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Legislative Updates
Congress Passes, President Signs Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus
01/03/2023 - On December 29, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023, a $1.7 trillion Omnibus Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Appropriations bill which combined all FY2023 spending bills into one… Read More
Congress Passes, President Signs, Short-Term FY2023 Continuing Resolution
12/18/2022 - On December 16, President Biden signed a short-term Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 Continuting Resolution (CR) that funds the government through Friday December 23. The legislation was needed because Congress… Read More
Congress Passes, President Signs, FY2023 Continuing Resolution
10/03/2022 - On September 30, shortly before the end of Fiscal Year (FY) 2022, President Biden signed a FY2023 Continuing Resolution (CR) which keeps the government operating past the start of the new fiscal year… Read More
House Publishes Appropriations Markup, Includes $47.6 Billion for NIH, $891.186 Million for NEI
06/30/2022 - On Thursday, June 30, the House Appropriations Sub-Committee on Labor, Health, and Human Services and Related Agencies (LHHS) marked up the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 LHHS Funding Bill. The House bill pro… Read More
Administration Releases Fiscal Year 2023 Funding Request
03/30/2022 - On March 28, the Biden Administration released its Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 budget request. The proposal includes a total of $62.5 billion in discretionary and mandatory funding for the National Institu… Read More
Congress Passes, President Signs, Final FY2022 Omnibus Appropriations Legislation
03/15/2022 - On March 11, President Biden signed the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022, a $1.5 trillion Omnibus Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Appropriations bill, which combines all the FY22 spending bills into one p… Read More