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House approves National Defense Authorization Act

On June 14, 2013, the full House passed H.R. 1960, the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2014 in a 315-108 vote. The bill authorizes appropriations totaling $632 billion for the Department of Defense and certain Department of Energy activities. Although the initial Armed Services Committee Chairman’s mark of the bill included language pertaining to the procurement of rare earth elements, the final approved language contains no mention of the critical minerals.
 

House approves bill containing $9.9 billion in Coast Guard funding

On June 6, 2013, the House Appropriations Committee approved the Fiscal Year 2014 Homeland Security Appropriations Bill (H.R. 2217). The bill contains a total of $9.9 billion for the Coast Guard, a decrease of $543 million from FY 2013 enacted levels. This funding will have implications for the Coast Guard’s polar icebreaker vessels, which support scientific research and other U.S. interests in polar regions.

House Appropriations Committee releases Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill

The House Committee on Appropriations published their fiscal year (FY) 2014 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies appropriations bill this July. The bill met with strong opposition from House Democrats, who lambasted cuts that zero out approximately 20 programs and slash 34% from the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) budget. The bill proposes $24.3 billion in total funding; $5.5 billion below FY 2013 levels, or 18 percent decrease. The Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Subcommittee has jurisdiction over many agencies, including the U.S.

Oversight Hearing on the President's Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Requests for Coast Guard and NOAA

Witnesses: 
Admiral Robert Papp Jr.
Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard
The Honorable Kathryn Sullivan 
Acting NOAA Administrator, Acting Undersecretary of Commerce for Oceans and Atmosphere

Committee Members Present: 
Mark Begich (D-AK), Subcommittee Chairman
Marco Rubio (R-FL), Subcommittee Ranking Member
Roger Wicker (R-MS)
Amy Klobuchar (D-MN)
Mo Cowan (D-MA)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)

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