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The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 () is a bill that would make appropriations for fiscal year 2015 for military construction and the United States Department of Veterans Affairs.〔 The bill is considered one of the two easiest appropriations bills to pass each year.〔〔 The total amount appropriated by the introduced version of the bill is $71.5 billion, approximately $1.8 billion less than fiscal year 2014 due to a decrease in the need for military construction.〔 The bill was introduced into the United States House of Representatives during the 113th United States Congress. It passed in the House on April 30, 2014, with a vote of 416-1.〔 ==Background== (詳細はUnited States budget and spending process. They are preceded in that process by the president's budget proposal, congressional budget resolutions, and the 302(b) allocation. The U.S. Constitution (Article I, section 9, clause 7) states that "No money shall be drawn from the Treasury, but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law..." This is what gives Congress the power to make these appropriations. The President, however, still has the power to veto appropriations bills.〔 The Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015 falls under the jurisdiction of the United States House Appropriations Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies. The bill covers appropriations for military construction and for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, but not most of the United States Department of Defense or its operations, which is handled separately. The House and Senate currently consider appropriations bills simultaneously, although originally the House went first. The House Committee on Appropriations usually reports the appropriations bills in May and June and the Senate in June. Any differences between appropriations bills passed by the House and the Senate are resolved in the fall. In 2013, Congress was unable to pass all twelve appropriations bills (for fiscal year 2014) before October 1, 2013 when the new fiscal year. This led to the United States federal government shutdown of 2013. The shutdown lasted for 16 days. Finally, late in the evening of October 16, 2013, Congress passed the Continuing Appropriations Act, 2014, and the President signed it shortly after midnight on October 17, ending the government shutdown and suspending the debt limit until February 7, 2014. In reaction to this situation, House Committee on Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers has stated that his goal is to pass all twelve regular appropriations bills for 2015 before Congress has a recess in August because he wants to avoid a similar situation. This bill is the earliest to be considered since 1974, according to the Chairman.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Military Construction and Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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