After a flurry of activities in subcommittee and full committee the last two weeks, the vast majority of FY2021 spending bills is scheduled to move to the House floor this week and next for consideration by the full chamber. Rather than considering them individually, the bills will be grouped into two different “minibus” legislative packages.
The first grouping of bills, H.R 7608, is made up of four pieces of legislation and it is slated for consideration later this week: State-Foreign Operations; Agriculture; Interior; and, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs. A summary of the package, prepared by the House Democratic staff, is available here.
The second batch, H.R. 7617, is currently scheduled for floor action next week. This second minibus pulls together seven of the eight remaining spending measures: Defense; Commerce-Justice-Science; Energy and Water; Financial Services; Homeland Security; Labor-HHS-Education; and, Transportation-Housing. A summary of the different parts of the large bill is available here.
Should these packages pass, only the Legislative Branch would remain unapproved in the House by the end of next week.