would block use of funds for a new embassy in Cuba Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Amtrak Cuts: The House bill would fund Amtrak at $1.13 billion, down from roughly $1.4 billion for fiscal 2015 Highway Trust Fund: The House bill assumes that the Highway Trust Fund will be funded through the rest of the year, but the fund’s current revenues would be unable to provide for the spending levels in the bill Housing Voucher Cuts: The House bill funds housing vouchers $1.2 billion below the administration request Trucking Regulations: The House bill would undo a set of Transportation Department trucking regulations, including scheduling rules designed to reduce fatigue among drivers Select Details in FY2016 Appropriations Bills