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handle is hein.crs/govbafa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Congressional **Research Service FY2020 LHHS Appropriations: Status Updated June 19, 2019 Congress has begun consideration of the FY2020 appropriations bill for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS). The LHHS bill is the largest ($1.06 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. Most recently, the House completed its initial consideration of the FY2020 LHHS bill, passing it as part of a four-bill omnibus on June 19, 2019 (Division A of H.R. 2740). This omnibus was the first FY2020 appropriations measure to be passed by the House on initial floor consideration. Prior to this, LHHS had not been the first bill initially passed in the House (even as part of a package) since the current budget process was first implemented in FY1976. While the House has completed initial consideration of the FY2020 LHHS bill, Senate LHHS action has yet to occur. Scope of the Bill The LHHS bill provides annually appropriated budget authority for the Department of Labor, the majority of the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service. In general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlements, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements; rather, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. While discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.) Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11114 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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