House Appropriations Subcommittee to Mark Up FY 26 Labor-HHS Bill

Today at 5pm Eastern, the House Appropriation Committee’s Labor-HHS Subcommittee will mark up the FY 26 Labor-HHS appropriations bill.

According to the Committee, the Labor-HHS bill provides, “a total discretionary allocation of $184.5 billion, which is $13.7 billion (7%) below the Fiscal Year 2025 enacted level.” The bill provides a discretionary total of $108 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services, which is $7 billion (6%) below the FY25 enacted level. The Committee would provide a total of $7.1 billion for HRSA, a decrease of $866 million below the FY 2025 level. This recommendation would include $1.4 billion for Health Workforce training, a decrease of $37 million below the FY 2025 level. The bill would provide a total of $7.1 billion for HRSA, $866 million below the FY 2025 level. The bill would provide $1.4 billion for Health Workforce training, a decrease of $37 million below the FY 2025 level.

The bill provides a discretionary total of $67 billion to the Department of Education, which is $12 billion (15%) below the FY25 enacted level. The bill maintains funding for Pell Grants at the discretionary maximum award level of $6,335, which when combined with mandatory funding under current law would continue to support a total maximum award of $7,395, which is level funding.

A Full Committee markup is expected as soon as next week.

The Subcommittee markup may be viewed here. The bill and Republican Committee summary may be found here. Bill summaries from the Committee Democrats may be found here and here.