On September 14, the House passed, 211-198, H.R. 3354, the Make America Secure and Prosperous Appropriations Act. The bill would provide $1.2 trillion for FY2018, including $510 billion for non-defense and $621 billion for defense discretionary spending.
The legislation would consolidate all 12 spending bills, four of which the House previously passed (see The Source, 7/28/17), and includes spending for the eight outstanding appropriations bills: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 7/21/17); Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 7/28/17); Financial Services and General Government (see The Source, 7/17/17); Homeland Security; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 7/21/17); State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (see The Source, 7/21/17); and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (see The Source, 7/28/17).
The following charts detail funding for programs important to women and their families.
Department of Agriculture, Food and Drug Administration (FDA), and Related Agencies
The measure would provide $20.525 billion in discretionary funding, $876 million below FY2017 and $4.64 billion more that the administration’s FY2018 request.
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Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
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Department of Agriculture – Domestic Food Programs |
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Food and Nutrition Service |
$108.111 billion |
$104.461 billion |
$104.507 billion |
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Child Nutrition Programs |
$22.794 billion |
$24.256 billion |
$24.281 billion |
|
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) |
$6.35 billion |
$6.15 billion |
$6.15 billion* |
|
Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) |
$74.481 billion |
$73.613 billion |
$73.609 billion
|
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Commodity Assistance Program |
$315.139 million |
$293.591 million |
$317.139 million
|
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Department of Agriculture – Foreign Assistance |
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P.L. 480 Title II Food for Peace |
$1.466 billion |
$0 |
$1.4 billion
|
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McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition |
$201.626 million |
$0 |
$201.6 million |
*Includes $60 million for breastfeeding peer counselors and related activities.
Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
The bill would provide $53.9 billion in discretionary funding, $2.62 billion below FY2017, for programs within the Departments of Commerce and Justice, and the National Science Foundation and National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
The Department of Commerce would receive $8.34 billion, $892.1 million less than FY2017 and $631.2 million more than the president’s request.
The Department of Justice would receive $29.3 billion, $367.9 million above FY2017 and $986.9 million above the FY2018 request.
The measure would continue the prohibition on using federal funds to pay for abortions, except in cases of rape, incest, or if the mother’s life is in danger; the bill would require the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to provide inmates with escort services to get an abortion outside of the federal facility.
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Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
|
Office on Violence Against Women |
$481.5 million |
$480 million |
$527 million |
|
Grants to Combat Violence Against Women (STOP Grants) |
$215 million |
$215 million |
$215 million |
|
Transitional Housing Assistance |
$30 million |
$30 million |
$30 million |
|
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women |
$3 million |
$5 million |
$3.5 million |
|
Consolidated Youth-Oriented Program |
$11 million |
$11 million |
$11 million |
|
Sexual Assault Victims Services |
$35 million |
$35 million |
$35 million |
|
Rural Domestic Violence and Child Abuse Enforcement |
$35 million |
$34 million |
$35 million |
|
Violence on College Campuses |
$20 million |
$20 million |
$20 million |
|
Civil Legal Assistance |
$45 million |
$45 million |
$45 million |
|
Elder Abuse Grant Program |
$5 million |
$5 million |
$5 million |
|
Family Civil Justice |
$16 million |
$16 million |
$16 million |
|
Education and Training for Disabled Female Victims |
$6 million |
$6 million |
$6 million |
|
National Resource Center on Workplace Responses |
$500,000 |
$500,000 |
$500,000 |
|
Indian Country-Sexual Assault Clearinghouse |
$500,000 |
$500,000 |
$500,000 |
|
Research on Violence Against Indian Women |
$1 million |
$2 million |
$1 million |
|
Rape Survivor Child Custody Act |
$1.5 million |
$2.5 million |
$1.5 million |
|
Office of Justice Programs |
$1.691 billion |
$1.224 billion |
$1.48 billion |
|
Victims of Trafficking |
$45 million |
$45 million |
$45 million |
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Prison Rape Prevention and Prosecution |
$10.5 million |
$15 million |
$15 million |
|
National Sex Offender Public Website |
$1 million |
$1 million |
$1 million |
|
Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) |
$9 million |
$9 million |
$9 million |
|
DNA Initiative |
$125 million |
$105 million |
$125 million |
|
Debbie Smith Backlog Grants |
$117 million |
$97 million |
$117 million |
|
Sexual Assault Forensic Exam |
$4 million |
$4 million |
$4 million |
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Related Agencies |
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Commission on Civil Rights |
$9.2 million |
$9.43 million |
$9.183 million |
|
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission |
$364.5 million |
$376.646 million |
$363.807 million |
|
Legal Services Corporation |
$385 million |
$33 million |
$300 million |
Financial Services and General Government
The measure would provide $20.231 billion in discretionary funding, $1.284 billion less than FY2017 and $2.468 billion below the president’s FY2018 budget request.
As amended, the measure would include a $1 million increase for Entrepreneurial Development Programs within the Small Business Administration in order to support the Women’s Business Centers program.
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Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
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Small Business Administration |
$886.761 million |
$829.148 million |
$847.798 million |
|
Entrepreneurial Development Programs |
$245.1 million |
$192.5 million |
$211.1 million |
|
Women’s Business Centers |
$18 million |
$16.7 million |
$17 million |
|
National Women’s Business Council |
$1.5 million |
$1.5 million |
$1.5 million |
|
Microloan Technical Assistance |
$31 million |
$31 million |
$31 million |
|
Small Business Development Centers |
$125 million |
$115 million |
$120 million |
Department of Labor, Health, and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies
The measure would provide $157.938 billion in discretionary funding, $5.057 billion below FY2017 and $19.5 billion above the president’s FY2018 request.
The Department of Labor would receive $10.767 billion in discretionary funding, $1.321 billion below FY2017 and $126.135 million above the FY2018 request.
The bill would provide $77.576 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services. This amount is $542.23 million below FY2017 and $14.547 billion above the FY2018 request.
The Department of Education would receive $65.823 billion, $2.415 billion below FY2017 and $2.935 billion above the administration’s FY2018 request.
In addition, the bill would increase funding for the Women’s Bureau within the Department of Labor by $1.064 million.
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Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
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Department of Labor |
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Dislocated Workers’ Assistance |
$1.242 billion |
$732.485 million |
$1.146 billion |
|
Women’s Bureau |
$12.53 million |
$2.925 million |
$11.466 million |
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International Labor |
$86.125 million |
$18.5 million |
$26.5 million |
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Department of Health and Human Services |
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Health Resources and Services Administration |
$6.461 billion |
$5.816 billion |
$6.092 billion |
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Community Health Centers |
$1.491 billion |
$1.489 billion |
$1.491 billion |
|
Maternal and Child Health Bureau |
$863.617 billion |
$795.29 billion |
$848.617 billion |
|
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant |
$641.7 billion |
$666.987 million |
$641.7 million |
|
Heritable Disorders |
$13.883 million |
$0 |
$13.88 million |
|
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening |
$17.818 million |
$0 |
$17.818 million |
|
Healthy Start |
$103.5 million |
$128.303 million |
$103.5 million |
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Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act |
$2.319 billion |
$2.26 billion |
$2.319 billion |
|
Ryan White Part D – Children, Youth, Women, and Families Programs |
$75.088 million |
$75.088 million |
$75.088 million |
|
Family Planning |
$286.479 million |
$286.479 million |
$0 |
|
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (overall) |
$7.255 billion |
$6.031 billion |
$7.057 billion |
|
Global Health |
$435.121 million |
$350 million |
$435.121 million |
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HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STDs, and TB Prevention |
$1.117 billion |
$934 million |
$1.117 billion |
|
National Institutes of Health (overall) |
$34.084 billion |
$26.604 billion |
$35.184 billion |
|
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities |
$289.069 million |
$214.723 million |
$293.583 million |
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Administration for Children and Families (overall) |
$33.975 billion |
$28.147 billion |
$33.86 billion |
|
Child Support Enforcement |
$4.277 billion |
$4.361 billion |
$4.361 billion |
|
Refugee and Entrant Assistance (aid to victims of trafficking) |
$18.755 million |
$18.719 million |
$18.755 million |
|
Child Care Development Block Grant |
$2.856 billion |
$2.761 billion |
$2.86 billion |
|
Child and Families Services Program |
$11.294 billion |
$10.204 billion |
$11.182 billion |
|
Head Start |
$9.253 billion |
$9.168 billion |
$9.275 billion |
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Family Violence/Battered Women’s Shelters |
$151 million |
$151 million |
$151 million |
|
National Domestic Violence Hotline |
$8.25 million |
$8.25 million |
$8.75 million |
|
Promoting Safe and Stable Families (overall) |
$384.765 million |
$404.651 million |
$384.765 million |
|
Office of the Secretary – General Departmental Management |
$525.457 million |
$361.966 million |
$350.346 million |
|
Sexual Risk Avoidance |
$15 million |
$10 million |
$20 million |
|
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Grants |
$101 million |
$0 |
$0 |
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Office of Minority Health |
$56.67 million |
$56.562 million |
$45.25 million |
|
Office on Women’s Health |
$32.14 million |
$32.14 million |
$25.712 million |
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Minority HIV/AIDS |
$53.9 million |
$0 |
$0 |
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Office for Civil Rights |
$38.798 million |
$32.53 million |
$38.798 million |
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Department of Education |
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Title I Grants to LEAs |
$15.46 billion |
$15.881 billion |
$15.46 billion |
|
Special Education grants for Infants and Families |
$458.556 million |
$457.684 million |
$458.556 million |
|
Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) |
$15.134 million |
$0 |
$0 |
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Office for Civil Rights |
$108.5 million |
$106.797 million |
$108.5 million |
Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
The measure would provide $47.364 billion in overall funding, $5.707 billion below FY2017 and $6.842 billion above the president’s FY2018 request. This amount includes $12.019 billion in overseas contingency operations.
The Department of State would receive $11.337 billion, $118 million above FY2017 and $2.193 billion above the administration’s request. The bill also would include $8.321 billion for Bilateral Economic Assistance.
In addition, the measure would include $265 million for microenterprise and microfinance development programs for the poor, specifically women.
|
Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
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Diplomatic and Consular Affairs |
$6.147 billion |
$5.284 billion |
$5.449 billion |
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International Peacekeeping |
$552.904 million |
$268.886 million |
$529.909 million |
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Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons |
$12.5 million |
$13.822 million |
$13.822 million |
|
USAID |
$1.205 billion |
$1.046 billion |
$1.134 billion |
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Bilateral Economic Assistance |
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Migration and Refugee Assistance |
$912.802 million |
$715.241 million |
$877.802 million |
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Global Health and Child Survival (State and USAID) |
$8.725 billion |
$6.481 billion |
$8.321 billion |
|
President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) |
$5.67 billion |
$4.975 billion |
$5.67 billion |
|
Maternal and Child Health |
$814.5 million |
$749.6 million |
$814.5 million |
|
Vulnerable Children |
$23 million |
$0 |
$23 million |
|
Family Planning/Reproductive Health |
$523.95 million |
$0 |
$461 million |
|
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria |
$137.5 billion |
$1.125 billion |
$1.35 billion |
|
HIV/AIDS-USAID |
$330 million |
$0 |
$330 million |
|
Microbicides |
$45 million |
$0 |
$45 million |
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International Organizations and Programs |
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U.N. Children’s Fund |
$137.5 million |
Not specified |
$132.5 million |
|
U.N. Women (formerly UNIFEM) |
$8.5 million |
$0 |
$0 |
|
U.N. Population Fund |
$32.5 million |
$0 |
$0 |
Department of Transportation, Housing, Urban Development, and Related Agencies
The legislation would provide $56.512 billion in discretionary funding, $1.097 billion below FY2017 and $8.584 billion above the administration’s request.
The Housing and Urban Development Department would receive $38.336 billion, $488.804 million below FY2017 and $6.982 billion above the administration’s request.
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Program/Agency |
FY2017 |
President’s |
|
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Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS |
$356 million |
$330 million |
$356 million |
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Family Self-Sufficiency |
$75 million |
$75 million |
$75 million |
