Winners & Losers in the new budget; VA is up; SBA, TSA down
The fiscal 2014 omnibus appropriations law has a mix of ups and downs.
Overall spending is slightly declining. But many programs will get at least partial restoration of the sequester cuts.
And a few programs will get fairly large net increases.
Here are some of those funding hikes in comparison to the fiscal 2013 pre-sequestration enacted levels.
All of the numbers are from the House Appropriations Committee’s documents on the bill (http://goo.gl/JkAuSD.)
THE WINNERS:
Agriculture
- Rural Development, up $180 million.
- Food for Peace, up $32 million.
Commerce, up $113 million.
- NOAA, up $310 million.
- PTO, up $91 million.
- NIST, up $41 million.
Defense
- Military Personnel and Pay, up $1.3 billion.
- Army Corps of Engineers, up $487 million (10% increase).
Energy
- Energy Programs, up $620 million.
- National Nuclear Security Administration, up $268 million.
- Science Research, up $195 million.
- Nuclear Energy Research and Development, up $36 million (5% increase).
GSA, up $1.3 billion.
Health and Human Services
- Children and Families, up $782 million.
- CDC, up $567 million.
- Substance Abuse and Mental Health, up $144 million.
- FDA, up $91 million.
- Community Living, up $54 million.
Homeland Security
- CBP, up $111 million.
- Cybersecurity, up $36 million.
HUD
- Housing, up $561 million.
- Sect. 8/public housing, up $411 million.
Interior, up $44 million.
- National Park Service, up $29 million.
- Indian Health Service, up $78 million.
- Bureau of Indian Affairs, up $18 million.
Justice, up $338 million.
- FBI, up $232 million.
- Federal Prison System, up $79 million.
- DEA, up $21 million.
- ATF, up $47 million.
NASA, up $120 million.
Social Security Administration, up $265 million.
Transportation
- Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, up $24 million.
Veterans Affairs Department, discretionary funding, up $2.3 billion.
- Disability claims processing backlog, up $26 million.
THE LOSERS:
While there were many winners, there also were many losers in the budget. Here is a partial list in comparison to fiscal 2013 enacted levels.
Defense, down $2 billion.
- Operations and Maintenance, down $13.6 billion.
- Equipment Procurement, down $7.5 billion.
- Research and Development, down $6.9 billion.
- Military Operations, down $2 billion.
- Military Construction, down $817 million.
Education, down $739 million.
EPA, down $143 million.
HHS
- National Institutes of Health, down $714 million vs. enacted level (up $1 billion over sequester, however).
- CMS, down $195 million.
Homeland Security, down $376 million.
- Science & Technology, down $307 million.
- TSA, down $225 million.
- Coast Guard, down $211 million.
- ICE, down $164 million.
- Secret Service, down $27 million.
HUD, down $687 million.
- Community Planning and Development, down $145 million.
Interior
- US Fish & Wildlife Service, down $32 million.
IRS, down $526 million.
Labor, down $449 million.
National Science Foundation, down $82 million.
SBA, down $116 million.
Transportation
- FAA, down $168 million.
- FTA, down $100 million.
- Federal Railroad Administration, down $34.6 million.
USAID, down $215 million.
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