On Thursday, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHSED) advanced its FY 23 funding bill. The House allocations for the 12 subcommittees provide more than $1.6 trillion in funding, a nine percent increase over the FY22 enacted level. The LHHSED bill provides $242.1 billion, an increase of $28.5 billion (13 percent) above FY 22 enacted. Like FY 22, the House funding levels will be the highwater mark in negotiations with the Senate on reaching a topline spending agreement. The LHHSED bill provides a total of $86.7 billion in discretionary appropriations for ED, an increase of $10.3 billion above the FY 2022 enacted level; a total of $15 billion in discretionary appropriations for DOL, an increase of $1.9 billion above the FY 22 enacted level and $125 million above the President’s budget request; and a total of $124.2 billion for HHS, an increase of $15.6 billion above the FY 22 enacted level and $298 million below the President’s budget request. The bill provides a total of $9.6 billion for HRSA, an increase of $683 million above the FY 2022 enacted level and $792 million above the President’s budget request. The bill includes an increase of $132 million to grow and prepare the behavioral health workforce and $25 million to develop and disseminate best practices for Preventing Burnout in the Health Workforce. The LHHSED full committee markup is scheduled for June 30 at 10am Eastern and we expect the explanatory statement report to be released on June 29.
Chair Rosa DeLauro’s (D-CT) opening remarks at the Subcommittee markup are here. Ranking Member Kay Granger’s (R-TX) opening remarks are here. A summary of the bill is here. The text of the draft bill is here. The included earmarks (Community Project Funding) in the bill are here.