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Labor-HHS Appropriations

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FY 2009: President Obama signed the "Omnibus Appropriations Act, 2009" [H.R. 1105, P.L. 111-8] on March 11, 2009. The House of Representatives passed the bill on February 25 by a 245-178 vote; the Senate approved it by voice vote on March 10 after voting, 62-35, to shut off debate. The $410 billion omnibus package provides funding for the nine FY 2009 appropriations bills that were not finished by the 110th Congress. The programs under these nine bills had been funded through a continuing resolution [P.L. 110-329] that expired on March 6. Congress was forced to pass a second continuing resolution [P.L. 111-6] through March 11 when the Senate could not finish the bill by the original deadline. The Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies portion of the omnibus (Division F) includes $151.8 billion in funding for FY 2009, an increase of $6.7 billion (4.6 percent) over the FY 2008 comparable funding level. More>>

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: On February 17, 2009, President Obama signed the "American Recovery and Reinvestment Act" (H.R. 1, P.L. 111-5). The House approved the conference agreement on the $787 billion economic recovery package on February 13 by a 246-183 vote, with no Republicans supporting the measure. The Senate approved the bill later the same day by a 60-38 vote, with Republican Senators Susan Collins (Maine), Olympia Snowe (Maine), and Arlen Specter (Pa.) voting in favor of the package. The final agreement provides $311 billion in discretionary funding, including $10.4 billion for the National Institutes of Health (NIH); $500 million to the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) for health professions workforce development; and $1.1 billion for comparative effectiveness research through the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, NIH, and the Secretary of Health and Human Services. More>>

FY 2010: The Office of Management and Budget on February 26, 2009, released an "FY 2010 Budget Overview" document, outlining the Obama Administration's fiscal policies and major budgetary initiatives. The full, detailed FY 2010 budget is expected in late April. The budget overview assumes $675 billion in non-defense discretionary spending, including $78.7 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), a $1.4 billion (1.7 percent) decrease below the FY 2009 comparable estimate. The overview notes that the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA, P.L. 111-5) provides an additional $22.4 billion in FY 2009 and FY 2010 spending for HHS. More>>

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