The Senate voted 72-25 to pass a continuing resolution (CR) after Democratic leadership dropped a controversial policy rider. The roughly 10-week spending bill will keep most agencies funded till December 16.

The Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) at the Department of Justice (DOJ) issued guidance to assist law enforcement agencies in responding to mass demonstrations.

Lawmakers are working on a continuing resolution (CR) that would extend current government funding levels through December 16, 2022, as the fiscal year (FY) expires on September 30, 2022.

The House Committee on Appropriations has continued in recent weeks to review fiscal year (FY) 2023 proposed expenditures. As of last Friday, the full committee advanced six bills.

Last week, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 (FY23) was introduced into both chambers of Congress for committee and subcommittee review.

The House of Representatives passed a fiscal 2022 appropriations package (H.R. 2471) that will boost spending at domestic agencies by 6.7 percent.

Congress approved on Thursday a measure to fund the federal government through March 11, under fiscal year (FY) 2021 appropriations. The Senate passed the measure on an 65 to 27 vote.

The House of Representatives passed a continuing resolution on Tuesday, averting a government shutdown on February 18, 2022.

On October 19, 2021, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-MD), chairman of the Senate Appropriations, released proposed legislation for the remaining nine Senate appropriations bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022. The bill making appropriations for the Departments related to Commerce, Justice, and Science allocates $632 million for the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) new headquarters (HQ).

The Judicial Conference of the United States is requesting $1.54 billion from Congress to be put towards information technology and cybersecurity updates, stronger security measures, and courthouse construction. This funding could be part of either an infrastructure package to be released by lawmakers or a budget plan that is still being negotiated.

The House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government advanced a draft bill that makes no mention of a federal pay raise for General Schedule employees. Thus, the legislation effectively endorses President Biden’s proposed 2.7 percent average federal civilian pay raise.

The House Committee on Appropriations introduced a $1.9 billion proposal to increase security measures at the Capitol and cover overtime and hazard pay for officers who defended the Capitol during the January 6, 2021 insurrection. The bill was approved in the House with a 213-212 vote and will now move to the Senate.

On April 9, 2021, President Joe Biden released his administration’s FY 2022 budget proposal, which included the smallest funding increases for the Department of Defense, Department of Homeland Security, and the Department of Justice.

After several continuing resolutions to buy lawmakers additional negotiating time, Congress has passed a $2.3 trillion government funding and coronavirus relief package. As long as President Trump signs the measure by December 28, the federal government will not a shut down this year. The package allows for a 1 percent pay raise for civilian federal employees and includes $900 million in coronavirus relief, but the bill has been criticized for failing to take action on controversial federal workforce policies implemented by the Trump administration.

With a government shutdown looming at the end of this week, lawmakers are scrambling to fund the government and approve emergency COVID-19 aid. The omnibus government funding bill is expected to also serve as the vehicle for two COVID-19 relief packages. The $1.4 trillion spending and COVID-19 relief bill must be finalized or all non-emergency government services will be shut down and thousands of federal employees will be furloughed beginning at midnight on Friday, December 18.

Senate appropriators released all 12 of their fiscal year 2021 spending bills on the morning of November 10, 2020. Lawmakers have until December 11, 2020 to secure government spending and avoid a federal shutdown. Both Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) and Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) have called for a new omnibus spending bill, which would fund all government agencies in a single large package, rather than another continuing resolution that only funds the government temporarily at previous levels.