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Omnibus Spending Package Sent to President

On December 11, the House approved, 219-206, the FY2015 Omnibus Appropriations Bill (H.R. 83). The Senate approved the legislation by a vote of 56-40 on December 13. The vote on the omnibus came after passage of a “stopgap” measure (H. J. Res. 131) to keep the government funded through December 17 while the House and Senate completed work on H.R. 83.

The package would fund through September 30, 2015, the departments and agencies within 11 of the 12 appropriations bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 5/30/14); Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 6/6/14); Defense (see The Source, 7/18/14); Financial Services and General Government (see The Source, 6/27/14); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 6/13/14); Legislative Branch (see The Source, 6/20/14); Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 5/23/14); State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (see The Source, 6/27/14 and 6/20/14); and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 6/13/14). The Department of Homeland Security would be funded through the end of February 2015.

According to House and Senate summaries of the legislation, the bill complies with the Bipartisan Budget Act (P.L. 113-67), which caps discretionary spending for federal departments, agencies, and programs at $1.014 trillion.

The charts below summarize funding levels for various programs important to women and their families.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies

According to the Senate summary, the bill would provide $20.575 billion in FY2015 for programs within the Department of Agriculture, the FDA, and other agencies.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Department of Agriculture – Domestic Food Programs

Food and Nutrition Service $108.585 billion $112.047 billion $110.19 billion
Child Nutrition Programs $19.288 billion $20.537 billion $21.3 billion
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) $6.716 billion $6.823 billion $6.623 billion
Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) $82.17 billion $105.32 billion $81.838 billion
Commodity Assistance Program $269.701 million $275.701 million $278.501 million

Department of Agriculture – Foreign Assistance

P.L. 480 Title II Food for Peace $1.466 billion $1.4 billion $1.466 billion
McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition $185.126 million $185.126 million $191.626 million

Food and Drug Administration

FDA $2.56 billion $2.584 billion $2.597 billion
User Fees $1.827 billion $1.902 billion $1.902 billion
Mammography User Fees $19.318 million $19.705 million $19.705 million

 

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

The omnibus package would provide $50.1 billion in discretionary spending for programs within the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies portion of the bill. Included in that amount is $27.03 billion for the Department of Justice.

The measure includes $41 million for a new community-based sexual assault response reform initiative. According to the Senate summary, “The goal of the program is not only to test backlogged kits, but also to develop approaches that improve the law enforcement response to sexual assault and services to victims.”

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Department of Justice

Office on Violence Against Women $417 million $422.5 million $430 million
Grants to Combat Violence Against Women (STOP Grants) $193 million $193 million $195 million
Transitional Housing Assistance $24.75 million $25 million $26 million
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women $3.25 million $3 million $3 million
Sexual Assault Victims Services $27 million $27 million $30 million
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement $36 million $33 million $33 million
Violence on College Campuses $9 million $11 million $12 million
Civil Legal Assistance $37 million $42.5 million $42.5 million
Elder Abuse Grant Program $4.25 million $4.25 million $4.5 million
Family Civil Justice $15 million $16 million $16 million
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims $5.75 million $5.75 million $6 million
Research on Violence Against Indian Women $1 million $1 million $1 million
Indian Country Sexual Assault Clearinghouse $500,000 $500,000 $500,000
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses $500,000 $500,000 $500,000
Consolidated Youth-Oriented Program $9 million $9 million $10 million
Office of Justice Programs $1.64 billion $1.557 billion $1.691 billion
Victims of Trafficking Grants $14.25 million $10.5 million $42.25 million
Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution $12.5 million $10.5 million $13 million
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) $5 million $4 million $6 million
DNA Initiative $108 million $100 million $125 million
Debbie Smith Backlog Grants $117 million Did not specify $117 million
Sexual Assault Forensic Exam $4 million Did not specify $4 million

Related Agencies

Legal Services Corporation $365 million $430 million $375 million
Commission on Civil Rights $9 million $9.4 million $9.2 million
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission $364 million $365.531 million $364.5 million

 

Defense

The omnibus spending bill would allocate $554.2 billion in base and overseas contingency operation funding in FY2015. Included in that amount is $25 million for the “continuation and expansion of the Special Victims’ Counsel Program.” Additionally, the legislation contains $120 million for breast cancer research, $20 million for ovarian cancer research, and $8 million for global HIV/AIDS prevention.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Department of Defense

Military Personnel $128.796 billion $128.957 billion $128.005 billion
Defense Health Program $32.669 billion $31.995 billion $32.07 billion

 

Financial Services and General Government

The measure would provide $21.82 billion in discretionary funding for Financial Services and General Government, which includes funding for the Small Business Administration. The measure retains the ban against federal or local funds being used for abortions in the District of Columbia.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Small Business Administration $928.975 million $864.646 million $887.604 million
Women’s Business Centers $14 million $14 million $15 million
National Women’s Business Council $1 million $900,000 $1 million
Microloan Technical Assistance $20 million $20 million $22.3 million
Small Business Development Centers $113.625 million $113.625 million $115 million

 

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

H.R. 83 would provide $156.763 billion in FY2015 for the departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, as well as for several other agencies and programs.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Department of Labor

Dislocated Worker’s Assistance $1.222 billion $1.222 billion $1.236 billion
Women in Apprenticeships $994,000 $0 $994,000
Women’s Bureau $11.536 million $9.047 million $11.536 million
International Labor Affairs $91.125 million $91.319 million $91.125 million

Department of Health and Human Services

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) $6.324 billion $5.622 billion $6.347 billion
Community Health Centers $1.495 billion $1 billion $1.491 billion
Maternal and Child Health Bureau $846.017 million $846.017 million $851.738 million
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant $634 million $634 million $637 million
Heritable Disorders $11.913 million $11.913 million $13.883 million
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening $17.863 million $17.863 million $17.818 million
Healthy Start $101 million $101 million $102 million
Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act $2.319 billion $2.323 billion $2.319 billion
Ryan White Part D – Children, Youth, Women, and Families Programs $75.088 million $280 million* $75.088 million
Family Planning $286.479 million $286.479 million $286.479 million
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) $6.904 billion $6.662 billion $6.926 billion
Global Health $383 million $464.301 million $416.517 million
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Prevention $1.073 billion $1.125 billion $1.118 billion
National Institutes of Health (NIH) $29.934 billion $30.134 billion $30.084 billion
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities $268.322 million $267.953 million $269.154 million
Administration for Children and Families $30.949 billion $29.821 billion $30.567 billion
Child Support Enforcement $4.031 billion $3.654 billion $3.654 billion
Refugee and Entrant Assistance (aid to victims of trafficking) $13.755 million $22 million $15.75 million
Refugee and Entrant Assistance (unaccompanied minors) $868 million $868 million $948 million
Child Care Development Block Grant $2.36 billion $2.417 billion $2.435 billion
Children and Families Services Programs $10.353 billion $10.282 billion $10.346 billion
Head Start $8.598 billion $8.868 billion $8.598 billion
Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs $114.141 million $116.141 million $114.141 million
Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment Activities $93.818 million $93.818 million $93.818 million
Abandoned Infants Assistance $11.063 million $11.063 million $11.063 million
Child Welfare Training and Services $293.719 million $293.719 million $284.719 million
Adoption Incentives $78.565 million $78.565 million $77.043 million
Family Violence/Battered Women’s Shelters $133.521 million $135 million $135 million
National Domestic Violence Hotline $4.5 million $4.5 million $4.5 million
Promoting Safe and Stable Families $404.765 million $404.765 million $404.765 million
Office of the Secretary $527.267 million $509.722 million $512.862 million
Abstinence Education $5 million $0 $5 million
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Grants $101 million $0 $101 million
Office for Civil Rights $38.798 million $41.205 million $38.798 million
Office of Minority Health $56.67 million $36 million $56.67 million
Office on Women’s Health $34.05 million $29.5 million $32.14 million
Minority HIV/AIDS $52.224 million $0 $52.224 million

Department of Education

Title I Grants to LEAs $14.385 billion $14.385 billion $14.409 billion
Special Education Grants for Infants and Families $438.498 million $441.825 million $438.556 million
Child Care Access Means Students in School (CCAMPIS) $15.134 million $15.134 million $15.134 million
Office for Civil Rights $98.356 million $102 million $100 million

* The legislation rejects the administration’s proposal to consolidate the Ryan White Parts C and D into a single program.

Military Construction, Veterans’ Affairs, and Related Agencies

The omnibus bill would provide $166.16 billion for military construction, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and related agencies in FY2015.

According to the Senate summary, the measure would allocate $4.6 billion for the health care of women veterans. This amount includes $403 million in gender-specific health care. In addition, the bill would direct the secretary of the VA to conduct a “system-wide review of the number of gender-specific health care providers currently in the system…collect and analyze gender-specific data, and develop programs and funding recommendations based on this data.” The FY2016 advance appropriation provided in the bill would allocate $5.7 billion to care for women veterans, including $436.7 million in gender-specific care.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Military Construction $9.808 billion $6.558 billion $6.558 billion
Family Housing $1.516 billion $1.191 billion $1.191 billion
Department of Veterans Affairs $147.934 billion $158.64 billion $159.145 billion
Veterans Health Administration $56.345 billion $69.619 billion $69.46 billion

 

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

The omnibus bill would provide $49.26 billion in discretionary funds for the Department of State, United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and other international organizations.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Department of State

Diplomatic and Consular Affairs $6.606 billion $6.783 billion $6.461 billion
International Peacekeeping $1.766 billion $2.519 billion $2.119 billion
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons $6.521 million $20.7 million $7.5 million
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) $1.222 billion $1.504 billion $1.276 billion

Bilateral Economic Assistance

Migration and Refugee Assistance $1.775 billion $1.582 billion $931.886 million
Global Health and Child Survival (State and USAID) $8.439 billion $8.05 billion $8.454 billion
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) $5.67 billion $5.37 billion $5.67 billion
Child Survival and Maternal Health $705 million $695 million $715 million
Vulnerable Children $22 million $14.5 million $22 million
Family Planning/Reproductive Health $523.95 million $538 million $523.95 million
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria $1.65 billion $1.395 billion $1.35 billion
HIV/AIDS – USAID $330 million $330 million $330 million
Microbicides $45 million $45 million $45 million

International Organizations and Programs

U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF) $132 million $116.6 million $132 million
U.N. Women (formerly UNIFEM) $7.5 million $7.5 million $7.5 million
U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) $35 million $35.3 million $35 million

 

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

The legislation would allocate $53.772 billion in discretionary funds for FY2015 for programs funded within the departments of Transportation and Housing and Urban Development.

Program/Agency

FY2014

President’s FY2015 Request

FY2015

Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS $330 million $332 million $330 million
Family Self-Sufficiency $75 million $75 million $75 million