State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021
USA116th CongressHR-7608| House
| Updated: 7/30/2020
Nita M. Lowey
Democratic Representative
New York
Appropriations Committee, Appropriations Committee
- Introduced
- In Committee
- On Floor
- Passed Chamber
- Enacted
State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 This bill provides FY2021 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2021 appropriations bills: the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of State, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, Department of Defense military construction and family housing programs, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and several related and independent agencies.
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Introduced in House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 116-444, by Mrs. Lowey.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1060 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7608 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. The resolution provide that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-59 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
Rule H. Res. 1060 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1060. (consideration: CR H3715-3829)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7608 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. The resolution provide that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-59 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7608.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Allen amendment No. 1.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Allen amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Allen demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 1.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 2.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Granger demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 3.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Lowey demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
Without objection, a motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Allen amendment No. 62.
The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A006) pursuant to the rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Allen amendment No. 62, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Allen demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tonko amendment No. 67.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Tonko amendment No. 67, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Tonko demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced. %kp1
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kennedy amendment No. 86.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (MO) amendment No. 102.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Smith(MO) amendment No. 102, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. McCollum demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (MO) amendment No. 103.
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 7608 were postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3844-3848)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments to H.R. 7608 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Ms. Granger moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H3846)
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Granger motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the bill back to the House with an amendment to transfer $102,500,500 from the Economic Support Fund to the Development Assistance Fund.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 183 - 228, 1 Present (Roll no. 165).
View VoteOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 166).
View VoteMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 7608.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
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State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021
USA116th CongressHR-7608| House
| Updated: 7/30/2020
State, Foreign Operations, Agriculture, Rural Development, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act, 2021 This bill provides FY2021 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 4 of the 12 regular FY2021 appropriations bills: the Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2021; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021; and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2021. The departments and agencies funded in the bill include the Department of State, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, the Indian Health Service, Department of Defense military construction and family housing programs, the Department of Veterans Affairs, and several related and independent agencies.
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Introduced in House
Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 356.
The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 116-444, by Mrs. Lowey.
Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 1060 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7608 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. The resolution provide that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-59 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
Rule H. Res. 1060 passed House.
Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 1060. (consideration: CR H3715-3829)
Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 7608 with 1 hour of general debate. Motion to recommit with or without instructions allowed. The resolution provide that an amendment in the nature of a substitute consisting of the text of Rules Committee Print 116-59 shall be considered as adopted and the bill, as amended, shall be considered as read.
DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 7608.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Allen amendment No. 1.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Allen amendment No. 1, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Allen demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 1.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 2.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 2, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. Granger demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 30 minutes of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 3.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Lowey amendment en bloc No. 3, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mrs. Lowey demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
Without objection, a motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Allen amendment No. 62.
The previous question was ordered on the amendment (A006) pursuant to the rule.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Allen amendment No. 62, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the noes had prevailed. Mr. Allen demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Tonko amendment No. 67.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Tonko amendment No. 67, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Mr. Tonko demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced. %kp1
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Kennedy amendment No. 86.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (MO) amendment No. 102.
POSTPONED PROCEEDINGS - At the conclusion of debate on the Smith(MO) amendment No. 102, the Chair put the question on adoption of the amendment, and by voice vote, announced that the ayes had prevailed. Ms. McCollum demanded the yeas and nays and the Chair postponed further proceedings on the amendment until a time to be announced.
DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1060, the House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Smith (MO) amendment No. 103.
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 7608 were postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H3844-3848)
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of amendments to H.R. 7608 which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
The previous question was ordered pursuant to the rule.
Ms. Granger moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H3846)
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Granger motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to report the bill back to the House with an amendment to transfer $102,500,500 from the Economic Support Fund to the Development Assistance Fund.
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 183 - 228, 1 Present (Roll no. 165).
View VoteOn passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 224 - 189 (Roll no. 166).
View VoteMotion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
The Clerk was authorized to correct section numbers, punctuation, and cross references, and to make other necessary technical and conforming corrections in the engrossment of H.R. 7608.
Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.
Nita M. Lowey
Democratic Representative
New York
Appropriations Committee, Appropriations Committee
International Affairs
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- On Floor
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- Enacted
AbortionAdvisory bodiesAfghanistanAfricaAfrican Development FoundationAir qualityAlternative and renewable resourcesAppropriationsArab-Israeli relationsArms control and nonproliferationAsiaAviation and airportsBangladeshBurmaCambodiaCameroonCanadaCardiovascular and respiratory healthCaribbean areaCentral African RepublicChadChild healthChild safety and welfareChinaClimate change and greenhouse gasesColombiaCompetitiveness, trade promotion, trade deficitsComputers and information technologyConflicts and warsCongressional oversightCorrectional facilities and imprisonmentCosta RicaCriminal investigation, prosecution, interrogationCriminal procedure and sentencingCubaCultural exchanges and relationsDepartment of StateDepartment of the TreasuryDetention of personsDiplomacy, foreign officials, Americans abroadDisability assistanceDisaster relief and insuranceDrug trafficking and controlled substancesDue process and equal protectionEcuadorEgyptElementary and secondary educationEl SalvadorEmergency medical services and trauma careEmployment discrimination and employee rightsEuropeExecutive agency funding and structureExport-Import Bank of the United StatesFamily planning and birth controlForeign aid and international reliefForeign loans and debtForests, forestry, treesGaza StripGeorgia (Republic)Government employee pay, benefits, personnel managementGovernment ethics and transparency, public corruptionGovernment information and archivesGovernment lending and loan guaranteesGovernment studies and investigationsGovernment trust fundsGuatemalaHaitiHealth promotion and preventive careHigher educationHistoric sites and heritage areasHIV/AIDSHondurasHong KongHuman rightsHuman traffickingImmunology and vaccinationInfectious and parasitic diseasesInter-American FoundationInternational exchange and broadcastingInternational organizations and cooperationInternet and video servicesInternet, web applications, social mediaIranIraqIsraelJordanJudicial procedure and administrationLand use and conservationLatin AmericaLaw enforcement administration and fundingLebanonLibyaMalawiMarine and coastal resources, fisheriesMedical researchMiddle EastMilitary assistance, sales, and agreementsMilitary education and trainingMilitary personnel and dependentsMilitary procurement, research, weapons developmentMinority and disadvantaged businessesMissing personsMoroccoMultilateral development programsNepalNigerNigeriaNorth KoreaPakistanPalestiniansPeace CorpsPeruPhilippinesProtest and dissentPublic contracts and procurementRacial and ethnic relationsRefugees, asylum, displaced personsReligionResearch administration and fundingRule of law and government transparencyRussiaSanctionsSaudi ArabiaSex, gender, sexual orientation discriminationSex offensesSmall businessSmuggling and traffickingSouth SudanSovereignty, recognition, national governance and statusSpacecraft and satellitesSri LankaStrategic materials and reservesStudent aid and college costsSudanSyriaTaiwanTerrorismThailandTibetTrade and Development AgencyTrade restrictionsTrinidad and TobagoTunisiaTurkeyUkraineUnited NationsU.S. Agency for Global MediaU.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)VenezuelaVietnamVisas and passportsWar crimes, genocide, crimes against humanityWest BankWildlife conservation and habitat protectionWomen's employmentWomen's healthWomen's rightsWorld healthYemenZimbabwe