House Passes First FY 2020 Spending Package

On June 19, 2019, the United States House of Representative voted 226-203 to pass a spending package for fiscal year (FY) 2020. The “minibus” combines four appropriations bills, including Defense, Energy and Water, Labor-Health and Human Services-Education, and State-Foreign Operations. The National Institutes of Health, the largest funder of medical research, would receive $41.1 billion in FY 2020, an increase of $2 billion over the FY 2019 enacted level. The Department of Energy’s Office of Science would receive $ 6.87 billion, an increase of $285 million or 4.3 percent above the FY 2019 level and $1.3 billion above the President’s request for FY 2020. The Advanced Research Projects Agency - Energy (ARPA-E), slated for elimination under the President’s budget, would receive an increase of $59 million to $425 million. The State and Foreign Operations spending bill includes a provision to keep the U.S. committed to the Paris Climate Agreement by barring allocation of any funding towards withdrawal from the agreement. The House will consider a second five-bill package including appropriations bills for Commerce-Justice-Science (CJS), Agriculture-Food and Drug Administration, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, Transportation-Housing and Development this week. The House CJS bill would provide funding increases for most federal science agencies, including the National Science Foundation (+$561 million), National Aeronauti...
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