United StatesAppropriates funds for Labor, HHS, and Education for FY2027
Sets federal funding levels and rules that affect job training, unemployment services, public health programs, and health care access for millions.
What it does
Appropriates $2,601,912,000 for Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act and National Apprenticeship Act activities.
Provides $880,078,000 for Job Corps, including operations and center construction funding, with specific transfer authority for up to 15 percent of construction funds to operations.
Appropriates $468,678,021,000 for Medicaid (Grants to States) and makes those funds available until expended.
Includes policy riders that bar use of funds to implement or enforce the proposed OSHA heat standard and limits issuance of certain H-2A and H-2B rules and prevailing wage determinations.
Imposes rescissions and limits on previously provided or unobligated funds, including a $712,000,000 rescission within WIOA accounts and a $213,000,000 rescission of specified immigration-related unobligated funds.
Argument forProvides substantial funding for workforce training and apprenticeships, which can expand job opportunities and skills development for adults and dislocated workers.
Argument againstPolicy riders block regulatory actions like the OSHA heat standard, which opponents say may leave some workers without new federal protections against heat exposure.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To President
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- Jun 11The House Committee on Appropriations reported an original measure, H. Rept. 119-696, by Mr. Aderholt.Latest
- Jun 11Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 604.Introduced
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