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• Institutions can raise tuition and fee rates to generate additional resources.
• Uh, they come to the council and they say, and lobby for higher tuition and fee increases.
• lobby for higher tuition and fee lobby for higher tuition and fee increases.<00:14:53.600> Uh
• under undergraduate tuition and fees under undergraduate tuition and fees between<00:15:22.079><
• <00:15:53.600> grew<00:15:53.920> at<00:15:54.240> 4.1% fees grew at 4.1% fees grew

Keywords: 958, all

Summary: The committee met for its fifth and final Interim Joint Budget Review Subcommittee on Education meeting, but did not initially have a quorum and approved the minutes later when enough members were present. The Council on Postsecondary Education, represented by President Aaron Thompson and Vice President Bill Payne, opened with condolences for the UPS crash victims and then presented higher education budget recommendations for the 2026-2028 biennium. Thompson emphasized the return on investment from state support for higher education, citing gains in retention, enrollment, persistence, graduation, reduced time to degree, lower student debt, and expanded dual credit participation, while noting that affordability and access remain priorities. Payne outlined CPE’s operating funds request, including $43.3 million in the first year and $86.6 million in the second year for inflation adjustments, plus $30 million and $45 million for performance funding. He said the inflation request would apply across the board to institutions to offset rising costs, and that the KSU land grant match would not need additional funding because the state has already met the matching requirement. He also explained that state support for educating students has not kept pace with inflation over time, creating pressure on institutional budgets and tuition, though tuition increases have been held to historic lows in recent years. A major portion of the discussion focused on the performance funding model and how it affects smaller institutions. CPE proposed two approaches to address institutions that have received little or no performance funding, especially Kentucky State University and Morehead State University. The first approach would create a $20 million minimum distribution pool, providing $1.95 million to each university and $4.4 million to KCTCS, with the goal of giving smaller and rural institutions a base level of support. The second approach would provide direct appropriations totaling a little over $5.6 million to Kentucky State, Morehead State, and five community colleges that have not been receiving performance funding. Members, especially Representative Tipton and Senator West, questioned how the model had treated small schools over time, and CPE officials explained that the original small school adjustment was not large enough to prevent KSU and Morehead from effectively being left out of the distribution. No votes were taken.

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• Actually, the application fee is not that straightforward. That's mechanics.
• Actually, the application fee is not that straightforward. That's mechanics.
• increase their per ton tipping fees increase their per ton tipping fees considerably considerably
• <01:11:32.280> So<01:11:32.840> my fees and transportation costs.
• So my fees and transportation costs.

Keywords: 1191, senate, all

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• storage fees, tree removal services<01:00:46.960> and<01:00:47.280> etc.
• Uh that is a huge cost driver for fees.
• taxes, regulatory fees, and more.
• Property taxes, payroll taxes, fees.
• We fund our regulatory fees, and more.

Keywords: Meeting Start 00:00:00 Call to Order and Roll Call 00:00:15 Department of Insurance Update 00:01:39 Department of Financial Institutions Update 00:37:07 Insurance Industry Update 00:54:50 Credit Union Industry Update 01:10:53, 958, all

Summary: The committee met with a quorum, approved the September 16 minutes, and then received an update from Insurance Commissioner Sharon Clark and staff on the Department of Insurance. Clark reviewed department activity, including growth in premium volume and licensing, consumer complaints and recoveries, and a rise in fraud referrals. She said the department has 66 open fraud cases and described common schemes such as staged auto accidents, inflated repair or cleanup charges, and roofing scams. She also said the department’s investigators often prepare strong cases but face reluctance from local prosecutors, especially in Fayette and Jefferson counties, to pursue them. Clark reported favorable workers’ compensation news, saying rates will decrease 9.7% next year for the 20th straight year. She contrasted that with a difficult property insurance market driven by storms, reinsurance costs, inflation, labor shortages, and litigation, but said Kentucky’s market remains relatively stable, citing the Kentucky Fair Plan’s small number of policies. She then warned of significant 2026 health insurance premium increases on the exchange: 16.1% for Molina, 23% for Anthem, and 37% for WCare, after CareSource withdrew. She said the rates were reviewed by actuaries and found fair, but that the biggest pressure point is the scheduled expiration of enhanced premium tax credits, which she said could leave about 90% of exchange enrollees facing a compounded increase. Members questioned Clark about fraud prosecution, the number of people in commercial versus public coverage, and the impact of expiring subsidies. Clark said the prosecution issue is mainly with Commonwealth attorneys and that rural counties are more cooperative than urban ones. She also said the health market is individually rated and that older enrollees would be hit harder, while the loss of tax credits could push some people out of the marketplace. One member asked about the attorney general’s recent opinion on SB 188, the PBM bill; staff said attorneys were still reviewing it. Clark closed by noting that Kentucky’s fraud and towing/storage legislation has become a model for other states.

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• Rule G is the increase to the administration fee for the RSV vaccination for children.
• It increases the administration fee only to the same price as what is currently allowed under the federal
• Um, it is an increase to the administration fee.
• that the intent is just as the Dental Association will share is that we were trying to increase the fees
• that the intent is just as the Dental Association will share is that we were trying to increase the fees

Summary: The committee reviewed a series of Arkansas DHS and Department of Health rules, most tied to 2025 legislation. Early items covered Medicaid changes including presumptive eligibility application timing, adding a fictive kin definition for foster child eligibility, raising the able account disability onset age to 46, allowing continuous glucose monitors to be billed by both pharmacy and DME providers, increasing the RSV vaccine administration fee for children, a telemedicine exemption for ET3 ambulance services, and a physical therapy access rule that also included occupational therapy. Members generally asked limited questions and most rules were reviewed without objection. A major portion of the meeting focused on the dental rate increase rule under Act 1025. DHS said it implemented rate increases for certain pediatric, special-needs, and oral surgeon services, but not orthodontics, and it interpreted the act as applying only to oral and maxillofacial surgeons, not general dentists. The Arkansas State Dental Association and legislative sponsors testified that the intent was to cover general dentists performing oral surgery procedures for special-needs patients, estimating the broader interpretation would add about $1.5 million annually. Committee members debated the plain language of the act versus legislative intent, and the rule was reviewed, but with testimony noting the issue should be fixed in future legislation. Later items included the Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies rule adding doula and lactation consultant billing and remote monitoring benefits; an adverse decisions rule extending provider appeal time from 35 to 65 days; CNA training program updates; PASSE network-status disclosure rules; certification rules for community-based doulas and community health workers; cosmetology, massage therapy, lead-based paint, radiation, radiologic technology, and RV park rule updates. Most of these were described as technical, statutory, or federally driven changes and were reviewed without objection. The committee briefly reopened the CGM rule after a motion to expunge the prior vote, and Representative Wardlaw said he would hold the rule for further review because he believed the billing changes did not match the law’s intent. The meeting ended with no further business and adjournment.

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• Half of the fees are going to be going to the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division.
• We carved out fee service. We carved out search engines like Google...
• Anything that you pay a fee with is carved out. Text messages are carved out.
• that, you know, allegedly were not sending these notices and then you would have all these storage fees
• that were have all these storage fees that were racking up.

Keywords: MS House Floor - 1 April, 2026; 10:00 AM, 925, all

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• were really grateful that the state, for the first time since we've gone to managed care, published a fee
• They do publish that by the hour, which was $17.20 an hour on the published fee schedule.
• We were pleased to see that there was a minimum fee schedule issued by the Healthcare Authority, which
• Last year, there was a bill to try to bring the minimum fee to $23.50, with a guarantee that 70% of that
• Starting this process and having transparency, both with the minimum fee schedule and a wage floor we

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• always easily accessible to the public, making it difficult for residents to understand how rates and fees
• that can be charged because there are different fee structures in different counties.
• Senator Middleton's bill consolidates fees, but it only applies to counties over a million.
• There are still food truck operators out there that are dealing with all these different fee structures
• Therefore, we set the standards and conduct the inspections for a fee.

Bills: HB103

Keywords: 1185, senate, all

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• program and insurance premium tax credit for for the growth of that program in the award of attorney fees
• 4647 by Patterson relating to the removal of... restrictions imposed on driver's license or opposing a fee
• relating to the dismissal of criminal charges related to illegal hunting of certain deer, authorizing fees
• HB 696 by Cortez relaying to the Waiver Committee. favors of state park interest fees and hunting and
• licensing fees for certain residential first responders, refers to the Committee on Cultural Recreation

Keywords: 1184, house, all

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• It pays 25% on million license fee.
• from the pre the first motor vehicle fee from the pre the first motor vehicle fee we<01:56:31.119
• dust settles between motor vehicle fee dust settles between motor vehicle fee or<01:58:11.599>
• Uh vehicle fee increases you have here.
• our our fee our our fee right<03:55:08.960> if<03:55:09.199> we<03:55:10.160> come

Keywords: 928, house, all

Summary: The committee met with Lottery Director Charlie McIntyre and Charitable Gaming Chief Compliance Officer Kulie Aoyo to review proposed changes in HB 2 and related amendments affecting video lottery terminals, historic horse racing, charitable gaming, and scratch tickets. McIntyre said the late-arriving amendment made revenue estimates difficult, especially because the bill would allow operators to decide when to convert from HHR to VLTs and would change the floor-space rules. He explained that the existing 70/30 floor-space split between machines and table games was negotiated to protect charity revenue, and warned that moving to a 90/10 split could reduce charity revenue, potentially by as much as $17 million, while also changing the character of the facilities. Committee members discussed whether to keep the 70/30 split, and McIntyre said he could provide updated estimates later that day, including net impacts after any offsetting gains or losses under current law. Members also asked about the governor’s proposed operator share versus the Sweeney amendment’s higher operator share. McIntyre said the governor’s 45% figure was based on his own estimate and on comparable rates in other states, and he supported it as a way to maximize revenue for the state and charities. He also described a change to high-stakes tournaments: after speaking with Rep. Sweeney, he said the amendment was clarified to apply only to those tournaments and would lower the house take from 10% to 5% to encourage participation in rare, high-buy-in events. The committee also discussed a separate proposal to raise the maximum scratch ticket price from $30 to $50; McIntyre said the change would take time to implement, would likely increase net state revenue by about $1 million in year two, and was consistent with pricing in neighboring states such as Massachusetts and Connecticut. Additional questions covered sports betting and a separate Kino-related estimate. McIntyre said March Madness is the busiest period for sports betting and that the state’s sports betting revenue has exceeded initial expectations. He also said he had estimated that removing a municipal-vote restriction for Kino could cost about $12 million total, with $2 million in the first year and $10 million thereafter. No formal votes were taken during the discussion; the chair indicated the committee would revisit the VLT amendment and other sections later, and McIntyre agreed to send updated revenue estimates to committee members.

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• It removes the authority of the Board of Governors to establish the out-of-state fee for non-resident
• The facilities were financed with revenue pledged by USF's housing and student fees.
• So the tuition, you know, fee, all of that would stay the same because we're not transferring the student
• I have to look at all the numbers, the breakdown of student fees and where their out-of-state tuition
• have to take a look at where each of them are at in comparison to one another and where their student fees

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• SB 1522 also provides needed clarity to other areas of the act, such as how entrance fees are escrowed
• when a CCRC undergoes expansion and when entrance fees need to be returned to a prospective resident
• Members, Group Home Consultants receive referral fees for directing potential residents to group homes
• advertising on national TV, and they are used by franchises as referral systems, so they do get… a fee
• This bill amends current law relating to group home consultant referrals and creates a criminal fee.

Bills: SB500, SB1522, SB1137, SB1266

Keywords: SB 500, Texas adoption law, Family Code, DFPS, Department of Family and Protective Services, child-placing agency, prospective adoptive parents, adoption records, confidential information, nondisclosure agreement, child history report, health history, social history, educational history, genetic history, termination of parental rights, permanency plan, single source continuum contractor, privacy, redaction

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• The current fee-for-service model within the code has led to. to fragmented billing and unpredictable
• To give more detail, the program ensures that a single payment covers all fees related to a surgical
• Including fees for the healthcare facility, the physicians, the providers, lab services, anesthesia,
• They're buying this bundle package, and they're not going to be surprised with big additional fees that
• No, this bill states that all those fees would be included.

Bills: HCR141, SB438, SB1495, SB1964, HB 1225

Keywords: HCR 141, House Concurrent Resolution, NASA, Houston, Space City, Johnson Space Center, Mission Control, Apollo 11, moon landing, aerospace, commercial space, space exploration, Texas Space Commission, space policy, federal resolution, memorial resolution, Congress, Washington D.C., headquarters relocation, space industry

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• These water fee increases are needed to improve the Department of Natural Resources' (DNR) permitting
• The water use fees have not been increased since 2008.
• Furthermore, as we testified previously, state park permit fee increases are necessary to keep pace.
• The park permit fees were last increased in 2018.
• Account, a long-established fund created by the legislature in 1984 and supported by ATV registration fees

Bills: HF2439

Keywords: environmental protection, pollution reduction, waste management, climate change, funding allocations

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• Senate Bill 1175 by Alvarado relating to the biennial adjustment of certain towing fees and maximum charges
• reclamation districts to water agri- Culture and Rural Affairs, Senate Bill 1227 by Flores, relating to the fees
• prevention equipment to finance Senate Bill 1232 by hand. cockrilling to certain health care transaction fees
• 1253 by Perry, relating to the authority of a political subdivision to provide credits against impact fees
• penalties and interest amounts. amounts to finance Senate Bill 1338 by Zaffirini relating to tuition and fee

Bills: SJR36, SJR3, SB616, SB565, SB384, SB5, SJR52, SJR53, SJR54, SJR55, SCR18, SCR19, SCR22, SB27, SB29, SB35, SB1151, SB1152, SB1153, SB1154, SB1155, SB1156, SB1157, SB1158, SB1159, SB1160, SB1161, SB1162, SB1163, SB1164, SB1165, SB1166, SB1167, SB1168, SB1169, SB1170, SB1171, SB1172, SB1173, SB1174, SB1175, SB1176, SB1177, SB1178, SB1179, SB1180, SB1181, SB1182, SB1183, SB1184, SB1185, SB1186, SB1187, SB1188, SB1189, SB1190, SB1191, SB1192, SB1193, SB1194, SB1195, SB1196, SB1197, SB1198, SB1199, SB1200, SB1201, SB1202, SB1203, SB1204, SB1205, SB1206, SB1207, SB1208, SB1209, SB1210, SB1211, SB1212, SB1213, SB1214, SB1215, SB1216, SB1217, SB1218, SB1219, SB1220, SB1221, SB1222, SB1223, SB1224, SB1225, SB1226, SB1227, SB1228, SB1229, SB1230, SB1231, SB1232, SB1233, SB1234, SB1235, SB1236, SB1237, SB1238, SB1239, SB1240, SB1241, SB1242, SB1243, SB1244, SB1245, SB1246, SB1247, SB1248, SB1249, SB1250, SB1251, SB1252, SB1253, SB1254, SB1255, SB1256, SB1257, SB1258, SB1259, SB1260, SB1261, SB1262, SB1263, SB1264, SB1265, SB1266, SB1267, SB1268, SB1269, SB1270, SB1271, SB1272, SB1273, SB1274, SB1275, SB1276, SB1277, SB1278, SB1279, SB1280, SB1281, SB1282, SB1283, SB1284, SB1285, SB1286, SB1287, SB1288, SB1289, SB1290, SB1291, SB1292, SB1293, SB1294, SB1295, SB1296, SB1297, SB1298, SB1299, SB1300, SB1301, SB1302, SB1303, SB1304, SB1305, SB1306, SB1307, SB1308, SB1309, SB1310, SB1311, SB1312, SB1313, SB1314, SB1315, SB1316, SB1317, SB1318, SB1319, SB1320, SB1321, SB1322, SB1323, SB1324, SB1325, SB1326, SB1327, SB1328, SB1329, SB1330, SB1331, SB1332, SB1333, SB1334, SB1335, SB1336, SB1337, SB1338, SB1339, SB1340, SB1341, SB1342, SB1343, SB1344, SB1345, SB1621, SJR57

Keywords: dementia, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, research funding, state budget, prevention, healthcare, medical research, Dementia Prevention and Research Institute, aquifer, water management, Edwards Aquifer, sustainability, regulatory framework, SB 565, Texas Water Code, TCEQ, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality, compliance agreement, enforcement suspension

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• Senate Bill 1015 by Zaffirini, relating to excess contributions and fees allocated to statutory probate
• Senate Bill 1016 by Blanco, relating to student union building fees at the University of Texas at El
• Senate Bill 1055 by Nichols, relating to permit fees for groundwater wells imposed by the Southeast Texas
• Senate Bill 1112 by Hughes, relating to the termination of fees, charges, and rates for certain benefits
• Bill 1133 by Hagen Bill relating to Senate Bill 1134 by Hagenbuch, relating to assistance for tuition fees

Summary: The Senate met briefly and referred a large number of first-reading bills and resolutions to standing committees. The measures covered a wide range of topics, including hemp regulation, dementia research funding, parental rights and public education, municipal library funding, tax and local government issues, criminal justice, health care, education, transportation, natural resources, and election law. Several constitutional resolutions were also referred, including proposals related to the Dementia Prevention and Research Institute of Texas and a severance tax revenue fund. Most of the transcript consists of the reading of bill captions and committee referrals, with no substantive debate or testimony recorded. The listed measures included proposals on school uniforms, charter schools, Medicaid fraud remedies, insurance practices, occupational licensing for people with criminal convictions, water and sewer utility cybersecurity, agricultural protections, public meeting broadcasting, and various local and state governance matters. No votes were taken on the bills in this segment. The only formal action reflected was referral of the bills and resolutions to the appropriate committees, followed by adjournment of the Senate until the next scheduled meeting.

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• :32.960> basically<02:05:33.960> um fee basically um fee basically um uh,<02:05:36.000>
• <02:09:23.600> per um provides for a $50 connect fee per um provides for a $50 connect fee
• , monthly fee, monthly fee, uh<02:10:09.120> some<02:10:09.400> jurisdictions<02:10
• Um, and uh, so this one here now, um, rather than using terminal access fees, fees, uh, would utilize

Keywords: 1187, senate, all

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• ton rather fee.
• That to me makes no sense considering the fact that that entity is paying the fee will Be gone.
• So, we need to know what the appropriate fee is.
• Any more budget to do this before any fees have been collected?
• You know, we were talking about fees paying for this.

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• On the other hand we've got triple fees drawing them away from classrooms.
• All charter public schools pay for authorizer oversight without any data or evidence that current fees
• are insufficient or that fee revenue is even used appropriately for oversight requirements.
• Increasing these fees will only exacerbate that problem.
• Increasing administrative fees without accountability or data is not a solution.

Keywords: 988, house, all

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• And as part of this spreadsheet, part of this $254 million for a one-time license fee reduction.
• And as part of this spreadsheet, part of this $254 million for a one-time license fee reduction.
• <00:30:56.120> Uh for a one-time license fee reduction.
• Uh for a one-time license fee reduction.
• So, this is part of license tab fees. So, this is part of that<00:31:16.200> deal.

Keywords: 918, senate, all

Summary: The committee took up a large bonding bill and reviewed the final spreadsheet of capital investments. Chairs and members repeatedly thanked staff, House and Senate negotiators, and the Governor’s team for a collaborative process. The bill was described as a statewide package rather than a partisan one, with major funding for higher education asset preservation, DNR projects, public safety, transportation, the Met Council, veterans facilities, corrections, DEED/local projects, and a large water infrastructure section. House Fiscal staff and Senate fiscal staff walked through the bill line by line. Highlights included University of Minnesota and Minnesota State asset preservation, education and language immersion school funding, DNR trail and flood mitigation projects, public safety facilities, local road and bridge grants, Met Council parks and I/I grants, veterans home and armory funding, corrections projects including the Faribault vocational expansion, and many local economic development and public facility projects across Greater Minnesota and the metro. The bill also included Public Facilities Authority water and wastewater grants, housing rehabilitation funding, historical society grants, a Minnesota Zoo operating transfer, airport appropriations, and several cancellations of prior appropriations to help finance the package. Members generally praised the bill and the bipartisan work behind it. Some Republicans emphasized the one-time license fee reduction and affordability, while also saying DEED’s business development infrastructure funding was too low. Senator Nelson highlighted long-awaited transportation projects such as Highway 14 and township roads. Senator Dibble supported the transportation investments but criticized the bill for having no transit funding, calling that a major omission. No vote was recorded in the excerpt, but the discussion centered on final review and support for moving the bonding bill forward.

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• These are the ones that are paid from their tuition and fees, sales, and federal funds.
• On the third, fees, sales, and federal funds. It also has the same format.
• And we don't want to raise tuition and fees $1 more than we have to.
• But it is common to have a student athletic fee. It's not.
• I mean, if we raise tuition and fees, we raise it more for them.

Summary: The committee first considered revisions to the JBC rules, which staff said were all prompted by acts passed in the 2025 legislative session. The rules were adopted without objection. Members then received a balanced budget presentation from DFA Secretary Jim Hudson on the governor’s FY27 proposal, which he said was built around three priorities: limiting state government growth, continuing investments in education, and advancing income tax cuts. He highlighted major additions for education funding, EFA growth, pay plan costs, higher education productivity funding, drug task forces, corrections medical costs, the governor’s 1033 initiative, SNAP error-rate reduction, and Medicaid sustainability, while also explaining a new A/B funding category structure intended to prioritize recurring costs and preserve room for tax cuts. Members questioned Hudson about the cost of income tax reductions, the constitutional balanced-budget requirement, education funding, the Educational Adequacy Fund, Medicaid trust fund balances, and the impact of federal changes on Medicaid and SNAP. Hudson said each tenth of a percent income tax cut would cost about $58 million, the budget remained balanced, public education would still receive historic increases, and the Medicaid trust fund would be monitored closely with additional set-asides proposed. He also said the FY27 SNAP administrative cost increase would be about $18 million. The committee then heard from the Division of Higher Education, which reported institutions were 2.61% more productive overall and that the budget recommendation followed the statutory productivity formula. Questions focused on why some institutions were receiving decreases or large increases, how the formula works, and how the new return-on-investment metric and committee composition would affect future funding. The committee approved several higher education-related actions, including personnel changes for nine institutions and special language for North Arkansas College’s move into the University of Arkansas system. Staff then walked members through the higher education appropriation summary, explaining large percentage increases at several institutions were tied to federal funds or corrected carry-forward issues, including the U of A School of Mathematical, Sciences and the Arts, South Arkansas College, SAU Tech, ASU Mountain Home, and ASU Newport. Members also discussed UAPB’s 1890 extension program and the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture’s land-grant matching funds; officials said UAPB’s recommendation was being aligned with actual spending and that the Division of Agriculture’s Smith-Lever and Hatch matches were included within its overall appropriation. The committee ultimately adopted the Higher Education Coordinating Board’s recommendations for all institutions and then moved on to the Department of Corrections section, with the chair outlining how the committee would proceed through those appropriations by section.