House appropriators unveiled their spending proposal for the State Department and foreign aid programs, laying out a conservative plan to block funding for international climate and energy initiatives.
The House’s fiscal 2027 State-Foreign Operations bill doubles down on efforts from congressional Republicans and the White House to abandon a number of multilateral environmental efforts. It also contains new language prohibiting funding for the implementation of any carbon tax.
The legislation proposes $47.3 billion in overall funding — a cut of $2.69 billion, or 6 percent, relative to the current level but billions of dollars above the White House’s request.
The National Security and Department of State Appropriations Subcommittee will mark up the bill Thursday, but most of the debate and amendment votes will take place during a full committee markup next Tuesday. The committee will also consider the Agriculture-FDA bill, which was released Wednesday, at that time.
