Legislative Update – June 13, 2022

FY 23 Appropriations

This week the House adopted an FY23 deeming resolution, with a roughly $1.6 trillion discretionary ceiling to match President Biden’s FY 23 budget request. The deeming resolution allows appropriators to move forward with the appropriations process and hold markups for their 12 Subcommittee bills.

The four appropriations cardinals—Sen. Leahy (D-VT), Sen. Shelby (R-AL), Rep. DeLauro (D-CT), and Rep. Granger (R-TX)—met for about 45 minutes on Wednesday. The cardinals agreed to continue their talks, and hope to find agreement on an FY23 topline for defense and non-defense spending allocations. Senate Appropriations Vice Chair Shelby has said that Republicans need assurances that the increase for defense funds will surpass the rate of inflation this fiscal year. Policy riders reportedly have not been discussed by the four corners, and Sen. Shelby indicated last year’s agreement to maintain longstanding riders would have to be maintained yet again in order to reach a bipartisan funding agreement. An agreement may not come until the lame-duck session, after the November election, providing Sen. Leahy and Sen. Shelby with one last chance to strike a deal before their retirements.

The House Appropriations Committee released an FY23 markup schedule on Wednesday and then announced a few tweaks Thursday night. The full committee will vote to adopt its subcommittee funding allocations at the June 22 markup, and again at the June 30 session for revised allocations after cap adjustments for disaster relief and other programs are incorporated. The LHHSED subcommittee markup is scheduled for June 23 at 5:30 pm Eastern and the LHHSED full committee markup is scheduled for June 30 at 10 am Eastern. House floor votes are expected next month. The Senate has not yet scheduled markups.

Wednesday, June 15

Subcommittee Markups:

9:30 AM— Defense (CLOSED)

11:00 AM— Legislative Branch

1:00 PM— Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

2:30 PM— Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies

Thursday, June 16

Subcommittee Markups:

9:00 AM— Homeland Security

11:00 AM— Financial Services and General Government

Tuesday, June 21

Subcommittee Markups:

4:00 PM— Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

5:30 PM— Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies

Wednesday, June 22

Full Committee Markups:

10:00 AM— Subcommittee Allocations; Defense; Legislative Branch

Subcommittee Markups:

5:00 PM— State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

6:30 PM— Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

 Thursday, June 23

Full Committee Markups:

10:00 AM— Agriculture, Rural Development, Food, and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

Subcommittee Markups:

4:00 PM— Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

5:30 PM— Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

 Friday, June 24

Full Committee Markups:

9:00 AM— Homeland Security; Financial Services and General Government

Tuesday, June 28

Full Committee Markups:

10:00 AM— Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies; Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Wednesday, June 29

Full Committee Markups:

10:00 AM— State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Thursday, June 30

Full Committee Markups:

10:00 AM— Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies; Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies; Subcommittee Allocations

FY 23 Earmarks

House earmark (Community Project Funding) member requests have been released, as have most Senate earmark (Congressionally Directed Spending) member requests, though the LHHSED as well as Interior-Environment Subcommittee requests for some Senate offices have still not yet been posted.

Sec. Cardona FY 23 Education Hearings

This week the Senate Labor-HHS-ED Appropriations Subcommittee held its hearing on the FY 23 budget request for the Department of Education, with testimony from Sec. Miguel Cardona. The hearing included a discussion on school safety, mental health, student loan forgiveness, adult education, CTE, Second Chance Pell, data privacy, and more. Our memo on the hearing is available here. Sec. Cardona also testified at the House Education & Labor Committee on May 26. Our memo on that hearing is available here.

Sec. Walsh FY 23 DOL Budget Hearings Next Week

Sec. Walsh will provide testimony before two committees next week on the Department of Labor’s FY 23 budget. The House Education & Labor Committee hearing will take place on Tuesday, June 14, at 10:15 am Eastern, and will be accessible here. The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on LHHSED hearing will take place on Wednesday, June 15, at 9:30 am Eastern, and will be accessible here.

Pathways to Success

Last week’s webinar, “Growing Pathways to Success: Building Career and College Opportunities for All Students”, featured Sec. Cardona, Sec. Walsh, Sec. Raimondo, Sec. Walsh, Amy Loyd, and Roberto Rodriguez, among others. A recording of the webinar may be accessed here.

On June 21 at 2:30 pm Eastern, the Pathways Team at the Department of Education will host a “Pathways in Action” webinar featuring Farhad Asghar, Program Officer for Pathways to Postsecondary Success Program, Carnegie Corporation of New York;  Jarad Toussiant, Senior VP for Dallas Regional Chamber, Dallas TX; Dr. Lisa Small, Superintendent of Schools for Township High School, Illinois;  Chancellor Eloy Ortiz Oakley, California Community Colleges; and Neil Sullivan, Executive Director of Boston Private Industry Council. Registration may be accessed here.

Amy Lloyd Confirmed as ED Assistant Secretary for OCTAE

This week, Amy Loyd was confirmed as Assistant Secretary for the Office of Career, Technical, and Adult Education at the Department of Education. Sec. Cardona’s statement can be accessed here.

SCSEP

Now is a good time for your organization to highlight the value and need for SCSEP with members of your Congressional Delegation.  The Center and AWC are neither recommending nor discouraging your outreach; we are just informing you of the opportunity.