When the 108th Congress adjourned on December 9, only six of the thirteen spending bills had been enacted into law: Department of Defense (P.L. 108-87); Energy and Water Development (P.L. 108-137); Department of Homeland Security (P.L. 108-90); Department of the Interior and Related Agencies (P.L. 108-108); Legislative Branch (P.L. 108-83); and Military Construction (P.L. 108-132). An emergency supplemental spending bill for the Department of Defense and reconstruction activities in Iraq and Afghanistan (P.L. 108-106) also was signed into law in November.
On December 8, the House approved the conference report for the FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act (H.R. 2673). The Senate approved the measure on January 22.
The measure incorporates the following seven spending bills that were still pending when Congress recessed for Thanksgiving: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Departments of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies; District of Columbia; Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs; Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies; Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies; and Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies.
The following is a summary of funding levels specific to programs affecting women and their families. To read a more detailed summary of funding levels and report language, please read previous issues of The Source: Department of Defense (see The Source, 9/26/03); Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan (see The Source, 11/7/03); Military Construction (see The Source, 11/14/03); and Consolidated Appropriations (see The Source, 12/10/03).
FY2004 Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 2673
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Programs Appropriations
The final bill provides $16.943 billion in FY2004, $934 million less than FY2003 and $198 million less than the President’s request.
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC): The WIC program receives $4.639 billion in FY2004, a $57 million decrease below FY2003 and $130 million less than the President’s request. The recommended funding level for WIC includes $15 million for a breastfeeding peer counselor program and $4 million for pilot projects to combat obesity in children.
Child Nutrition Programs: The bill provides $11.417 billion in FY2004 for child nutrition programs, an $837 million increase above FY2003 and $1 million below the President’s request. Of the total amount, $6.7 billion is provided for the School Lunch Program, $1.8 billion for the School Breakfast Program, $2 billion for the Child and Adult Care Food Program, and additional funding for the School Meals Initiative. In addition, H.R. 2673 provides $5 million for an assessment of the national school lunch and school breakfast programs.
Food and Drug Administration (FDA): H.R. 2673 allocates $1.387 billion to the FDA in FY2004, $13.2 million more than FY2003, but $7.7 million below the President’s request.
Food Stamp Program: The Food Stamp Program is funded at $30.9 billion, $4.6 billion above FY2003 and $3.2 billion more than the President’s request.
Food for Peace Program: The bill provides $1.192 billion for the Food for Peace Program, $376 million less than the FY2003 level and $7 million more than the level requested by the President. In addition, the McGovern-Dole International Food for Education and Child Nutrition Program receives $50 million in FY2004.
Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and Related Agencies Appropriations
The final bill provides $37.8 billion in FY2004, $600 million less than FY2003 and $100 million less than the President’s request.
Department of Justice
National Institute of Justice (NIJ): The NIJ receives $10 million in FY2004, a decrease of $9.87 million below FY2003.
Local Law Enforcement Block Grant: The Local Law Enforcement Block Grant receives $225 million, $172.4 million less than last year.
Boys and Girls Clubs: H.R. 2673 includes $80 million for the Boys and Girls Clubs, $52,000 more than the FY2003 level.
Missing Children Program: The Missing Children program receives $36 million in FY2004, $3.367 million more than FY2003 and $5.331 million more than the President’s request. The total includes $12.5 million for the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, $15 million for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, and $4 million for AMBER Alert grants.
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Programs: VAWA programs receive $388 million in FY2004, a $2.2 million increase over FY2003 and $14.7 million above the level requested by the President. VAWA programs receive the following grants:
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DNA Analysis Initiative: H.R. 2673 provides $100 million for a DNA analysis initiative, $19 million more than FY2003, but $74 million less than the President’s request. The total includes $55 million for eliminating the DNA sample backlog, $30 million for strengthening crime lab capacity, $5 million for training the criminal justice community, and $5 million for using DNA to identify missing persons.
Prison Rape: The measure provides $37.175 million for implementation of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (P.L. 108-79). This amount is approximately $24 million more than the FY2003 level.
Trafficking: The bill allocates $10 million for victim services programs to assist victims of trafficking. Of this total, $1 million is provided for a national conference on domestic trafficking and prostitution.
School Safety Initiative: The bill provides $4.6 million for programs aimed at preventing violence in public schools, and to support the assignment of officers to work in collaboration with schools and community-based organizations to address the threat of terrorism, crime, disorder, gangs, and drug activities.
Juvenile Justice Programs: H.R. 2673 provides $352.7 million for Juvenile Justice programs, $77.7 million above FY2003 and $85.5 million over the amount requested by the President. The total includes $13 million for the Victims of Child Abuse Act, $10.4 million more than the President’s request. Of this amount, no less than $9 million is available for Child Advocacy Centers.
The State Department
Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons (TIP Office): H.R. 2673 provides $4.581 million for the TIP Office in FY2004, $800,000 above the President’s request.
Child Pornography: H.R. 2763 includes up to $1.3 million to promote international information sharing to combat child pornography.
Related Agencies
Legal Services Corporation: The Legal Services Corporation receives $339 million in FY2004, $2.2 million more than FY2003 and $9.748 million above the President’s request.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission: The measure appropriates $328 million for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, $21.6 million more than FY2003, but $6.2 million less than the President’s request.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is level-funded at $9.1 million, as requested by the President.
Women’s Business Centers: Women’s Business Centers are level-funded at $12.5 million in FY2004 and the National Women’s Business Council is level-funded at $750,000.
District of Columbia Appropriations
The final bill provides $545 million to the District of Columbia in FY2004, $36 million more than FY2003 and $124 million more than the President’s request.
D.C. Courts: The bill provides $167.8 million for the operation of the D.C. Courts, a $6.9 million increase over FY2003 and $4 million more than the amount requested by the President.
School Choice: H.R. 2673 provides $13 million for private school vouchers, $13 million in new funds to public schools, $13 million in new funds to charter schools, and $1 million to cover administrative costs.
Family Literacy Program: The bill allocates $2 million for the Family Literacy Program, $2 million less than FY2003. Under the President’s budget, this program would not have been funded.
Abstinence Program: The measure provides $400,000 for the implementation of an abstinence program in the District that would provide technical training and resource materials to promote effective intervention strategies.
Foster Care: H.R. 2673 provides $14 million for improvements to the District’s foster care system.
Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations
The final bill provides $17.2 billion in FY2004, a $1 million increase over FY2003, but $1.7 million below the President’s request.
Child Survival and Health Programs Fund: The bill earmarks $1.8 billion for the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund, an increase of $118.5 million over FY2003 and $340 million above the President’s request. Of that amount, $330 million is provided for child survival and maternal health programs and $120 million is provided for a contribution to the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF). H.R. 2673 also provides $250,000 for the monitoring and oversight of child survival, maternal health and family planning/reproductive health, and infectious disease programs.
HIV/AIDS: Under the measure, $1.646 billion is provided for HIV/AIDS prevention activities, $302 million above the President’s request. The total includes $400 million for the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), and Malaria; $516.5 million in bilateral HIV/AIDS funding within the Child Survival and Health Programs Fund; $491 million for the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative; no less than $26 million for research and testing of HIV/AIDS vaccines; and no less than $26 million shall be made available as a United States contribution to UNAIDS. In addition, $169 million is provided for TB assistance and $193.5 million for malaria.
U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID): H.R. 2673 allocates $1.4 billion in development assistance for USAID. Last year, Congress funded development assistance at $1.363 billion. The total funding for USAID in FY2004 is $4.8 billion, $297 million above FY2003 and $177 million above the President’s request. In addition, the conference committee managers urge that the Office for Women in Development be funded at $11 million.
Microbicides: H.R. 2673 provides $22 million for USAID for microbicide research and development, approximately $4 million more than FY2003.
International Family Planning: International family planning programs receive $429 million in FY2004, $17 million less than FY2003 and $4 million more than the President’s request.
United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA): The bill provides $34 million for UNFPA in FY2004. The $34 million withheld from UNFPA in FY2002 is provided for family planning and maternal and reproductive health activities in Congo, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Haiti, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Albania, Romania, and Kazakhstan. In addition, $25 million withheld from UNFPA in FY2003 is available for a new initiative to combat trafficking in women and children.
Afghanistan: The measure provides no less than $405 million in humanitarian and reconstruction assistance for Afghanistan. Of this amount, $21 million is allocated for child survival and health programs, $150 million for developmental assistance, and $72 million for migration and refugee assistance. In addition, $5 million is provided “for programs aimed at addressing the needs of Afghan women through training and equipment to improve the capacity of women-led Afghan nongovernmental organizations, and to support the activities of such organizations.”
Millennium Challenge Assistance Program: The bill provides $650 million for the Millennium Challenge assistance program, $650 million less than the President’s budget request.
Peace Corps: The Peace Corps receives $325 million in FY2004, $30 million more than FY2003, but $30 million less than the President’s request. In addition, the Peace Corps receives $15 million from the Global HIV/AIDS Initiative for HIV/AIDS activities.
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations
The final bill provides $139.76 billion in FY2004, $7.4 billion above FY2003 and $1.77 billion more than the President’s request.
Department of Labor
Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau: The Department of Labor’s Women’s Bureau receives $9.267 million in FY2004, $341,000 less than FY2003 and $641,000 more than the President’s request.
Dislocated Workers Assistance: Dislocated workers assistance receives $1.456 billion, $4.3 million less than FY2003 and $74 million above the President’s budget request.
Child Labor: The bill earmarks $82 million to assist developing countries with the elimination of child labor. Of this amount, $45 million is provided for the International Labor Organization’s (ILO) International Program for the Elimination of Child Labor. In addition, $37 million is provided for bilateral assistance to improve access to basic education in international areas with a high rate of abusive and exploitative child labor.
Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations Program: As requested by the President, no funds are provided for the Women in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations program. This program was funded at $993,000 in FY2003.
Department of Health and Human Services
Community Health Centers: Community Health Centers receive $1.627 billion in FY2004, a $122.3 million increase over FY2003.
Maternal and Child Health Block Grant: The bill provides $734.2 million for the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, a $3.5 million increase above the FY2003 level, but $16.6 million less than the level requested by the President. Of this amount, $4 million is provided to continue the sickle cell newborn screening program and $1.6 million is provided for mental health programs. In addition, the measure allocates $2 million for newborn and child screening for heritable disorders.
Healthy Start: The Healthy Start infant mortality initiative is level-funded at $98 million, $383,000 less than the President’s request. The measure also maintains current funding of $9.935 million for universal newborn hearing screening.
National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program: H.R. 2673 provides $10 million to establish a National Cord Blood Stem Cell Bank Program.
Ryan White: The Ryan White Care Act receives a $38 million increase over the FY2003 funding level to $2 billion, slightly more than in the President’s budget. Of this amount, $73.5 million is provided to help children, youth, women, and families infected with, or affected by, HIV/AIDS.
Family Planning: Title X, the nation’s family planning program, receives $280 million in FY2004, $7 million more than FY2003 and approximately $15 million more than the President’s request.
Abstinence-only Education: The bill provides $70.4 million for the abstinence education program in the Maternal and Child Health Block Grant, a $15.8 million increase over FY2003, but $2.6 million below the President’s request. Of this amount, $4.5 million is allocated for an evaluation of adolescent pregnancy prevention programs.
Birth Defects, Developmental Disabilities, and Disability: H.R. 2673 provides $113.5 million for the prevention of birth defects, developmental disabilities, and disability and health activities at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a $15.5 million increase over the FY2003 level and a $26.1 million increase over the President’s request. The total includes $1 million for research activities at the regional Centers for Birth Defects, Research, and Prevention, $250,000 for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, $1 million for the national spina bifida program, and $300,000 for expanding the newborn infant screening program.
Chronic Disease and Health Promotion: Chronic disease prevention and health promotion receive $859 million, a $69.1 million increase over last year and $25 million over the President’s request. Within that amount, $46 million is provided for heart disease and stroke, $315.6 million for cancer prevention and control, $24.5 million for arthritis and other chronic diseases, $100.1 million for tobacco prevention initiatives, $45 million for nutrition and physical activity promotion, $62.8 million for school health, and $54.2 million for safe motherhood and infant health.
Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Program: Within the amount provided for cancer prevention and control, $210.9 million is allocated for the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program in FY2004. The total is $11.9 million over FY2003 and $900,000 above the President’s request.
Ovarian Cancer: The bill also allocates $4.9 million for ovarian cancer.
National Lupus Patient Registry: Within the amount provided for arthritis and other chronic diseases, $1 million is allocated for the National Lupus Patient Registry.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): Within the amount provided for safe motherhood and infant health, $300,000 is allocated for the SIDS death scene protocol and projects to demonstrate the protocol’s effectiveness.
Child Nutrition: Within the amount provided for nutrition and physical activity promotion, $1 million is allocated to support a comprehensive review of the effects of food marketing on children’s diet and health, including the characteristics of effective marketing of foods to children to promote healthy food choices.
HIV/AIDS: The bill provides $1.299 billion for HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), and tuberculosis prevention at the CDC, an increase of $113 million over last year and $18 million more than the President’s request. Of that amount, $293.5 million is provided for global HIV/AIDS programs, $110.5 million more than FY2003 and approximately equal to the President’s request. In addition, $169 million is provided for STD activities, $150 million for the International Mother and Child HIV Prevention Initiative, and $104 million to continue support of activities that are targeted to address the growing HIV/AIDS epidemic and its disparate impact on communities of color. Within the total provided for STD activities, $500,000 is allocated for a grant program to strengthen the local capacity on Indian reservations to screen for and treat STDs and to educate local populations about such diseases and their consequences.
National Institutes of Health (NIH): NIH receives $27.982 billion in FY2004, a $1 billion increase over the FY2003 appropriation and $319 million above the President’s request.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): SAMHSA receives $3.37 billion in FY2004. This allocation is $160 million more than the FY2003 level, but $30 million less than the President’s request.
Center for Mental Health Services: H.R. 2673 provides $845.5 million for mental health services, $10.9 million less than last year’s level and $11.5 million more than the President’s request.
Mental Health Performance Partnership: The Mental Health Performance Partnership receives $415.2 million, $21.9 million less than FY2003 and $17.8 million less than the President’s budget request.
Center for Substance Abuse Treatment: The measure provides $2.13 billion for substance abuse treatment programs. This allocation is $130 million more than last year’s level and $210 million less than the President’s request.
Substance Abuse Performance Partnership: The Substance Abuse Performance Partnership receives $1.71 billion, $20 million more than FY2003, but $75 million less than the President’s request. The bill provides $10 million for treatment programs for pregnant, postpartum, and residential women and their children.
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): The bill maintains the current funding level of $304 million for AHRQ in FY2004, $25 million more than the President’s request.
Child Care and Development Block Grant (CCDBG): The bill grants the President’s request and provides $2.1 billion to CCDBG in FY2004, an increase of $14 million over FY2003.
Child Support Enforcement: H.R. 2673 allocates $4.57 billion in FY2004 for payments to states for child support enforcement and family support programs. This amount is $540 million more than FY2003 and $50 million more than the President’s request.
Social Services Block Grant: The Social Services Block Grant is level-funded at $1.7 billion, as requested by the President.
International Trafficking: Under the Refugee and Entrant Assistance account, a program to aid victims of trafficking receives $9.968 million, $33,000 more than the FY2003 level, but $32,000 less than the President’s request.
Head Start: As requested by the President, Head Start receives a $148 million increase over FY2003, bringing the total to $6.8 billion.
Consolidated Runaway and Homeless Youth Programs: The consolidated runaway and homeless youth programs are level-funded at $89.9 million, $1.9 million more than the President’s request.
Maternity Group Homes: The measure does not include the $10 million that the President requested for the Maternity Group Homes program. Legislation authorizing the program has not yet been enacted.
Child Abuse and Neglect Treatment/Prevention Activities: The measure provides $34.6 million for child abuse and neglect treatment and prevention activities. This amount is $21.1 million below FY2003 and $13.7 million below the President’s request.
Abandoned Infant Assistance: Programs to increase abandoned infant assistance are level-funded at $12.12 million, $40,000 more than the President’s request.
Child Welfare Services: The bill provides $291 million for child welfare services, approximately $1 million more than FY2003, but $900,000 less than the amount requested by the President.
Promoting Responsible Fatherhood and Healthy Marriage: The bill does not include the $20 million that the President requested for promoting responsible fatherhood and healthy marriage.
Adoption: H.R. 2673 provides $27.285 million for adoption opportunities, $58,000 more than FY2003, but $58,000 less than the President’s request. The measure provides $7.5 million for adoption incentives, $35.2 million less than FY2003 and $35.5 million less than the President’s request. The bill also provides $12.86 million for adoption awareness programs, $40,000 more than FY2003, but $40,000 less than the President’s request.
Mentoring Children of Prisoners: As requested by the President, the Mentoring Children of Prisoners program receives $50 million in FY2004, a $40 million increase over the FY2003 level.
Promoting Safe and Stable Families: The bill level-funds the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program at $404.3 million, $100.6 million less than the President’s request.
Violence Against Women Act (VAWA): H.R. 2673 funds several VAWA programs. The National Domestic Violence Hotline receives $3 million as requested by the President. Last year, Congress allocated $2.562 million for the hotline. In addition, battered women’s shelters are level-funded at $126.4 million, $2 million more than the President’s request.
National Family Caregiver Support Program: The bill provides $153.6 million for the National Family Caregiver Support program, a $4.6 million increase over FY2003 and $12.1 million more than the amount requested by the President.
Adolescent Family Life: As requested by the President, the Adolescent Family Life program receives $31.2 million in FY2004, $300,000 more than FY2003.
Public Health Service’s Office on Women’s Health (PHS-OWH): The Office on Women’s Health receives $29.1 million in FY2004, a $500,000 increase over FY2003 and $200,000 more than the President’s request.
Public Health Service’s Office of Minority Health (PHS-OMH): The measure allocates $55.6 million to the Office of Minority Health, $600,000 less than FY2003 and $8.6 million more than the President’s budget request.
Mammography: The measure provides $500,000 for the Office of the Secretary to conduct studies concerning mammography standards.
Department of Education
No Child Left Behind: Grants to local educational agencies under the No Child Left Behind Act (P.L. 107-110) receive an increase of $728,000, for a total of $12.412 billion in FY2004. This amount is $62,000 above the President’s request.
William F. Goodling Even Start Family Literacy Program: The Even Start program is level-funded at $248.3 million, $73.3 million more than the amount requested by the President.
Reading First and Early Reading First: The bill provides $1.03 billion for the Reading First program, a $36,000 increase over FY2003, but $20,000 less than the President’s request. The Early Reading First program receives $95 million in FY2004, $20.5 million more than FY2003, but $5 million less than the President’s request.
Teacher Quality: H.R. 2673 provides $2.945 billion for professional development programs to provide states and school districts with the tools to improve teacher quality. This amount is $15 million more than FY2003 and $95 million above the President’s request. The bill provides $45.5 million for the Transition to Teaching program to assist eligible members of the armed forces and mid-career professionals to obtain certification as teachers. This amount is $3.8 million more than FY2003, but $3.9 million less than the President’s request. Math and Science Partnerships are funded at $150 million, an increase of nearly $50 million over FY2003 to increase the number of teachers trained in the fields of math and science. This amount is $137.5 million more than the level requested by the President.
Women’s Educational Equity Act: The measure allocates $2.98 million for women’s education equity, $20,000 less than FY2003. Under the President’s budget request, the program would have been eliminated.
21st Century Community Learning Centers: The bill provides $1.005 billion for 21st Century Community Learning Centers in FY2004, $11.5 million above FY2003 and $405 million more than the President’s request.
Loan Forgiveness for Child Care: As requested by the President, the bill does not provide any funding for student loan forgiveness for child care providers. Congress provided $994 million in FY2003.
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA): Total spending for special education in FY2004 is $11.3 billion, a $1.27 billion increase over FY2003 and $610 million above the President’s request. Of this amount, $447 million is provided for grants for the Infants and Families program that makes available early intervention services to all children with disabilities ages two and under, and their families. This funding level is the same as the President’s request and $12.8 million more than the FY2003 allocation.
Education for Homeless Children and Youth: The bill provides $60 million for education for homeless children and youth, $5.4 million more than FY2003 and $10 million more than the President’s request.
Vocational Education: In FY2004, $1.342 billion is provided for vocational education, $10 million more than FY2003 and $336 million more than amount requested by the President.
Adult Education: The measure provides $593.7 million for adult education, a $6.5 million increase over FY2003 and $2.7 million above the President’s request.
Pell Grants: The bill level-funds Pell grants at $4.050 billion, $50 million more than the President’s request.
Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS): Funding for the CCAMPIS program is level-funded at $16.1 million, $1.1 million more than the President’s request.
Office for Civil Rights: The bill provides $89.2 million for the Office for Civil Rights to enforce laws that prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, and age in all programs and institutions funded by the Department of Education. This funding level is $3.5 million above the FY2003 level, but $2 million less than the President’s request.
Transportation, Treasury, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
The final bill provides $88.9 billion in FY2004, $4.9 billion over FY2003 and nearly $500 million above the President’s request.
Job Access and Reverse Commute Grants: H.R. 2673 provides $125 million for job access and reverse commute grants, $104 million more than FY2003.
Minority Business Resource Center: As requested by the President, the Minority Business Resource Center receives $900,000, an increase of $6,000 over FY2003. Additionally, $3 million is allocated for minority business outreach, $19,000 more than FY2003 and equal to the President’s request.
Occupation Protection Incentive Grants: The bill allocates $20 million for the Occupant Protection Incentive Grants program, $11.254 million above last year and $8.627 million above the President’s request. The total includes $3 million for outreach initiatives to increase seatbelt use.
Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
The final bill provides $91.3 billion in FY2004, $4.2 billion above FY2003 and $1.9 billion more than the President’s request.
Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
Homeless Programs: H.R. 2673 provides $1.267 billion for homeless programs, approximately $50 million more than FY2003, but $58 million less than the amount requested by the President. The bill also designates $12 million for the national homeless data analysis project.
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): As requested by the President, the bill includes $296.5 million for the HOPWA program, $6.5 million more than FY2003, but $500,000 less than the President’s request.
Section 8 Voucher Renewals: The measure includes $17.6 billion for Section 8 voucher renewals. This amount represents a $2.4 billion, or 16 percent, increase over the FY2003 level for renewals.
FY2004 Appropriations Bills Enacted as Stand-Alone Bills
Military Construction Appropriations P.L. 108-132
The final bill provides $9.316 billion in FY2004, a $1.382 billion decrease from the FY2003 level and $199 million more than the President’s request.
Military Family Housing: Under the measure, $3.8 billion is provided for military family housing, of which $1.1 billion is allocated for new family housing units and improvements to existing units, and $2.7 billion is to be used for the operation and maintenance of existing units. Congress allocated $4.23 billion in FY2003 for military family housing.
Child Development Centers: The bill allocates $16.5 million for child development centers. In FY2003, Congress provided $18 million for child development centers.
National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign: H.R. 2673 provides $145 million for the National Youth Anti-Drug Media Campaign.
FY2004 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Defense and for the Reconstruction of Iraq and Afghanistan P.L. 108-106
The final bill provides an additional $87.5 billion in FY2004 for certain programs under the Department of Defense, Department of State, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Iraq Relief and Reconstruction Fund. The total is approximately $503 million more than the President’s request.
Under the bill, $64.7 billion is provided for the war in Iraq and Afghanistan, $18.6 billion is provided for relief and reconstruction in Iraq, and $1.2 billion is provided for relief and reconstruction in Afghanistan.
U.S. Military Personnel: The measure authorizes continued payment of per diem travel expenses for family members of U.S. military personnel who are ill or injured. The bill provides $32 million for family counseling, domestic violence, and readjustment counseling for military personnel and their families. It also provides $10 million for similar programs specifically for members of the National Guard.
Relief and Reconstruction in Iraq: The bill provides $793 million for health care programs, including $493 million to refurbish and modernize medical clinics, primary health care services, and hospitals, and $300 million to repair and procure medical equipment for Iraq’s medical facilities. The measure does not include the President’s request of $150 million for a new children’s hospital in Basra.
The final bill also provides $105 million for migration and refugee assistance and $15 million to investigate human rights violations and other atrocities committed by the former regime in Iraq.
In addition, the measure earmarks $90 million for education and $10 million for women’s leadership programs.
Relief and Reconstruction in Afghanistan: The final bill provides $95 million for schools and education and $49 million to construct 90 rural health clinics.
The measure also earmarks $60 million for programs providing assistance to Afghan women and girls and $5 million for the Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission.
Department of Defense Appropriations P.L. 108-87
The final bill provides $368.2 billion for the Defense Department in FY2004, a $13.1 billion increase over FY2003 and $3.5 billion less than the President’s request.
Cancer Research: P.L. 108-87 provides $150 million for the Army’s Peer-Reviewed Breast Cancer Research Program and $10 million for ovarian cancer research. Both breast cancer research and ovarian cancer research are level-funded. In addition, the measure provides $1 million for a targeted nano-therapeutic for advanced breast and prostate cancer, $1.7 million for 3D imaging and genomic analysis for breast cancer management, and $3 million for a biomedical research imaging core related to bone marrow transplantation, and breast and prostate cancer.
Gynecologic Disease Program: The final bill provides $4.25 million for the establishment of a Gynecologic Disease Program.
Comprehensive Reproductive System Care Program: The bill also provides $13.6 million for a Comprehensive Reproductive System Care Program.
HIV/AIDS: The measure allocates $4.25 million for Global HIV/AIDS Prevention, $75,000 less than FY2003. The bill also allocates $14.233 million for HIV/AIDS research programs, $2.5 million less than FY2003 and $7.5 million more than the President’s request.
Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program: The measure provides $50 million for a Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program. Osteoporosis and bone-related disease research are among the recommended projects that could be included in the program.
Family Advocacy Program: The final bill allocates $22 million for the Family Advocacy Program (FAP). Of this amount, the conferees “direct that $900,000 be available to initiate the National Domestic Violence Hotline Awareness, Intervention, and Prevention Campaign in the military services.”
Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation: Under the bill, the conferees “urge that $500,000 of the funds under the heading ‘Operation and Maintenance, Defense-Wide,’ be made available for the Women in Military Service for America Memorial Foundation.”
