Congress passed and President Biden on Saturday signed the second and final tranche of FY 24 funding bills. The six bill package consists of a bit over 70 percent of annual discretionary funding and includes the Labor-HHS-ED bill.
The House passed the funding package on Friday under suspension of the rules, which requires a two-thirds majority for passage. Due to absences, 280 votes were required, and the House passed the bill 286-134. Just 101 Republicans supported the measure, less than a majority of the majority, with 112 opposed. 185 Democrats supported the package, with 22 opposed. The Senate passed the bill on Saturday around 2am in a 74-24 vote.
The bill provides a 3 percent increase for defense funding and flat-funding for nondefense discretionary programming. See our previous post here, and the links below for more details.
The House and Senate are both scheduled to be on recess for the next two weeks, returning the week of April 8th. Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has previously said that aid to Ukraine and Israel would be a priority for the House once it wrapped up FY 24 funding.
Text of the FY 24 funding package is here. The Labor-H explanatory statement is here, and the Labor-H Congressionally Directed Spending is here.
A six page Labor-H bill summary from Senate Appropriations Committee Democrats is here.
A 10 page summary from the House Appropriations Committee Democrats on Labor-H is here.
A 24 page summary from the House Appropriations Committee Democrats on the six-bill package is here.
A press release from the House Appropriations Committee Republicans is here.
A 35-page summary from the House Appropriations Committee Republicans is here.
A press release and summary from the Senate Appropriations Committee is here and here.