Appropriations

The Senate Committee on Appropriations has scheduled a hearing Thursday to consider a $38.4 billion measure to fund the Department of Energy (DOE) and Army Corps of Engineers, which would be a significant increase from the Trump administration’sfunding request.

Under a $31.4 billion spending bill unveiled Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee, the budgets of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Interior (DOI) would get a haircut in fiscal year (FY) 2018, rather than a buzzcut, as proposed by President Trump.

Under a $31.4 billion spending bill unveiled Wednesday by the House Appropriations Committee, the budgets of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Interior (DOI) would get a haircut in fiscal year (FY) 2018, rather than a buzzcut, as proposed by President Trump.

In the wake of President Trump’s proposed budget cut to the Department of Energy (DOE), a coalition of business executives, including some representing the oil and gas industry, are urging lawmakers to maintain federal investments in energy research and development (R&D).

An omnibus spending bill to fund the federal government through the end of September calls for a 1% cut in funding and no staff cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a far cry from budget and staffing cuts the Trump administration proposed for the agency in the next fiscal year (FY).

Lawmakers in the House of Representatives on Thursday passed a $32 billion appropriations bill to fund the Department of Interior (DOI), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other agencies, but the bill contains numerous Republican provisions on energy development and faces an uphill climb to becoming law.

A House panel on Tuesday approved a $30.17 billion spending bill to fund the Environmental Protection Agency, the Department of Interior and other agencies, but not before Republicans successfully attached an amendment to stop a rule governing hydraulic fracturing and shot down an attempt by Democrats to remove language affecting the Clean Water Act.

A House panel on Tuesday approved a $30.17 billion spending bill to fund the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Interior (DOI) and other agencies, but not before Republicans successfully attached an amendment to stop a rule governing hydraulic fracturing (fracking) and shot down an attempt by Democrats to remove language affecting the Clean Water Act (CWA).

The House Appropriations Committee left a controversial rider attached to a $35.4 billion spending bill on Wednesday that would prevent the Obama administration from expanding the scope of the Clean Water Act (CWA), a move that Democrats warned could trigger a presidential veto.