THE DAILY WHIP: THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2018
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| HOUSE MEETS AT: | FIRST VOTE PREDICTED: | LAST VOTE PREDICTED: |
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| 10:00 a.m.: Morning Hour 12:00 p.m.: Legislative Business Fifteen “One Minutes” | 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. |
| Continue Consideration of H.R. 4 – FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 (Rep. Shuster – Transportation and Infrastructure)(One hour of debate). This bill authorizes Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) operations for six years, until FY 2023, as well as the aviation taxes that finance the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (AATF). Currently, authorization is set to expire on September 30th. The last multi-year FAA reauthorization expired in 2015. Since that time the AATF expenditure authority, airport grants contract authority and aviation excise taxes have faced short-term reauthorizations and extensions. H.R. 4 authorizes: $10.2 billion for FY 2018, gradually increasing to $11.3 billion for FY 2023 for FAA operations, including the air traffic control system; $3.35 billion each year for the Aviation Trust Fund for the Airport Improvement Act (AIP); $2.9 billion for FY 2018, gradually increasing to $3.3 billion for FY 2023 for FAA air navigation facilities and equipment activities, including continued implementation of the NextGen program; $181 million for FY 2018, gradually increasing to $204 million for FY 2023, for the FAA’s research and development program; and $153 million for FY 2018, gradually increasing to $168 million for FY 2023 for the Essential Air Service program. H.R. 4 also includes the Disaster Recovery Reform Act (DRRA) which will help communities prepare for and respond to natural disasters. This provision reforms FEMA by putting an emphasis on pre-disaster planning that will better equip communities to respond to hurricanes, floods, wildfires, earthquakes and other disasters. The Rule, which was adopted yesterday, provides for one hour of debate equally divided and controlled by the Chair and Ranking Member of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. The Rule makes in order 116 amendments and allows for amendments to be offered en bloc. A full list of amendments can be found HERE. Bill Text for H.R. 4: Postponed Suspension (1 bill)
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| THE DAILY QUOTE |
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| “…[W]e urge Congress to first focus on passing H.R. 4796 [the USA Act of 2018 introduced by Reps. Hurd and Aguilar], as written, or similar bipartisan and narrowly-tailored legislation. Any legislation passed should provide Dreamers with a path to citizenship, not undermine our family-based immigration system or terminate existing protections for vulnerable migrants, and ensure that border security measures are just, proportionate, and humane.” - U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration, 4/25/2018 |