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FULL COMMITTEE REPORTS FY06 LABOR, HHS, EDUCATION APPROPRIATIONS BILL
 
June 15th, 2005 - -
Bill Funding:
FY05 Comparable:    $142.678 billion ($354 billion)
FY06 Budget Request:    $141.590 billion
FY06 Chairman’s Mark:  $142.514 billion ($459.5 billion mandatory spending)
Over the last five years, discretionary spending in the bill has increased by an average of more than 5% a year.  By comparison, this year alone, mandatory spending will increase by $106 billion or 30% from last year’s level. 
 
Amendments Adopted in Full Committee: 
(Doolittle):  Prohibits funds in the bill to provide prescription coverage for erectile dysfunction for convicted sex offenders. 
(Obey):  Provides $400 million in FY08 advance funding for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. 
(Walsh):  Provides the retroactive authority for expenditure of $44 million for payments made by the New York Workers’ Compensation Board. 
Protecting Priority Education Programs
  • Overall, the bill provides a $118 million increase for the Department of Education over last year levels, bringing it to a total of $56.7 billion, $476 million above the request.   This modest increase caps a history of significant growth in federal education spending.  Since Republicans took control of the Congress,  funding for the Department of Education has more than doubled.  More recently, over the last five years total education spending has increased by nearly 50%.  Earlier this year, states collectively returned $66 million in unspent education funds back to the Federal Treasury.  Currently there is nearly $6 billion in un-obligated education funds in the federal pipeline available for states to spend. 
  • Maximum Pell Grant awards are increased to $4100, the highest level in history.  Total funding is increased by more than $1 billion over last year and $184 million above the request.  Consistent with the budget resolution, $4.3 billion is provided to retire the shortfall that has accumulated in the program over the last several years because of higher than expected student participation in the program. 
  • Special Education Grants are funded at $10.7 billion, $150 million above FY05, and more than three times times the amount provided in 1995.
  • Title I grants to states are increased $100 million over FY2005, total funding is $12.7 billion.  This funding increase builds on the nearly double digit increases the program has enjoyed over the last several years.  These funds provide aid to states and school districts to help educationally disadvantaged children achieve the same high state academic performance standards as all other students.
  • Reading  Programs -- Reading programs are level funded at $ 1.2 billion, the same as the President’s request.  This funding level will enable states to eliminate the reading deficit through scientific research-based reading programs. 
  • Improving Teacher Quality - The bills provides $2.94 billion, the same as last year’s level and the budget request, for professional development programs to provide states and school districts with tools to improve teacher quality.   In addition, $100 million is provide for a new pilot program to develop and implement innovative ways to provide financial incentives for teachers and principals who raise student achievement and close the achievement in some of our Nation’s highest-need schools;
  • Math and Science Partnerships are increased by $11 million over last year for a total of $190 million to enhance the number of teachers trained in the fields of math and science.
  • Education Block Grant – The bill restores a proposed $98 million cut to education block grant, providing level funding of $198 million.
  • State Assessments - The bill includes $412 million, the same as the President request and last year’s level, to cover the cost of developing annual state assessments of students' reading and math skills.  States will be responsible for selecting and designing their own assessments. 
  • Impact Aid is funded at the requested level of  $1.24 billion, $3 million below last year’s level.
  • Head Start is increased $56 million over last year’s level, bringing total FY06 funding to $6.9 billion, the same as the request.  
  • TRIO funding is restored to last year’s level of $837 million, rejecting the $467 million cut proposed in the President’s budget.  The bill also restores GEAR UP funding to last year’s level of $306 million.  The budget request had proposed to terminate the popular program.
Medical Research and Health Programs
  • Centers for Disease Control funding is $6.1 billion, $295 million below last year and $181 million above the budget request.
  • Community Health Centers are increased $100 million over last year to a level of $1.8 billion.
  • National Institutes of Health -- continues our commitment to curing disease by increasing funding for medical research at NIH by $145 million, bringing total funding to $28.5 billion, approximately the President’s request. 
  • Makes significant investments in combating both annual and potential pandemics, influenza, abroad and at home, including:
    • $530 million for the Strategic National Stockpile (+$63 million);
    • $266 million for vaccine purchase grants (+$35 million);
    • $103 million for emerging infectious disease control (+$4 million);
    • $  37 million for Global Disease Detection (+$15 million).
  • Ryan White AIDS program is increased by $10 million over FY05 with total funding of $2.1 billion, the same as the budget request.
  • Health Information Technology initiative-The bill supports the administration’s proposal to provide additional funds for the new health information technology initiative.  $75 million is provided for this initiative, $58 million above last year and $3 million below the request.
  • Counter-terrorism and Bioterrorism programs--Expands funding to enhance the preparedness of Federal, State and local public health officials to respond to both terrorist and other public health emergencies.  Funding is increased by $188 million, total funding is $2.4 billion.
  • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) state formula grants are funded at $2 billion, an increase of $100 million over last year and $185 million above the President’s budget request.
  • Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Implementation—The bill provides approximately $890 million for Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the Social Security Administration to implement the Medicare prescription drug benefit.  No funding was provided in the last year’s bill as the administrative expenses were covered as mandatory spending. 
  • Faith and Community-based programs--Expands access for small community- and faith-based service providers as well as expanding street outreach to prevent youth gang involvement by providing a $21 million increase for the Compassion Capital Fund for a total of $75 million.
  • Abstinence Education- Provides $115 million for community-based abstinence education program, an increase of $11 million over FY05.  
  • Social Security - Provides a 6% increase to the Social Security Administration for MMA implementation and to improve service delivery of Social Security benefits and accelerate disability claims processing times.

Supporting Job Training Programs and Dislocated Workers

  • Job Corps operations are funded at $1.44 billion, $11 million above last year and the same as the request.
  • Dislocated Worker Assistance is funded at $1.4 billion, $62 million above the request and $71 million below FY05.
 
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