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R47622 — Status of FY2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations: In Brief

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Karen E. Lynch · Jessica Tollestrup
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R47622
Summary

This report provides a brief summary of the status of FY2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations as of the cover date of this report. It also provides background on the scope of the LHHS bill generally and the context for congressional appropriations decisions, including the submission of the FY2024 President’s budget request and budget enforcement in the absence of a budget resolution. Full-year FY2024 appropriations for LHHS were enacted on March 23, 2024, when the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (FY2024 LHHS omnibus; H.R. 2882; P.L. 118-47) was signed into law by the President. The FY2024 LHHS omnibus reduced regular discretionary appropriations for LHHS by 6% (-$12.9 billion) relative to FY2023 and by 1% (-$2.6 billion) relative to FY2022. Prior to its enactment, the final version of the measure was approved by the House on March 22, and the Senate on March 23 (74-24). Prior to enactment of full-year appropriations, FY2024 funding was provided temporarily through four continuing resolutions (CRs). The first CR was signed into law on September 30, 2023 (Division A of H.R. 5860; P.L. 118-15), providing continuing appropriations for all 12 annual appropriations acts (including LHHS) through November 17, 2023. Subsequently, three additional CRs were enacted, which extended the provisions of the first CR with some additional provisions (see Division A of P.L. 118-22, enacted on November 16, 2023; Division A of P.L. 118-35, enacted on January 19, 2024; Division A of P.L. 118-40, enacted on March 1, 2024). In general, the CRs funded discretionary programs at the same rate, and under the same conditions, as in FY2023 and funded annually appropriated entitlements at their current law levels. The CRs included a few provisions that were specific to LHHS accounts or related activities. On July 27, 2023, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to report the FY2024 LHHS bill, 26-2; the measure was subsequently reported to the Senate that same day (S. 2624; S.Rept. 118-84). The Senate committee bill would have reduced discretionary appropriations for LHHS by 6% (-$12.1 billion) relative to FY2023 and by 1% (-$1.8 billion) relative to FY2022. The measure was not formally marked up in subcommittee prior to full committee consideration. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its initial suballocations for all 12 subcommittees, including LHHS, on June 22, 2023 (15-13). While the House Appropriations Committee did not report its version of the LHHS bill, a draft bill was approved in subcommittee on July 14, 2023, by a voice vote. Previously, on June 15, 2023, the House Appropriations Committee approved draft suballocations (33-27), which would have reduced regular discretionary appropriations for LHHS by 29% (-$60.3 billion) relative to FY2023 and by 25% (-$49.9 billion) relative to FY2022. The LHHS bill also received some House floor consideration, but the House did not vote on passage of the bill. On October 6, 2023, Representative Aderholt, chair of the House Appropriations LHHS Subcommittee, introduced an LHHS bill (H.R. 5894); the text of H.R. 5894 was substantially the same as the subcommittee draft bill. The bill was brought to the House floor for consideration on November 14, under the terms of a special rule (H.Res. 864). The special rule specified the amendments that were to be in order, and provided that the text of the bill would be Rules Committee Print 118-13, which in effect made numerous alterations to the provisions in H.R. 5894 as introduced. Floor amendments were considered on November 14 and 15, with a total of 109 being adopted. One proposal has been signed into law providing LHHS emergency-designated appropriations for FY2024. In P.L. 118-50 (H.R. 815, April 24, 2024), Division B, the Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024, provided $481 million in emergency-designated appropriations for the Refugee and Entrant account at the Administration for Children and Families (HHS).

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