FISCAL YEAR 2006
DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, AND
EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS BILL
-- H.R. 3010
SUMMARY
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies appropriations bill reported to the House on 21 June 2005 (H.R.3010; H.Rept. 109-143) provides $142.514 billion in budget authority, a level that matches the allocation for the subcommittee of the same name.
The bill is consistent with the appropriate levels in the conference agreement on the fiscal year 2006 budget resolution (H. Con. Res. 95), and hence
complies with the applicable provisions of the Congressional Budget Act. It also complies with provisions of the conference report on the budget resolution, such as those governing advance appropriations.
This is the ninth of 11 appropriations bills for the fiscal year beginning 1 October 2005. The measure reflects the reorganization of the appropriations subcommittees.
The bill provides a total of $142.514 billion in new budget authority [BA], and $143.702 billion in outlays for 2006.
BA provided by the bill is equal to the 302(b) suballocation to the Appropriations Committee; outlays are less than the suballocation by $100 million.
The bill meets its 302(b) suballocation in part by rescissions of $250 million in BA and $100 million in outlays from previously-enacted appropriations.
The bill exceeds the President's budget request by $861 million in BA, and $418 million in outlays.
| Table 1:
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (fiscal years; millions of dollars) |
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| 2005 Spending | Administration 2006 | 302 (b) for 2006 | Bill | |
| Budget Authority | 142,843 | 141,653 | 142,514 | 142,514 |
| Outlays | 141,596 | 141,653 | 143,802 | 143,702 |
This document was prepared by the majority staff of the House Committee on the Budget. It has not been
approved by the full committee and therefore may not reflect the views of all the committee's members.
As noted, the bill complies with provisions of the Congressional Budget Act because it is consistent with the appropriate levels in the budget resolution. It contains $18.885 billion of advance appropriations for 2007, and an advance appropriation of $400 million for 2008 for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. The budget
requires that advance appropriations provided in appropriations measures both be included on the list in the resolution's statement of managers, and be below an aggregate of $23.158 billion. In these respects, the reported.measure complies with H.Con.Res. 95. It does not contain emergency-designated appropriations.
| Table 2:
Discretionary Spending in the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill (in millions of dollars) |
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| 2005 Budget Authority |
2005 Outlays |
2006 Budget Authority |
2006 Outlays |
Difference BA |
Difference Outlays |
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| Health Resources and Services Administration |
6,739 | 6,583 | 6,437 | 6,532 | - 302 | - 50 |
| Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
4,497 | 4,341 | 5,946 | 4,877 | 1,449 | 536 |
| National Institutes of Health | 28,275 | 27,863 | 28,505 | 28,102 | 230 | 239 |
| Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration |
3,268 | 3,235 | 3,231 | 3,238 | - 37 | 3 |
| Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services |
4,000 | 3,989 | 4,854 | 4,660 | 854 | 682 |
| Administration for Children and Families |
13,548 | 13,650 | 13,417 | 13,623 | - 131 | - 27 |
| Other Health and Human Services | 4,140 | 3,956 | 2,382 | 3,948 | - 1,758 | - 51 |
| Employment and Training Administration |
9,839 | 9,816 | 9,244 | 9,687 | - 595 | - 129 |
| Other Department of Labor | 2,195 | 2,229 | 2,145 | 2,209 | - 50 | - 20 |
| Social Security Administration | 7,448 | 7,318 | 7,658 | 7,610 | 210 | 292 |
| Office of Elementary and Secondary Education |
21,708 | 22,396 | 21,363 | 2,009 | - 345 | - 387 |
| Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services |
12,289 | 11,728 | 12,403 | 12,234 | 114 | 506 |
| Federal Student Aid | 14,385 | 15,120 | 15,408 | 15,026 | 1,023 | - 94 |
| Other Department of Education | 8,195 | 7,199 | 7,523 | 7,981 | - 672 | 782 |
| Other | 2,317 | 2,713 | 1,998 | 1,966 | - 319 | - 207 |
| Total | 142,843 | 141,596 | 142,514 | 143,702 | - 329 | 2,075 |
| a
The Congressional Budget Office has recast amounts in the
fiscal year 2005 appropriations bills to align with the components of the restructured 2006 appropriations, making the comparison above possible. b Excludes supplemental appropriations. |
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The $142.5 billion in discretionary BA provided in the bill is a decrease of $329 million in BA from the 2005 enacted level (see Table 2 above). This amount is $861 million above the administration request.
The bill increases mandatory outlays by $70 million for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program. No mandatory savings are achieved through changes in legislative language.
The bill includes a rescission of $100 million to the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which results in outlays of $100 million. It also rescinds $150 million in Department of Labor funds, providing $77 million in outlay savings.
Other items of note include:
• Education, $56.7 billion: The Department of Education enjoys a slight ($120 million) increase over 2005, which is $476 million over the President's request. In addition, the bill includes $4.3 billion to eliminate the Pell Grant backlog. This amount does not count against budget limits because it is scored as mandatory
spending, pursuant to the budget resolution. Maximum Pell Grant awards are increased by $50, to $4,100.
• Health and Human Services, $64.8 billion: provides an increase of $230 million from 2005 for the National Institutes of Health [NIH]. This brings total NIH funding to $28.5 billion, approximately the President's request. Included in the funded NIH research is work addressing both naturally occurring threats, such as a flu pandemic, and those arising from engineered or modified organisms terrorists might use. Community Health Centers are increased $100 million over 2005, to a level of $1.8 billion.
• Labor, $11.4 billion: The bill reduces Labor Department funding by 5 percent compared with 2005, which is largely in line with the President's request.. Worker retraining and dislocated worker assistance programs are augmented. Job Corps operations are funded at $1.44 billion, $11 million above 2005 year and the same as the request. Dislocated Worker Assistance is funded at $1.4 billion, $62 million above the request.