Appropriations — Government Operations Division advances OMB amendment package, delays final vote until next week

The Appropriations - Government Operations Division met to consider amendments to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) biennial budget, agreed to add multiple appropriations to a consolidated amendment and deferred final passage until next week. Committee leadership said staff should prepare amendment language while the committee holds the bill for technical corrections.

The committee chair said, “I do not anticipate that we will be able to kick the bill out today,” and asked staff to prepare the agreed changes for formal consideration next week. That package of amendments was described as the list provided by Brady (committee staff) and by members during floor discussion.

Why it matters: the OMB budget is the last major budget the committee is preparing before moving it to full appropriations. The package includes several large, one‑time capital and programmatic appropriations that will affect agencies’ near‑term capital projects and agency operations if enacted.

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