What’s in the 2018 Omnibus Spending Law? H.R. 1625: The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018
President Donald Trump signed H.R. 1625: “The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018” into law on Friday. The law funds the federal government for the remainder of fiscal year 2018, but at over 2200 pages, what’s actually in it?
Basically, the Act provides funding for each of the agencies and departments of the federal government. The law also provides guidance for how the money may or may not be used and instructions to agencies on specific programs. Here’s how the government will spend taxpayer money for the remainder of 2018.
This post was originally published on March 25th, updated on March 26th, March 27th and completed on March 28th.
Military personnel pay, allowances, expenses, retirement
$41.6 billion for the Army
$28.8 billion for the Navy
$13.2 billion for the Marine Corps
$28.8 billion for the Air Force
$4.7 billion for Army Reserve
$2 billion for Navy Reserve
$764 million for Marine Corps Reserve
$1.8 million for Air Force Reserve
$8.2 billion for National Guard, Army
$3.4 billion for National Guard, Air Force
Operations and Maintenance
$34 billion for “defense-wide” use at the discretion of Secretary of Defense
$38.8 billion for the Army
$45.4 billion for the Navy
$6.6 billion for the Marine Corps
$39.5 billion for the Air Force
$2.9 billion for Army Reserve
$1.1 billion for Navy Reserve
$285 million for Marine Corps Reserve
$3.2 billion for Air Force Reserve
$7.3 billion for Army National Guard
$6.9 billion for Air National Guard
Procurement/Re-fit
$5.4 billion “defense-wide” to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense
$24 billion for the Army
$55.2 billion for Navy
$1.9 billion for Marine Corps
$46.4 billion for Air Force
Research and Development
$22 billion “defense-wide” to be used at the discretion of the Secretary of Defense
$10.6 billion for Army
$18 billion for Navy
$37.4 billion for Air Force
$34.4 billion for the Defense Health Program
$1.8 billion for the ‘‘Counter-Islamic State of Iraq and Syria Train and Equip Fund’’
Energy
$2.3 billion for energy efficiency improvement and renewable energy programs
$1.2 billion for nuclear energy
$726 million for fossil fuel research and development
An instruction to limit the sale of crude from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to no more than $350 million to go to the “Energy Security and Infrastructure Modernization Fund”
$10.6 billion for nuclear weapons facilities
$2 billion for nonproliferation facilities
$1.6 billion for Navy nuclear reactors
$6 billion for environmental cleanup facilities and property purchases
Treasury
IRS ~$11 billion
$2.5 billion for taxpayer services
$4.9 billion for enforcement
$3.6 billion for operational support
For the District of Columbia
$40 million for tuition support
$13 million for security costs
$265 million for D.C. courts
$45 million for school improvement
$5 million for AIDS treatment
$14 million for water and sewer
General Services Administration
$9 billion for property management and related activities
$26.5 million for the Office of the Special Counsel
$1.6 billion for the Securities and Exchange Commission
Homeland Security
$13 billion for U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
$1.57 billion for border fencing, but the provision explicitly limits what type of fencing and where it can be constructed or repaired. None of the new border wall prototype designs may be used to build a wall on the southern border using this Act’s funds.
$7 billion for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
$7.2 billion for Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
$11.8 billion for Coast Guard
$1.9 billion for U.S. Secret Service
$4.4 billion for FEMA
$7.9 billion for the Disaster Relief Fund
$203 million for National Flood Insurance Fund
Department of the Interior
$1.2 billion for Bureau of Land Management
$1.3 billion for Fish and Wildlife Service
$2.5 billion for the National Park Service
$2.4 billion for Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education
$4 billion for Indian Health Service
Department of Labor
$3.49 Billion for training and employment services
$1.7 billion for the Jobs Corps
$790 million for federal unemployment
$552 million for OSHA
Health and Human Services
$284.8 Billion for Medicaid grants to the states
$323.5 billion for health care trust fund payments
$1.9 billion for Refugee and Entrant Assistance
$12 billion for children and family services programs
$5.2 billion for Child Care and Development block grants to the states
$1.7 billion for social services block grants to the states
$6.2 billion for foster care payments
$1.6 billion for health resources and services for primary health care
$1 billion for the health workforce
$2.3 billion for the Ryan White HIV/AIDS program
$5.7 billion for National Cancer Institute
$3.4 billion for National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
$1.9 billion for National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
$2.1 billion for National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
$2.8 billion for National Institute of General Medical Sciences
$5.3 billion for National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
$2.6 billion for National Institute on Aging
$1.4 billion for National Institute on Drug Abuse
$1.7 billion for National Institute of Mental Health
$4.9 billion for Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
$3 billion for Child Support Enforcement
$3.6 billion for low-income home energy assistance
Education
$16.4 billion for the Education of the Disadvantaged ($5.5 billion for July – Sept. 2018 and $10.8 billion for FY19)
$1.4 billion for Impact Aid
$5.2 billion for school improvement programs
$13.4 billion for special education ($3.8 billion for July-Sept. 2018 and $9.3 billion for FY 2019)
$3.6 billion for rehabilitation services
$1.8 billion for career, technical and adult education
$24 billion for student financial assistance
Pell Grant maximum raised to $5,035
$313 million for Historically Black College and University Financing Program
Social Security Administration
$38.5 billion for SSI Program
Veterans Affairs
$95.8 billion for compensation and pensions
$11.8 billion for readjustment/rehabilitation benefits
$ 51.1 billion for medical services ($2 billion added to FY18 current monies, $49.2 billion for FY19)
Department of State
$5.7 billion for Diplomatic and Consular Programs
$3 billion for Global Health Programs
$3 billion for development assistance
$2.7 billion for international disaster assistance
$1.8 billion for economic support fund
$928 million for migration and refugee assistance
$410 million for the Peace Corps (international training and assistance)
$22 billion for tenant-based rental assistance ($4 billion previously provided in 2017, $18 billion provided in this law)
$19.6 billion of which is for section 8 housing
$2.8 billion for the Public Housing Capital Fund
$4.6 billion for the Public Housing Operating Fund
$644 million for Native American Housing block grants
$3.4 billion for the Community Development Fund
$1.4 billion for the Home Investment Partnerships Program
$2.5 billion for homeless assistance grants
$400 million for project-based rental assistance
$333 million for FCC operations in FY 2019, $340 million in FY 2020. FY 2018 was provided in an earlier measure
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