1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i Status of FY2019 LHHS Appropriations name redacted Specialist in Social Policy name redacted Specialist in Social Policy Updated October 2, 2018 On Friday, September 28, the President signed into law H.R. 6157 (P.L. 115-24
2、5), which contains full-year FY2019 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies (LHHS) in Division B. This is the first occasion since the FY1997 appropriations cycle that full-year LHHS appropriations have been enacted on or before the
3、 start of the fiscal year (October 1). In addition to providing full-year appropriations for LHHS, P.L. 115-245 also provides full-year appropriations for the Department of Defense (Division A) and continuing appropriations (through December 7) for the annual appropriations measures that have not ye
4、t had full-year appropriations enacted (Division C). Scope of the Bill The LHHS appropriations bill is the largest (estimated at $1.1 trillion in FY2019) of the 12 annual appropriations bills, when accounting for both mandatory and discretionary funding. The bill provides annually appropriated budge