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Main Subject: Armed Forces and National Security

Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2021

This bill provides FY2021 appropriations to the Department of Defense (DOD) for military activities.

(The bill excludes military construction, military family housing, civil works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers, and nuclear warheads, which are all considered in other appropriations bills.)

Within the DOD budget, the bill provides appropriations for

Military Personnel;
Operation and Maintenance;
Procurement;
Research, Development, Test and Evaluation; and
Revolving and Management Funds.

The bill provides appropriations for Other Department of Defense Programs, including

the Defense Health Program,
Chemical Agents and Munitions Destruction,
Drug Interdiction and Counter-Drug Activities, and
the Office of the Inspector General.

The bill provides appropriations for (1) Related Agencies, including the Central Intelligence Agency Retirement and Disability System Fund and the Intelligence Community Management Account; and (2) Overseas Contingency Operations/Global War on Terrorism.

The bill also sets forth requirements and restrictions for using funds provided by this and other appropriations Acts.

HRES1067-116, HR7613-116, HR7614-116, HR7616-116, HR7667-116, HR7668-116, HR133-116, HR7669-116,

Senate Actions

IntroReferral
Aug. 12 2020	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Appropriations.

House floor actions Actions

Floor

Jul. 31
2020

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. 7617.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 197 (Roll no. 178).
On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 197 - 219 (Roll no. 177).
The previous question on the motion to recommit with instructions was ordered without objection.
Floor summary: DEBATE - The House proceeded with 10 minutes of debate on the Aderholt motion to recommit with instructions. The instructions contained in the motion seek to require the bill to be reported back to the House with an amendment to increase funding for the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant program by $15 million and decrease funding for a competitive grant pilot program for qualified nonprofit organizations to provide legal representation to immigrants arriving at the southwest border seeking asylum and other forms of legal protection in the United States by a similar amount.
Mr. Aderholt moved to recommit with instructions to the Committee on Appropriations. (text: CR H4198)
The previous question was ordered without objection.
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
UNFINISHED BUSINESS - The Chair announced that the unfinished business was the question on adoption of the Allen amendment which had been debated earlier and on which further proceedings had been postponed.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4197-4200)
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration on H.R. 7617.

Jul. 30
2020

Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, further proceedings on H.R. 7617 were postponed.
Without objection, a motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
Without objection, a motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
Without objection, a motion to reconsider was laid upon the table.
Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H4174-4176)
Pursuant to clause 1(c) of Rule XIX, the House resumed consideration on H.R. 7617.

Library of Congress Actions

Floor
Jul. 31 2020	Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by the Yeas and Nays: 217 - 197 (Roll no. 178).

House bill HR7617-116

Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021

House bill HR7617-116

Defense, Commerce, Justice, Science, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2021

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