House Rules Committee
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act and No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
The Committee on Rules will meet Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 2:00 PM ET in H-313, The Capitol on the following measures:
- H.R. 5893 – Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2024
- H.R. 5961 – No Funds for Iranian Terrorism Act
For 2024, H.R. 5893 provides $58.7 billion, a <a href=’https://democrats-appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/republicans-advance-bill-to-defund-law-enforcement-hurt-communities-advantage ‘>decrease of $25 billion – 29 percent – below 2023. The operating budget of the National Weather Service is cut by 15 percent below the current level. Nearly $1 billion is cut from NOAA, while more than $400 million is cut from the NASA Science account, and nearly a quarter of a billion dollars is cut from the National Science Foundation STEM Education account.
Section 554 prohibits funding in the Act for:- the NIST Center of Excellence in Climate Change
- climate change fisheries research
- NSF for the U.S. Global Change Research Program or Clean Energy Technology Program; or
- to enforce Executive Order 14008 (Jan. 27, 2021), entitled, “Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad”.