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Weekly Highlights: July 4-8, 2016

Floor Action:

International- On July 6, the House approved, 369-53, S. 1252, the Global Food Security Act.

Health- On July 8, the House approved, 407-5, the conference report for S. 524, the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act.

Appropriations- On July 7, the House approved, 239-185, H.R. 5485, the FY2017 Financial Services and General Government spending bill.

Child Protection- On July 7, the House approved, 241-181, H.R. 4361, the Federal Information Systems Safeguards Act.

Mark-Ups:

Appropriations- On July 7, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies approved, by voice vote, the FY2017 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).

On July 6, the House State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Subcommittee approved, by voice vote, the FY2017 State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered).

Crime- On July 7, the House Judiciary Committee approved H.R. 5578, the Survivors’ Bill of Rights Act, and H.R. 320, the Rapid DNA Act.