Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Latest action. Placed on Senate legislative calendarThe list of measures reported out of committee and eligible for floor action. Being on the calendar is not a promise of a vote.Read the full definition (opens a new tab) under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
(This measure has not been amended since it was introduced. The summary of that version is repeated here.)
Highlights:
The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017 provides annual appropriations for:
the Department of Labor;
most of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS);
the Department of Education (ED); and
several related agencies, including the Social Security Administration, the Corporation for National and Community Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the National Labor Relations Board.
The bill does not include funding for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are included within HHS, but considered in other appropriations bills.
The bill includes both discretionary and mandatory funding. The majority of the funding in the bill is mandatory funding for entitlement programs such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income that are funded in annual appropriations bills. These programs, known as appropriated entitlements, are included in annual appropriations bills, though the amounts provided for the programs are generally determined by authorizing statutes that control details of the programs such as eligibility rules and benefit levels.
The bill decreases discretionary funding compared to FY2016 levels. It also includes provisions that affect polices in areas such as:
implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act,
abortion,
human embryo research,
collective bargaining,
needle exchange programs,
Medicare coverage for individuals with Alzheimer's disease, and
medicinal marijuana programs.
Full Summary:
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2017
Provides FY2017 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies.
Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2017
TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR
Provides FY2017 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor.
Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for:
Training and Employment Services,
the Job Corps,
Community Service Employment for Older Americans,
The summary continues for 253 more paragraphs. Read it in full on Congress.gov
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Reported to Senate without amendment" stage on June 9, 2016. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on June 9, 2016: Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 509.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the Senate
- Passage by the House
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 114th Congress (2015-16), 329 of the 10,233 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 3.2 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
Roy Blunt (R-MO) introduced it on June 9, 2016. No cosponsors are recorded.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on June 9, 2016, 3745 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 3745 days ago, on June 9, 2016.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 114th Congress has not finished by January 3, 2017 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- SenateIn committee, no floor vote yet
- HouseAwaits Senate passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers