Committee Releases FY24 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

WASHINGTON - Today, the House Appropriations Committee released the Fiscal Year 2024 bill for the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Subcommittee. The bill will be considered tomorrow, July 14^th at 10:00 a.m. The markup will be live-streamed and can be found on the Committee's website.

The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies bill provides $147 billion for programs under the jurisdiction of the Subcommittee, which is $60.3 billion (29%) below the FY23 enacted level and $73 billion below the President's Budget Request. The bill protects life, promotes American values, prioritizes medical research, and combats the opioid epidemic – all while reining in wasteful bureaucracy and enhancing oversight and accountability.

Fiscal Year 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill

• Reins in wasteful bureaucracy and enhances oversight and accountability by:
  • Restoring fiscal responsibility and reducing the scope of social spending by $60.3 billion (29%) from the FY23 enacted level;
  • Eliminating 61 programs and rejecting any new controversial programs in the President's Budget Request; and
  • Strengthening congressional oversight of funds provided in the bill and restricting the Administration's ability to ignore congressional directives to fund an extreme, partisan agenda.
• Protects life and reprioritizes funding to address the needs of the most vulnerable by:
  • Maintaining long-standing pro-life provisions that prevent federal funds from being used for abortion with limited exceptions and protect the rights of all individuals to not be forced to participate in an abortion.
  • Fully supporting basic biomedical research investigating cures for cancers, Alzheimer's disease, other chronic diseases, and rare diseases;
  • Providing funds to combat opioid abuse and support substance-use prevention and treatment programs;
  • Targeting resources to rural communities, including vital telehealth and opioid response resources;
  • Prioritizing funding to help all school districts educate children with special needs;
  • Supporting Pell Grants to ensure an educated workforce in the next generation; and
  • Providing funds for charter school programs.

A summary of the bill is available here.
Bill text is available here.

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