Some House Democrats are warning of presidential vetoes, and government shutdowns. Funding for the National Science Foundation and NASA is in this bill. By July 4, the House is scheduled to complete action on this bill, and appropriations bills for the Department of Energy and Department of Commerce.
Appropriations bills provide the annual funding for a department or agency.
They differ from authorization legislation that is the purview of committees such as the House Science Committee, whose bills set general program direction and funding limits. The House usually acts before the Senate on appropriations legislation. After an appropriations subcommittee writes and then votes on a bill, they send it to the full appropriations committee. The committee usually approves the bill without significant changes, and sends it to the floor. Accompanying the bill is a committee report with nonbinding recommendations.