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Appropriations Omnibus Package Approved by Congress

On December 10, the House approved, 220-202, H.R. 3288, the conference report containing funding for six of the outstanding FY2010 spending bills. The Senate approved the measure, 57-35, on December 13. The omnibus bill includes $446.8 billion in discretionary spending for programs under the FY2010 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development and Related Agencies (H.R. 3288); Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (H.R. 2847); Financial Services and General Government (H.R. 3170); Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (H.R. 3293); Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies (H.R. 3082); and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (H.R. 3081), spending bills.

The FY2010 defense spending bill (H.R. 3326) is likely to be considered next week. The House passed its version of the bill on July 30; the Senate passed its version on October 6 (see The Source, 7/31/09 and 10/9/09, respectively). The current continuing resolution, enacted as part of the FY2010 Interior and Environment spending bill (P.L. 111-88), will expire on December 18.

The following charts detail funding levels for various programs important to women and their families.

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

The conference report provides $68.174 billion in overall funding in FY2010. This amount is $7.927 billion less than FY2009, $990.61 million over the president’s request, $977.38 million above the House bill, and $681.855 million over the Senate bill (p. 331). The funding includes $28 billion for the Department of Justice and $25.6 billion for science agencies, including the National Science Foundation.

The House approved its version of the bill (H.R. 2847) on June 18 (see The Source, 6/19/09), while the Senate approved its version on November 5 (see The Source, 11/6/09).

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

Department of Justice

Office of Violence Against Women (VAWA)

$400 million

$435 million

$418.5 million

Grants to Combat Violence Against Women (STOP Grants)

$200 million

$200 million

$210 million

Transitional Housing

$18 million

$18 million

$18 million

Violence on College Campuses

$9.5 million

$9.5 million

$9.5 million

Civil Legal Assistance for Victims

$37 million

$45 million

$41 million

Elder Abuse Grant Program

$4.25 million

$4.25 million

$4.25 million

Safe Haven Program

$14 million

$14 million

$14 million

Protections and Services for Disabled Victims

$6.75 million

$6.75 million

$6.75 million

Engaging Men and Youth in Prevention

$3 million

$3 million

$3 million

Court Training Program

$3 million

$3 million

$3 million

Rural Domestic Violence Grants

$41 million

$41 million

$41 million

Sexual Assault Victims Services

$13 million

$15 million

$15 million

National Tribal Sex Offender Registry

$1 million

$1 million

$1 million

National Resource Center on Workplace Responses

$1 million

$500,000

$1 million

State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance

$1.313 billion

$1.159 billion

$1.535 billion

Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants

$529 million

$510 million

$519 million

Prison Rape Prevention Programs

$15 million

$5 million

$15 million

Victims of Trafficking Grants

$10 million

$15 million

$12.5 million

Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS)

$802 million

$658.5 million

$791.608 million

Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grants

$151 million

$151 million

$151 million

Child Predator Elimination/Sex Offender Management

$28 million

$20 million

$24 million

Juvenile Justice Programs

$385 million

$407 million

$423.595 million

Victims of Child Abuse Programs

$20 million

$25 million

$22.5 million

Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA)

$15 million

$15 million

$15 million

Training for Judicial Personnel (Child Abuse)

$2.5 million

$2.5 million

$2.5 million

Stalking Database

$3 million

$3 million

$3 million

Research on Violence Against Indian Women

$1 million

$1 million

$1 million

Related Agencies

Legal Services Corporation

$440 million

$440 million

$420 million

Commission on Civil Rights

$9.4 million

$9.4 million

$9.4 million

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

$367.303 million

$367.303 million

$367.303 million

National Science Foundation

$6.937 billion

$6.917 billion

$6.927 billion

Education and Human Resources

$862.9 million

$857.7 million

$872.760 million

Financial Services and General Government

The conference report includes $46.265 billion for FY2010. This amount is $5.059 bill less than FY2009, $13.438 million less than the president’s request, $41.5 million over the House bill, and $37 million less than the Senate bill (p. 132). The House approved its version of H.R. 3170 on July 16 (see The Source, 7/17/09); the Senate Appropriations Committee passed its version on July 9 (see The Source, 7/10/09).

The measure lifts the restriction on the District of Columbia using locally raised funds to provide abortion services.

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

District of Columbia

Federal Payment for Resident Tuition

$35.1 million

$35.1 million

$35.1 million

Federal Payment for Courts

$268.92 million

$258.517 million

$261.18 million

Federal Payment for Defender Services

$55 million

$55 million

$55 million

Small Business Administration

Small Business Administration

$847.987 million

$860.904 million

$824.016 million

Women’s Business Centers

$14 million

$14.3 million

$14 million

Women’s Business Council

$1 million

$1 million

$1 million

Microloan Technical Assistance

$10 million

$22 million

$22 million

PRIME Program (Program for Investment in Microentrepreneurs)

$8 million

$5.5 million

$8 million

HUBZone (Historically Underutilized Business Zone)

$2.184 million

$3 million

$2.2 million

Small Business Development Centers

$110 million

$114.4 million

$113 million

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Included in the conference report is $749.555 billion in FY2010 for programs within the bill. This amount is $61.28 billion less than FY2009, $2.143 billion more than the president’s request, $195.703 more than the House bill, and $550.703 million more than the Senate bill (p. 395).

The House approved H.R. 3293 on July 24 (see The Source, 7/24/09); the Senate Appropriations Committee approved its version on July 31 (see The Source, 7/31/09).

Breast Cancer

The report notes, “Within the total provided for cancer prevention and control, the conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for breast cancer awareness for young women, as proposed by the House. The Senate did not include similar language. Funding shall be used consistent with the language in House Report 111-220 [report language for the House version of the bill]” (p. 47).

Teen Pregnancy

In addition, “[t]he conference agreement provides $110 million for a new teenage pregnancy prevention initiative. The House proposed $110 million for this initiative under the Administration for Children and Families and the Senate proposed $100 million under the Office of the Secretary…Regarding this appropriation, the conference agreement includes bill language providing that not less than $75 million shall be for programs that replicate teenage pregnancy prevention programs proven effective through rigorous evaluation…In addition, bill language provides that not less than $25 million shall be for research and demonstration grants to develop, replicate, refine, and test additional models and innovative strategies for preventing teenage pregnancy; and that the remaining amounts may be used for training and technical assistance, evaluation, outreach, and additional program support. The conferees intend that programs funded under this initiative will stress the value of abstinence and provide age-appropriate information to youth that is scientifically and medically accurate. Finally, the conference agreement provides $4.455 million within Public Health Service Act program evaluation funding, as proposed by both the House and Senate, to carry out evaluations (including longitudinal evaluations) of teenage pregnancy prevention approaches” (p. 85).

Needle Exchange

The conference report also lifts the restriction that bans the use of federal funds for local needle exchange programs except in locations where “local public health or law enforcement agencies determine [it] to be inappropriate” (p. 140). 

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

Department of Labor

Dislocated Worker’s Assistance

$1.399 billion

$1.383 billion

$1.413 billion

Women in Apprenticeships

$1 million

$1 million

$1 million

Reintegration of Ex-Offenders

$108.493 million

$115 million

$108.493 million

Women’s Bureau

$12.604 million

$10.604 million

$11.604 million

International Labor Affairs Bureau

$91.419 million

$93.919 million

$92.669 million

Department of Health and Human Services

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

$7.331 billion

$7.264 billion

$7.499 billion

Community Health Centers

$2.19 billion

$2.19 billion

$2.19 billion

Maternal and Child Health Bureau

$882.263 million

$881.633 million

$880.623 million

Maternal and Child Health Block Grant

$665 million

$662.121 million

$662.121 million

Newborn Screening Saves Lives (P.L. 110-204)(Heritable Disorders)

$10.013 million

$10.013 million

$10.013 million

Universal Newborn Hearing Screening

$19 million

$19 million

$19 million

Healthy Start

$105 million

$105.372 million

$105 million

Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act

$2.292 billion

$2.273 billion

$2.286 billion

Ryan White Part D Children, Youth, Women, and Families Programs

$78.728 million

$76.845 million

$77.787 million

National Cord Blood Inventory

$11.983 million

$11.983 million

$11.983 million

Family Planning

$317.491 million

$317.491 million

$317.491 million

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

$6.682 billion

$6.828 billion

$6.39 billion

Cancer Prevention and Control

$349.454 million

$380.234 million

$370.346 million

Breast and Cervical Cancer Prevention and Control

$214.699 million

$220 million

$214.85 million

Breast Cancer Awareness for Young Women

$5 million

$5 million

WISEWOMAN

$20.573 million

$21 million

$20.787 million

Johanna’s Law (P.L. 109-475)

$6.807 million

$6.807 million

$6.807 million

Ovarian Cancer Prevention and Control

$5.414 million

$6 million

$5.707 million

Geraldine Ferraro Cancer Education Programs

$4.677 million

$4.677 million

$4.677 million

Safe Motherhood/Infant Health

$49.891 million

$44.782 million

$44.782 million

Global Health

$323.134 million

$332.779 million

$328.335 million

Domestic HIV/AIDS Prevention Research

$744.914 million

$711.045 million

$727.98 million

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

$31.259 billion

$30.759 billion

$31.009 billion

National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities

$213.316 million

$209.508 million

$211.572 million

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)

$3.419 billion

$3.43 billion

$3.432 billion

Pregnant and Postpartum Women

$16 million

$16 million

$16 million

Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)

$372.053 million

$372.053 million

$397.053 million

Administration for Children and Families

$31.551 billion

$31.436 billion

$31.44 billion

Child Support Enforcement

$4.538 billion

$4.538 billion

$4.538 billion

Refugee and Entrant Assistance (aid to victims of trafficking)

$9.814 million

$9.814 million

$9.814 million

Refugee and Entrant Assistance (unaccompanied minors)

$149.351 million

$149.351 million

$149.351 million

Child Care Development Block Grant (CCDBG)

$2.127 billion

$2.127 billion

$2.127 billion

Child and Family Services Programs

$9.447 billion

$9.316 billion

$9.32 billion

Head Start

$7.235 billion

$7.235 billion

$7.235 billion

Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs

$98.234 million

$97.234 million

$97.734 million

Child Abuse and Neglect Prevention and Treatment Activities

$108.819 million

$109.294 million

$97.244 million

Abandoned Infant Assistance

$11.628 million

$11.628 million

$11.628 million

Child Welfare Training and Services

$308.951 million

$308.951 million

$308.951 million

Adoption

$78.832 million

$78.832 million

$78.832 million

Violence Against Women (Family Violence Prevention and Services Act [P.L. 98-457])

$133.776 million

$127.776 million

$130.052 million

National Domestic Violence Hotline

$3.209 million

$3.209 million

$3.209 million

Abstinence-only Education

Mentoring Children of Prisoners

$49.314 million

$49.314 million

$49.314 million

Promoting Safe and Stable Families

$345 million

$345 million

$345 million

Administration on Aging

$1.531 billion

$1.495 billion

$1.518 billion

National Family Caregiver Support Program

$154.22 million

$154.22 million

$154.22 million

National Education and Resource Center on Women and Retirement

$249,000

$249,000

$249,000

Office of the Secretary

$512.452 million

$483.779 million

$499.228 million

Office for Civil Rights

$41.099 million

$41.099 million

$41.099 million

Adolescent Family Life

$29.778 million

$16.658 million

$16.658 million

Office of Minority Health

$56 million

$55.956 million

$58 million

Office on Women’s Health

$33.746 million

$33.746 million

$33.746 million

Minority HIV/AIDS

$53.891 million

$51.891 million

$53.891 million

Department of Education

No Child Left Behind (Title I Grants to LEAs)

$14.492 billion

$13.792 billion

$14.492 billion

William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program

$66.454 million

$66.454 million

Early Reading First

$127.459 million

Early Childhood Grants

Special Education Grants for Infants and Families

$439.427 million

$439.427 million

$439.427 million

21st Century Community Learning Centers

$1.181 billion

$1.131 billion

$1.166 billion

Education for Homeless Children and Youth

$65.427 million

$65.427 million

$65.427 million

Mentoring Programs

Vocational Education

$1.272 billion

$1.272 billion

$1.272 billion

Adult Education

$639.567 million

$641.567 million

$639.567 million

Pell Grants

$17.783 billion

$17.495 billion

$17.495 billion

(maximum student award)

$4,860

$4,860

$4,860

Child Care Access Means Students in School (CCAMPIS)

$17.034 million

$16.034 million

$16.034 million

Office for Civil Rights

$103.024 million

$103.024 million

$103.024 million

Women’s Educational Equity

$2.423 million

$2.423 million

$2.423 million

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

The conference report contains $182.75 billion for FY2010. This amount is $55.94 billion over FY2009, $49.263 billion over the president’s request, $846.644 million over the House bill, and $648.644 million over the Senate bill (p. 105). The House passed H.R. 3082 on July 10 (see The Source, 7/10/09), while the Senate passed its version on November 17 (see The Source, 11/20/09).

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

Department of Defense

Family Housing

$1.959 billion

$2.259 billion

$2.259 billion

Women Veterans

“The conferees direct the Office of Inspector General to conduct a study to assess the capacity of the Department [of Veterans Affairs] to address combat stress in women veterans. At a minimum, the study should include: whether women veterans are properly evaluated by the Department for post-traumatic stress disorder, military sexual trauma, and traumatic brain injury; whether the Department is properly adjudicating combat stress as a service-connected disability; whether the Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) has developed and disseminated materials and policies to claims adjudicators that address claims involving military sexual trauma; and the feasibility of requiring training and testing of VBA claims adjudicators on military sexual trauma. The conferees direct the Office of Inspector General to provide the secretary and the committees on Appropriations of both houses of Congress a plan for conducting this study, and any interim findings, within 180 days and a final report no later than oneyear after enactment of this Act” (p. 21).

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

The conference report provides $48.923 billion in FY2010 for programs within the bill. This amount is $1.836 billion less than FY2009, $3.28 billion less than President Obama’s request, $79 million less than the House bill, and $79 million more than the Senate bill (p. 87). The House passed its bill on July 9 (see The Source, 7/10/09); the Senate Appropriations Committee also passed its version on July 9 (see The Source, 7/10/09).

The report eliminates the provision contained in Senate bill that would have permanently repealed the so-called Mexico City Policy, which banned providing foreign aid to international organizations that perform, promote, or refer for abortion services.

Development Programs Targeting Women

Gender integration: “The conferees endorse the reporting requirement proposed in the House Report related to the integration of gender considerations into agriculture and economic development programs” (p. 29).

Microfinance: “The conferees direct that at least 50 percent of funds provided for microfinance and microenterprise programs be for grants and cooperative agreements to not-for-profit networks, practitioner institutions, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and direct that USAID’s Office of Microenterprise Development, in consultation with the committees on Appropriations, develop a strategy to meet this mandate. This strategy shall be submitted to the committees on Appropriations not later than 90 days after enactment of this act, and shall include a description of USAID’s strategy to increase outreach to women, and the poor and very poor who are currently without access to financial services” (p. 29).

The report indicates that, “The conference agreement provides $20 million for women’s leadership capacity building programs, as proposed by the House” (p. 30).

Afghan Women and Girls: “The conference agreement requires that assistance for Afghanistan be designed and implemented with the full participation and leadership of Afghan women, and made available in a manner that directly improves the security, economic and social well-being, and political status of Afghan women and girls. Of the funds made available in this act for assistance for Afghanistan, not less than $175 million shall support programs that directly address the needs and protect the rights of Afghan women and girls, including the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, the Afghan Ministry of Women’s Affairs, and women-led NGOs [nongovernmental organizations]. Of the total, not less than $20 million shall be for capacity building for Afghan women-led NGOs, and not less than $25 million shall be for programs and activities of such NGOs, similar to that proposed by the Senate. USAID is directed to conduct more vigorous outreach to such NGOs, particularly in remote areas, to inform them of USAID programs and procedures” (p. 41).

“The conferees are concerned with the increase in violent attacks against women and girls, particularly at schools, and the lack of access to justice or safe houses for victims. Not less than $15 million shall be used to train and support Afghan women investigators, police officers, prosecutors, judges, and social workers to respond to crimes of violence against women and girls, and administration of justice programs should include a focus on the special needs of women and girls” (p. 41). 

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

Department of State

Diplomatic and Consular Programs

$8.229 billion

$8.227 billion

$8.227billion

International Peacekeeping

$2.125 billion

$2.215 billion

$2.215 billion

Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons

$12 million

$12 million

$12 million

Migration and refugee assistance

$1.480 billion

$1.678 billion

$1.685 billion

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)

Global Health and Child Survival

$7.784 billion

$7.773 billion

$7.779 billion

Child Survival and Maternal Health

$528 million

$555 million

$549 million

Vulnerable Children

$15 million

$15 million

$15 million

Family Planning/Reproductive Health

$520 million

$628.457 million

$525 million

President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR)(P.L. 108-25)

$5.409 billion

$5.359 billion

$5.359 billion

Global Fund to Fight AIDS, TB, and Malaria

$750 million

$700 million

$750 million

HIV/AIDS USAID

$350 million

$350 million

$350 million

Microbicides

$45 million

$45 million

$45 million

Millennium Challenge Corporation

$1.4 billion

$950 million

$1.105 billion

International Organizations and Programs

U.N. Children’s Fund (UNICEF)

$132 million

$132.5 million

$132.250 million

U.N. Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

$6 million

$5.5 million

$6 million

UNIFEM Trust Fund

$3 million

$3 million

$3 million

U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA)

$60 million

$50 million

$55 million

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

The conference report provides $67.898 billion for FY2010, which is $49.231 billion less than FY2009, $40.507 billion less than President Obama’s request, $920.63 less than the House bill, and $112.072 more than the Senate bill (p. 294). The House passed its version of the Transportation, HUD spending bill on July 23, while the Senate passed its version on September 17 (see The Source, 7/24/09 and 9/18/09, respectively).

Agency/Program

House Level

Senate Level

Conference Report

Department of Transportation

Minority Business Resource Center Program

$912,000

$923,000

$923,000

Minority Business Outreach

$3.074 million

$3.074 million

$3.074 million

Department of Housing and Urban Development

Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA)

$350 million

$320 million

$335 million

Section 8 Tenant-Based Vouchers

$18.242 billion

$18.187 billion

$18.184 billion

Section 8 Project-Based Vouchers

$8.706 billion

$8.1 billion

$8.551 billion