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handle is hein.crs/govzvh0001 and id is 1 raw text is: =_Congressional _____ a Research Service hnformrng the IegsIative debate since 1914 - FY2020 LHHS Appropriations: Status Updated May 16, 2019 Congress recently began 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. On May 15, 2019, the FY2020 LHHS appropriations bill was reported to the House (H.R. 2740, H.Rept. 116-62). The report contains a detailed table summarizing the House Appropriations Committee's recommended funding levels for agencies, accounts, and programs across the bill. May 15 is the earliest the LHHS bill has been reported to the House since the current budget process was first implemented in FY1976. The FY2020 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill was reported the same day as LHHS, making these two bills the first to be reported to the House for the FY2020 cycle. The last time LHHS was the first bill reported to the House was FY1980, when it was one of three bills reported on the same day. Previously, on May 8, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2020 LHHS bill at their first full committee markup of the year. The committee considered 17 amendments to the bill, adopting six, and ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30. Senate Appropriations Committee action on the FY2020 LHHS bill 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 Congressional Research Service https://crsreports.congress.gov IN11114 CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress

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