1. Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec CONGRESSIONAL ACTIONS
APRIL: Friends appear at Public Witness Day & submit written testimony to H & S Appropriations Committees for FY 2017
FWS/DOI BUDGET
FEB: Following POTUS budget, Friends talk to FWS about request and ask MOC to include refuge funding in personal requests to appropriators
BUDGET PROCESS
FRIENDS ACTION ITEMS
FEB-JULY: Friends weighing in with MOC, district visits etc…
FEB: Friends request to appear at Public Witness Day
Reconciled bills signed into law
Bills on Floor of
House & Senate
Conference
Committees
Reconcile Bills
Congressional Funding
Requests
Appropriations Committees Hold
Hearings & Take Direct Action
House & Senate Markups
Recess
Committee Oversight & Preparation
For Next Fiscal Year
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
Internal FWS: creating budget 2 years out
302(b) Allocations *
FWS working with DOI on budget
DOI Negotiating w/OMB on budget
Final budget
prep
Budget Resolution (maybe) 302(a) *
Oct 1, 2016 New Fiscal Year Begins
FEB: 9, 2016 POTUS Budget released
Conference Allocations
Thanksgiving: “Passback” from OMB to DOI
POTUS budget finalized
MAR-MAY: Friends talk to managers about plans for next two fiscal years
(FY18 and FY19)
JUL: Friends get support letters for LWCF/Construction projects from MOC/community/Counties/State to DOI if appropriate
* The Appropriations Committee receives a single 302(a) allocation for all of its programs then decides on its own how to divide this funding among its 12 subcommittees, creating 302(b) sub-allocations.