House Approps Committee Releases 302(b)s; Byrd Announces Markup Schedule The House Appropriations Committee has released its 302(b) allocations. House FY 2009 302(b) Allocations (discretionary budget authority; excluding emergency funding unless otherwise noted; in billions of dollars) FY 2009 Proposed Allocations Defense $487.737 Homeland Security 39.900 Homeland Advance Appropriations: BioShield 2.175 Military Construction & Veterans Affairs 72.729 Subtotal, Security-Related 602.541 State & Foreign Operations 36.620 Agriculture 20.623 Commerce, Justice, & Science 56.858 Energy & Water 33.265 Financial Services & General Government 22.390 Interior & the Environment 27.867 Labor, Health, & Education 153.121 Legislative Branch 4.404 Transportation & Housing 54.997 Subtotal, Domestic 373.525 Total $1,012.686 And, Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) has announced his "intention to complete Full Committee action on all of the 12 appropriations bills by the end of July." The press release also indicates that that subcommittee markups are to begin the week of June 16, starting with Commerce, Justice, Science and Homeland Security on June 18. Also, three approps subcommittees in the House have wrapped up their work. Here's the current situation: