On Wednesday, the House Rules Committee released the text of an eight-bill fiscal 2018 minibus spending package (H.R. 3354) that Republican leaders hope to bring to the floor shortly after lawmakers return from August recess. The House passed a four-bill minibus (H.R. 3219) before the end of last session, and the next minibus bill would round out the chamber's spending measures for fiscal 2018.
Included in the minibus are spending bills for Agriculture (H.R. 3268), Commerce-Justice-Science (H.R. 3267), Financial Services (H.R. 3280), Homeland Security (H.R. 3355), Interior-Environment (H.R. 3354), Labor-HHS-Education (H.R. 3358), State-Foreign Operations (H.R. 3362) and Transportation-HUD (H.R. 3353). In a letter to the House Rules Committee, Chairman Pete Sessions (R-TX) announced the committee will meet sometime during their first week back from recess to grant the rule which would create the legislative vehicle for the remaining appropriations bills.