House Passes DOD Appropriations Conference Version With Fewer Riders Than Expected
The House passed the conference version of the $636 billion Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations bill (H.R. 3326) today, but without the debt limit increase and a jobs package that had been anticipated as “riders” (unrelated provisions) tacked on. The final version is available on the House Appropriations Committee’s website.
Those two provisions were passed as separate bills. Congress Daily (subscription required) reports, however, that the DOD bill does include two-month extensions of certain health benefits and unemployment insurance and a collection of other provisions — including a short term extension of the Satellite Home Viewer act that needed to be reauthorized by December 31.
In case the Senate does not complete action on the DOD bill by Friday when the current Continuing Resolution (CR) expires, the House also passed a new CR that would keep DOD operating until December 23. The vote on the DOD bill was 395-34.
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