Analysis of the Senate FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill

On July 27, the Senate Appropriations Committee successfully completed work on all 12 of its annual appropriations bills, a feat that has not been accomplished in five years. Among the bills included in the final markup session was the Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education (LHHS) Appropriations Bill. The Senate LHHS bill contains annual funding proposals for the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Department of Education (ED), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), among other federal departments and agencies.

As previously reported, the Senate appropriations bills were written to comport with the FY 2024 budget caps that were agreed to earlier in the summer. The caps resulted in near-flat funding and even cuts to science agencies across the Senate bill, with a few notable exceptions:  

Lawmakers in both chambers have officially left town for their month-long August recess. Notably, the House adjourned without making progress on their FY 2024 spending bills, largely due to in-fighting within the Republican majority. We are in store for a contentious fall when the House and Senate will be faced with taking action in appropriations or risk a government shutdown come October 1.

COSSA recently published a full analysis providing details on the Senate’s LHHS appropriations bill for FY 2024 for federal agencies and programs important to the social and behavioral science research community.

The bill text and accompanying report are available on the Senate Appropriations Committee website.

Stay tuned to COSSA’s coverage for the latest developments. 

Read on to review details on the Senate’s LHHS appropriations bill for FY 2024 for federal agencies and programs important to the social and behavioral science research community.