On December 17, the House approved H.R. 2764, an omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2008, which includes funding for 11 of the 13 spending bills. The Senate is expected to take action on the bill today and the President has indicated that he will sign the bill. The omnibus bill includes a 1.747% across-the-board cut in spending, with appropriations subcommittee chairmen was given discretion on how to rescind that amount in each of their jurisdictions.
Provisions in the bill of interest to NEPPA include $5 million for the Renewable Energy Production Incentive (REPI) program, with a .91% cut for all DOE programs, and $2.57 billion for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), with a 1.7475% cut ($1.98 billion for the state block grant formula fund; $340 million for the contingency fund; and an additional $250 million in emergency allocation funds.)
If you wish to review the text of the bill, please click the link below.
http://www.rules.house.gov/110_fy08_omni.htm