Thursday, June 19, 2008
House appropriators seek increase to 2009 Labor-HHS budget
House appropriators on June 13 released fiscal year 2009 allocations (.pdf file) for the 12 federal appropriations bills that will be used as a basis for funding the government, including safety and health agencies such as OSHA, NIOSH, and the Mine Safety and Health Administration.
House Appropriations Committee Chairman Rep. David Obey, D-WI, circulated the allocations. Appropriators are seeking increases to Bush administration budget requests for most of the spending bills, including $8 billion more for the Labor-HHS spending bill than the $145.3 billion requested by the administration. The Labor-HHS bill funds most federal domestic spending, including the departments of Labor and Health and Human Services.
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