Bill Highlights:  FY 2006 Labor, HHS, Education Spending Bill



FY 2005 Funding Level: $143.428 billion

FY 2006 President's Request: $141.955 billion

FY 2006 Senate Passed: $145.693 billion

FY 2006 Emergency Funding for Pandemic Flu: $7 billion



Labor Programs



Dislocated Workers - The Senate bill recommends $1.476 billion, the same
amount as the FY 2005 enacted level, and $132.5 million over the
Administration's request. States may use these funds for rapid response
assistance to help workers affected by mass layoffs and plant closures.



Community College Initiative - The Senate bill includes $125 million for
the community college initiative, which is equal to the House-passed
bill.



Job Training - The Senate bill contains $5.250 billion for this nation's
job training programs. The bill includes: $893.6 million for adult job
training, $80.1 million for the migrant and seasonal farm worker
program, $986.3 million for youth training, and $69.8 million for
ex-offender programs.



Job Corps - The Senate bill increases Job Corps by $30.1 million for a
total of $1.552 billion.



Child Labor - The Senate bill includes $93.2 million for the
International Labor Affairs Bureau.



Worker Protection Programs - The bill includes $280.5 million for mine
safety, $477.5 million for OSHA, and $252.3 million for the National
Labor Relations Board, $412.6 million for employment standards, and
$134.9 million for employee benefits security, for a total increase of
$32 million over last year.



HHS Programs



Community Health Centers -- $1.839 billion, which is $105 million over
last year. These centers provide critical health care services to
underserved and uninsured people throughout America.



Pediatric Graduate Medical Education -- $300 million, an increase of
$100 million over the President's request.



Health Professions - The bill includes $454.4 million for Health
Professions programs. This amount restores funding to these programs
that were eliminated in the president's budget.



National Institutes of Health - The Senate bill includes $29.415
billion, an increase of $1.050 billion over the FY 2005 appropriation
and $905 million over the President's budget request.



Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Buildings and Facilities -
The Senate bill includes $195 million over the budget request, for a
total of $225 million.



Pandemic Flu - The bill includes $8.1 billion for influenza and other
potential pandemic preparedness.



Global AIDS - The bill includes $100 million for the Global Fund for
HIV/AIDS/TB. In addition, $123 million is included in CDC for global
HIV/AIDS/TB activities.



Family Planning - $286 million, the same amount as the President's
budget.



Low Income Home Energy Assistance Programs (LIHEAP) - The Senate bill
includes $2.183 billion for LIHEAP, $183 million more than the budget
request. Of the funds provided $300 million was included for the
contingency emergency fund.



Ryan White AIDS Programs - $2.083 billion for the Ryan White AIDS
programs, $10 million more than last year's budget.



Family Caregivers - The Senate bill includes $167 million for family
caregivers, an increase of $5 million above last year.



Head Start - $6.874 billion for Head Start, an increase of $31.2 million
over last year.



Youth Gang Initiative - $45 million for the new Youth Gang Initiative
that is contained in the Compassion Capital Fund.



Community Services Block Grant - The Senate bill restores the $636.8
million for the Community Services Block Grant that was proposed for
elimination in the President's budget.



Abstinence Education Programs - $105.5 million, an increase of $1.8
million over the FY 2005 appropriation.



Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services - The bill provides $3.398
billion, an increase of $62 million more than the budget request.
SAMHSA is responsible for supporting mental health programs and alcohol
and other drug abuse prevention and treatment services throughout the
country.



Health Information Technology - The bill provides $95.2 million, an
increase of $21 million over the FY 2005 level.



Embryo Adoption - The bill provides $2 million for an embryo adoption
awareness campaign, an increase of $1 million over the FY2005 level.



Education Programs



Title I Grants to Local Educations Agencies (LEAs) - $12.840 billion, an
increase of $100 million over the FY 2005 bill, for the key federal
program supporting the No Child Left Behind Act. At this proposed
level, funding will have increased by 46.6% since the Act was passed.



Reading Programs - $1.146 billion for programs that are designed to
ensure all children are reading by the end of 3rd grade, and a $35
million program to help teenagers struggling to read. Total funding is
$5.2 million over last year.



Teacher Quality State Grants - $2.916 billion to support state and local
efforts to ensure that "highly qualified" teachers are available to help
all children succeed academically.



English Language Acquisition - $683.5 million, an increase of $7.6
million, to help improve academic achievement of limited English
proficient students and to develop the capacity of school districts to
enable such students to learn English.



Advanced Placement - $40 million, an increase of $10.2 million over FY
2005 to expose low-income students to more challenging curriculum.



Rural Education - $170.6 million for additional assistance for rural
school districts.



Foreign Language Assistance -- $25 million, an increase of $7.1 million
over the FY05 funding level, to help schools initiate or expand foreign
language instruction.



Special Education Grants to States - $10.690 billion, an increase of
$100 million over the FY 2005 level.



Pell Grants - $13.177 billion, an increase of $812 million over FY 2005
to support the Pell Grants program. Funding supports a maximum grant of
$4,050, the same as last year. Pell grants provide need-based grant aid
to help more than 5 million low- and middle-income undergraduate
students and their families pay the costs of postsecondary education and
vocational training.



Supplemental Education Opportunity Grants -- $804.8 million, an increase
of $26 million over the FY 2005 level, for additional grant aid for
low-income college students.



TRIO -TRIO funding has been increased by $5 million to $841.5 million.



The Senate bill also restores funding to some of the education programs
eliminated in the President's budget, including:



Perkins Career and Technical Education - $1.309 billion to support local
career and technical education programs.



GEAR UP - The bill provides $306.5 million to support low-income
elementary and secondary students as they prepare for and pursue a
postsecondary education.



National Writing Project - The bill provides $23.0 million, an increase
of 2.7 million.



Arts in Education - The bill provides $35.7 million, $100,000 over last
year's funding.



Civic Education - The bill provides $30 million, which is $600,000 above
FY05 funding.



Javits Gifted and Talented Education - Funding is included at the FY05
level of $11 million.



Star Schools - The bill provides $21 million for Star Schools. This is
$200,000 over the FY05 bill.



Related Agencies:



Corporation for Public Broadcasting - $400 million for public
broadcasting in FY 2008, in addition to $35 million included for the
conversion of public broadcasting to the digital format. Also included
is $40 million for the replacement project of the interconnection
system.



Social Security Administration (SSA) - $9.329 billion, an increase of
$599.5 million over the fiscal year 2005 level for administrative
expenses. From the amount provided, $320 million, the full amount
requested, will help SSA implement the new Medicare Prescription Drug
program.