Last week the House passed fiscal year (FY) 2022 funding for nine of the 12 appropriations bills. The nine bills are:
- Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies;
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies;
- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies;
- Financial Services and General Government;
- Interior, Environment and Related Agencies;
- Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies;
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies;
- State, Foreign Operations and Related Programs – H.R. 4373; and
- Legislative Branch – H.R. 4346.
Click here to see our table of funding for select HUD programs. The first seven bills were included in a “minibus” or H.R. 4052, while the last two bills were passed as stand-alone bills. The remaining three bills, which have yet to be taken up in the House, are Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies; Defense and Homeland Security. The House is out of session until September 20 and funding for the federal government runs out on October 1.
The Senate appropriations subcommittees began marking up their own bills this week starting with:
- Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies;
- Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; and
- Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies.
Given the many other competing priorities (bipartisan infrastructure package, reconciliation, debt limit) it is likely that the Senate will miss the deadline for the federal government’s new fiscal year on October 1. Expect to see a continuing resolution to fund the government at last year’s levels for a short period of time until full FY 2022 appropriations can be passed.
