Highlights of legislation scheduled for House action on Thursday to fund U.S. operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, extend unemployment benefits, provide flood aid, boost GI Bill college benefits and provide flood aid to the Midwest.

War funding — $162 billion for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, enough to fund the war into next year.

GI Bill — $63 billion over ten years for increased college aid for military service members who serve after Sept. 11, 2001. The new benefit would provide tuition up to in-state tuition and fees for enrollment in a public college; a monthly housing stipend; and $1,000 per year for books and supplies. People who serve three years would receive the full benefit; those with shorter enrollments would receive between 40 and 90 percent of the benefit. The benefits could be transfered to a service member’s spouse or children.

Unemployment insurance — $12.5 billion over two years to provide 13 additional weeks of unemployment benefits for people whose 26-week benefits have run out. People must have worked 20 weeks to be eligible. 10-year cost: $8.2 billion.

Flood aid — $2.7 to replenish various disaster aid accounts in the aftermath of widespread flooding in the Midwest.

Medicaid rules — Blocks six of seven new Medicaid regulations sought by the Bush administration to curb program costs and combat waste and abuse.

Other spending — $10.1 billion for various foreign aid programs, including $1.9 billion for international food aid and $465 million for Mexico to combat drug trafficking; $5.8 billion for Louisiana levee repairs and construction; $4.6 billion for military base construction; $400 million for “competitiveness” programs, energy research and medical research; and $210 million to address cost overruns involving the 2010 Census.