Appropriations

President Signs Bill Continuing Spending through November 17, 2006

September 29, 2006

President signs into law Defense Appropriations bill providing for continued spending authority for the federal government through November 17, 2006.

As part of its "rush-to-recess" chaos, Congress included a Continuing Resolution as part of the Defense Appropriation bill to keep the government running until after the election on November 17, 2007. The measure will maintain LIHEAP at its FY06 funding level of $1.98 billion. The supplemental $500 million in block grant and $500 million in contingency funds were not included as part of the Continuing Resolution.

Note: This does not mean that the final appropriation will be in the $2 billion range. Rather it will give us additional time to work to restore funding to at least the FY 2006 level.

The attached table provides state-by-state numbers comparing FY 2006 appropriations to FY 2007 as contained in the House and Senate Appropriations bills.

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