	Most Recent Developments

On September 29, 2006, Congress passed the Department of Defense FY2007 Appropriation bill ( H.R. 109-289 ), which included a continuing resolution (CR) providing funding for Science, State, Justice and Commerce (SSJC) and related agencies through November 17, 2006. On November 15, 2006, Congress passed a second CR ( H.J.Res. 100 ), which extended funding provided in the initial continuing resolution through December 8, 2006. On December 8, the House passed a third CR ( H.J.Res. 102 ) extending funding through February 15, 2007. The Senate passed the measure on December 9. 110-5 , which amended P.L. 109-289 ( H.J.Res. The House passed its SSJC appropriation bill ( H.R. The House funding level included $22.5 billion for the Department of Justice, $5.9 billion for the Department of Commerce and related agencies, $22.7 billion for the Science agencies, $9.7 billion for the Department of State and international broadcasting, and $2.3 billion for related agencies. The Administration submitted its FY2007 budget to Congress on February 6, 2006. The Administration requested $62.5 billion for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations (SSJC) subcommittee of the House and $52.3 billion for the Agencies under the Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS) Appropriations subcommittee in the Senate. The Administration requests for the major departments and their related agencies are Department of Justice, $21.3 billion; Department of Commerce, $6.3 billion; Department of State, $10.2 billion; Science, $22.8 billion; and Related Agencies, $2.3 billion. The law provided $62.1 billion ($63.1 billion including FY2006 supplementals) for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations subcommittee of the House. The estimated appropriations of the major departments and their related agencies (after rescissions and supplementals) were Department of Justice, $21.7 billion; Department of Commerce, $6.6 billion; Department of State, $9.5 billion; Science, $22.2 billion; and Related Agencies, $3.2 billion. Appropriations bills reflect the jurisdiction of the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in which they are considered. Jurisdictions for the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees were changed at the beginning of the 109 th Congress. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its bill ( H.R. 5672 on June 29, 2006. The final FY2006 appropriations, P.L. The total funding for related agencies in FY2007 was $108.6 million. FY2007 Appropriations

The 110 th Congress passed the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, 2007, and it was signed into law ( P.L. 110-5 ) on February 15, 2007.
This report monitors actions taken by the 109th Congress for the House's Science, State, Justice, Commerce, and Related Agencies (SSJC) and the Senate's Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) FY2007 appropriations bill. Appropriations bills reflect the jurisdiction of the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees in which they are considered. Jurisdictions for the subcommittees of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees changed at the beginning of the 109th Congress.
On September 29, 2006, Congress passed the Defense Department Appropriation (H.R. 5631/P.L. 109-289), which included a continuing resolution (CR) to fund the most other agencies, including SSJC agencies, through November 17, 2006. On November 15, 2006, Congress passed a second CR (H.J.Res. 100) which extended funding provided in the initial continuing resolution through December 8, 2006. On December 8, the House passed a third CR (H.J.Res. 102), which extended funding through February 15, 2007. The Senate passed the measure on December 9. On February, 15, 2007, the President signed into law H.J.Res. 20 (P.L. 110-5), which amended P.L. 109-289, the Revised Continuing Appropriations Resolution, extending continuing appropriations through FY2007.
For the FY2007 SSJC/CJS appropriations, the Administration requested $62.5 billion/$52.3 billion in the budget that it sent to Congress on February 6, 2006. The Administration request for the major departments and their related agencies are Department of Justice (DOJ), $21.3 billion; Department of Commerce (DOC), $6.3 billion; Department of State, $10.2 billion; Science, $22.8 billion; and Related Agencies, $2.3 billion. (The numbers may not add to the total due to rounding.)
The House passed its SSJC appropriation bill (H.R. 5672) on June 29, providing a total of $62.6 billion. The House funding level included $22.5 billion for DOJ, $5.9 billion for DOC and related agencies, $22.7 billion for the Science agencies, $9.7 billion for the Department of State and international broadcasting, and $2.3 billion for related agencies. The Senate committee reported its bill covering State Department funding (H.R. 5522) on July 10.
The enacted FY2006 appropriation provided $62.1 billion ($63.1 billion, including FY2006 supplemental funds) for the agencies under the jurisdiction of the Science, State, Justice, Commerce Appropriations subcommittee of the House. The appropriations enacted for the major departments and their related agencies were DOJ, $21.7 billion; DOC, $6.6 billion; Department of State, $9.5 billion; Science, $22.2 billion; and Related Agencies, $2.5 billion.
This report is the final update for the FY2007 SSJC report. Any future adjustments of the FY2007 numbers will be in the FY2008 appropriation report.