Today, the House Appropriations Committee’s Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee released the text of its FY 25 funding bill in anticipation of marking up the bill tomorrow at 8:00am. The bill is expected to pass through Subcommittee along party lines with amendments likely held until the full Committee markup on July 10th.
Overall, the FY 25 Labor-HHS bill provides 11 percent less funding than FY 24 enacted levels and is 15 percent below the President’s budget request.
The Department of Education would receive $68.1 billion, a decrease of $11 billion, or 14 percent, below the fiscal year 2024 level and $14.5 billion below the President’s FY 25 request. The bill would provide $22.5 billion for the Pell Grant program, equal to the 2024 level and $2.1 billion below the President’s FY 25 request, and $7,395 for the maximum Pell Grant award, equal to the 2024 level and $750 below the President’s FY 25 request.
The Department of Health and Human Services would receive $109.5 billion, a decrease of $7.5 billion, or 6.4 percent, below the FY 24 level and $9.7 billion below the President’s FY 25 request. The bill includes $7.4 billion for HRSA, a decrease of $647 million below 2024 levels (excluding Community Project Funding, also known as earmarks) and $892 million below the 2025 request.
Senate Appropriators have not yet released their spending allocations, nor a date for markup in subcommittee or full committee.
Please find links to Chair Aderholt’s press release and bill text, as well as Republican and Democratic summaries. The markup can be viewed here.