{ "id": "IN11114", "type": "CRS Insight", "typeId": "INSIGHTS", "number": "IN11114", "active": true, "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "versions": [ { "source": "EveryCRSReport.com", "id": 617875, "date": "2020-02-24", "retrieved": "2020-02-25T23:16:06.696398", "title": "FY2020 LHHS Appropriations: Status", "summary": "On December 20, 2019, the President signed into law the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-94). This law contains full-year FY2020 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) in Division A. The FY2020 LHHS annual appropriations total more than $1 trillion, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. Previously, FY2020 LHHS funding had been provided on a temporary basis by two continuing resolutions (P.L. 116-59, P.L. 116-69). \nScope of the Bill\nThe LHHS bill provides the annually appropriated budget authority for the programs, activities, and administration of the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service.\nThe LHHS bill historically is the largest of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. In general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total budget authority in the LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlements such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process controls the amounts provided for these programs, whereas the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements. For programs with appropriated mandatory funding, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. \nWhile discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.)\nFY2020 Congressional Action on LHHS\nFY2020 LHHS appropriations were enacted as Division A of H.R. 1865, a legislative package that contained seven other appropriations acts. The final version of the measure was agreed to by the House (297-120) on December 17 and by the Senate (71-23) on December 19. The bill was signed into law on December 20 (P.L. 116-94, see also the explanatory statement).\nEarlier House Action\nThe House completed initial consideration of annual FY2020 LHHS appropriations in summer 2019.\nOn June 19, the House passed (226-203) the FY2020 LHHS bill as Division A of H.R. 2740. The House adopted 64 of the 73 LHHS floor amendments offered. This omnibus was the first FY2020 appropriations measure to be passed by the House on initial floor consideration.\nLHHS was also the first FY2020 bill to have been marked up by the House Appropriations Committee (on May 8). At that markup, the committee considered 17 amendments, adopting 6, and ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The bill was reported to the House (H.R. 2740, H.Rept. 116-62) on May 15. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30. \nEarlier Senate Action\nThe Senate did not complete committee or initial floor consideration of annual FY2020 LHHS appropriations. The Senate Appropriations Committee majority released a draft bill and draft committee report on September 18, but no subcommittee or full committee markup was held. Also on September 18, the Senate voted not to invoke cloture (51-44) on the motion to proceed to the House-passed FY2020 LHHS omnibus (H.R. 2740). Cloture was not invoked a second time (51-41) on October 31.\nFY2020 LHHS Discretionary Funding Levels \nTable 1 compares proposed and enacted FY2020 LHHS discretionary appropriations with FY2019 enacted amounts. The table displays current-year budget authority subject to discretionary spending limits (regular appropriations) as well as a funding total that includes the upward adjustments to the spending limits as allowed under the Budget Control Act, as amended (adjusted appropriations). In the case of LHHS, such adjustments may occur for program integrity and emergency requirements funding. \nThe FY2020 discretionary spending limits were most recently revised by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA 2019, P.L. 116-37), which was enacted after the House completed initial consideration of its LHHS measure, but before the Senate Appropriations Committee majority released its draft measure. The BBA 2019 set the overall FY2020 nondefense spending limit at $621.5 billion, an increase of $24.5 billion (+4%) relative to FY2019. \nThe FY2020 LHHS omnibus increased discretionary LHHS regular appropriations by $4.5 billion (+2%) from FY2019. The House-passed LHHS bill would have increased FY2020 LHHS regular appropriations by $11.8 billion (+7%), whereas the Senate majority draft would have kept that appropriation level virtually the same as FY2019 (+0%).\nTable 1. FY2020 Proposed and Enacted LHHS Discretionary Appropriations \nCurrent-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits ($ in billions)\n\nFY2019 Enacted\nFY2020 House Initial Passage\nFY2020 Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Draft\nFY2020 Enacted\n\nRegular Appropriations\n$178.076\n$189.876\n$178.299\n$183.042\n\nAdjustments:\n\n\n\n\n\nProgram Integrity\n$1.897\n$1.842\n$1.842\n$1.842\n\nEmergency Requirements\n$3.493\n\u2014\n\u2014\n$0.210\n\nAdjusted Appropriations\n$183.466\n$191.718\n$180.141\n$185.094\n\nSource: Table prepared using Congressional Budget Office estimates for FY2019 enacted, FY2020 House initial passage, and FY2020 enacted. The FY2020 Senate majority estimate is from p. 7 of the draft committee report released in September 2019.\nNotes: Regular appropriations reflect current-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits. Adjusted appropriations include discretionary funds for which special rules apply with regard to the spending limits, including certain funds for program integrity activities and provided as emergency requirements. Totals exclude funds provided under authorities in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) that are effectively exempt from the spending limits.\nAdditional Resources\nFor more information on the status of FY2020 appropriations, see the CRS Appropriations Status Table. CRS reports addressing key funding questions for the programs and agencies funded by the LHHS bill are available on the CRS website. 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The LHHS bill historically is the largest ($1.06 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. \nMost recently, a continuing resolution (CR) providing temporary FY2020 LHHS funding through November 21, 2019, was enacted (Division A of P.L. 116-59) on September 27, 2019. In general, the CR funds discretionary programs at the same rate and under the same conditions as in FY2019 (\u00a7101) and funds annually appropriated entitlements at their current law levels (\u00a7111).\nScope of the Bill\nThe LHHS bill provides the annually appropriated budget authority for the programs, activities, and administration of the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service.\nIn general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total budget authority in the LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlement programs, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process controls the amounts provided for these programs, whereas the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements. That is, for programs with appropriated mandatory funding, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. \nWhile discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.)\nHouse Action\nThe House has completed its initial consideration of annual FY2020 LHHS appropriations.\nOn June 19, the House passed (226-203) the FY2020 LHHS bill as Division A of H.R. 2740, an omnibus appropriations bill including three additional non-LHHS appropriations acts in other divisions. The House adopted 64 of the 73 LHHS floor amendments that were offered. This omnibus was the first FY2020 appropriations measure to be passed by the House on initial floor consideration.\nLHHS was also the first FY2020 annual bill to have been marked up by the House Appropriations Committee (on May 8). At that markup, the committee considered 17 amendments to the bill, adopting 6, and ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30. The bill was reported to the House (H.R. 2740, H.Rept. 116-62) on May 15. \nSenate Action\nThe Senate has not completed committee or initial floor consideration of annual FY2020 LHHS appropriations. \nThe Senate Appropriations Committee had initially scheduled subcommittee and full committee markups for the LHHS bill on September 10 and 12, respectively. Those markups were subsequently postponed, and the majority instead released a draft bill and draft committee report on September 18. \nAlso on September 18, the Senate voted not to invoke cloture (51-44) on the motion to proceed to the House-passed FY2020 LHHS omnibus (H.R. 2740). In floor remarks prior to the cloture vote, Chairman Shelby clarified that, were the Senate to proceed to the measure, his intention was to use that measure as a vehicle to consider appropriations for LHHS (as part of a package of several FY2020 bills).\nFY2020 LHHS Discretionary Funding\nTable 1 displays proposed FY2020 discretionary appropriations for LHHS, along with the comparable FY2019 funding level. The table displays current-year budget authority subject to discretionary spending limits (regular appropriations) as well as a funding total that includes the upward adjustments to the spending limits that are allowed under the Budget Control Act (adjusted appropriations). (In the case of the LHHS bill, these adjustments may occur for program integrity and emergency requirements funding.) \nThe FY2020 discretionary spending limits were recently revised by the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (BBA 2019, P.L. 116-37), which was enacted after the House completed initial consideration of its LHHS measure, but before the Senate Appropriations Committee majority released its draft measure. The BBA 2019 set the overall FY2020 nondefense spending limit at $621.5 billion, an increase of $24.5 billion (+4%) relative to FY2019. The House-passed LHHS bill would increase FY2020 LHHS regular appropriations by about $11.8 billion (+7%), whereas the Senate majority draft would keep that appropriation level virtually the same as FY2019 (+0%). \nTable 1. FY2019 Enacted and FY2020 Proposed LHHS Discretionary Appropriations\nBudget authority in millions of dollars\n\nFY2019 Enacted\nFY2020 House Initial Passage\nFY2020 Senate Appropriations Committee Majority Draft\n\nRegular Appropriations\n$178,076\n$189,876\n$178,299\n\nAdjustments:\n\n\n\n\nProgram Integrity\n$1,897\n$1,842\n$1,842\n\nEmergency Requirements\n$611\n\u2014\n\n\nAdjusted Appropriations\n$180,584\n$191,718\n$180,141\n\nSource: The FY2019 comparable and FY2020 House floor amounts are as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. The FY2020 Senate majority amount is taken from p. 7 of the draft committee report released on September 18, 2019.\nNotes: Regular appropriations reflect current-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits. Adjusted appropriations include discretionary funds for which special rules apply with regard to the spending limits, including certain funds for program integrity activities and (where applicable) provided as emergency requirements. Totals exclude funds provided under authorities in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) that are effectively exempt from the spending limits.\nAdditional Resources\nFor more information on the status of FY2020 appropriations as a whole, see the CRS Appropriations Status Table. CRS reports addressing key funding questions for the programs and agencies funded by the LHHS appropriations bill are available on the CRS website. 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The LHHS bill is the largest ($1.06 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. \nMost recently, the House completed its initial consideration of the FY2020 LHHS bill, passing it as part of a four-bill omnibus on June 19, 2019 (Division A of H.R. 2740). This omnibus was the first FY2020 appropriations measure to be passed by the House on initial floor consideration. Prior to this, LHHS had not been the first bill initially passed in the House (even as part of a package) since the current budget process was first implemented in FY1976. While the House has completed initial consideration of the FY2020 LHHS bill, Senate LHHS action has yet to occur.\nScope of the Bill\nThe LHHS bill provides annually appropriated budget authority for the Department of Labor, the majority of the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service.\nIn general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlements, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements; rather, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. \nWhile discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.)\nContext for FY2020 Appropriations\nThe House and Senate have not yet agreed to overall FY2020 discretionary funding levels, either by adopting a congressional budget resolution or through other means. On April 9, 2019, the House adopted provisional FY2020 levels through a deeming resolution (H.Res. 293). It allocated about $176 billion (+16%) more for discretionary spending than would be available under the combined FY2020 current law discretionary spending limits established by the Budget Control Act of 2011 ($1.119 trillion; $576 billion for defense spending and $543 billion for nondefense spending). Because the House allocation exceeds the current law limits and the Senate has not agreed to the same levels, complications may arise as the House and Senate seek to resolve their differences on appropriations.\nCongressional Action\nThe House has completed its initial consideration of annual LHHS appropriations for FY2020, whereas the Senate has not started its consideration of the FY2020 bill. \nOn June 19, the House passed (226-203) the FY2020 LHHS bill (Division A of H.R. 2740) after combining it with three additional divisions funding other appropriations acts. Prior to House passage of the measure, the House adopted 64 of the 73 LHHS floor amendments that were offered. \nPreviously, on May 15, the FY2020 LHHS bill was reported to the House (H.R. 2740, H.Rept. 116-62). For a summary of the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s recommended funding levels for agencies, accounts, and programs across the bill, see the detailed table in H.Rept. 116-62. May 15 is the earliest the LHHS bill has been reported to the House since the current budget process was implemented in FY1976. In addition, the last time LHHS was the first bill reported to the House was FY1980, when it was one of three bills reported on the same day. (This year, it was one of two bills reported on May 15.)\nLHHS was also the first FY2020 annual bill to have been marked up by the House Appropriations Committee (on May 8). At that markup, the committee considered 17 amendments to the bill, adopting 6, and ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30.\nFY2020 LHHS Discretionary Funding\nTable 1 displays the FY2020 House proposed discretionary appropriations for LHHS, along with the comparable FY2019 funding level. The table displays current-year budget authority subject to discretionary spending limits (\u201cregular appropriations\u201d) as well as a funding total that includes the upward adjustments to the spending limits that are allowed under the Budget Control Act (\u201cadjusted appropriations\u201d). (In the case of the LHHS bill, these adjustments may occur for \u201cProgram Integrity\u201d and \u201cEmergency Requirements\u201d funding.) \nRelative to FY2019, the House-passed bill would increase FY2020 regular appropriations for LHHS by about $11.8 billion (+7%). \nTable 1. FY2019 Enacted and FY2020 House Proposed LHHS Discretionary Appropriations\nBudget authority in millions of dollars\n\nFY2019 Enacted\nFY2020 House Initial Passage \n\nRegular Appropriations\n$178,076\n$189,876\n\nAdjustments:\n\n\n\nProgram Integrity\n$1,897\n$1,842\n\nEmergency Requirements\n$611\n\u2014\n\nAdjusted Appropriations\n$180,584\n$191,718\n\nSource: The FY2019 comparable and FY2020 House floor amounts are as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. \nNotes: Regular appropriations reflect current-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits. Adjusted appropriations include discretionary funds for which special rules apply with regard to the spending limits, including certain funds for program integrity activities and (where applicable) provided as emergency requirements. Totals exclude funds provided under authorities in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) that are effectively exempt from the spending limits.\nAdditional Resources\nFor more information on the status of FY2020 appropriations as a whole, see the CRS Appropriations Status Table. CRS reports addressing key funding questions for the programs and agencies funded by the LHHS appropriations bill are available on the CRS website. 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The LHHS bill is the largest ($1.06 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. \nOn May 15, 2019, the FY2020 LHHS appropriations bill was reported to the House (H.R. 2740, H.Rept. 116-62). The report contains a detailed table summarizing the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s recommended funding levels for agencies, accounts, and programs across the bill. May 15 is the earliest the LHHS bill has been reported to the House since the current budget process was first implemented in FY1976. The FY2020 Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies bill was reported the same day as LHHS, making these two bills the first to be reported to the House for the FY2020 cycle. The last time LHHS was the first bill reported to the House was FY1980, when it was one of three bills reported on the same day. \nPreviously, on May 8, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2020 LHHS bill at their first full committee markup of the year. The committee considered 17 amendments to the bill, adopting six, and ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30. \nSenate Appropriations Committee action on the FY2020 LHHS bill has yet to occur.\nScope of the Bill\nThe LHHS bill provides annually appropriated budget authority for the Department of Labor, the majority of the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service.\nIn general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlements, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements; rather, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. \nWhile discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.)\nContext for FY2020 Appropriations \nUnder the congressional budget process, the start of annual appropriations decision-making traditionally is preceded by the submission of the President\u2019s budget request and the adoption of the congressional budget resolution. Both of those steps were delayed or have not yet occurred for FY2020.\nThe President\u2019s budget submission for FY2020 was submitted on March 11, 2019, about five weeks after the statutory deadline. The delay was, in part, attributable to protracted negotiations over a number of the FY2019 annual appropriations bills (not including LHHS), during which there was a five-week government shutdown. Ultimately, appropriations for these annual bills were enacted on February 15, 2019 (almost five months after the start of the fiscal year). \nThe annual adoption of a congressional budget resolution by its target date of April 15 is meant to provide an opportunity for Congress to consider and subsequently execute an overall budget framework. For FY2020, the House and Senate have not yet agreed to a budget resolution. \nIn the absence of agreement on a budget resolution, on April 9, 2019, the House adopted a deeming resolution for FY2020 (H.Res. 293) which gave the House Appropriations Committee a spending allocation of approximately $1.295 trillion for FY2020. This is about $176 billion (+16%) more than the combined FY2020 statutory discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending under the Budget Control Act (BCA), as amended. The BCA limits come to $1.119 trillion, with $576 billion allocated to defense spending and $543 billion allocated to nondefense spending. Because the House allocation of $1.295 trillion exceeds amounts available under the statutory discretionary spending limits and because the Senate has not agreed to the same allocation, complications may arise as the House and Senate seek to resolve their differences on appropriations.\nFY2020 LHHS Discretionary Funding\nOn May 8, the same day as the full committee LHHS markup, the House Appropriations Committee adopted FY2020 discretionary suballocations\u2014also called 302(b)s\u2014for each of the 12 appropriations bills by a vote of 30-22. The suballocations were reported on May 14 (H.Rept. 116-59). The Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet released its suballocations.\nTable 1 displays the FY2020 House discretionary suballocation for LHHS, along with the comparable FY2019 funding level. Relative to FY2019, the House committee allocation would increase FY2020 discretionary funding for LHHS by about $11.8 billion (+7%). \nTable 1. FY2020 LHHS Discretionary Suballocations with FY2019 Comparable \nBudget Authority in Billions of Dollars\nFY2019 Comparable\nFY2020 House Suballocation\nFY2020 Senate Suballocation\n\n$178.076\n$189.876\nTBD\n\nSource: The FY2019 comparable amount is as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. The FY2020 House suballocation is as reported on May, 14, 2019 (H.Rept. 116-59).\nNotes: TBD = To Be Determined. Amounts reflect current-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits. Totals exclude funds for which special rules apply under the spending limits (e.g., funds for certain program integrity activities) and funds provided under authorities in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) that are effectively exempt from the spending limits.\nAdditional Resources\nFor more information on the status of FY2020 appropriations as a whole, see the CRS Appropriations Status Table. CRS reports addressing key funding questions for the programs and agencies funded by the LHHS appropriations bill are available on the CRS website. 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The LHHS bill is the largest ($1.06 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. On May 8, 2019, the House Appropriations Committee marked up the FY2020 LHHS bill at their first full committee markup of the year. (See the draft bill and draft committee report considered at the markup. The draft report includes a detailed table summarizing proposed funding for agencies, accounts, and programs across the bill.) At the markup, the committee ordered the bill reported by a vote of 30-23. The full committee markup followed subcommittee approval of the bill, by voice vote, on April 30. Senate Appropriations Committee action for FY2020 has yet to occur.\nScope of the Bill\nThe LHHS bill provides annually appropriated budget authority for the Department of Labor, the majority of the Department of Health and Human Services (except for the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service, and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, which are funded in other appropriations bills), the Department of Education, and more than a dozen related agencies, including the Social Security Administration and the Corporation for National and Community Service.\nIn general, mandatory funding represents just over 80% of the total LHHS bill, supporting annually appropriated entitlements, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income. Discretionary funds account for less than 20% of total funds in the bill, but tend to receive the most attention throughout the LHHS appropriations process. This is because the appropriations process generally has little control over the amounts provided for appropriated entitlements; rather, the authorizing statute controls the program parameters (e.g., eligibility rules, benefit levels) that entitle certain recipients to payments. \nWhile discretionary appropriations represent a relatively small share of the entire LHHS bill, the bill itself is typically the largest single source of nondefense discretionary funding for the federal government. (The Department of Defense bill is the largest single source of discretionary funding overall.)\nContext for FY2020 Appropriations \nUnder the congressional budget process, the start of annual appropriations decision-making traditionally is preceded by the submission of the President\u2019s budget request and the adoption of the congressional budget resolution. Both of those steps were delayed or have not yet occurred for FY2020.\nThe President\u2019s budget submission for FY2020 was submitted on March 11, 2019, about five weeks after the statutory deadline. The delay was, in part, attributable to protracted negotiations over a number of the FY2019 annual appropriations bills (not including LHHS), during which there was a five-week government shutdown. Ultimately, appropriations for these annual bills were enacted on February 15, 2019 (almost five months after the start of the fiscal year). \nThe annual adoption of a congressional budget resolution by its target date of April 15 is meant to provide an opportunity for Congress to consider and subsequently execute an overall budget framework. For FY2020, the House and Senate have not yet agreed to a budget resolution. \nIn the absence of agreement on a budget resolution, on April 9, 2019, the House passed a deeming resolution for FY2020 (H.Res. 293) which gave the House Appropriations Committees a spending allocation of approximately $1.295 trillion for FY2020. This is about $177 billion (+16%) more than the combined FY2020 statutory discretionary spending limits for defense and nondefense spending under the Budget Control Act (BCA), as amended. The BCA limits come to $1.118 trillion, with $576 billion allocated to defense spending and $542 billion allocated to nondefense spending. Because the House allocation of $1.295 trillion exceeds amounts available under the statutory discretionary spending limits and because the Senate has not agreed to the same allocation, complications may arise as the House and Senate seek to resolve their differences on appropriations legislation.\nFY2020 LHHS Discretionary Funding\nOn May 8, the same day as the full committee LHHS markup, the House Appropriations Committee adopted FY2020 discretionary suballocations for each of the 12 appropriations bills by a vote of 30-22. (These are sometimes also referred to as \u201c302(b) suballocations.\u201d) The Senate Appropriations Committee has not released any guidance as to how it intends to allocate discretionary funding among the 12 bills.\nTable 1 displays the FY2020 House discretionary suballocation for LHHS, along with the comparable FY2019 LHHS funding level. Relative to FY2019, the House committee allocation would increase FY2020 discretionary funding for LHHS by about $11.8 billion (+7%). \nTable 1. FY2020 LHHS Discretionary Suballocations with FY2019 Comparable \nBudget Authority in Billions of Dollars\nFY2019 Comparable\nFY2020 House Suballocation\nFY2020 Senate Suballocation\n\n$178.076\n$189.876\nTBD\n\nSource: Table prepared by the Congressional Research Service (CRS). The FY2019 comparable amount is the discretionary appropriations for LHHS, as scored by the Congressional Budget Office. The FY2020 House suballocation is as posted on the committee website in advance of the LHHS markup on May, 8, 2019.\nNotes: TBD = To Be Determined. Amounts in this table reflect current-year discretionary budget authority subject to spending limits. These amounts exclude discretionary funds for which special rules apply with regard to the spending limits, including certain funds for program integrity activities. In addition, this table does not reflect funds provided under certain authorities in the 21st Century Cures Act (P.L. 114-255) that are effectively exempt from the spending limits.\nAdditional Resources\nFor more information on the status of FY2020 appropriations as a whole, see the CRS Appropriations Status Table. CRS reports addressing key funding questions for the programs and agencies funded by the LHHS appropriations bill are available on the CRS website. 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