Look Ahead to the Week of June 10: House Considers Annual Defense Funding Bill
The House and Senate are in session this week.
The House will begin voting on the annual defense policy bill, known as the National Defense Authorization Act, which authorizes funding for various Pentagon programs and pay allocations to military personnel. Appropriators maintained the bill’s historically bipartisan support by not including any contentious policy amendments during committee markup. However, members may attempt to include provisions that would prove controversial during floor consideration.
Meanwhile, the House Appropriations Committee will continue its work on marking up several other funding bills, including a subcommittee vote on Agriculture-FDA, and consideration of Defense, Financial Services, Homeland Security, Legislative Branch, and State-Foreign Operations by the full committee.
In the upper chamber, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) intends to hold more votes on legislation that addresses reproductive rights, including legislation that would create a federal right to in-vitro fertilization (IVF), require employer-sponsored insurance plans to cover fertility treatments, and require Federal Employees Health Benefits Program carriers to cover IVF.
The annual bipartisan Congressional Baseball Game takes place Wednesday evening at Nationals Park.
Administration
On Wednesday, President Biden will travel to Italy for the G7 summit in Brindisi. A key focus at the summit will be efforts by the G7 leadership to announce a joint plan to tap into Russian sovereign assets, stopping short of outright seizure, to use those funds to pay for Ukraine’s reconstruction.
House Votes
On Tuesday, the House will meet to consider multiple bills under suspension.
Senate Votes
On Tuesday, the Senate will begin consideration of three nominations for the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission: David Rosner, Lindsay See, and Judy Chang.
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