House appropriators to consider defense spending bill May 15

By Tony Bertuca / May 1, 2019 at 2:42 PM

The House Appropriations defense subcommittee is scheduled to convene May 15 to mark up its version of the fiscal year 2020 defense spending bill, according to subcommittee Chairman Pete Visclosky (D-IN).

“Our bill is gonna be done on May 15 and, of course, then we have the process ahead of us,” he said during a subcommittee hearing today.

Meanwhile, the Senate Armed Services Committee is scheduled to mark up its version of the FY-20 defense authorization bill the week of May 20.

Republicans and Democrats on both sides of Capitol Hill remain at odds over whether the FY-20 defense topline should be $750 billion or closer to $733 billion.

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