Legislative Update on DOD Funding Bills: October 6, 2009

Legislative Update on DOD Funding Bills: October 6, 2009

The Senate passed the FY2010 Department of Defense (DOD) appropriations bill (H.R. 3326) today. The next step is a conference committee. Congress Daily (subscription required) reports that negotiations with the House have been ongoing for several weeks and the chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Senator Inouye (D-HI), hopes to have the conference completed by the end of this week.

Congress Daily also reports that the House and Senate informally are close to agreement on the DOD authorization bill. Formally, the House was only expected to name its conferees tonight, with a meeting of the conference committee scheduled for tomorrow and a House vote expected on Thursday, according to the newspaper. Not sure about the difference between an authorization and an appropriation? See our “What’s a Markup?” fact sheet.

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