THIS WEEK IN SOUTH CAROLINA The House Ways and Means Revenue Policy Subcommittee approved H. 4717 (Farm Aid Fund). The bill would establish a grant program for farmers who experienced significant crop losses as a result of the heavy rains South Carolina experienced during the fall of 2015. The bill now moves to the full Ways and Means Committee.
BUDGET President Jim Clements is scheduled to give Clemson's Education and General (E&G) budget presentation to the Ways and Means Higher Education Subcommittee on Tuesday, February 2. Colleges and universities giving their budget presentations this week included the Medical University of South Carolina and South Carolina State University.
The State Budget Process The House Ways and Means Committee (where the appropriations bill originates) will continue agency budget subcommittee hearings into February.
House Ways and Means Subcommittees that deliberate Clemson's budget requests:
Economic Development and Natural Resources Subcommittee: Representative Gary Simrill, Chairman (R-York) Representative Dwight Loftis (R-Greenville) Representative Leon Stavrinakis (D-Charleston) Staff: AJ Newton
Higher Education Subcommittee: Representative Jim Merrill, Chairman (R-Charleston) Representative Philip Lowe (R-Florence) Representative Gilda Cobb-Hunter (D-Orangeburg) Staff: Kara Brurok
BILLS OF INTEREST The Clemson University Governmental Affairs office is monitoring several bills that have potential impact on Clemson. A complete listing of these bills may be found here. Click on the bill number for a description of the legislation, along with the bill's current status.
CLEMSON ON CAPITOL HILL This Week Both the House and Senate return to Capitol Hill today and will be in session the next two weeks leading up to the annual President's Day recess.
Senate Energy Authorization Bill The Senate has begun consideration of a bipartisan and comprehensive energy reauthorization bill. The Energy Policy Modernization Act (S. 2012) contains language to reauthorize energy programs in the America COMPETES Act: the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Science and the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E).
President's Budget to be released on February 9 The White House will release the President's budget request for FY 2017 on February 9. The package is expected to stick to the caps on defense and nondefense discretionary spending agreed to last year, which would largely freeze FY17 funding at the FY16 level.
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