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Budget and Revenue Standing Committee

Federal Budget and Revenue Update
July 19, 2006

Volume 12, Number 10

An Information Service of the NCSL Budgets and Revenue Committee

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FY 2007 Appropriations Bills

The House has passed all but one of its appropriations bills – Labor/HHS/Education bill.

The Senate Appropriations Committee has passed eight of its twelve annual appropriations bills: Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Energy & Water, Interior, Homeland Security, State/Foreign Operations, District of Columbia, and Commerce/Justice/Science.

Table1:  FY 2007 Appropriations Bills
	House Approvals			Senate Approvals
	Approved by Subcmte	Approved by Committee	House Vote	Approved by Subcmte	Approved by Committee	Senate Vote
Agriculture (H.R. 5384)	5/03/06	5/09/06	5/18/06	6/20/06	6/22/06
Science/State/Justice/Commerce (House) H.R. 5672 Commerce/Justice/Science (Senate)	6/14/06	6/20/06	6/29/06	7/11/06	7/13/06
Defense (H.R. 5631)	6/7/06	6/13/06	6/20/06
District of Columbia  (S. 3661)	-	-	-	7/13/06	7/13/06
Energy & Water (H.R. 5427)	5/11/06	5/17/06	5/24/06	6/27/06	6/29/06
Foreign Operations (House) (H.R. 5522) State/Foreign Operations (Senate)	5/19/06	6/5/06	6/9/06	6/27/06	6/29/06
Homeland Security  (H.R. 5441)	5/11/06	5/17/06	6/6/06	6/27/06	6/29/06	7/13/06
Interior & Environment (House) (H.R. 5386) Interior & Environment  (Senate)	5/4/06	5/10/06	5/18/06	6/27/06	6/29/06
Labor/HHS/Education (H.R. 5647)	6/7/06	6/13/06
Legislative Branch (H.R. 5521)	6/1/06	6/1/06	6/7/06	6/22/06	6/22/06
Mil. Qual. of Life/Veterans Affairs (H.R. 5385) (House) Mil. Const./Veterans Affairs (Senate)	5/4/06	5/10/06	5/19/06
Trans./Treasury/HUD/Judiciary/D.C. (House) H.R. 5576 Trans./Treasury/Judiciary/HUD (Senate)	5/26/06	6/6/06	6/14/06

SENATE FY 2007 APPROPRIATIONS

Senate: Homeland Security

On July 13, the Senate passed the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act for FY2007. Here are its most significant features:

• Fails to provide any funds for state implementation of the REAL ID.
• Provides $500 million for state formula-based grants ($45 million below the House approved level).
• Provides $1.165 billion for high-density urban areas, similar to FY2006 levels, including: 
  • $745 million for urban area grants ($5 million below the House approved level);
  • $150 million for rail security (equal to the House approved level);
  • $210 million for port security ($10 million above the House approved level); and
  • $220 million for Emergency Management Performance Grants (EMPG) ($37 million above FY 2006 levels and $40 million above the House approved level).

Senate: Science, State, Justice, Commerce

On July 13, the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of 2007 (H.R. 5672). Here are its most significant features:

• Provides $810 million for state and local law enforcement assistance  ($413 million below FY2006 levels, $390 million below the House approval, and $810 above the President’s FY2007 request). The appropriations include:

• Provides $100 million for the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program (SCAAP), $315 below the House approval and nearly $300 million below FY2006 levels. The President FY2007 budget request eliminated funds for this program; 
• Provides $555 million for the Edward Byrne Justice Assistance Grants program, $79 million below the House approval and $143 million above FY2006 levels. The President’s FY2007 budget request eliminated funds for this program; and
• Provides $120 million for the Edward Byrne Discretionary Grants program, $120 million above the House approval and $69 million below FY2006 levels. The President’s FY2007 budget request eliminated funds for this program.
• Provides $390 million Violence Against Women (VAWA) programs ($28 million below the House approval, $8.4 million above FY2006 levels and $43 million above the President’s request).
• Provides $537 million for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs, ($80 million above FY2006 levels, $4 million above the House request, $435 million above the President’s request). The appropriations include:
  • $85 million for methamphetamine hot spots ($22 million above FY2006 levels and $44.9 million above the President’s request).
• Rescinds $127 million from unobligated balances under the justice assistance grants.
• Rescinds $127 million from unobligated balances under COPS.

BUSINESS ACTIVITY TAX

On July 11, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a cost estimate for the Business Activity Tax Simplification Act of 2005 (H.R. 1956). H.R. 1956 preempts state law by establishing a 21-day, physical presence standard for business activity taxes.  CBO estimates that H.R. 1956 would cost states more than $1 billion in the first full year after its enactment and increase to about $3 billion annually by 2011.

NCSL ANNUAL MEETING

NCSL's 2006 Annual Meeting in Nashville August 15-18, where America's issues will take center stage. http://www.ncsl.org/annualmeeting/