May 25, 2001

House to Delay Labor-HHS Funding Bill Until September

House Appropriations Committee staff have indicated the committee plans to move 10 of the 13 regular spending bills to the House floor before the August recess, but that subcommittee consideration of the Labor-HHS-Education bill will not begin until after Labor Day. The other bills to be delayed until September are the defense and military construction appropriations.

The tentative schedule calls for subcommittee mark-ups to begin June 6 with the agriculture bill. The committee hopes to secure House passage of the agriculture, interior, energy and water, and transportation appropriations bills before the Fourth of July recess. The VA-HUD subcommittee would consider its bill during the last week of June, with floor action in July.

Meanwhile, House Appropriations Committee Chair Bill Young (R-Fla.) told reporters that he plans to release the subcommittee's allocations as early as June 8, with the full committee voting June 13.

Information: Dave Moore, AAMC Office of Governmental Relations, 202-828-0525.