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White House: Julián Castro Nominated for HUD Secretary Position President Obama has nominated San Antonio Mayor Julián Castro as the next Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The President has nominated current HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan for the role of Director of the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Both nominations must be confirmed by the Senate.
"And it's precisely because he's lived out the American Dream that he'll work his tail off to make sure more people can travel that same path and earn their own dreams as well," the President said of Castro's nomination.
House Appropriations Committee Marks Up Spending Bill Last Wednesday, May 21, the full House Appropriations Committee marked up their fiscal year (FY) 2015 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development (T-HUD) spending bill for programs under its jurisdiction, including the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program and many other low-income housing programs. The bill largely includes the same funding levels for homeless assistance and affordable housing programs that were included in the subcommittee's draft bill, including flat funding the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Grants program at $2.105 billion and cutting various other programs. To read the text of the bill and the report, visit the committee website. Senate Appropriations Committee Determines 302(b) Allocations Last Thursday, May 22, the Senate Appropriations Committee marked up its 302(b) allocations, which represent the amount of funding each appropriations subcommittee has to spend on programs under its purview. The Senate would provide $54.253 billion for the subcommittee that funds HUD and Transportation programs, significantly more than the House bill would provide. Now that these 302(b) allocations have been determined, Senate Appropriations Subcommittees have begun to mark up spending bills for programs under their jurisdictions.
Senate Appropriations Committee Marks Up Veterans Spending Bill On Tuesday, May 20, the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and Related Agencies (MilCon-VA) Appropriations Subcommittee marked up their FY 2015 spending bill; the full Senate Appropriations Committee marked up the bill on Thursday, May 22. The spending bill includes a total of $71.19 billion in discretionary spending for Veterans Affairs and military construction programs, equivalent to the amount requested in the President's Budget Proposal. This includes $1.641 billion for targeted homeless veteran programs, $241 million more than the FY 2014 enacted level and $41 million more than the amount requested in the President's Budget Proposal. Spending levels for all specific VA homeless programs are not yet available to the public.
The report highlights progress made in recent years to end homelessness among veterans and also directs Secretary Shinseki to conduct a needs assessment of veterans in rural areas who are homeless or at risk of becoming homeless and welcomes suggestions on how to improve housing stability for these veterans.
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