Compromise on spending skirts most divisive issues

Defense, miners and border security gain, but nothing for a wall

WASHINGTON Congress will vote this week on a bipartisan bill that provides more than $ 1 trillion to fund the federal government through September and averts a shutdown at the end of this week.

The compromise, unveiled Monday, keeps spending within limits previously set by Congress with a twist — lawmakers increased a spending account set aside for combat operations that doesn’t count against those limits. The bill would boost defense spending by $ 25 billion for the full 2017 fiscal year.

The House is expected to vote as early as Wednesday, with the Senate following quickly. Here are highlights of what is, and isn’t, in the bill.

THE BILL INCLUDES:

$ 15 billion of a $ 30 billion request from President Trump for extra funding for defense programs and combat operations in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria. A small chunk, $ 2.5 billion, could not be used until the Trump administration sends Congress a plan for how to defeat the Islamic State.

$ 1.5 billion in additional funding for border security, part of a $ 3 billion request from Trump. It would help pay for high- tech surveillance, such as drones and sensors.

Nearly $ 296 million to plug an emergency budget shortfall in Puerto Rico so that the U. S. territory will not run out of Medicaid funding this year. Officials have estimated that nearly half a million residents would lose medical coverage by December without help.

More than $ 1 billion for a permanent extension of health insurance benefits for retired union mine workers and their families.

$ 8.1 billion in disaster relief for states hit hard by floods, wildfires and other disasters in 2015 and 2016.

$ 2 billion in additional funding for medical research at the National Institutes of Health. The money would help pay for research into Alzheimer’s disease, antibiotic resistance and cures for cancer.

Year- round Pell grants to provide 1 million college students with an additional average award of $ 1,650 to help pay for tuition.

$ 990 million in additional humanitarian aid to boost global famine- relief efforts. That includes $ 300 million for Food for Peace in South Sudan, Somalia, Yemen and Nigeria.

$ 68 million to reimburse New York and Florida law enforcement agencies for the costs of helping the Secret Service protect Trump and his family when they are at Trump Tower in New York City or at the Mar- a- Lago estate in Florida.

$ 407 million in additional funds to fight wildfires.

$ 100 million more to reduce opioid addiction.

A provision by California lawmakers to prevent the Department of Justice from spending money to interfere with state medical marijuana laws.

THE BILL DOES NOT INCLUDE:

Trump’s request for $ 1.4 billion to begin construction of a wall on the U. S.- Mexico border. Democrats said they would oppose any government funding bill that included money for the barrier.

Trump’s request to cut nondefense spending by $ 18 billion. Lawmakers largely ignored the president’s call for deep cuts in domestic programs for the remainder of fiscal 2017.

Defunding Planned Parenthood.

Extra funding to hire more Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents.

Restricting “sanctuary cities” from receiving federal grants.

Any provisions that would have undermined Obamacare. The president had threatened to stop paying federal subsidies to insurance companies that offer lower- cost medical coverage to low- income Americans. The White House relented when Democrats said that failing to make the payments would doom a deal.

Dismantling consumer protections created by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010. Republicans have introduced a separate bill to overhaul the law.

Deep cuts to the Environmental Protection Agency.