Summary of 2014 Omnibus: Labor, HHS, Education

January 15, 2014
Press Release
Summary of 2014 Omnibus: Labor, HHS, Education

2013 enacted level:               $156.6 billion

2014 Committee mark:         N/A

2014 Omnibus:                       $156.8 billion

·         $29.9 billion for the National Institutes of Health, which is $714 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $1.0 billion more than the post-sequester level.

·         $6.8 billion for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which is $369 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

·         $2.6 billion for job training through WIA Training and Employment Formula Grant program, which is $10 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $121 million more than the post-sequester level. 

·         $2.36 billion for Child Care & Development Block Grants, which is $36 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

·         $8.6 billion for Head Start, which is $612 million more than the 2013 enacted level, sufficient to both fully restore the cuts to Head Start and to invest in the Administration’s Early Head Start-Child Care Partnerships.

·         $14.4 billion for Title I Grants to Local Educational Agencies, which is $103 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $625 million more than the post-sequester level.

·         $11.5 billion for Special Education state grants (IDEA), which is $82 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $498 million more than the post-sequester level.

·         $445 million for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) - the customary two-year advance apprropriation - which is the same funding level as was provided in the FY2013 bill for FY2015.

·         $815 million for Seniors’ Nutrition programs, which is equal to the 2013 enacted level and $46 million more than the post-sequester level, allowing full restoration of meals.

·         $3.4 billion for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP), which is $40 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $169 million more than post-sequester.

·         $1.1 billion for Mental Health programs, which is $136 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

·         The agreement provides the Department of HHS roughly the same amount as it had last year for implementation of the Affordable Care Act, and some additional funds will become available through existing fees on policies sold on the exchanges.

113th Congress