Friends Committee on National Legislation
2018 Military Appropriations.
This is an appropriations bill that combines the Defense, Energy-Water, Military Construction-VA, and Legislative Branch into one appropriations bills. Not only does this legislation fund a dangerous and wasteful increase in Pentagon spending, it also provides funding for construction of a southern border wall.
League of Conservation Voters
ASSAULT ON CLEAN ENERGY & CLEAN WATER.
Representative Kay Granger (R-TX) sponsored H.R. 3219, the Make America Secure Appropriations Act, 2018, which includes dangerous public health and environmental policy riders while also cutting critical investments in our renewable energy future. This bill attacks the government’s ability to assess the real costs of the impacts of climate change, slashes funding for clean energy and energy efficiency, and includes a radical provision exempting the administration’s repeal of the Clean Water Rule from long-standing requirements under the law. It also contains a rider that would stop the implementation of the beneficial National Ocean Policy, which allows agencies at all levels to coordinate ocean development activities. The House approved H.R. 3219. The Senate took no action on this legislation.