On the recordDecember 11, 2014
I submit the following for the Record: OVERVIEW The Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act, (``Cromnibus'') is comprised of: 1. 11 FY2015 Appropriations bills; and 2. Continuing Resolution maintaining the current rate of Homeland Security funding until February 27, 2015. Discretionary budget authority: $1.014 Trillion. Overseas Contingency Operations (Defense): $64 billion. Overseas Contingency Operations (State): $9.258 billion. Total OCO: $73.258 billion. Emergency Ebola funding: $2.72 billion (L-HHS-Ed); $2.530 billion (SFOPS); $112 million (Defense). Total emergency Ebola funding: $5.484 billion. 1. Agriculture Division of 2015 Omnibus Appropriations Act 2014 Total enacted level: $20.9 billion 2015 Committee mark: $20.9 billion 2015 Omnibus: $20.6 billion HIGHLIGHTS AND KEY POINTS $6.6 billion for Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), which is sufficient to meet expected need in 2015. $1.47 billion for Food for Peace (P.L. 480) grants, which is the same as the 2014 enacted level and $66 million above the request. $2.6 billion for the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), which is $37 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $4 million more than the request. $1.016 billion for the USDA food safety and inspection program, which is $6 million more than the 2014 enacted level and $15 million more than the request.…
