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This story was sent to you from kaisernetwork.org Daily Reports. http://www.kaisernetwork.org/daily_reports/rep_index.cfm?DR_ID=24625 CAPITOL HILL WATCH House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY 2005 Labor-HHS Budget, Including New Funding for NIH, CDC The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Related Agencies on Thursday voted 18-0 to approve a $492.3 billion fiscal year 2005 appropriations bill for HHS and the Labor and Education departments, despite concerns that from some Democrats and researchers that the legislation would not provide adequate funds for NIH and education programs for children with disabilities, CQ Today reports. The bill would increase discretionary spending for the departments by 2.2% over FY 2004 to $142.5 billion, $202 million more than the amount requested by President Bush. The legislation also would provide $349.8 billion in mandatory spending for federal entitlement programs such as Medicaid. In addition, the bill would provide a $1 billion increase in spending for special education grants to states. Under the legislation, CDC would receive $4.2 billion, a $138 million decrease from FY 2004 but $15 million more than the amount requested by Bush. NIH would receive $28.5 billion, the amount requested by Bush and a $727 million increase from FY 2004. According to the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, the "minute" increase in funds for NIH that the legislation would provide remains "well below the cost of inflation." The full House Appropriations Committee will consider the bill next week (Swindell, CQ Today, 7/8). --------------------------- Please come and visit our site for future daily reports, or sign up for our Email-Alert mailing list to automatically receive future reports at http://www.kaisernetwork.org/email Daily Health Policy report http://www.kaisernetwork.org/healthpolicyreport Daily HIV/AIDS Report http://www.kaisernetwork.org/HIVAIDSreport Daily Reproductive Health Report http://www.kaisernetwork.org/reproductivehealthreport -- Kaisernetwork.org, is a free service of the Kaiser Family Foundation [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn