On July 19, the House Appropriations Committee passed, 28-22, the FY2018 Labor, Health and Human Services (HHS), and Education spending bill (as-yet-unnumbered), as amended. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education, and Related Agencies approved the measure on July 13 (see The Source, 7/14/17).
According to the committee report, the measure provides a total of $157.938 billion in discretionary funding, $5.047 billion below FY2017.
The Department of Labor would receive $10.767 billion in discretionary funds, which is $1.321 billion below FY2017 and $126.135 million above the administration’s FY2018 request.
The measure would provide $77.576 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services, $542.23 million below FY2017 and $14.547 billion above the president’s FY2018 request. The bill would eliminate funding for family planning, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Grants, and Minority HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment.
The Department of Education would receive $65.824 billion, $2.415 billion below FY2017 and $2.935 billion above the president’s FY2018 request. The bill would eliminate funding for the Child Care Access Means Parents in School program.
In addition, the legislation would provide $356.674 million for cancer prevention and control, which includes $210 million for breast and cervical cancer, $4.96 million for breast cancer awareness for young women, $5.5 million for Johanna’s Law, and $8 million for ovarian cancer.
The following chart details funding for programs important to women and their families.
|
Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s FY2018 Request |
|
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Department of Labor |
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Dislocated Workers’ Assistance |
$1.242 billion |
$732.485 million |
$1.146 billion |
|
Women’s Bureau |
$12.53 million |
$2.925 million |
$11.466 million[1] |
|
International Labor Affairs |
$86.125 million |
$18.5 million |
$26.5 million |
|
Department of Health and Human Services |
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Health Resources and Services Administration |
$6.461 billion
|
$5.816 billion |
$6.092 billion |
|
Community Health Centers |
$1.491 billion |
$1.489 billion |
$1.491 billion |
|
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
$863.617 billion |
$795.29 billion |
$848.617 billion |
|
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant |
$641.7 million |
$666.987 million |
$641.7 million |
|
Heritable Disorders |
$13.883 million |
$0 |
$13.883 million |
|
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening |
$17.818 million |
$0 |
$17.818 million |
|
Healthy Start |
$103.5 million |
$128.303 million |
$103.5 million |
|
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act |
$2.319 billion |
$2.26 billion |
$2.319 billion |
|
Ryan White Part D – Children, Youth, Women, and Families Programs |
$75.088 million |
$75.088 million |
$75.088 million |
|
Family Planning |
$286.479 million |
$286.479 million |
$0 |
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (overall) |
$7.255 billion |
$6.031 billion |
$7.057 billion |
|
Global Health |
$435.121 million |
$350 million |
$435.121 million |
|
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Prevention |
$1.117 billion |
$934 million |
$1.117 billion |
|
National Institutes of Health (overall) |
$34.084 billion |
$26.604 billion |
$35.184 billion |
|
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
$289.069 million |
$214.723 million |
$293.583 million |
|
Administration for Children and Families (overall) |
$33.975 billion |
$28.147 billion |
$33.86 billion |
|
Child Support Enforcement |
$4.277 billion |
$4.361 billion |
$4.361 billion |
|
Refugee and Entrant Assistance (aid to victims of trafficking) |
$18.755 million |
$18.719 million |
$18.755 million |
|
Child Care Development Block Grant |
$2.856 billion |
$2.761 billion |
$2.86 billion |
|
Child and Families Services Program |
$11.294 billion |
$10.204 billion |
$11.182 billion |
|
Head Start |
$9.253 billion |
$9.168 billion |
$9.275 billion |
|
Family Violence/Battered Women’s Shelters |
$151 million |
$151 million |
$151 million |
|
National Domestic Violence Hotline |
$8.25 million |
$8.25 million |
$8.75 million |
|
Promoting Safe and Stable Families (overall) |
$384.765 million |
$404.651 million |
$384.765 million |
|
Office of the Secretary – General Departmental Management |
$525.457 million |
$361.966 million |
$350.346 million |
|
Sexual Risk Avoidance |
$15 million |
$10 million |
$20 million |
|
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Grants |
$101 million |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Office of Minority Health |
$56.67 million |
56.562 million |
$45.25 million |
|
Office on Women’s Health |
$32.14 million |
$32.14 million |
$25.712 million |
|
Minority HIV/AIDS |
$53.9 million |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Office for Civil Rights |
$38.798 million |
$32.53 million |
$38.798 million |
|
Department of Education |
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|
Title I Grants to LEAs |
$15.46 billion |
$15.881 billion |
$15.46 billion |
|
Special Education grants for Infants and Families |
$458.556 million |
$457.684 million |
$458.556 million |
|
Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) |
$15.134 million |
$0 |
$0 |
|
Office for Civil Rights |
$108.5 million |
$106.797 million |
$108.5 million |
[1] “Amounts made available to the Women’s Bureau, $994,000 shall be used for grants authorized by the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Act.”
