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      "summary": "This report offers an overview of actions taken by Congress and the President to provide FY2018 appropriations for accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill. This bill includes all accounts funded through the annual appropriations process at the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED). It also provides annual appropriations for most agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with certain exceptions (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration is funded via the Agriculture bill). Finally, the LHHS bill provides funds for more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration (SSA).\nFY2018 Rescissions Proposal: On May 8, 2018, the Trump Administration submitted to Congress a proposal for rescissions of budget authority totaling $15.8 billion. The proposal included a number of LHHS-related rescissions of both mandatory and discretionary funding. After it was introduced as H.R. 3, this proposal passed the House on June 7, 2018, but has not been taken up by the Senate as of the date of this report.  \nFY2018 Omnibus: On March 23, 2018, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, FY2018 (H.R. 1625, P.L. 115-141) was enacted, providing LHHS appropriations in Division H. FY2018 LHHS discretionary appropriations totaled $186.5 billion (excluding emergency-designated amounts provided by an earlier supplemental appropriations act for FY2018). This amount is 7.6% more than FY2017 levels and 25.3% more than the FY2018 budget request from the Trump Administration. The omnibus also provided $817.5 billion in mandatory funding, for a combined FY2018 LHHS total of $1.004 trillion. The distribution of discretionary funding is as follows:\nDOL: $12.2 billion, 1.1% more than FY2017.\nHHS: $88.2 billion, 12.8% more than FY2017.\nED: $70.9 billion, 3.9% more than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $15.3 billion, 2.8% more than FY2017.\nFY2018 Supplemental Appropriations:  On February 9, 2018, supplemental appropriations to address the 2017 hurricane season and a series of deadly wildfires in California were enacted as part of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018. In total, $4.0 billion in emergency-designated appropriations for accounts and purposes traditionally associated with the LHHS appropriations bill were enacted for accounts at DOL, HHS, and ED. The FY2018 enacted totals presented throughout this report do not include these emergency funds.\nFY2018 Continuing Resolutions: Prior to the enactment of the omnibus, FY2018 appropriations were provided by five continuing resolutions (CRs): P.L. 115-56, P.L. 115-90, P.L. 115-96, P.L. 115-120, and P.L. 115-123. Government-wide funding was interrupted between the third and fourth CR due to a funding gap that commenced on January 20, 2018, and ended on January 22, 2018. With limited exceptions, the FY2018 CRs generally funded discretionary LHHS programs at FY2017 levels minus a reduction of about two-thirds of one percent (-0.6791%).\nFY2018 LHHS House Action: The House Appropriations Committee\u2019s version of the FY2018 LHHS appropriations bill was ordered reported by the full committee on July 19, 2017, by a vote of 28-22, and reported to the House on July 24 (H.R. 3358). This bill would have provided $168.9 billion in discretionary LHHS funds, a 2.6% decrease from FY2017 enacted levels. This amount is 13.4% more than the FY2018 President\u2019s request. In addition, the House committee bill would have provided an estimated $817.4 billion in mandatory funding, for a combined total of $986.3 billion for LHHS as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding was as follows:\nDOL: $10.6 billion, 12.6% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $77.6 billion, 0.7% less than FY2017.\nED: $66.0 billion, 3.2% less than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $14.7 billion, 1.1% less than FY2017.\nThe House committee-reported version of the LHHS bill (H.R. 3358) did not receive floor consideration, but the text of this measure (with minor alterations) was included in an omnibus appropriations bill (H.R. 3354) that was amended on the floor and passed by the House on September 14, 2017. Comprehensive figures that account for the budgetary effects of the LHHS-related floor amendments to H.R. 3354 are generally not available. As a result, this report does not present funding levels from this House-passed measure. However, Appendix B includes a discussion of the LHHS-related amendments that were offered during floor consideration of H.R. 3354. This measure was not taken up in the Senate.\nFY2018 LHHS Senate Action: The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its version of the FY2018 LHHS appropriations bill on September 7, 2017, by a vote of 29-2 (S. 1771). This bill would have provided $174.4 billion in discretionary LHHS funds. This is 0.6% more than FY2017, and 17.2% more than the FY2018 President\u2019s request. In addition, the Senate committee bill would have provided an estimated $817.4 billion in mandatory funding, for a combined total of $991.9 billion for LHHS as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding was as follows:\nDOL: $12.0 billion, 0.5% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $79.8 billion, 2.1% more than FY2017.\nED: $68.3 billion, 0.04% more than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $14.4 billion, 3.6% less than FY2017.\nFY2018 President\u2019s Budget Request: On May 23, 2017, the Trump Administration released the FY2018 President\u2019s budget. The President requested $148.9 billion in discretionary funding for accounts funded by the LHHS bill, which is a decrease of 14.1% from FY2017 levels. In addition, the President requested $815.8 billion in annually appropriated mandatory funding, for a total of $964.7 billion for the LHHS bill as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding was as follows:\nDOL: $9.7 billion, 19.4% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $63.0 billion, 19.3% less than FY2017.\nED: $62.9 billion, 7.8% less than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $13.2 billion, 11.1% less than FY2017.",
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      "title": "Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education: FY2018 Appropriations",
      "summary": "This report offers an overview of actions taken by Congress and the President to provide FY2018 appropriations for accounts funded by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) appropriations bill. This bill includes all accounts funded through the annual appropriations process at the Departments of Labor (DOL) and Education (ED). It also provides annual appropriations for most agencies within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), with certain exceptions (e.g., the Food and Drug Administration is funded via the Agriculture bill). Finally, the LHHS bill provides funds for more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration (SSA).\nAs of the date of this report, FY2018 annual appropriations for LHHS have not been enacted into law. The House and Senate appropriations committees have reported their respective versions of the LHHS bill to their parent chambers (H.R. 3358 and S. 1771). While the LHHS bill has not yet received initial floor consideration in the Senate, the text of the House committee-reported version was initially considered as part of the omnibus appropriations bill, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act, 2018 (H.R. 3354), which passed the House on September 14, 2017. (As bill-wide numbers that incorporate the budgetary effects of the LHHS-related floor amendments to H.R. 3354 are generally not available, the House budget numbers in this report are based on H.R. 3358 as reported by the House Appropriations Committee. The LHHS-related amendments that were offered during floor consideration of H.R. 3358 are discussed in Appendix B.)\nFY2018 Continuing Resolutions: Temporary funding for LHHS has been provided by four continuing resolutions (CRs). The first was enacted on September 8, 2017 (H.R. 601, Division D; P.L. 115-56). With limited exceptions, this CR generally funded discretionary LHHS programs through December 8, 2017, at FY2017 levels minus a reduction of about two-thirds of one percent (-0.6791%). A second CR extended the expiration date of the first CR through December 22, 2017 (H.J.Res. 123; P.L. 115-90). A third CR extended the expiration date through January 19, 2018 (H.R. 1370; P.L. 115-96). After a funding gap that commenced on January 20, 2018, a fourth CR was enacted two days later that extended funding through February 8, 2018 (H.R. 195). \nFY2018 LHHS House Action: The House Appropriations Committee\u2019s version of the FY2018 LHHS appropriations bill was ordered reported by the full committee on July 19, 2017, by a vote of 28-22, and reported to the House on July 24 (H.R. 3358). This bill would provide $168.9 billion in discretionary LHHS funds, a 2.6% decrease from FY2017 enacted levels. This amount is 13.4% more than the FY2018 President\u2019s request. In addition, the House committee bill would provide an estimated $817.4 billion in mandatory funding, for a combined total of $986.3 billion for LHHS as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding is as follows:\nDOL: $10.6 billion, 12.6% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $77.6 billion, 0.7% less than FY2017.\nED: $66.0 billion, 3.2% less than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $14.7 billion, 1.1% less than FY2017.\nFY2018 LHHS Senate Action: The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its version of the FY2018 LHHS appropriations bill on September 7, 2017, by a vote of 29-2 (S. 1771). This bill would provide $174.4 billion in discretionary LHHS funds. This is 0.6% more than FY2017, and 17.2% more than the FY2018 President\u2019s request. In addition, the Senate committee bill would provide an estimated $817.4 billion in mandatory funding, for a combined total of $991.9 billion for LHHS as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding is as follows:\nDOL: $12.0 billion, 0.5% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $79.8 billion, 2.1% more than FY2017.\nED: $68.3 billion, 0.04% more than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $14.4 billion, 3.6% less than FY2017.\nFY2018 President\u2019s Budget Request: On May 23, 2017, the Trump Administration released the FY2018 President\u2019s budget. The President requested $148.9 billion in discretionary funding for accounts funded by the LHHS bill, which is a decrease of 14.1% from FY2017 levels. In addition, the President requested $815.8 billion in annually appropriated mandatory funding, for a total of $964.7 billion for the LHHS bill as a whole. The distribution of discretionary funding is as follows:\nDOL: $9.7 billion, 19.4% less than FY2017.\nHHS: $63.0 billion, 19.3% less than FY2017.\nED: $62.9 billion, 7.8% less than FY2017.\nRelated Agencies: $13.2 billion, 11.1% less than FY2017.",
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