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House Appropriations Committee reviews reconciliation of budget language after BAA failure
Summary
Committee staff walked members through a working "Christmas tree" reconciliation showing where House, Senate and BAA language diverge in the FY26 budget, including consolidation of one‑time appropriations, removed appropriation language, and timing changes for reversions and transfers.
The House Appropriations Committee on May 1 reviewed a working reconciliation of budget language showing how House and Senate amendments — and a failed budget adjustment bill (BAA) — affect the FY26 “big bill.” Grady Nixon of the Joint Fiscal Office told the committee the one‑page map shows how the Senate folded second‑BAA provisions into the big bill after the BAA did not pass.
The reconciliation consolidates one‑time appropriations and moves section language into new locations in the draft statute. “So the first document we have is this 1 pager, the h 4 89 and big bill reconciliation. So this is…
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