Speaker. the House passed this bill and the Kosovo bill in clean forms that included $14.303 billion in spending including $1.855 in advance appropnations. The conference report that we have brought back has $15.144 billion in spending including $1.91 in advance appropriations. The major increases are: $900 million for FEMA. $422 million additional for aid to American farmers. $71 for additional migration and refugee assistance. $70 million for the U.S. Emergency Refugee and Migration Assistance Fund. $149 million additional for food aid. $45 million for Assistance to Eastern Europe and the Balkan States. $45 million for the census. and $100 million for temporary resettlement of displace Kosovo Albanians. Major reductions to the House passed versions include $1.044 billion for defense and $596 million for military construction. While the House passed versions included offsets of $1.121 billion. the conference agreement includes offsets of $1.995 billion.
Keywords matched
Refugee refugee