Budget 2024
Budget 2024
Budget 2024
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Budget of the United States Government, includes for each agency: the proposed text of ap-
Fiscal Year 2024 contains the Budget Message of the propriations language; budget schedules for each ac-
President, information on the President’s priorities, count; legislative proposals; narrative explanations
and summary tables. of each budget account; and proposed general provi-
Analytical Perspectives, Budget of the United sions applicable to the appropriations of entire agen-
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yses that are designed to highlight specified subject ed on certain activities whose transactions are not
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Table of Contents
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I ran for President to rebuild our economy from the bottom up and middle out, not from the
top down—because when the middle class does well, the poor have a ladder up and the wealthy
still do well. We all do well. For too long, though, the backbone of America, the middle class,
has been hollowed out. Too many American jobs were shipped overseas. Unions were weak-
ened. Once-thriving cities and towns have become shadows of what they were. My economic
vision is about investing in those places and people who have been forgotten. That is what we
have done in these historic past 2 years.
Together, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, CHIPS and Science Act, and Inflation Reduction
Act are among the most significant public investments in our Nation’s history, expected to draw
more than $3.5 trillion in public and private funding for infrastructure and industries of the
future—including clean energy. It is simple: you cannot be the number one economy in the
world unless you have the best infrastructure in the world. So we are finally rebuilding our
roads, bridges, railways, ports, airports, water systems, and more to keep our people safe, our
goods moving, and our economy growing. We have already announced over 20,000 projects and
awards, creating tens of thousands of good-paying union jobs while requiring that all construc-
tion materials are made in America. Americans everywhere can take pride in seeing shovels
in the ground for that work.
Meanwhile, the CHIPS and Science Act is making sure America once again leads the world
in developing and manufacturing the semiconductors that power everything from cellphones to
cars. The United States invented those chips, and it is time that we make them at home again
so our economy never again relies on chips manufactured abroad. Private companies have
already pledged $300 billion in new investments in American manufacturing, many thanks
to this law, and they are breaking ground on facilities that will employ tens of thousands of
Americans with good jobs and breathe new life into communities across the United States.
At the same time, we are taking on powerful special interests to cut costs for working fami-
lies—for example, lowering healthcare and prescription drug costs by extending Affordable Care
Act subsidies and capping insulin prices and out-of-pocket drug costs for seniors on Medicare.
The Inflation Reduction Act also gives Medicare the power to negotiate drug prices, lowering
prices for Americans and saving taxpayers billions of dollars a year. It makes the world’s most
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2 The Budget Message of the President
Throughout, we have delivered on our commitment to fiscal responsibility, cutting the defi-
cit by more than $1.7 trillion in the first 2 years of my Administration—the largest reduction
in American history. I have signed into law additional deficit reduction by finally making the
wealthy and corporations pay their fair share, including with a new 15 percent minimum tax
on billion-dollar corporations, many of which had been paying zero in taxes. We have also stood
firm in our commitment to not raise taxes on anyone earning less than $400,000 a year.
Now, it is time to finish the job, building on the ambitious progress we have made with new
investments in America’s future. My 2024 Budget is a blue-collar blueprint to rebuild America
in a fiscally responsible way that leaves no one behind. The Budget continues lowering costs for
families—with new measures to expand health coverage, cap prescription drug costs, invest in
quality child care, build affordable housing, reduce home energy bills, make college more afford-
able, and more. This Budget protects and strengthens Social Security and Medicare—lifelines
that tens of millions of seniors have paid into their whole lives with every paycheck so they can
retire with dignity. It rejects any cuts to these programs, extends the solvency of the Medicare
Trust Fund by at least 25 years, and invests in service delivery so that seniors and people
with disabilities can access the benefits they have earned. This Budget also keeps growing our
economy by investing in the foundation of its strength: the American people. That means help-
ing families by providing paid family and medical leave and restoring the full Child Tax Credit,
which cut child poverty in half in 2021 to the lowest level in history. It means expanding small
business loans; standing up for workers and their fundamental right to organize; investing in
science and innovation; expanding access to preschool; and improving pathways to community
college, career-connected high schools, and other high-quality job training. It also means work-
ing hard to make our communities safer, expanding access to mental healthcare, ending cancer
as we know it, and much more.
In addition, this Budget cements our commitment to confronting global challenges and keep-
ing America safe. It outlines crucial investments to out-compete China globally and to continue
support for Ukraine in the face of unprovoked Russian aggression. It also continues our work to
restore America’s global leadership—reviving key alliances and partnerships, strengthening our
military, fostering democracy and human rights, protecting global health, honoring our veterans,
fixing our immigration system at home, and advancing cybersecurity through implementation of
the National Cybersecurity Strategy I just signed.
Importantly, my Budget does all of this while lowering deficits by nearly $3 trillion over the
next decade. We more than fully pay for these investments in our future by asking the wealthy
and big corporations to pay their fair share. We propose a billionaire minimum tax, requiring
the wealthiest Americans to pay at least 25 percent on all of their income, including appreci-
ated assets—because no billionaire should ever pay a lower tax rate than a school teacher or
a firefighter. This Budget also proposes quadrupling the tax on corporate stock buybacks, so
companies invest more in production to improve quality and lower prices, and less in buybacks
that only benefit shareholders and CEOs. This Budget closes tax loopholes for the wealthy and
cracks down on tax cheats, and it once again ensures that no one earning less than $400,000 a
year will pay a penny more in new taxes, period.
Today, our Nation is at an inflection point that will determine our future for decades to come.
But because of the investments that we have made, the United States of America is better
THE BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 3
positioned to lead than any Nation on Earth. The Budget reflects our values as a Nation—a
Nation of good people, growing in a new age of possibilities, and standing as a beacon to the
world. Together, let us put those values into practice and prove that democracy delivers as we
keep building a stronger, fairer economy that leaves no one behind.
When the President took office, America faced the President moved swiftly to tackle these chal-
acute and historic challenges: a once-in-a-centu- lenges, deliver results for the American people,
ry pandemic; an economy gripped by the most and ensure the Nation emerged stronger than
severe downturn since the Great Depression; a ever. Two years later, while significant challeng-
worsening climate crisis; and a legacy of racial in- es remain, America has made historic progress
justice. From the first days of his Administration, under the President’s leadership.
In January 2021, the President inherited a may have otherwise faced eviction, and delivered
pandemic that was raging and an economy that critical relief to American families.
was reeling. Roughly one percent of Americans
were fully vaccinated, less than half of the Even as the President took urgent action to
Nation’s schools were open for in-person instruc- bring the economy back from the pandemic and
tion, and the virus had dramatically upended the jumpstart a recovery, he also began implement-
lives of Americans all across the Nation. More ing his strategy to rebuild the U.S. economy from
than 10 million Americans were unable to find the bottom up and middle out—not from the
work and the unemployment rate stood at 6.3 top down. Over the course of just two years, the
percent. Millions of women were forced to drop President amassed a series of historic legisla-
out of the labor force. Hundreds of thousands of tive accomplishments and took executive actions
small businesses had shuttered. The American that are laying the foundation for steady and
economy was facing one of its darkest moments stable growth over the long term—rebuilding
in a generation. America’s infrastructure and building a clean
energy economy, fueling a manufacturing boom
In the face of these crises, the President imme- that is bringing record investment and jobs back
diately took action to rescue the economy. Within to the United States, supporting workers and
months of taking office, he signed into law the small businesses, promoting fair competition,
American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (American and lowering costs for families on everything
Rescue Plan), which helped change the course of from prescription drugs to healthcare to energy
the pandemic and jumpstart a historic recovery. bills.
The American Rescue Plan funded an unprec-
edented vaccination campaign that has helped Just over two years after the President took of-
fully vaccinate nearly 230 million Americans fice, it is clear that his economic strategy is work-
against COVID-19, re-opened schools for in-per- ing. Since January 2021, the economy has added
son learning, helped 200,000 child care provid- more than 12 million jobs—more jobs created in
ers keep their doors open, helped cut child pov- just two years than any president has ever cre-
erty nearly in half in 2021, provided emergency ated in an entire four-year term. The job mar-
rental assistance payments to households that ket has recovered all of the jobs that were lost
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6 Delivering Results for the American People
during the pandemic—and faster than in the past inflation has fallen over the past six months, even
three recoveries. The unemployment rate has as the labor market remains strong and real wag-
fallen from 6.3 percent to 3.4 percent—the lowest es are rising.
level in 54 years. Hispanic and African American
unemployment rates are near record lows. As of The strength of America’s jobs recovery, along
January 2023, women’s unemployment, which with the Administration’s policies designed to
was more severely impacted by the onset of the help workers and families, have left families
pandemic, is at its lowest level in 70 years. More more economically secure than before the pan-
Americans are working than at any point in demic. Compared to pre-pandemic levels, house-
American history. 2021 and 2022 were the two holds are now less likely to be delinquent on their
best years for small business creation on record. credit card bills and mortgages, and more likely
Companies have invested more than $300 billion to have health insurance. A record-setting 16.3
in American manufacturing since the President million people signed up for Patient Protection
took office. The President’s actions to lower pre- and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act)
scription drug costs and make the wealthy and coverage this year, and the national uninsured
large corporations pay their fair share will reduce rate hit an all-time low last year. Families are
the deficit by hundreds of billions of dollars over facing fewer evictions and foreclosures than they
the coming decade. were before the pandemic, and bankruptcy rates
are lower as well. This economic security is giv-
To close tax loopholes that allow some of ing families peace of mind and breathing room
the most profitable corporations in the United that they did not have before the pandemic. Child
States to avoid paying Federal income taxes, the poverty also fell to a historic low in 2021, and the
President signed into law a 15-percent minimum President has taken action to lift nearly one mil-
tax on the profits that large corporations—those lion children out of poverty by modernizing nutri-
with over $1 billion in profits—report to share- tion benefits.
holders. He signed into law a surcharge on cor-
porate stock buybacks, which encourages busi- Last summer, the President signed into law the
nesses to invest in their growth and productivity Inflation Reduction Act (Public Law 117-169), his-
as opposed to paying out corporate executive prof- toric legislation to lower costs for families, build
its or funneling tax-preferred profits to wealthy a clean energy economy and combat the climate
shareholders. The President signed legislation crisis, reduce the deficit, and finally ask the larg-
into law that will crack down on wealthy tax est corporations to begin to pay their fair share—
cheats—without increasing audit rates for fami- all while ensuring that no one making less than
lies or small businesses making under $400,000 $400,000 per year would pay a penny more in tax-
per year. es. The Inflation Reduction Act lowers prescrip-
tion drug costs by capping out of pocket expenses
for seniors at $2,000 per year and finally letting
Providing Families More Breathing Medicare negotiate prices. It lowers healthcare
Room and Economic Security costs by ensuring millions of Americans continue
to save hundreds per year on health insurance
As the economy continues to transition from premiums. Consumers in these plans saved an
a historically strong recovery to stable, steady average of $800 on their premiums in 2021 as
growth, the President has remained laser-focused part of the American Rescue Plan. It lowers ener-
on his top economic priority: taking action to lower gy costs by putting America on track to meet the
costs for working families and give the American President’s climate goals, which will save families
people more breathing room. While more work an average of $500 per year on their energy costs.
remains—and the Nation could see setbacks
along the way—there are clear signs that the At the beginning of this year, key provisions
President’s economic strategy is working: annual of the Inflation Reduction Act took effect that
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 7
are already delivering results for the American 2022, even as the economy and job growth have
people. As of January 2023, insulin is capped remained strong.
at $35 for a monthly prescription, more recom-
mended vaccines—including shingles and teta-
nus—are free for Americans on Medicare Part D, Promoting Competition and
and pharmaceutical companies have to write a Entrepreneurship
check to Medicare if they raise drug prices faster
than inflation. When working- and middle-class The President’s economic plan is also focused on
Americans buy an electric vehicle or make their promoting fair competition across the American
homes more efficient, they can now get a tax cred- economy to help ensure small businesses and en-
it—putting money back in their pockets while trepreneurs have an opportunity to thrive. As the
helping accelerate a clean energy transition that President has said, “capitalism without competi-
leaves no one behind. tion isn’t capitalism. It’s exploitation.”
At the same time, the Administration has In July 2021, the President signed a his-
worked to unsnarl pandemic-driven supply chain toric Executive Order creating a White House
bottlenecks that contributed to higher prices, Competition Council and directing Federal agen-
helping further ease inflationary pressures. cies to take action to spur greater competition
Within months of taking office, the President across industries. Since then, agencies have made
signed two landmark Executive Orders direct- significant progress implementing the Executive
ing agencies to fortify the Nation’s critical supply Order—taking more than 90 actions across ma-
chains. The President also launched a first-ever jor sectors of the economy. Already, those actions
Supply Chain Disruptions Task Force, designed have helped level the playing field for small
to pivot, adapt, and surge support to immediate businesses and unlocked real savings for the
and evolving supply chain challenges. Together, American people.
these actions have made an impact. Despite dire
warnings of a looming supply chain meltdown The Administration’s actions to crack down on
ahead of the holidays in 2021, holiday season unfair hidden junk fees are producing results.
delivery times were below pre-pandemic levels The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has
and more than 97 percent of packages were de- targeted overdraft and bounced check fees, sur-
livered on time or with minimal delays. Progress prise overdraft fees, and surprise depositor fees—
strengthening America’s supply chains continued efforts that have already driven changes at 15 of
in 2022. The average cost of shipping an ocean the largest 20 banks and that are expected to re-
container is trending down, congestion at major duce fees by more than $1 billion annually. The
ports in Los Angeles and Long Beach has eased, Department of Transportation (DOT) proposed a
and more than 90 percent of goods at grocery rule to require airlines and online booking ser-
stores and drug stores are in stock and available vices to show the full price of a plane ticket up
on shelves—in line with pre-pandemic averages. front. DOT also published a dashboard of airline
policies when flights are delayed or cancelled due
The President has also taken bold action to help to issues under the airlines’ control, leading nine
address high gas prices resulting from Russia’s airlines to change policies to guarantee coverage
invasion of Ukraine. Last year, the President au- of hotels and 10 airlines to guarantee coverage
thorized the historic release of 180 million bar- of meals, none of which were guaranteed before.
rels from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, and The Federal Communications Commission re-
he rallied international partners to release an leased new rules that will go into effect next year
unprecedented amount of oil to stabilize global to require broadband providers to use “nutrition
markets. Today, gas prices in the United States labels”—similar to those used for food products—
have fallen sharply from their summer peak in to convey key information to consumers about in-
ternet service options in an accessible format.
8 Delivering Results for the American People
At the same time, the President has taken ac- bring good-paying manufacturing jobs back from
tion to help lower the average cost of hearing overseas.
aids by as much as $3,000 per pair by allowing
Americans to purchase hearing aids over-the- In August 2022, the President signed into law
counter—producing savings for the nearly 30 the CHIPS and Science Act (Public Law 117-
million Americans with hearing loss. The Federal 167)—historic bipartisan legislation that is help-
Trade Commission released a proposed rule to ban ing power America’s manufacturing boom and
non-compete clauses, which stifles wage growth bringing supply chains—and jobs—back to the
for American workers by making it more diffi- United States. The law serves as a down pay-
cult for workers to leave for higher-paying jobs. ment on the future of discovery that will create
In December 2022, the President signed into law good-paying manufacturing jobs, support local
the Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act of 2022, economies and communities, connect regional
which updated merger filing fees for the first time industries with high-tech research and devel-
in more than 20 years, raising them on the larger opment, and bolster U.S. competitiveness glob-
mergers that contribute to consolidation and re- ally. The CHIPS and Science Act, along with the
duce competition while lowering fees on smaller Inflation Reduction Act, have sent clear signals
acquisitions. To help lower shipping costs, the to the private sector about the demand for clean
President also worked with the Congress to pass energy and innovative technologies. In just the
the Ocean Shipping Reform Act of 2022, which two years since the President took office, the
will cut costs for shippers, and in turn American Administration’s actions have spurred more than
families, and ensure fairer treatment for exports $700 billion in private investment in manufac-
sent by American farmers and ranchers. turing, utilities, and energy from more than 200
companies in all 50 States.
As the President’s economic plan continues to Connectivity program that helps ensure house-
produce results, the Administration has also de- holds can afford the high speed internet they
livered historic progress that is helping build a need for work, school, healthcare, and more to
better America—rebuilding the Nation’s crum- over 16 million households; and approve State
bling infrastructure, leading the world in tack- plans for water funding, electric vehicle charging
ling the climate crisis, delivering for veterans, networks, and high-speed internet deployment.
making America’s communities safer, promoting
women’s health, and advancing equity across the Earlier this year, the President announced
U.S. economy and Nation. awards for regionally or nationally-significant
projects, including over $2 billion to upgrade
some of the Nation’s most economically signifi-
Rebuilding America’s Infrastructure cant bridges and over $1.2 billion in Mega grants.
These infrastructure investments will create
For decades, members of both parties in good-paying jobs—including union jobs and jobs
Washington have talked about the urgency of that do not require a four-year college degree. The
rebuilding America’s crumbling infrastructure— projects will grow the economy, strengthen sup-
without ever delivering. But in the fall of 2021, ply chains, improve mobility for residents, and
after working across the aisle to forge consen- make America’s transportation systems safer for
sus and compromise, the President signed into all users.
law the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act
(Bipartisan Infrastructure Law)—a once-in-a- To ensure projects are delivered on time, on
generation investment in the Nation’s infrastruc- task, and on budget, the Administration released
ture and competitiveness that is ushering in an The Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan to
infrastructure decade. Rebuild America’s Infrastructure, Accelerate the
Clean Energy Transition, Revitalize Communities,
In the year-and-a-half since the President and Create Jobs to strengthen Federal permitting
signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the and environmental reviews, as well as The Biden-
Administration has been hard at work delivering Harris Action Plan for Accelerating Infrastructure
on the law’s promise: rebuilding roads, bridges, with more than 20 commitments from Federal
ports, and airports; upgrading public transit and agencies pledging to speed progress. The
rail systems; replacing lead pipes to provide clean Administration also launched the Infrastructure
water; cleaning up pollution to protect the health Talent Pipeline Challenge, with more than 350
of Americans; providing affordable, high-speed commitments from companies, colleges, and non-
internet to every family in America; delivering profits to invest in workforce development.
cheaper and cleaner energy; and creating good-
paying jobs.
Leading the World to Tackle
To date, the Administration has announced the Climate Crisis
nearly $200 billion from the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law and more than 20,000 spe- In the two years since taking office, the
cific projects, reaching over 4,500 communities President’s leadership to tackle the climate crisis
across all 50 States, the District of Columbia, has boosted U.S. manufacturing and deployment
and the Territories. That funding has allowed the of cost-cutting clean energy technologies, put the
Administration to: launch 3,700 bridge repair and Nation on a durable path aligned with limiting
replacement projects across the Nation; begin re- warming to 1.5 °C, galvanized global action by
pair of over 69,000 miles of roadway; award funds partners and the private sector, and advanced en-
for more than 3,000 new clean transit school vironmental justice.
buses; increase enrollment in the Affordable
10 Delivering Results for the American People
On the first day of his Administration, the 30 percent of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. To
President rejoined the Paris Agreement— ensure no one is left out of the benefits of the clean
strengthening international partnerships that energy economy, the President established the
are key to addressing the climate crisis on the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power
global stage. The President set an ambitious do- Plan Communities and Economic Revitalization
mestic goal to reduce greenhouse gas pollution 50 to direct Federal technical assistance and re-
to 52 percent from 2005 levels by 2030 and has sources toward investments in the places that
rallied countries around the world to make their kept America’s lights on for generations.
own bold contributions. At the 27th Conference
of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Environmental justice is embedded in all the
Convention on Climate Change, the President an- work the Administration is doing to tackle the
nounced that America would lead the way as the climate crisis. The President’s Justice40 initia-
first Nation to require major Federal contractors tive ensures that 40 percent of the benefits from
to publicly disclose their greenhouse gas emis- Federal investments in climate and clean en-
sions and climate-related financial risks and set ergy are delivered to disadvantaged communi-
science-based emissions reduction targets. ties. The Administration launched a Climate and
Economic Justice Screening Tool to help agencies
In signing the Inflation Reduction Act last better identify communities that can benefit from
year, the President secured the largest invest- the Justice40 Initiative.
ment to advance energy security and combat cli-
mate change in American history. The Inflation
Reduction Act makes direct investments in inno- Honoring America’s Commitment
vation and deployment of cost-saving clean ener- to the Nation’s Veterans
gy technologies while lowering costs for American
families who electrify their homes, purchase One of the Nation’s most sacred obligations is
electric vehicles, and install rooftop solar. As cli- to care for America’s veterans, their families, care-
mate disasters continue to threaten communities givers, and survivors. The President delivered on
across the Nation, the law also includes critical this commitment by signing the Sergeant First
investments in climate resilience. The Inflation Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to
Reduction Act will spur unprecedented actions Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 (PACT
to ensure that these transformative investments Act), the most significant bill in American history
create good-paying and union American jobs and to address veterans’ exposure to burn pits and
benefit low-income and disadvantaged communi- other toxic substances. Under the law, more than
ties—including through a new $3 billion grant five million veterans will be eligible for services,
program for community-based organizations that including expanded access to healthcare and
work to address local pollution concerns. disability compensation benefits. The PACT Act
also expands access to benefits and services for
At the same time, the Administration has veterans’ families, caregivers, and survivors, and
launched numerous initiatives to accelerate strengthens the President’s Cancer Moonshot ini-
America’s clean energy future and conserve tiative, making progress toward addressing rare
America’s ecosystems. To jumpstart an electric cancers that make up approximately 25 percent
transportation future that is Made in America, of all Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) cancer
the President brought together automakers and diagnoses.
autoworkers around an ambitious goal that 50
percent of vehicles sold by 2030 will be electric. The Administration is also taking key steps to
The Administration has announced new climate- address veteran suicide. In July 2022, VA tran-
smart agriculture and forestry initiatives, protec- sitioned the Veterans Crisis Line to the new 988
tions for cherished landscapes and habitats, and Suicide and Crisis Lifeline’s national network,
the America the Beautiful Initiative to conserve making it easier for veterans in crisis to connect
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 11
to more than 500 suicide prevention coordinators $50 million for the Agency’s Community Violence
and ensuring follow-up services. Intervention programs. In addition to these criti-
cal investments, the President issued a historic
Recognizing the diversity of America’s veter- Executive Order last year to advance effective
ans, the Administration is also taking action to accountable policing and reform America’s crimi-
advance equity across veterans’ services. In the nal justice system. The Administration is also
last year, VA committed to improving maternal strategically deploying historic funding to reduce
health and expanded access to specialized cancer gun crime. The Administration made certain
screenings and reproductive healthcare. In addi- American Rescue Plan funding—$350 billion in
tion to ending the ban on transgender service, the State and local funding, and $122 billion in K-12
Administration is committed to providing gender funding—available as unprecedented resources
affirming care to the Nation’s veterans—and last for States and cities to invest in hiring officers for
year, the VA announced that it was extending accountable community policing, as well as crime
survivor benefits to certain survivors of Lesbian, prevention and intervention.
Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex
veterans.
Promoting Women’s Healthcare and
Defending Reproductive Rights
Making America’s Communities Safer
In June 2022, the Supreme Court issued the
From day one, the President has taken deci- Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade and
sive and historic action to make America’s com- eliminated a woman’s constitutional right to
munities safer. Last year, the President brought choose, taking away a right from the American
Members of Congress from both parties together people that had been the law of the land for nearly
to secure the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act— 50 years. In the wake of this ruling, the President
the first significant piece of legislation to address has been clear that the only way to secure a wom-
the epidemic of gun violence in America’s com- an’s right to choose is for the Congress to pass a
munities in three decades. This historic legisla- law restoring the protections of Roe. In addition,
tion expands background checks and funds crisis the President has defended reproductive rights
intervention, including red-flag laws, and helps and protected access to safe and legal abortion—
keep guns out of the hands of people, including including signing two Executive Orders and a
convicted dating partners, who are a danger to Presidential Memorandum to safeguard access
themselves and others. The Act makes historic to medication abortion and contraception, ensure
investments in violence prevention and reduction patients receive emergency medical care and
programs, addresses the youth mental crisis by healthcare free from discrimination, protect pa-
expanding community violence prevention pro- tients’ and doctors’ privacy, and support patients
grams, and expands trauma-informed services traveling out of State for medical care.
to mitigate the impact of violence. It also builds
on the Administration’s efforts to crack down on
ghost guns, rogue dealers, and gun trafficking.
Thanks to the Affordable Care Act and the
The President has also been clear about the Administration’s work to protect and expand
Administration’s commitment to investing in it, more Americans have healthcare coverage
safe, effective, and accountable community po- than at any other time in history—and women
licing and crime prevention. In December 2022, can no longer be charged more for health insur-
the President signed the bipartisan funding bill ance simply because they are women. Last year,
that increased funding for the Department of the Administration approved requests from
Justice’s Community Oriented Policing Solutions more than half of the States and the District
Office by more than $150 million and included of Columbia to extend postpartum Medicaid
12 Delivering Results for the American People
coverage to 12 months. In June 2022, the President Administration has also made progress deliver-
and Vice President released the Administration’s ing on the President’s goal of increasing the share
Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health of awards to small disadvantaged businesses
Crisis, a whole-of-Government approach for com- (SDBs) from roughly 10 percent to 15 percent
batting maternal mortality and morbidity and re- by 2025. In 2021, the Administration awarded a
ducing persistent disparities. record level of contracting dollars to SDBs, and
based on initial data, 2022 is expected to exceed
that record.
Advancing Equity
The Administration has deployed record in-
On his first day in office, the President signed vestments to tribal nations and Native commu-
a sweeping Executive Order directing the entire nities, including through the American Rescue
Federal Government to advance an ambitious Plan, the largest direct Federal investment in
equity and racial justice agenda—not as a one- Indian Country in history, and the Bipartisan
year project, but as part of a sustained commit- Infrastructure Law, the largest single investment
ment to make the promise of America real for in infrastructure for Indian Country ever. The
every American. Since then, the Administration Administration has taken additional steps to: im-
has made significant progress advancing equity prove and standardize tribal consultation; expand
across the Federal Government, including by re- protections for tribal victims under the Violence
leasing a second Executive Order that strength- Against Women Act Reauthorization Act of 2022;
ens its ability to create opportunities for commu- develop new public safety and justice strategies
nities and populations that have been historically for Native communities, including to address
underserved, and continues to build an America the epidemic of missing or murdered Indigenous
in which all can participate, prosper, and reach people; and secure—for the first time in history—
their full potential. advance appropriations for the Indian Health
Service, which would ensure a more predictable
The President also hosted the first White House funding stream and improve health outcomes
Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health across Indian Country.
in over 50 years and released the Biden-Harris
Administration National Strategy on Hunger, In April 2022, the President launched the Rural
Nutrition, and Health (National Strategy on Partners Network (RPN), which is now support-
Hunger, Nutrition, and Health) to end hunger and ing 37 rural communities across 10 States and
reduce diet-related chronic diseases, which dis- Puerto Rico. RPN is an all-of-Government pro-
proportionately impact historically underserved gram that partners with rural and tribal people
communities, by 2030. The National Strategy on to access resources and funding to create local
Hunger, Nutrition, and Health provides a road- jobs, build infrastructure, and support long-term
map of actions Federal agencies will take and economic stability on their own terms. Through
makes a call to action to all sectors of society to RPN, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
collectively achieve the President’s goals. is hiring new full-time Federal staff who are from
the region to work hand in hand with RPN com-
The Administration has also announced new munity leaders. There are 20 Federal agencies,
steps to advance economic justice. These include including regional commissions, contributing to
taking action to eliminate administrative bar- RPN to ensure selected rural communities have
riers that disproportionately impact workers of access to the full breadth of resources across the
color, delivering equitable infrastructure invest- Federal Government.
ments through the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law, advancing environmental justice through The President has also signed historic bipar-
the Justice40 Initiative, and making his- tisan legislation to ensure women and Lesbian,
toric investments in tribal communities. The Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 13
Americans are treated equitably under the law. institutions, and patient groups have also stepped
Last year, the President signed the Respect for up with new actions and collaborations.
Marriage Act to ensure that every American—
no matter their race, gender, or sexual orienta- Notably, this includes at least one major ad-
tion—can marry the person they love without the vancement in each of these priority areas. To im-
threat of government interference. The bipartisan prove cancer screening, the Centers for Disease
funding bill the President signed in December Control and Prevention issued grants as part of
2022 included the Pregnant Workers Fairness an ongoing five-year total investment greater
Act—which provides long-overdue protections than $1 billion to advance cancer prevention
for pregnant workers—as well as $700 million and control reaching every State, Territory, and
for the Violence Against Women Act, the highest tribal organizations and the National Cancer
funding level in history for the landmark law the Institute launched a large national trial that
President first authored and championed in 1994 could identify effective blood tests for the de-
and reauthorized in March 2022. tection of one or more cancers. Due to the
President’s leadership in delivering biparti-
san legislation, the Environmental Protection
Making Progress to End Agency, through Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
Cancer as We Know It funding, is cleaning up toxic sites and replacing
lead pipes and service lines as part of efforts
One year ago, the President and First Lady to address environmental and toxic exposures.
reignited the Cancer Moonshot, setting an ambi- In addition, VA is implementing the President’s
tious, achievable goal: to reduce the death rate bipartisan PACT Act, which includes cancer as
from cancer by at least 50 percent over the next a priority category for veterans’ benefits claims,
25 years, and improve the experience of people helping these veterans gain more timely access
and families living with and surviving cancer, ul- to healthcare and other financial benefits. In
timately ending cancer as we know it today. cancer prevention, USDA announced its new
Agricultural Science Center of Excellence for
The Cancer Moonshot has spurred tremendous Nutrition and Diet for Better Health to ac-
action across the Federal Government and from celerate research on diet-related chronic dis-
the public and private sectors, building a strong eases, including cancer as part of the Cancer
foundation for the work ahead. The President Moonshot and National Strategy on Hunger,
stood up the first-ever Cancer Cabinet to mobilize Nutrition, and Health. To drive innovation, the
the Federal Government, and called on individu- President launched the Advanced Research
als, healthcare providers, and leaders across sec- Projects Agency for Health, a new agency to
tors to step up and take action in five key priority deliver new ways to prevent, detect, and treat
areas: 1) close the screening gap; 2) understand cancer and other diseases, appointed its first-
and address environmental and toxic exposure; ever Director, and secured $2.5 billion in ini-
3) decrease the impact of preventable cancers; tial investment, including $1.5 billion in the
4) bring cutting-edge research through the pipe- bipartisan funding bill the President signed
line to patients and communities; and 5) support in December 2022. In addition, to support pa-
patients and caregivers. tients, tens of thousands of cancer patients
could see their prescription drug costs go down
To date, the Cancer Moonshot has announced by thousands annually because the President
over 25 new programs, policies, and resources signed the Inflation Reduction Act, which caps
to address these five priority areas. More than out-of-pocket prescription drug costs at $2,000
60 private companies, non-profits, academic per year for Medicare beneficiaries.
14 Delivering Results for the American People
As the President delivers results for the economic recovery and growth and deliver for
American people at home, he has also taken ac- working people. The President also hosted the
tion to restore American leadership on the world U.S.-Africa Leaders’ Summit, underscoring
stage—leading with America’s values, working America’s commitment to expanding and deepen-
in lockstep with America’s allies and partners, ing America’s partnership with African countries,
investing in the Nation’s military edge, and ad- institutions, and people, including supporting the
dressing the most significant challenges and op- African Union to join the G20 as a permanent
portunities before us. In the early years of what member.
will be a decisive decade, America is better posi-
tioned than any Nation on earth to win the com- Working with allies and partners, the President
petition for the 21st Century. has moved swiftly to confront a broad range of
pressing global challenges. From his first days in
Under the President’s leadership, the United office, the President has led with a bold agenda
States has rallied the world to support the people to address the climate crisis and increase energy
of Ukraine, deepened America’s alliances with security at home and around the world. Through
Europe, and strengthened the North Atlantic the President’s Emergency Plan for Adaptation
Treaty Organization, including through congres- and Resilience (PREPARE), the United States
sional support for the accession of two new states, is helping vulnerable nations build resilience to
Sweden and Finland. America has provided tens the devastating impacts of the climate crisis. The
of billions of dollars in direct military and budget- Administration is also embedding the costs of
ary support to make sure the Ukrainian govern- climate change into the investment strategies of
ment can defend its sovereignty and territorial U.S. development finance institutions and work-
integrity and to protect and provide basic servic- ing with America’s partners to do the same.
es to the Ukrainian people, including healthcare,
education, and emergency personnel. As Russia’s At the President’s direction, the United States
invasion continues to displace Ukrainians, the is also taking action to advance global public
United States has welcomed more than 275,000 health. To protect the Nation and the world, the
Ukrainians seeking refuge since March 2022. President committed to directly supporting at
least 50 countries, by 2025, to strengthen and
In the Indo-Pacific, the President has taken ac- achieve regional, national, and local capacity in
tion to deepen America’s security and economic five critical areas to prevent, detect, and respond
partnerships to shape the rules of the road and to infectious disease threats.
strengthen America’s edge in the competition
with China—including hosting the first-ever U.S.- Since day one of the Administration, the
Pacific Islands Summit at the White House. At President has called for a new mechanism to
the 2022 G20 Summit in Indonesia, the President catalyze global progress to prevent, detect, and
demonstrated the Administration’s commitment respond to infectious disease threats, and togeth-
to the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and er with the G20 and other partners, the United
Investment, which catalyzes public and private States helped launch and support a historic new
finance to advance climate and energy security, Pandemic Fund at the World Bank. This fund
global health security, digital connectivity, gender is working at the national, regional, and global
equity and equality, and transportation infrastruc- levels to support pandemic prevention, prepared-
ture across the world—all while creating oppor- ness, and response while strengthening local
tunities for American businesses. The President health systems.
has fostered democracy and shared prosperity in
the Western Hemisphere through the Americas In the face of growing threats to women’s hu-
Partnership for Economic Prosperity, a historic man rights and opportunity around the world,
new agreement to drive Western Hemisphere the Administration continues to advance gender
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 15
equity and equality at home and abroad. The and buttressed by the strongest fighting force
Administration has worked to prevent and re- the world has ever known. The United States has
spond to gender-based violence, including where made disciplined investments to design, develop,
rape is used as a weapon of war. In addition, and manage a combat-credible force that can
the Administration has supported the full and deter Chinese and Russian military aggression
equal participation of women and girls in the against vital U.S. national interests, and, if nec-
economy by addressing barriers to participation, essary, prevail in conflict if deterrence fails. These
which will improve economic security for women investments include modernizing America’s nu-
and families and promote economic growth and clear deterrent, building resilience in the cyber
development. and space domains, and investing in new appli-
cations of artificial intelligence, quantum science,
As America leads with diplomacy, a principled and biotechnology with the potential to revolu-
and adaptive U.S. military underpins America’s tionize how U.S. forces operate. America is act-
global leadership. In line with the 2022 National ing urgently to build enduring advantages across
Defense Strategy, the Department of Defense the defense ecosystem—not just within DOD, but
(DOD) is advancing American priorities through also across the defense industrial base and the
integrated deterrence, working seamlessly array of private sector and academic enterprises
across all instruments of national power and that create and sharpen the Joint Force’s techno-
America’s global network of allies and partners, logical edge.
GROWING THE ECONOMY FROM THE
BOTTOM UP AND MIDDLE OUT
Under the President’s leadership—and thanks by asking the wealthy and big corporations to
to the resilience of the American people— pay their fair share.
the United States has not only met historic
challenges at home and abroad, but is poised Building on the historic Inflation Reduction
to emerge stronger, more resilient, and more Act and other key administrative actions, the
prosperous for decades to come. Budget includes a package of proposals that
would give the American people more breathing
The President’s economic strategy is producing room and lower costs—including for health
results—with record-breaking job creation, insurance, prescription drugs, child care and
strong economic growth, major investments preschool, higher education, and housing.
in infrastructure, a resurgence of American The Budget honors the President’s ironclad
manufacturing, and historic legislative commitment to protecting and strengthening
accomplishments that are laying the foundation Medicare and Social Security—rejecting any cuts
for long-term economic prosperity. America is to these programs, proposing reforms that would
leading the world in: building a clean energy extend the solvency of the Medicare Hospital
economy and combatting the climate crisis; Insurance (HI) trust fund by at least 25 years,
turning a generational challenge into an and investing in service delivery to speed up
opportunity to create jobs and strengthen U.S. claims processing and ensure Americans receive
energy security; leading the industries of the the Social Security benefits they have earned.
future; and advancing environmental justice.
The United States has made smart investments The Budget proposes smart, targeted
in America’s communities and people that are investments to grow the economy from the
creating more opportunities and advancing bottom up and middle out by investing in
equity, security, and dignity. The President has America and its people. The Budget invests in
restored America’s standing and leadership on the foundations of America’s economic strength—
the world stage—rallying allies and partners to from manufacturing and infrastructure, to
address some of the most pressing challenges education and job training. The Budget expands
around the globe. access to high quality healthcare, addresses
long-standing public health challenges, and
The President’s Budget details a fiscally and helps spur the next generation of medical
economically responsible blueprint to build on breakthroughs that improve health outcomes
this record of progress, deliver on the agenda in diseases such as cancer. The Budget makes
he laid out in his State of the Union Address, historic investments to: combat the climate
and finish the job: continuing to lower costs for crisis; advance environmental justice; and
families; protecting and strengthening Medicare ensure the clean energy future is invented,
and Social Security; growing the economy from built, and made in America. The Budget also
the bottom up and middle out by investing in advances equity, dignity, and security across
America and its people; and reducing the deficit America’s communities and economy—making
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communities safer and expanding the reach of whom remain unparalleled. By investing in the
America’s promise. underlying sources and tools of American power
and influence, the Budget would help America
The Budget also reflects the Administration’s build the strongest possible international
commitment to achieving a better future of a free, coalition with the power to shape the global
open, secure and prosperous world, as laid out in strategic environment and solve shared global
the President’s 2022 National Security Strategy. challenges.
As America faces challenges from authoritarian
powers with revisionist aims, a global climate In keeping with the President’s commitment to
crisis, and international economic pressures, it is fiscal responsibility, the Budget more than fully
clear that the need for a strong and purposeful pays for all of its investments, strengthens the
American role in the world has never been greater. Nation’s long-term fiscal health, and keeps the
The Budget supports American leadership economic burden of debt low. The President’s
by investing in America’s inherent national Budget reduces deficits by nearly $3 trillion
strengths: the ingenuity, creativity, resilience, and over the next decade by asking the wealthiest
determination of the American people; America’s Americans and biggest corporations to pay their
values, diversity, and democratic institutions; fair share—while ensuring that no one making
America’s technological leadership and less than $400,000 pays a penny in new taxes and
economic dynamism; and America’s diplomatic cutting taxes for families with children and low-
corps, development professionals, intelligence income workers.
community, and military servicemembers, all of
The President’s top economic priority is and prescription drugs, to higher education and
lowering costs for working families and giving housing, to utilities and child care.
them more breathing room. While more work
remains—and while America could see more Lowers Healthcare Costs. The President
setbacks along the way—there are clear signs believes that healthcare should be a right, not a
that the President’s strategy is working. Annual privilege. With enrollment in affordable health
inflation has fallen for seven consecutive months. coverage at an all-time high, the Budget builds
Gas prices are down roughly $1.60 per gallon on the success of the Affordable Care Act by
since their peak last summer. Real wages are making permanent the expanded premium
up over the last seven months for working tax credits that the Inflation Reduction Act
Americans. Thanks to the Inflation Reduction extended. The Budget also provides Medicaid-
Act, the United States is lowering costs for like coverage to individuals in States that have
prescription drugs, healthcare, and energy for not adopted Medicaid expansion, paired with
tens of millions of Americans all while lowering financial incentives to ensure States maintain
America’s deficit. The Administration has taken their existing expansions.
action to eliminate junk fees, unsnarl pandemic-
driven supply chain bottlenecks that increased Reduces Drug and other Healthcare Costs
prices, and promote greater competition across for All Americans. The Budget builds upon
the American economy. The Budget builds the Inflation Reduction Act to continue lowering
on this record of progress through additional the cost of prescription drugs. For Medicare,
proposals to continue lowering everyday costs this includes further strengthening its newly
for the American people—from health insurance established negotiation power by negotiating
more drugs and bringing drugs into negotiation
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sooner after they launch. The Budget also proposes For 2024, the Budget also provides $22.1 billion
to limit Medicare Part D cost-sharing for high- for HHS’s existing early care and education
value generic drugs, such as certain generic drugs programs, an increase of $2.1 billion over the
used for chronic conditions like hypertension and 2023 enacted level. This includes $9 billion for
high cholesterol, to no more than $2. For Medicaid, the Child Care and Development Block Grant, an
the Budget includes proposals to ensure Medicaid increase of nearly $1 billion over the 2023 enacted
and the Children’s Health Insurance Program level, to expand access to quality, affordable child
(CHIP) are prudent purchasers of prescriptions care for families across the Nation. The Budget
drugs, such as authorizing the Department of helps young children enter kindergarten ready to
Health and Human Services (HHS) to negotiate learn by providing $13.1 billion for Head Start, an
supplemental drug rebates on behalf of interested increase of $1.1 billion over the 2023 enacted level.
States in order to pool purchasing power. For In addition, the Budget includes $500 million for
the commercial market, the Budget includes a demonstration program in the Department of
proposals to curb inflation in prescription drug Education to create or expand free, high-quality
prices and cap the prices of insulin products at preschool in school or community-based settings,
$35 for a monthly prescription. including Head Start, for children eligible to
attend Title I schools.
Expands Access to Affordable, High-
Quality Early Child Care and Learning. Increases Affordable Housing Supply to
The Budget advances the President’s goal of Reduce Costs. To address the critical shortage
ensuring that all families can access affordable, of affordable housing in communities throughout
high-quality child care and free, high-quality the Nation, the Budget includes $59 billion in
preschool, helping children learn, giving families mandatory funding and tax incentives aimed at
breathing room, and growing the economy. The increasing the affordable housing supply. The
President’s plan enables States to increase child Budget also includes $10 billion in mandatory
care options for more than 16 million young funding to incentivize State, local, and regional
children and lower costs so that parents can jurisdictions to make progress in removing
afford to send their children to the high-quality barriers to affordable housing developments, such
child care program of their choice, allowing them as restrictive zoning. These investments would
to go to work or pursue training with the peace increase the development of affordable rental
of mind that their children are being set up for a and owner-occupied housing, including units
lifetime of success. affordable to extremely low-income families. By
expanding the supply of housing, the Budget would
The Budget also funds a Federal-State help curb cost growth across the broader housing
partnership that provides high-quality, universal, market. The Budget also provides $1.8 billion for
free preschool, offered in the setting of a parent’s the HOME Investment Partnerships Program
choice—from public schools to child care (HOME), an increase of $300 million over the
providers to Head Start—to support healthy 2023 enacted level, to construct and rehabilitate
child development and ensure children enter affordable rental housing and provide
kindergarten ready to succeed. The proposal homeownership opportunities. In addition, the
enables States to increase preschool access and Budget provides $258 million to support 2,200
quality. The Budget provides access to high- units of new permanently affordable housing
quality preschool to all of the approximately specifically for the elderly and persons with
four million four-year-old children in the Nation, disabilities, supporting the Administration’s
and gives States the flexibility to expand priority to maximize independent living for
preschool to three-year-olds after preschool is people with disabilities; and $459 million for the
available to all four-year-olds. The estimated cost U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) rural
of these child care and preschool investments is housing programs to increase rural housing
$600 billion over 10 years. opportunities, reduce rent burdens for low-income
20 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
rural tenants, and also increase the resiliency of and to expand assistance to an additional
rural housing to the impacts of climate change. In 50,000 households, particularly those who
addition, the Budget includes $3.4 billion for the are experiencing homelessness or fleeing, or
Community Development Block Grant program attempting to flee, domestic violence or other
to help communities modernize infrastructure, forms of gender-based violence. The Budget
invest in economic development, create parks further expands assistance to another 130,000
and other public amenities, and provide social households with funding from HCV program
services. reserves. To further ensure that more households
have access to safe and affordable housing, the
Reduces Costs for Homeowners and Budget includes mandatory funding to support
Expands Access to Homeownership. To make two populations that are particularly vulnerable
homeownership more affordable for underserved to homelessness—youth aging out of foster care
borrowers, including first-time, low- to moderate- and extremely low-income (ELI) veterans. The
income, and minority homebuyers, the Federal Budget provides $9 billion to establish a housing
Housing Administration (FHA) is reducing the voucher program for all 20,000 youth aging out
annual mortgage insurance premiums new of foster care annually, and provides $13 billion
borrowers will pay by about one-third, saving to incrementally expand rental assistance for
the average FHA borrower approximately $800 450,000 ELI veteran families, paving a path to
in the first year of their mortgage loan and guaranteed assistance for all who have served
providing continued savings for the duration of the Nation and are in need. In all, the Budget
the loan. The Budget also reflects a reduction proposes to expand assistance to well over
in mortgage insurance fees for Native American 200,000 additional households.
borrowers in the Indian Home Loan Guarantee
Program, which would save borrowers over $500 Improves College Affordability and
on average in their first year. To assist rural low- Expands Free Community College. To help
income homeowners, the Budget includes a new low- and middle-income students overcome
proposal to eliminate the existing low-income financial barriers to postsecondary education,
borrower penalty that requires individuals the Budget proposes to increase the discretionary
to repay subsidy costs for USDA’s Single- maximum Pell Grant by $500, expanding access
Family Direct loans. The Budget also includes to the grant to reach over 6.8 million students
$10 billion in mandatory funding for a new First- with money for college. This request builds on
Generation Down Payment Assistance program successful bipartisan efforts to increase the
to help address racial and ethnic homeownership maximum Pell Grant award by $900 over the past
and wealth gaps, as well as $100 million for a two years, and creates a path to double the award
HOME down payment assistance pilot to expand by 2029. The Budget also invests mandatory
homeownership opportunities for first-generation funding to expand free community college across
and/or low-wealth first-time homebuyers and the Nation. To lay the groundwork for this
$15 million to increase the availability of FHA program, the Budget includes $500 million in
small balance mortgages. a new discretionary grant program to provide
two-years of free community college for students
Expands Access to Affordable Rent enrolled in high-quality programs that lead
through the Housing Choice Voucher to a four-year degree or a good paying job. In
(HCV) Program. The HCV program currently addition, the Budget provides mandatory funding
provides 2.3 million low-income families with for two years of subsidized tuition for students
rental assistance to obtain housing in the private from families earning less than $125,000 enrolled
market. The Budget provides $32.7 billion, an in a four-year Historically Black College and
increase of $2.4 billion (including emergency University (HBCU), Tribally Controlled College
funding) over the 2023 enacted level, to maintain and University (TCCU), or Minority-Serving
services for all currently assisted families Institution (MSI).
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 21
Lowers Home Energy and Water Costs. ongoing actions to develop more diverse, robust,
The Budget provides $4.1 billion, a $111 million and resilient local and regional supply chains
increase from the 2023 enacted level (excluding by targeting funding to increase the production
emergency appropriations), for the Low Income capacity among smaller producers, including
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). continuing overtime user fee relief for small and
Since the Low Income Household Water Assistance very small meat and poultry establishments as
Program (LIHWAP) expires at the end of 2023, established in the American Rescue Plan. The
the Budget proposes to increase LIHEAP funding Budget complements these targeted investments
and allow States the option to use a portion by strengthening market oversight through
of their LIHEAP funds to provide water bill the Agricultural Marketing Service to support
assistance to low-income households. The Budget fair markets and competitive meat and poultry
builds on the $13 billion provided in the Inflation product prices for American families and
Reduction Act to reduce energy bills for families, increasing safeguards against invasive pests and
expand clean energy, transform rural power zoonotic diseases through the Animal and Plant
production, and create thousands of good-paying Health Inspection Service.
jobs for people across rural America. The Budget
provides $30 million for grants and $1 billion for Fosters Competitive and Productive
loan guarantees for renewable energy systems Markets and Targets Corporate Concen-
and energy efficiency improvements for farmers tration. Vigorous marketplace competition
and rural small businesses. through robust enforcement of antitrust law can
help reduce costs and raise wages. The Budget
Moves Goods More Quickly through the advances this effort by including a historic
Nation’s Ports and Waterways. The Budget increase of $100 million over the 2023 enacted
continues support for modernizing America’s level for the Department of Justice (DOJ)
port and waterway infrastructure initiated under Antitrust Division. The President also supports
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—helping legislation that would align executives’ interests
further address cost pressures. The Budget with the long-term interests of shareholders,
includes $230 million for the Port Infrastructure workers, and the economy by requiring
Development Program to strengthen maritime executives to hold on to company shares that
freight capacity. In addition to keeping the they receive for several years after receiving
Nation’s supply chain moving by improving them, and prohibiting them from selling shares
efficiency, the Department of Transportation in the years after a stock buyback. This would
(DOT) will prioritize projects that also lower discourage corporations from using profits
emissions—reducing environmental impact in to repurchase stock and enrich executives,
and around the Nation’s ports. rather than investing in long-term growth and
innovation.
Builds and Protects a Fair and Resilient
Food Supply Chain. The Budget supports
The President has always believed that made clear, he will reject any efforts to cut the
Medicare and Social Security are a promise—a Medicare or Social Security benefits that seniors
rock-solid guarantee—that generations of and people with disabilities have earned and
Americans have counted on to be able to retire paid into their entire working lives. The Budget
with dignity and security. As the President has honors that ironclad commitment—not only by
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firmly opposing benefit cuts to either program, Social Security and opposes any attempt to cut
but by embracing reforms that would protect Social Security benefits for current or future
and strengthen both programs. The President is recipients. The Administration looks forward
committed to working with the Congress to ensure to working with the Congress to responsibly
Medicare and Social Security remain strong for strengthen Social Security by ensuring that
their beneficiaries, now and in the future. high-income individuals pay their fair share. In
addition, the Administration looks forward to
Protects and Strengthens Medicare. The improving the Supplemental Security Income
Budget would extend the solvency of the HI program to help low-income older Americans and
trust fund by at least 25 years, without cutting people with disabilities afford their basic needs.
any benefits, or raising costs for people with
Medicare. The Budget includes key reforms to The Budget also invests in staff, information
the tax code to ensure high-income individuals technology, and other improvements at the Social
pay their fair share into the HI trust fund. The Security Administration (SSA), providing an
Budget also directs the revenue from the Net increase of $1.4 billion, a 10-percent increase
Investment Income Tax into the HI trust fund as from the 2023 enacted level. These funds would
was originally intended. In addition, the Budget improve customer service at SSA’s field offices,
directs the savings from the Budget’s proposed State disability determination services, and
drug reforms into the HI trust fund. teleservice centers for retirees, individuals with
disabilities, and their families. The Budget also
Protects the Social Security Benefits that adds staff to process more disability claims and
Americans Have Earned. The Administration reduce the amount of time claimants have to wait
is committed to protecting and strengthening for decisions on vital benefits.
transit agencies across the Nation. The Budget competitively across the Government-wide
also provides $4.6 billion for DOT to advance the network of manufacturing institutes to promote
Nation’s most urgent and complex transportation domestic production of institute-developed
infrastructure projects, in conjunction with the technologies. The Budget includes $277 million,
significant resources provided in the Bipartisan a $102 million increase over the 2023 enacted
Infrastructure Law. These funds would support level, for the Manufacturing Extension
transformational projects that would increase Partnership, a public-private partnership with
safety, improve mobility for commuters and centers in every State that offers advisory
freight traffic, and spur shared economic services to an increasingly diverse set of small
growth. Building on the $1 billion provided in and medium enterprises so they can thrive in
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 2024 the global economy. The Budget also includes
for operating and maintaining Army Corps funding to help strengthen U.S. global leadership
of Engineers—Civil Works program’s (Corps) in the technologies of the future by accelerating
infrastructure, the Budget invests in the Corps’ the development of key technologies and
continued operations, maintenance, and improved establishing dynamic, collaborative networks for
reliability. research and innovation.
energy in history. The Budget requests more than wage replacement to take time off for family and
$4 billion at EDA to fund grants that enable the medical reasons; include robust administrative
growth of Regional Technology and Innovation funding; and use an inclusive family definition.
Hubs Program that foster the geographic The Budget would provide up to 12 weeks of leave
diversity of innovation and create quality jobs in to allow eligible workers to take time off to: care
underserved and vulnerable communities across for and bond with a new child; care for a seriously
the Nation. ill loved one; heal from their own serious illness;
address circumstances arising from a loved
one’s military deployment; or find safety from
Supporting Workers, Families, domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
Entrepreneurs, and Small Businesses The Budget would also provide up to three days
of leave to grieve the death of a loved one. The
Cuts Taxes for Families with Children and Administration looks forward to continuing to
American Workers. The Budget would expand work with the Congress to make this critical
key tax cuts benefitting lower- and middle-income investment and strengthen America’s economy.
workers and families. The President is calling
for the restoration of the full Child Tax Credit Calls for Paid Sick Leave for All
enacted in the American Rescue Plan, which cut Workers. Millions of workers in America have
child poverty in half in 2021, to the lowest level in to choose between a needed paycheck—or even
history. The Budget would expand the credit from a job—and taking care of a family member or
$2,000 per child to $3,000 per child for children themselves when they are sick. Workers without
six years old and above, and to $3,600 per child paid sick days are more likely to go to work when
for children under six. In addition, the Budget sick, send their child to school when sick, and do
would permanently reform the credit to make without the healthcare they need to get better.
it fully refundable, so that it no longer excludes Paid sick days are also good for business, leading to
children in the lowest-income families, and allow lower employee turnover, increased productivity,
families to receive monthly advance payments. and reducing the spread of contagious diseases.
The President also calls on the Congress to make The President calls on the Congress to require
the Earned Income Tax Credit expansion for employers to provide seven job-protected paid
childless workers permanent, which would help sick days each year to all workers and ensure
pull low-paid workers out of poverty. that employers cannot penalize workers for
taking time off to address their health needs or
Provides National, Comprehensive Paid the health needs of their families or to seek safety
Family and Medical Leave. The vast majority from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual
of America’s workers do not have access to paid assault, or stalking.
family leave, including three out of four private
sector workers. Among the lowest-paid workers, Empowers and Protects Workers. The
who are predominately women and workers of Budget invests $2.3 billion, an increase of
color, 92 percent have no access to paid family $430 million above the 2023 enacted level,
leave through their employers. As many as in the Department of Labor’s (DOL) worker
one in five retirees leave the workforce earlier protection agencies. The Budget would enable
than planned to care for an ill family member, DOL to protect workers’ wages and benefits,
which negatively impacts families as well as combat exploitative child labor, address the
the Nation’s labor supply and productivity. misclassification of workers as independent
The Budget proposes to establish a national, contractors, and improve workplace health and
comprehensive paid family and medical leave safety. The Budget also provides resources to
program administered by SSA. The program support vigorous enforcement of the Family
would: provide workers with progressive, partial and Medical Leave Act of 1993, especially where
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employers have retaliated against or otherwise to equitably deliver high-quality training focused
penalized employees for taking federally protected on growing industries. The Budget invests
leave from work. Similarly, the Budget increases $335 million, a $50 million increase above the
funding for the National Labor Relations Board 2023 enacted level, in Registered Apprenticeship,
(NLRB) and the Equal Employment Opportunity an evidence-based earn-and-learn model that is
Commission (EEOC), to help level the playing a critical tool for training future workforces in
field for workers, protecting their right to fair the construction, clean energy, semiconductor,
representation and better working conditions transportation and logistics, education, and other
and secure equal opportunity for workers from all growing and in-demand industries. The Budget
walks of life. The Budget would also strengthen also invests $100 million, a $35 million increase
the EEOC’s steadfast enforcement of the above the 2023 enacted level, to build community
Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to help colleges’ capacity to work with the public
protect the right of individuals with disabilities workforce development system and employers to
to full, equitable participation in the workplace. design and deliver high-quality training programs
in communities across the Nation.
Expands Penalties when Employers
Violate Workers’ Rights to Organize, Receive Modernizes, Protects, and Strengthens
Fair Wages, and Have a Safe and Healthy Unemployment Insurance (UI). The UI
Workplace Free from Discrimination. program provides a critical safety net for workers
Employers often receive only a slap on the wrist— who have lost a job through no fault of their
at most—when they fire or retaliate against own, and helps protect the economy as a whole
workers for exercising their right to organize and from further damage during downturns. UI was
collectively bargain, steal wages from workers, critical in helping millions of Americans through
force workers to work in unsafe conditions, unexpected job losses during the COVID-19
exploit children, or otherwise flagrantly violate pandemic. However, the pandemic also exposed
the Nation’s labor laws. To deter employers from vulnerabilities in the program. The Budget
violating workers’ rights, ensure those who do invests $3.7 billion, an increase of $522 million
violate their rights are held accountable, and above the 2023 enacted level, to modernize,
level the playing field for responsible employers, protect, and strengthen the UI program. This
the Budget proposes instituting and meaningfully includes investments aimed at tackling fraud,
increasing penalties at DOL, EEOC, and NLRB for including funding to support more robust identity
employers that violate workplace safety, health, verification for UI applicants, help States develop
wage and hour, child labor, equal opportunity, and and test fraud-prevention tools and strategies,
labor organizing rules. and allow the DOL’s Office of Inspector General
to increase its investigations into fraud rings
Expands Workforce Training that targeting the UI program. In addition, the
Provides Pathways to Good Jobs. The Budget proposes a comprehensive legislative
Budget invests in effective, evidence-based package of program integrity proposals designed
training models that would ensure all workers— to provide States with new tools and resources
particularly women, workers of color, those living to combat UI fraud and improper payments
in rural areas, workers with disabilities, and while ensuring equity and accessibility for all
others underrepresented in growing fields—have claimants. The Budget also proposes principles
the skills they need to compete for and secure good to guide future efforts to reform the UI system,
jobs. The Budget provides $200 million for a new including improving benefit levels and access,
Sectoral Employment through Career Training scaling UI benefits automatically during
for Occupational Readiness program to support recessions, expanding eligibility to reflect the
the development and expansion of public-private modern labor force, improving State and Federal
partnerships between employers, education and solvency through more equitable and progressive
training providers, and community-based groups
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financing, expanding reemployment services, and counterparts and would help schools sustain
further safeguarding the program from fraud. critical investments in accelerated learning
and other areas that were made with American
Broadens Access to Capital for Small Rescue Plan funds.
Businesses. The Budget supports historic
lending levels across the 7(a), 504, Small Business Increases Support for Children with
Investment Company (SBIC), and Microloan Disabilities. Every child with a disability
programs. The nearly $58 billion in lending should have access to the high-quality early
provided in the Budget would address the need for intervention, special education services, and
greater access to affordable capital, particularly personnel needed to thrive in school and graduate
in underserved communities. Increasing the ready for college or a career. The Budget invests
authorized lending level for the SBIC program $16.8 billion in Individuals with Disabilities
by 20 percent to $6 billion would significantly Education Act (IDEA) grants to support special
expand the availability of venture capital funding education and related services for more than
for small businesses. seven million students with disabilities in grades
Pre-K through 12, an increase of $2.1 billion
Supports Minority-Owned Business to above the 2023 enacted level. The Budget also
Narrow Racial Wealth Gaps. The Budget invests $932 million in IDEA Part C grants—an
increases the capacity of the Minority Business increase of $392 million above the 2023 enacted
Development Agency by providing the full level—which support early intervention services
$110 million authorized in the Bipartisan for infants and families with disabilities that are
Infrastructure Law, which would bolster services critical to supporting children’s developmental
provided to minority-owned, including women and academic outcomes. The increased funding
of color-owned, enterprises by expanding the would support States in implementing important
Business Center program, funding Rural reforms to expand enrollment of underserved
Business Centers, opening new regional offices, children, including children of color, children
and supporting innovative initiatives to foster from low-income families, and children living in
economic resiliency. rural areas. The Budget also includes funding to
develop tools and programs to support children
with disabilities in military families and other
Making Historic Investments highly mobile populations.
in Education
Expands Institutional Capacity at
Invests in High-Poverty Schools. To help HBCUs, TCCUs, MSIs, and Community
ensure that every student receives a high-quality Colleges. The Budget increases institutional
education, the Budget provides $20.5 billion for capacity at HBCUs, TCCUs, MSIs, and under-
Title I, a $2.2 billion increase above the 2023 resourced institutions, including community
enacted level. This funding would continue historic colleges, by providing an increase of $429 million
progress over the past two years, as the Congress above the 2023 enacted level. This significant
has enacted a total increase of $1.9 billion for funding includes $350 million for four-year
Title I since 2021. Title I delivers critical funding HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs to expand research
to 90 percent of school districts across the Nation, and development (R&D) infrastructure at these
helping them to provide students in low-income institutions. These capacity enhancements
communities the academic opportunities and complement the Budget’s proposal for two years
support they need to succeed. This increase in of subsidized tuition for students from families
funding addresses chronic funding gaps between earning less than $125,000 enrolled in a four-
high-poverty schools—which disproportionately year HBCU, TCCU, or MSI.
serve students of color—and their wealthier
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Since the President took office: a record-setting working with the Congress on ways to strengthen
16.3 million people signed up for health coverage Medicare and Medicaid through measures such
through the Affordable Care Act; the national as improving access to dental, hearing, and vision
uninsured rate has hit an all-time low; and the coverage.
Administration has taken action to protect millions
of consumers from surprise medical bills, cap Supports Family Planning Services for
insulin prescriptions for Medicare beneficiaries at More Americans. For more than 50 years, Title
$35 per month, lower healthcare premiums, close X family planning clinics have played a critical
the “family glitch” loophole, protect American’s role in ensuring access to a broad range of high-
access to reproductive healthcare, allow Medicare quality family planning and preventive health
to negotiate for lower prescription drug prices, services. Most Title X clients live in poverty
and supercharge efforts to end cancer as we know and the uninsured rate of Title X users is twice
it. The Budget expands on this progress through the national average, making the Title X family
a package of proposals that would expand access planning program a critical part of the public
to high-quality healthcare and strengthen health safety net. The program has served as
America’s public health infrastructure. a point of entry into care for nearly 195 million
people over its more than 50-year history. The
Budget includes $512 million, a 79-percent
Expanding Access to High- increase above the 2023 enacted level, for the
Quality Healthcare Title X Family Planning program to increase the
number of patients served to 4.5 million.
Expands Access to Quality, Affordable
Healthcare. The Budget invests $150 billion Advances Maternal Health and Health
over 10 years to improve and expand Medicaid Equity. The United States has the highest
home and community-based services, such as maternal mortality rate among developed
personal care services, which would allow older nations, and rates are disproportionately high for
Americans and individuals with disabilities to Black and American Indian and Alaska Native
remain in their homes and stay active in their women. The Budget includes $471 million to:
communities as well as improve the quality of support the ongoing implementation of the White
jobs for home care workers and support family House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal
caregivers. Because community health centers— Health Crisis and to reduce maternal mortality
which provide comprehensive services regardless and morbidity rates; expand maternal health
of ability to pay—serve one in three people living initiatives in rural communities; implement
in poverty and one in five rural residents, the implicit bias training for healthcare providers;
Budget puts the Health Center Program on a create pregnancy medical home demonstration
path to double its size and expand its reach. To projects; and address the highest rates of perinatal
bolster the healthcare workforce, the Budget health disparities, including by supporting the
expands the National Health Service Corps, perinatal health workforce. In addition, the
which provides loan repayment and scholarships Budget requires all States to provide continuous
to healthcare professionals in exchange for Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum,
practicing in underserved areas, and the Teaching eliminating gaps in health insurance at a critical
Health Center Graduate Medical Education time. To address the lack of data on health
Program, which trains residents in community- disparities and further improve access to care,
based healthcare clinics in rural and high need the Budget strengthens collection and evaluation
areas. The Administration also looks forward to of sociodemographic data.
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provide essential wrap-around services through program to support domestic violence survivors—
States, IHS, tribal entities, and localities; and double the 2023 enacted level. This amount
establish a network of community providers to continues funding availability for FVPSA-funded
reach underserved areas and populations. In resource centers, including those that support
addition, the Budget proposes a new Vaccines for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
Adults program to provide uninsured adults with and Intersex community. The Budget would
access to routine and outbreak vaccines at no cost provide additional funding for domestic violence
and expands the Vaccines for Children program to hotlines and cash assistance for survivors of
include all children under age 19 enrolled in the domestic violence, as well as funding to support
Children’s Health Insurance Program. a demonstration project evaluating services
for survivors at the intersection of housing
Supports Survivors of Domestic Violence instability, substance use coercion, and child
and Other Forms of Gender-Based Violence. welfare. In addition, the Budget would provide
The Budget proposes significant increases to over $66 million for victims of human trafficking
support and protect survivors of gender-based and survivors of torture, an increase of nearly
violence, including $519 million for the Family $17 million from the 2023 enacted level.
Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA)
Under the President’s leadership, the United Cutting Energy and Water Bills
States is leading the world in: building a clean for American Families and
energy economy; tackling the climate crisis; Creating Clean Energy Jobs
creating clean energy jobs; protecting America’s
communities from climate disasters; advancing Creates Jobs Building Clean Energy
environmental justice; and cutting energy bills Infrastructure and Cuts Energy Cost for
for hard working families. The Administration is American Families. Clean energy has become
continuing to implement the Inflation Reduction a centerpiece of the American economy. The
Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law—the Budget invests nearly $4.5 billion to create good
largest investments that any country has made in paying jobs building clean infrastructure projects
clean energy, energy security, climate change, and all across the Nation. The Budget supports clean
clean air and water in history—which is already energy workforce and infrastructure projects
galvanizing the Nation’s clean energy transition across the Nation, including: $1.8 billion to
and making solar panels, energy efficient homes, weatherize and retrofit low-income Americans’
and electric cars more affordable for American homes; $83 million to electrify tribal homes
families. The Budget invests in clean energy across and transition tribal colleges and universities
America, bringing jobs to rural communities and to renewable energy; and $107 million for the
cities, leaving no one behind. Department of Energy’s Grid Deployment
Office to support utilities and State and local
governments in building a grid that is more
secure, reliable, and resilient and that integrates
increasing levels of renewable energy. These
investments, which complement and bolster the
historic funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law and Inflation Reduction Act, would create
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high-quality jobs while driving progress toward $64.4 million at the Environmental Protection
the Administration’s climate goals, including Agency (EPA) to implement the American
carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035. The Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020
Budget supports efforts at the Department of the and continue phasing out potent greenhouse
Interior (DOI) to meet the Administration’s goal of gases known as hydrofluorocarbons. The
deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity Budget supports $1.2 billion in DOE industrial
by 2030 and also provides $60 million to expand decarbonization activities, including a DOE
offshore wind permitting activities at the National Industrial Technologies joint strategy team to
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) drive adoption of industrial decarbonization
to allow NOAA to use the best available science solutions, expanded R&D efforts in the new
to help meet the Administration’s deployment Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization
goal while protecting biodiversity and promoting Office, and $160 million to support at least two
sustainable ocean co-use. large-scale industrial decarbonization projects
directly benefitting disadvantaged communities
Makes Historic Investments in Cutting- funded through the Office of Clean Energy
Edge Research to Advance Clean Energy Demonstrations.
Innovation. The Budget provides $16.5 billion
to support climate science and clean energy Accelerates American Manufacturing and
innovation. The Budget proposes over $5.1 billion Deployment of Clean Energy Technologies.
to fund a broad portfolio of research to improve The Budget also includes $75 million for the
understanding of the changing climate and Department of Energy to carry out the President’s
inform adaptation and resilience measures recent determinations under the Defense
across multiple agencies, including DOI, Production Act to enhance domestic supply chain
National Aeronautics and Space Administration, capacity for key climate technologies. To build
Commerce, NSF, and others. The Budget supports on the resurgence of American manufacturing,
U.S. preeminence in developing innovative the Budget complements funding provided in
technologies that accelerate the transition to a the Inflation Reduction Act by providing robust
clean energy economy by investing more than support for Loan Program Office administrative
$11.3 billion. To boost American innovation and expenses to originate and oversee the ambitious
reestablish American leadership in research and growth in the financing of clean energy and
scientific discovery, the Budget also provides advanced technology vehicle manufacturing
a historic investment of $8.8 billion for DOE’s projects envisioned in the Inflation Reduction Act.
Office of Science and $1.2 billion at NSF,
advancing toward the CHIPS and Science Act Increases Permitting Capacity. The Budget
authorizations to support: global leadership in the invests in environmental permitting programs
technologies of the future; advancing the Nation’s to expedite delivery of new and modernized
understanding of climate change; identifying and infrastructure. The Budget also proposes to
accelerating novel technologies for clean energy; expand existing transfer authority by enabling
and positioning the U.S. to meet the demand for Federal agencies to transfer funds provided under
isotopes. The Budget also includes $1 billion for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to the U.S.
fusion, the largest ever investment in the promise Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries
of a clean energy power source. to improve efficiencies and increase capacity
for environmental planning and consultation.
Cuts Climate Warming Pollution. The Together with existing law, this proposal would
Budget invests in reducing climate warming accelerate and improve environmental reviews
pollution toward achieving the President’s target in support of responsible development of priority
to cut carbon emissions 50 to 52 percent by infrastructure projects and energy solutions.
2030. These investments include an additional
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funding to address the ongoing drought in the the National Nuclear Security Administration
western United States, including funding for (NNSA) for areas of persistent poverty around
WaterSMART, Central Valley Project drought the Department’s sites, and $50 million for the
activities, and implementation funding for the newly established Office of State and Community
Drought Contingency Plans to conserve water in Energy Programs to launch a new Energy Burden
the Colorado River System, which is at historically Reduction Pilot to retrofit low-income homes
low levels. The Budget also requests new funding with efficient electric appliances and systems. In
at DOE to invest in desalination. addition, the Budget invests $35 million for the
Corps in technical and planning assistance, in
Invests in Flood Risk Management and 23 studies, and in the construction of 33 projects
Mitigation. The Budget invests in programs that to help disadvantaged and tribal communities
help communities address the risks associated address their water resources challenges in
with floods. Investments include over $1 billion line with the President’s Justice40 Initiative—
for the Corps to address coastal and inland flood including funding for the Tribal Partnership
risks and $175 million for flood mitigation grants Program.
through the Federal Emergency Management
Agency (FEMA). Supports the President’s Goal of
Accelerating the Replacement of All Lead
Pipes and Upgrades the Nation’s Drinking
Protecting Clean Air and Water While Water and Wastewater Infrastructure. The
Advancing Environmental Justice and Budget provides EPA $219 million for two grants
Delivering for Communities Left Behind dedicated to remediating lead contamination in
water—Reducing Lead in Drinking Water and
Advances Equity and Environmental Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program
Justice. The Administration continues to Drinking Water—an increase of $163 million over
prioritize efforts to deliver environmental justice the 2023 enacted level. The Budget also funds
in communities across the United States, including other grants and loans that can be used for lead
meeting the President’s Justice40 commitment to service line replacements. The Budget updates
ensure at least 40 percent of the benefits of Federal the cross-Government Lead Pipe Replacement
investments in climate and clean energy reach Funding Inventory that was published for the
disadvantaged communities, including rural and first time with the 2023 Budget. The Budget
tribal communities. The Budget bolsters these also provides EPA more than $4 billion for water
efforts by investing nearly $1.8 billion across infrastructure, an increase of $1 billion over
EPA to support creating high-quality jobs, clean the 2023 enacted level. These resources would
up pollution, advance racial equity, and secure advance efforts to upgrade drinking water and
environmental justice for communities that bear wastewater infrastructure nationwide, with
the brunt of toxic pollution and impacts of climate a focus on decreasing health disparities in
change. The Budget provides EPA $246 million for underserved and rural communities that have
civil enforcement efforts, which includes funding historically been overlooked.
to increase enforcement efforts in communities
with high pollution exposure. The Budget Supports Legacy Energy Communities.
provides DOE with $66 million to implement the To address changes in the energy economy, the
Department’s Justice40 efforts and strengthen Budget continues to invest in strategic planning,
the Department’s environmental justice mission, partnership development, and training and
including $54 million for the Office of Economic reemployment activities for displaced workers.
Impact and Diversity and $12 million for Legacy The Budget provides $20 million to support the
Management. It also provides $70 million for Department of Labor’s role in the multi-agency
Community Capacity Building initiatives in Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and
the Office of Environmental Management and Economic Revitalization (also known as POWER+)
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Initiative, which aims to assist displaced workers Tackles Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
and transform local economies and communities Substances (PFAS) Pollution. PFAS are a
transitioning away from fossil fuel production set of man-made chemicals that threaten the
to new, sustainable industries. The Budget health and safety of communities across the
also includes $67 million for the Department Nation, disproportionately impacting historically
of Labor’s (DOL) Workforce Opportunities for disadvantaged communities. To tackle PFAS
Rural Communities, a program—administered pollution, the Budget provides approximately
in partnership with the Appalachian Regional $170 million, $44 million over the 2023 Budget
Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, and request, for EPA to continue working toward
the Northern Border Regional Commission—that commitments made in the 2021 PFAS Strategic
aims to help these communities develop local Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action
and regional workforce development strategies 2021-2024, including: increasing America’s
that promote long-term economic stability and knowledge of PFAS impacts to human health
opportunities for workers, especially those and ecological effects; restricting use to prevent
connected to the energy industry. PFAS from entering the air, land, and water; and
remediating PFAS that have been released into
Reduces Health and Environmental the environment.
Hazards for At-Risk Communities. The
Budget includes $8.3 billion for DOE’s
Environmental Management program to support Doubling Down on America’s
the cleanup of communities used during the Global Climate Leadership
Manhattan Project and Cold War for nuclear
weapons production. The Budget also provides Increases Global Energy Security,
$196 million for the Office of Legacy Management Infrastructure, and Resilience. The Budget
to ensure cleanup remedies at these sites remain supports the President’s pledge to: more than
protective of human health and the environment. quadruple international climate finance; and
The Budget also provides $356 million for EPA’s request more than $3 billion for the President’s
Superfund program to continue cleaning up Emergency Plan for Adaptation and Resilience
some of the Nation’s most contaminated land (PREPARE). This includes a $1.6 billion
and respond to environmental emergencies and contribution to the Green Climate Fund and a
natural disasters, as part of a cancer prevention $1.2 billion loan to the Clean Technology Fund.
strategy. In addition, an estimated $2.5 billion in The Budget also advances new tools, such as
Superfund tax revenue would be available to EPA loan guarantees, to reassert U.S. leadership in
in 2024. The Administration would ensure that the Indo-Pacific by financing energy security and
investments for the cleanup of legacy pollution infrastructure projects and reducing reliance on
support the Justice40 Initiative to benefit volatile energy supplies and prices. The Budget
disadvantaged communities. also builds resilience to better prepare for and
respond to extreme weather events and other
disasters.
From the start of the Administration, the more safe, just, and equitable. The President
President has been focused on strengthening signed a Day One Executive Order to promote
America’s democracy, expanding opportunities equity across the Federal Government,
for all Americans and making communities increased Federal contract dollars flowing to
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small disadvantaged businesses, made historic required by the Bipartisan Safer Communities
investments in HBCUs, TCCUs, and MSIs, Act. In addition, the Budget provides a total of
invested in community policing, and bolstered $2.9 billion for the U.S. Attorneys, which includes
civil rights enforcement. The Administration 130 new positions to support the prosecution of
reaffirmed this commitment to equity through violent crimes.
a second Executive Order, issued earlier this
year, that builds on these successes. Last year, Supports State, Local, and Tribal Law
the President signed the first significant piece of Enforcement and Public Safety. The Budget
legislation to address the epidemic of gun violence provides $4.9 billion in discretionary resources
in 30 years, the Bipartisan Safer Communities for State and local grants and $30 billion in
Act, which is now being implemented across mandatory resources to support States, local,
Government. In addition to proving that and tribal efforts to protect U.S. communities and
democracy can deliver for the American people, promote public safety. This includes $537 million
the President has secured key reforms to bolster for the COPS Hiring Program discretionary
U.S. democratic institutions, including signing topline, an increase of $213 million or 66 percent
into law the bipartisan Electoral Count Reform over the 2023 enacted level. The Budget also
Act of 2022. The Budget continues to advance includes $717 million, an $86 million increase, in
these goals by tackling crime, making America’s Tribal Public Safety and Justice funding at DOI.
communities safer, reforming the criminal justice
system, advancing equity and opportunity Reinvigorates Federal Civil Rights
for all Americans, delivering results for tribal Enforcement. In order to address longstanding
communities, and making robust investments to inequities and strengthen civil rights protections,
strengthen America’s democracy. the Budget invests $252 million, an increase of
$62 million over the 2023 enacted level, in the
DOJ Civil Rights Division. These resources
Making America’s Communities would support police reform via pattern-or-
Safer by Preventing, Reducing, practice investigations, the prosecution of hate
and Combating Crime crimes, enforcement of voting rights, and efforts
to provide equitable access to justice.
Invests in Federal Law Enforcement to
Combat Gun Violence and Other Violent Prioritizes Efforts to End Gender-Based
Crime. The Budget makes robust investments Violence. The Budget proposes $1 billion to
to bolster Federal law enforcement capacity. support implementation of programs through
The Budget includes $17.8 billion, an increase the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA),
of $1.2 billion above the 2023 enacted level, which was recently reauthorized and strengthened
for DOJ law enforcement, including a total in 2022. This is a $300 million or 43-percent
of nearly $2 billion for the Bureau of Alcohol, increase over the 2023 enacted level, which was
Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to expand the highest funding level in history. The Budget
multijurisdictional gun trafficking strike forces supports substantial increases for longstanding
with additional personnel, increase regulation VAWA programs, including key investments in
of the firearms industry, and implement the legal assistance for victims, transitional housing,
Bipartisan Safer Communities Act. The Budget and sexual assault services. The Budget strongly
includes $1.9 billion for the U.S. Marshals Service supports underserved and tribal communities
to support personnel dedicated to fighting violent by providing $35 million for culturally-specific
crime, including through fugitive apprehension services, $10 million for underserved populations,
and enforcement operations. The Budget also $15 million to assist enforcement of tribal special
provides $51 million to the Federal Bureau of domestic violence jurisdiction, and $3 million to
Investigation (FBI) to support the continued support tribal Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys.
implementation of enhanced background checks The Budget also provides $14 million to address
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technological abuse through funding new field divisions nationwide. These investments
VAWA programs to address cybercrimes against include an additional $63 million for more agents,
individuals. In addition, the Budget provides enhanced response capabilities, and strengthened
$120 million, an increase of $65 million above intelligence collection and analysis capabilities.
the 2023 enacted level, to the Office of Justice These investments are in line with the National
Programs for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to Cybersecurity Strategy that emphasizes a whole-
address the rape kit backlog, and for the Regional of-Nation approach to addressing the ongoing
Sexual Assault Investigative Training Academies cyber threat.
Program.
staff and technical assistance to affirmatively underserved communities. As called for in the
further fair housing and reduce barriers that Biden-Harris Administration National Strategy
restrict housing and neighborhood choice. on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, the Budget
provides over $15 billion over 10 years to allow
Expands Access to Credit to Underserved more States and schools to leverage participation
Communities. The Budget provides in the Community Eligibility Program to
$341 million for the Community Development provide healthy and free school meals to an
Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund, an increase additional nine million children. The Budget
of $17 million, or five percent, above the 2023 includes $6.3 billion to fully fund the 6.5 million
enacted level, which provides historically individuals expected to participate in the Special
underserved and often low-income communities Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women,
access to credit, capital, and financial support Infants, and Children.
to grow businesses, increase affordable housing,
and reinforce healthy neighborhood development. Delivers Significant Funding to Tribal
To better address the shortage of long-term Communities. The Administration is committed
affordable credit for development projects in to upholding the Federal Government’s trust
disadvantaged communities and unlock up to and treaty responsibilities to Tribes and Native
$500 million in financing support, the Budget communities. Building on the historic advance
also includes a $10 million subsidy for the CDFI appropriation for IHS for 2024, the Budget
Fund’s Bond Guarantee Program. requests $9.4 billion in discretionary and
mandatory resources in 2024, and proposes
Advances Child and Family Well-Being in all resources as mandatory beginning in 2025.
the Child Welfare System. The Budget proposes Building on feedback from extensive tribal
to expand and incentivize the use of evidence- consultations, the Budget provides $4.7 billion
based foster care prevention services to keep for DOI’s tribal programs, more than $690 million
families safely together and reduce the number above the 2023 enacted level,including investments
of children entering foster care. The Budget that would support public safety and justice,
provides States with support and incentives to social services, and educational needs to uphold
place more foster children with relatives or other Federal trust responsibilities and advance equity
adults who have an existing emotional bond with for Native communities—and continue efforts
the children and fewer children in group homes to address the crisis of Missing and Murdered
and institutions, while also providing additional Indigenous Persons. The Budget also provides
funding to support youth who age out of care over $1 billion in HUD funding to support tribal
without a permanent caregiver. The Budget efforts to expand affordable housing, improve
proposes to nearly double flexible funding for housing conditions and infrastructure, and
States through the Promoting Safe and Stable increase economic opportunities for low-income
Families program, and proposes new provisions families. To ensure that tribal communities have
to expand access to legal representation for safe, reliable water supply, the Budget builds on
children and families in the child welfare system. investments in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
In addition, the Budget proposes to make the by providing $2.8 billion in mandatory funding to
adoption tax credit refundable and to extend the the Indian Water Rights Settlement Completion
credit to legal guardianships. This would reduce Fund to cover the costs of enacted and future
the financial burden on low- and moderate-income water rights settlements, as well as operations
families wishing to pursue adoption, as well as and maintenance costs.
for families who opt for legal guardianship.
Supports Economic Opportunity in Rural
Increases Food Security. The Budget Communities. The Rural Partners Network
strengthens Federal nutrition assistance (RPN) is an all-of-Government program led by
programs to increase food security, including in USDA that partners with rural and tribal people
38 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
to access resources and funding to create local funding to be allocated over 10 years. The
jobs, build infrastructure, and support long-term Budget includes $1.5 billion for AmeriCorps, a
economic stability on their own terms. The Budget $166 million increase above the 2023 enacted
provides $32 million to expand RPN. Through level, to: support increasing the living allowance
RPN, USDA is hiring new full-time Federal staff provided to AmeriCorps members so that national
who are from the region to work hand-in-hand service is a more accessible pathway to success;
with RPN community leaders. This investment and create opportunities for Americans to serve
will also support https://Rural.gov, a one-stop- together in common purpose. The Budget also
shop for all rural communities to access Federal invests $73 million to support American history
resources. and civics education programs, an increase of
$50 million over the 2023 enacted level, to help
Strengthens American Democracy. The students understand the U.S. Constitution and
Administration continues to prioritize efforts to how the United States system of Government
restore and strengthen American democracy. To works and build the skills required to fully
provide State and local election officials with a participate in civic life. In addition, the
sustained funding stream for critical capital Administration will work with the Congress to
investments in America’s election infrastructure support independent local journalism to better
and increased staffing and measures to ensure inform Americans about the matters that impact
security and better serve voters, the Budget their lives and hold the powerful accountable.
proposes $5 billion in new election assistance
Even as he has taken decisive action to pressing global challenges; securing the border
strengthen America at home, the President has and strengthening the U.S. immigration system;
worked with allies and partners around the world and honoring America’s commitment to veterans,
to confront pressing global challenges. Under the servicemembers, families, caregivers, and
President’s leadership, America has rallied the survivors.
world to support the people of Ukraine as they
defend their sovereignty against Russia’s brutal Strengthens the Military to Meet Amer-
invasion. The Administration has reinvigorated ica’s Defense Needs. The Budget continues
crucial partnerships, fostered democracy and to ensure that U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen,
economic prosperity, advanced global health, Marines, and Guardians remain the best
furthered gender equity and equality around the trained and equipped fighting forces in the
world, invested in the U.S. immigration system, world. The Budget places additional emphasis
and strengthened America’s military. At the on foundational investments to sustain
same time, the President has taken action to current weapon systems and support increased
honor the Nation’s sacred obligation to veterans training across the Department, while pursuing
by signing into law the bipartisan Sergeant First technological enhancements to extend the service
Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise life of materiel vital to the warfighter. At the
to Address Comprehensive Toxics Act of 2022 same time, the Budget strengthens DOD’s civilian
(PACT Act), the most significant bill in American workforce as a critical contributor to the Nation’s
history to address veterans’ exposure to burn security. In addition, the Budget continues the
pits and other toxic substances. The Budget recapitalization and optimization of the four
builds on this progress through proposals to public Naval Shipyards to meet future submarine
continue: addressing threats to global security and carrier maintenance requirements. In line
and strengthening the U.S. military; addressing with the National Defense Strategy, the Budget
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 39
optimizes force structure to build a Joint Force PRC and Russia, the Budget also enables DOD to
that is lethal, resilient, sustainable, survivable, counter other persistent threats including those
agile, and responsive. The Budget supports posed by North Korea, Iran, and violent extremist
DOD’s plan to upgrade capabilities by redirecting organizations.
resources to cutting-edge technologies in high-
priority platforms. Modernizes the Nuclear Deterrent. The
Budget provides $37.7 billion to DOD to maintain
Supports Ukraine, European Allies, a strong nuclear deterrent as a foundational
and Partners. The Budget provides over aspect of integrated deterrence, for the security of
$6 billion to support Ukraine, the United States’ the Nation and U.S. allies. The Budget supports
strong alliance with the North Atlantic Treaty the U.S. nuclear triad and the necessary ongoing
Organization (NATO), and other European nuclear modernization programs, to include the
partner states by prioritizing funding to enhance nuclear command, control, and communication
the capabilities and readiness of United States, networks. In addition, the Budget provides
allied, and partner forces in the face of continued $23.8 billion to the Department of Energy’s NNSA
Russian aggression. to make historic investments in the Nation’s
nuclear security enterprise to implement the
Promotes Integrated Deterrence in the President’s Nuclear Posture Review; support
Indo-Pacific and Globally. To sustain and a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile;
strengthen deterrence, the Budget prioritizes The reduce nuclear risks; and provide nuclear power
Peoples Republic of China (PRC) as America’s to the U.S. Navy.
pacing challenge in line with the National Defense
Strategy. DOD’s 2024 Pacific Deterrence Initiative Strengthens Democracy and Defends
highlights $9.1 billion of key investments the Human Rights Globally. The Budget provides
Department is making, focuses on strengthening more than $3.4 billion to advance democratic
deterrence in the region, and demonstrates the governance and foster democratic renewal. The
Department’s long-term commitment to the Indo- Budget would strengthen free and independent
Pacific. DOD is building the concepts, capabilities, media, fight corruption, bolster democratic
and posture necessary to meet these challenges, institutions, advance technology for democracy,
working to integrate deterrence efforts across the promote gender equality and women’s civic and
United States Government and with U.S. allies political participation, and defend free and fair
and partners. elections and political processes. Within this
total, the Budget includes $345 million for the
Counters Malign Influence. To assert U.S. President’s Initiative for Democratic Renewal,
leadership in strategic competition with the $25 million for the President’s new African
PRC, the Budget includes $400 million for the Democratic and Political Transitions initiative,
Countering PRC Influence Fund. In addition, as well as targeted increases for “bright spot”
the Budget requests $753 million for Ukraine to countries experiencing democratic opportunities.
continue to counter Russian malign influence and
to meet emerging needs related to security, energy,
cybersecurity, disinformation, macroeconomic Addressing Pressing Global Challenges
stabilization, and civil society resilience. The
Budget also requests continued Foreign Military Deepens Alliances and Partnerships in
Financing loan and loan guarantee authority the Indo-Pacific to Out-Compete China.
to ensure availability of a financing tool to help The Budget includes more than $2.3 billion
America’s partners invest in U.S. equipment. in discretionary funding for the Department
of State and the U.S. Agency for International
Counters Persistent Threats. While focused Development to support an open, secure, and
on maintaining robust deterrence against the connected Indo-Pacific and implement the
40 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
Indo-Pacific Strategy to strengthen and modernize and development in low- and middle-income
America’s alliances and partnerships in this countries. This includes a $1.4 billion investment
vital region. This total includes $90 million for in the International Development Association
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and (IDA), as part of the United States’ pledge of
$50 million for the advancement of the Indo- $3.5 billion in support of the most recent IDA
Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity. In replenishment. The Budget also proposes the
addition, the Budget expands funding for U.S. largest request for the Peace Corps in history in
diplomatic presence throughout the region, order to sustain operations and partner with host
with particular focus on the Pacific Islands. The countries to address global challenges and spur
Budget also includes a new mandatory proposal U.S. development leadership.
to Out-Compete China and advance American
prosperity through game-changing investments Advances the Partnership for Global
in infrastructure and the Indo-Pacific. This Infrastructure and Investment (PGII). The
includes: $2 billion to bolster Indo-Pacific Budget supports more than $50 billion through
countries through economic competitiveness and PGII in direct foreign assistance, development
secure and resilient supply chains; $2 billion to and export finance, and private sector funding.
support “hard” infrastructure; and $2 billion to PGII leverages public and private finance to
advance the U.S. International Development advance climate and energy security, health
Finance Corporation’s equity program at scale, a and health security, digital connectivity, gender
key financing tool to strengthen the U.S. role in the equity and equality, and related transportation
Indo-Pacific. The Budget also proposes $7.1 billion infrastructure—all while creating opportunities
in economic assistance and continuation of postal for American businesses.
services over the next 20 years for the Compacts
of Free Association with the freely associated Bolsters American Leadership in
states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Global Health. To reinforce U.S. leadership
Palau. in addressing global health and health security
challenges, the Budget includes $10.9 billion,
Reinforces Collective Action to Address a $370 million increase above the 2023 enacted
Global Challenges. The Budget supports level. This includes over $1.2 billion to prepare
continued U.S. multilateral engagement on for, prevent, detect, and respond to infectious
shared global challenges at the United Nations disease outbreaks—including by expanding U.S.
(UN) and other international organizations. bilateral partnerships with countries to improve
The Budget fully meets U.S. annual health security capacity. This over $1.2 billion
contributions to international organizations also includes $500 million for the Pandemic Fund
and pays UN peacekeeping dues on time and to catalyze and accelerate improvements to global
in full. The Budget also proposes increases health security and pandemic preparedness.
for key opportunities to advance U.S. interests The Budget also invests dedicated funds for the
and compete with adversaries, including by: Administration’s Global Health Worker Initiative
strengthening collective security through to enhance global efforts to better train, equip,
NATO, bolstering U.S. leadership at the UN by and protect the health workforce—which would
beginning to synchronize $40 million in annual strengthen countries’ abilities to provide core
contributions; providing $150 million to support health services and respond to crises. The
a U.S. return to the UN Educational, Scientific Budget also increases investments in high-
and Cultural Organization; and contributing impact and lifesaving voluntary family planning
$57 million to support the UN Population Fund. and reproductive health programs to address
The Budget also requests nearly $2.3 billion for significant unmet global needs for these services.
contributions to multilateral development banks, The Budget sustains U.S. leadership in the Global
maintaining the United States’ role as the largest Fund’s historic seventh replenishment, providing
World Bank donor to support poverty reduction $2 billion for the second year of a $6 billion
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 41
three-year pledge to save lives and accelerate provide $4 billion over four years to address the
the fight against HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and root causes of migration and improve the lives
malaria. of people in Central America. Assistance would
bolster localization efforts, enhance the rule of
Enhances Biodefense and Pandemic law, and support economic growth for all segments
Preparedness. The Budget provides robust of society. Further, in response to deteriorating
funding to support the Administration’s National conditions and widespread violence in Haiti, the
Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan Budget invests $291 million to strengthen Haiti’s
and provide resources for the recommendations recovery from political, health, and economic
from DOD’s Biodefense Posture Review. shocks, by strengthening the capacity of the
Haitian National Police, combating corruption,
Advances Gender Equity and Equality strengthening the capacity of civil society,
Around the World. The Administration responding to health emergencies and health
remains steadfast in its commitment to invest in needs, and supporting services for marginalized
opportunities for women and girls and support populations.
the needs of marginalized communities, including
the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Sustains U.S. Leadership on Refugee and
and Intersex community. Reflective of that Humanitarian Issues, including Addressing
commitment, the Budget requests more than Food Insecurity. The Budget requests more than
$3 billion to advance gender equity and equality $10.5 billion to respond to the persisting needs of
across a broad range of sectors. the world’s most vulnerable, including those needs
arising from conflict and natural disasters. The
Bolsters Hemispheric Economic Budget supports the United States’ revitalized
Investment and Migration Management refugee admissions program, including the
Efforts. In support of the Los Angeles resettlement of up to 125,000 refugees and related
Declaration on Migration and Protection, the efforts, such as Uniting for Ukraine. In addition,
Budget invests $430 million for hemispheric the Budget supports the President’s pledge to
migration management. This assistance would alleviate global food insecurity by providing
bolster stability for affected communities, nearly $1.2 billion in bilateral agriculture and
enhance legal pathways and protection, and food security programming.
strengthen humane border management
throughout the region. The Budget proposes Deepens Alliances through Space
a new regional economic opportunity fund, the Exploration. The Budget provides increased
Americas Partnership Opportunity Fund, to funding for two Mars missions that are
address migration management challenges faced partnerships with the European Space Agency,
by high and upper-middle income countries including one in which the United States is
in the region. The Budget also requests up replacing Russia as a partner. The Budget
to $40 million for the Global Concessional would also include initial funding for a space tug
Financing Facility to support programs aimed that would reduce reliance on Russia and help
at improving the lives of migrants and refugees prepare for a new era of U.S.-built commercial
in the Western Hemisphere and $75 million for space stations.
the Inter-American Development Bank’s IDB
Invest to increase private sector investment in Protects Afghan Allies. The Budget
the Americas. supports Enduring Welcome (EW), the whole-of-
Government effort to expeditiously process the
Builds Security and Prosperity in Central applications of America’s Afghan allies, such as
America and Haiti. The Budget requests Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) candidates,
more than $1 billion to advance the President’s and family reunification cases, and welcome
commitment to work with the Congress to them to the United States—while simultaneously
42 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
safeguarding national security. The Budget fully components when responding to migration surges
supports implementation of EW by leveraging along the Southwest Border. Each fiscal year, the
Department of State balances estimated to enable fund would receive appropriations incrementally,
more than $2 billion in support in 2024, and by and above the base appropriation, as Southwest
proposing a substantial increase to the number of Border encounters reach pre-identified levels.
SIVs available for Afghan allies. DHS would be limited to obligating funds for
surge-related functions and would transfer funds
to CBP, ICE, and FEMA accounts with valid
Strengthening Border Security and surge-related obligations.
Improving the Immigration System
Improves Immigration Courts. The Budget
Enhances Border Security and invests more than $1.5 billion, an increase of
Immigration Enforcement. Strengthening $595 million above the 2023 enacted level, in
border security and providing safe, lawful the Executive Office for Immigration Review
pathways for migration remain top priorities both to manage and mitigate the backlog of
for the Administration. The Budget includes over 1.8 million cases currently pending in the
nearly $25 billion for U.S. Customs and Border immigration courts that this administration
Protection (CBP) and Immigration and Customs largely inherited from its predecessor. This
Enforcement (ICE), an increase of almost funding supports 150 new immigration judge
$800 million over the 2023 enacted level when teams, which includes the support personnel
controlling for border management amounts. required to help optimize the operation of the
The Budget includes funds for CBP to hire an immigration court system. The Budget would also
additional 350 Border Patrol Agents, $535 million invest new resources in legal access programming,
for border security technology at and between including $150 million in discretionary resources
ports of entry, $40 million to combat fentanyl to provide access to representation for adults and
trafficking and disrupt transnational criminal families in immigration proceedings. Providing
organizations, and funds to hire an additional resources to support legal representation in the
460 processing assistants at CBP and ICE. immigration system would help make the system
fairer and more equitable, while allowing for
Supports a Fair, Orderly, and Humane greater efficiencies in case processing.
Immigration System. The Administration
is committed to improving the Nation’s Supports America’s Promise to Refugees.
immigration system and safeguarding its The Budget provides $7.3 billion to the Office
integrity and promise by efficiently and fairly of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to help rebuild
adjudicating requests for immigration benefits. the Nation’s refugee resettlement infrastructure
The Budget includes $865 million for the United and support the resettling of up to 125,000
States Citizenship and Immigration Services to refugees in 2024. The Budget also helps ensure
process an increasing asylum caseload, reduce that unaccompanied immigrant children receive
the historically high immigration benefit request appropriate support and services while they
backlog, support the Citizenship and Integration are in ORR’s care and are unified with relatives
Grant Program, and improve refugee processing and sponsors as safely and quickly as possible.
to advance the Administration’s goal of admitting The funding would allow ORR to reinforce and
125,000 refugees. expand on the programmatic improvements the
Administration has made, including expanding
Addresses the Situation at the Southwest access to counsel to help children navigate complex
Border. Given elevated Southwest Border immigration court proceedings and enhancing
encounter levels experienced in a number of case management and post-release services. In
years since 2019, the Budget proposes a new addition, the Budget includes an emergency
$4.7 billion contingency fund to aid the DHS and its contingency fund that would provide additional
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 43
resources, beyond the $7.3 billion, when there VA Medical Care program, to increase access to
are unanticipated increases in the number of quality mental healthcare and lower the cost of
unaccompanied children or other humanitarian mental health services for veterans, with the goal
entrants, building on the contingency fund of helping veterans take charge of their treatment
enacted for 2023. and live full, meaningful lives. This effort includes
support for the Commander John Scott Hannon
Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of
Honoring the Nation’s 2019, clinical trials, and epidemiological studies
Commitments to America’s Veterans, on risk and prevention factors. In addition, the
Servicemembers, and Their Families, Budget provides $559 million to further advance
Caregivers, and Survivors the Administration’s veteran suicide prevention
initiatives, including continued expansion of the
Expands Healthcare, Benefits, and Veterans Crisis Line’s 988 and additional support
Services for Environmental Exposures. for VA’s National Strategy for Preventing Veteran
The PACT Act represents the most significant Suicide.
expansion of Veterans healthcare and disability
compensation benefits for veterans exposed to Invests in Caregivers Support Programs.
burn pits and other environmental exposures in Recognizing the critical role family caregivers
more than 30 years. As part of the PACT Act, play in supporting the health and wellness of
the Congress authorized the Cost of War Toxic veterans, the Budget provides robust funding
Exposures Fund (TEF) to fund increased costs for the Program of General Caregivers Support
above 2021 funding levels for healthcare and Services. The Budget also specifically provides
benefits delivery for veterans exposed to a number $2.4 billion for the Program of Comprehensive
of environmental hazards—and ensure there is Assistance for Family Caregivers, which includes
sufficient funding available to cover these costs stipend payments and support services to help
without shortchanging other elements of veteran empower family caregivers of eligible veterans.
medical care and benefit delivery. The Budget
provides $20.3 billion for the TEF in 2024, which Honors the Memory of All Veterans.
is $15.3 billion above the 2023 enacted level. The Budget includes $480 million to ensure
veterans and their families have access to
Prioritizes Department of Veterans exceptional memorial benefits. These funds
Affairs (VA) Medical Care. The Budget maintain national shrine standards at the 158
provides a total of $121 billion in discretionary VA-managed cemeteries and provide the initial
medical care funding in 2024, $2.3 billion above operational investment required to continue or
the 2023 enacted level, together with $17.1 billion begin activation to open three new cemeteries.
in the TEF. In addition to fully funding inpatient,
outpatient, mental health, and long-term care Invests in Critical Veteran Medical
services, the Budget supports programs that Facilities. The Budget includes $1.6 billion
enhance VA healthcare quality and delivery. The in discretionary funding and $1.9 billion in
Budget reiterates that medical care for veterans mandatory funding for construction and expansion
should be considered separately from other of critical infrastructure and facilities, in addition
appropriations categories in order to ensure that to a $5 billion investment in discretionary medical
the needs of veterans are never traded off against care for non-recurring maintenance to improve
other national priorities. medical facility infrastructure. The Budget also
provides $164 million for grants for construction
Prioritizes Veterans’ Mental Health of State extended care facilities to deliver high-
Services and Suicide Prevention. The quality healthcare, benefits, and services for
Budget invests $139 million within VA research veterans.
programs, together with $16.6 billion within the
44 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
The President’s Budget builds on the economic while the economic burden of debt would remain
and fiscal progress the Nation has made over the in line with historical levels.
past two years: fueling economic growth; creating
jobs; lowering costs for working families; and
laying a strong foundation for future prosperity— Making the Tax System More Fair
all while reducing deficits and addressing long-
term fiscal risks. The President believes that America needs to
reward work, not wealth. Since taking office,
The Budget reflects the President’s long-held the President has taken numerous actions and
belief that the best way to responsibly reduce the signed significant legislation to make the wealthy
deficit is to grow the economy from the bottom up and large corporations pay their fair share while
and middle out and invest in the foundations of providing tax cuts for working families and
the Nation’s economic strength. That is why the reducing the deficit. Under his plan, no one
Budget invests in smart, fully-offset investments making under $400,000 per year will pay more
that expand the productive capacity of the in new taxes.
economy, give working families more breathing
room, and promote broadly shared prosperity. Building on the progress the President has
Over the past two years, that approach has already made to promote a fairer tax code, the
worked, with the deficit falling by a historic Budget proposes additional tax reforms that
amount. would ensure the wealthy and corporations pay
their fair share.
The President’s Budget expands on this
progress—proposing investments that are more Proposes a Minimum Tax on Billionaires.
than fully paid for and reducing deficits by almost The tax code currently offers special treatment
$3 trillion over the next decade by asking the for the types of income that wealthy people
wealthiest Americans and biggest corporations to enjoy. Whereas the wages and salaries that
finally pay their fair share. Under the President’s everyday Americans earn are taxed as ordinary
policies, annual deficits would fall from current income, billionaires make their money in ways
levels and stabilize throughout the next 10 years, that are taxed at lower rates, and sometimes
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 45
not taxed at all. This special treatment, on corporate stock buybacks, which reduces the
combined with sophisticated tax planning and differential tax treatment between buybacks and
giant loopholes, allows many of the wealthiest dividends and encourages businesses to invest
Americans to pay lower rates on their full in their growth and productivity as opposed
income than many middle-class households to funneling tax-preferred profits to foreign
pay. To finally address this glaring problem, the shareholders. The Budget proposes quadrupling
Budget includes a 25 percent minimum tax on the stock buybacks tax from one percent to four
the wealthiest 0.01 percent, those with wealth of percent to address the continued tax advantage
more than $100 million. for buybacks and encourage corporations to
invest in productivity and the broader economy.
Ensures Corporations Pay Their Fair
Share. The Budget includes an increase to Repeals President Trump’s Tax Cuts for
the rate that corporations pay in taxes on their the Wealthy and Reforms Capital Gains Tax
profits. Corporations received an enormous tax to Ensure the Wealthy Pay Their Fair Share.
break in 2017, cutting effective U.S. tax rates for The 2017 tax law lowered rates for the wealthiest
U.S. corporations to a low of less than 10 percent. Americans, delivering massive tax cuts to the
While their profits have soared, their investment top one percent. The Budget repeals those cuts,
in the economy did not. Their shareholders and restoring the top tax rate of 39.6 percent for
top executives reaped the benefits, without the single filers making more than $400,000 a year
promised trickle down to workers, consumers, or and married couples making more than $450,000
communities. The Budget would set the corporate per year. The Budget also proposes taxing capital
tax rate at 28 percent, still well below the 35 gains at the same rate as wage income for those
percent rate that prevailed prior to the 2017 tax with more than $1 million in income and finally
law. This tax rate change is complemented by closes the carried interest loophole that allows
other proposals to incentivize job creation and some wealthy investment fund managers to pay
investment in the United States and ensure large tax at lower rates than their secretaries.
corporations pay their fair share.
Closes Medicare Tax Loopholes and
Stops the Race to the Bottom in Makes the Medicare Trust Fund Solvent for
International Corporate Tax and Ends Another Quarter Century. Current law lets
Tax Breaks for Offshoring. For decades, certain wealthy business owners avoid Medicare
countries have competed for multinational taxes on some of the profits they get from pass-
business by slashing tax rates, at the expense through businesses. The Budget closes the
of having adequate revenues to finance core loophole that allows certain business owners to
services. Thanks in part to the Administration’s avoid paying Medicare taxes on these profits, and
leadership, more than 130 nations signed on to dedicates revenue raised by the Net Investment
a global tax framework to finally address this Income Tax (NIIT) to the Medicare HI Trust
race to the bottom. Building on that framework, Fund, as originally intended. In addition, the
the Budget proposes to reform the international Budget raises the Medicare tax rate on earned
tax system to reduce the incentives to book and unearned income and the NIIT rate from 3.8
profits in low-tax jurisdictions, stop corporate percent to 5 percent for the wealthiest Americans.
inversions to tax havens, and raise the tax rate As discussed above, these changes, together
on U.S. multinationals’ foreign earnings from with savings from the Budget’s prescription
10.5 percent to 21 percent. These reforms would drug reforms, would extend the solvency of the
ensure that profitable multinational corporations Medicare HI Trust Fund by at least 25 years.
pay their fair share.
Closes Tax Loopholes. The Budget also
Quadruples the Stock Buybacks Tax. Last saves billions of dollars by closing other tax
year, the President signed into law a surcharge loopholes that overwhelmingly benefit the rich
46 Growing the Economy from the Bottom Up and Middle Out
• Opposes increasing taxes on people earn- The policies proposed in the Budget would
ing less than $400,000 and supports reduce the deficit, as a share of the economy,
cutting taxes for working people and from current levels. Under the Budget policies,
families with children to give them more the deficit would decline over the next several
breathing room; years, stabilizing around five percent of GDP
throughout the remainder of the 10-year window.
• Opposes cutting taxes for the wealthy—ei- This compares to deficits increasing to six percent
ther extending tax cuts for the wealthy or by 2032 in the absence of the President’s policies.
bringing back tax breaks that would ben-
efit the wealthy; and Moreover, under the President’s Budget, the
economic burden of debt would remain low and
• Supports additional reforms to ensure in line with recent historical experience over the
that wealthy people and big corpora- next decade. The widespread, persistent and
tions pay their fair share, so that America global phenomenon of falling interest rates even
pays for the continuation of tax cuts for as debt levels increased over the past four decades
people earning less than $400,000 in a fis- has meant that the burden associated with debt
cally responsible manner and address the over the near and medium-term has decreased
problematic sunsets created by President substantially. Even with the recent rise in interest
Trump and congressional Republicans. rates from their historic lows, rates today remain
below the levels of the 1990s and 2000s.
paying off old debt rather than investing in forecasters—the Budget policies nevertheless
the future or providing services to Americans keep real interest payments in line with the
now. Real interest has averaged about one historical average.
percent of the economy since 1980, and rose to
as high as two percent in the 1990s. Even as the Overall, the Budget details an economically
Budget’s economic assumptions anticipate an and fiscally responsible plan to strengthen the
increase in real interest rates over the coming U.S. economy, gives families more breathing room,
decade—a projection that is in line with private and reduces long-term fiscal risks.
ENSURING AN EQUITABLE, EFFECTIVE,
AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
THAT DELIVERS RESULTS FOR ALL
Under the President’s leadership, the United results for the public and strengthen the capac-
States has made historic progress in the face of ity of Federal agencies. The Budget advances
significant challenges—powering a strong eco- these values by:
nomic and jobs recovery, rebuilding the Nation’s
infrastructure, fueling a resurgence of American Ensuring the Future is Made in America
manufacturing, tackling the climate crisis, and by America’s Workers. The President’s eco-
investing in America’s people and communities. nomic agenda is focused on ensuring the fu-
The President’s Management Agenda (PMA) ture is made by all of America’s workers. The
defines Government-wide management priori- Administration is working to deliver on the
ties for all Federal agencies to improve how the President’s agenda by advancing a whole-of-
Government operates and performs. The PMA Government effort to ensure Federal resources
sets forth an approach to ensure that the Federal and programs advance domestic jobs and in-
Government has the capacity and capabilities to dustries—which includes updated guidance and
continue executing the President’s agenda and rulemakings as well as through continued trans-
meeting the needs of all Americans. parency and consistency in the waiver process.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
To help deliver that future, the President’s recently implemented an update to the Buy
Budget advances the goals of the PMA across American Act domestic content requirement,
three key priority areas: strengthening and which increased the domestic content standard
empowering the Federal workforce; delivering from 55 percent to a historic 60 percent in the
excellent, equitable, and secure Federal ser- fall of 2022—on its way to 75 percent in calen-
vices and customer experience; and managing dar year 2029. The Bipartisan Infrastructure
the business of Government to deliver for the Law included the Build America, Buy America
American people. This work—including the in- Act (BABA) requiring that all federally financed
vestments the Budget puts forward in support infrastructure projects must use American iron
of the PMA—is critical for bolstering the Federal and steel, manufactured products, and construc-
Government’s capacity and capabilities to deliv- tion material. OMB’s Made in America Office
er for the American people today and for years continues to work with Federal agencies to imple-
to come. ment the new domestic content requirements for
Federal grants established by BABA. The Made
in America Office also proposes to: maximize
Values in Action the use of domestic goods and service in Federal
procurement and Federal Financial Assistance;
The Administration’s work to further devel- strengthen the U.S. industrial base in critical
op and implement the PMA, including through sectors; and increase the number of good-paying
the Budget, is guided by values, such as equity, jobs thanks to the domestic production of steel
dignity, accountability, and results. These val- and iron products, manufactured products, and
ues guide the Administration’s work to deliver construction materials.
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Promoting Accountability and Integrity. review meetings with each major agency to ana-
The Administration is committed to improving lyze management challenges and risks based on
program integrity and ensuring effective stew- agencies’ assessments of over 400 strategic objec-
ardship of taxpayer dollars, including through tives, including the subset of approximately 90
implementation of the American Rescue Plan, the strategic objectives designated as making “Area
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the CHIPS and Demonstrating Noteworthy Progress” or a “Focus
Science Act, and the Inflation Reduction Act. To Area for Improvement,” based on the analysis
deliver on those commitments, the Administration from those reviews. To improve transparency
has provided Federal agencies with the tools to and usefulness of reporting, a new feature was
strengthen program integrity and deliver results. added last year to https://Performance.gov—the
The President has made clear that results, trans- Administration’s central performance reporting
parency, and accountability go hand-in-hand, portal—that allows users to explore strategic ob-
which is why the Budget includes robust legis- jectives and priority goals not just by agency but
lative and funding proposals that would ensure by policy theme.
agencies and their Inspectors General have the
resources and authorities they need to for appro-
priate oversight of these programs. The Budget: Strengthening and Empowering
ensures resources and additional time for in- the Federal Workforce
vestigations and prosecution of those engaged
in major or systemic pandemic fraud; invests in As the Nation’s largest employer, more than
identity theft and fraud prevention; and provides four million Americans, civilian and military,
much-needed help for victims. serve the Federal Government, both at home
and overseas, carrying out programs and ser-
Managing the Government to Deliver vices that benefit families across the Nation and
Results that Improve Lives. Grounded in around the world. Federal employees are dedi-
proven, evidence-based management practices of cated and talented professional public servants,
high-performing public and private sector organi- often working demanding jobs. To continue to de-
zations, the Federal Government’s approach to de- liver for the American people in the 21st Century,
livering a more effective and efficient Government the Federal Government must win the competi-
is operationalized through the Federal tion for highly-skilled talent. The Budget makes
Performance Framework—a set of management investments that would advance the first PMA
routines that are focused on defining mission suc- priority—strengthening and empowering the
cess, engaging senior leaders to review progress Federal workforce—by: expanding Federal stra-
using data-driven reviews, and reporting results tegic agency hiring capacity, prioritizing robust
transparently to the public. Last year, agencies early-career pipelines; implementing strategic di-
continued making measurable progress on the 90 versity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility plans;
Agency Priority Goals (APGs) that advance near- and reimagining Federal Executive Boards to fos-
term performance improvements in outcomes ter coordination and collaboration amongst senior
across key Administration priorities, including executives outside of Washington, D.C., to better
improving customer experience, advancing eq- communicate and execute the Administration’s
uity, combatting climate change, improving the management and workforce priorities across re-
Nation’s infrastructure, and meeting the health, gions and communities.
welfare, and economic challenges from COVID-19.
An overwhelming majority of APGs are on-track Helping Agencies Attract, Retain, and
to meet their performance commitments by the Hire Top Talent. Federal agencies are focused
end of 2023, while those that are lagging are ac- on attracting more people to Federal service over
tively implementing mitigation plans and strate- the long term, while also addressing immedi-
gies to overcome barriers informed by quarterly ate agency hiring needs to rebuild capacity. The
data-driven reviews. OMB also held strategic Federal Government continues to implement
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 51
wealth and wage gaps, and tackle other chal- Executive Order 14028, “Improving the Nation’s
lenges. The Administration has taken bold action Cybersecurity” and the OMB Memorandum
to leverage Federal acquisition, financial assis- M-22-09, Moving the U.S. Government Toward
tance, and financial management systems to take Zero Trust Cybersecurity Principles. OMB
on some of the Nation’s most pressing challenges. and the Office of the National Cyber Director
The Budget supports this important work and released the OMB Memorandum M-22-16,
advances the third PMA priority—managing the Administration Cybersecurity Priorities for
business of Government—by: the 2024 Budget, which lays out three cyber in-
vestment areas for Federal civilian Executive
Maximizing the Impact of Federal Branch agencies: Improving the Defense and
Procurement. The Administration is using the Resilience of Government Networks; Deepening
Federal Government’s vast purchasing power Cross-Sector Collaboration in Defense of
to promote clean energy solutions and support Critical Infrastructure; and Strengthening the
American jobs while advancing equity. In pursuit Foundations of our Digitally-Enabled Future.
of the President’s vision of a clean energy future, To advance the Administration’s commitment to
the Administration has set ambitious goals to making cyberspace more resilient and defensi-
reach 100 percent carbon pollution-free Federal ble, the Budget provides an additional $145 mil-
electricity by 2030, 100 percent zero-emission ve- lion for the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure
hicle acquisitions by 2035, and net-zero emissions Security Agency (CISA), for a total of $3.1 billion.
in Federal buildings by 2045. Simultaneously, the This includes $98 million to implement the Cyber
Administration is working aggressively to ad- Incident Reporting for Critical Infrastructure Act
vance equity through procurement by increasing of 2021 and $425 million to improve CISA’s inter-
the percent of Federal contract award dollars that nal cybersecurity and analytical capabilities.
go to small disadvantaged businesses—with a his-
toric goal of 15 percent by 2025—which would help Advancing Federal Agency Capacity for
break down barriers, increase access to opportu- Evidence-Based Policymaking. The President
nities and representation in the Federal market- has made clear that the Administration will
place, and create a more resilient supplier base. make decisions guided by the best available sci-
The Administration is improving the efficiency of ence and data by: bolstering capacity for evidence
the Federal procurement system through measures building; investing in skilled evaluators and in
such as skills-based hiring, work-based learning, agencies’ capacity for program evaluation ac-
and increased procurement data interoperability. tivities in order to execute priority studies, in-
cluding those identified in the publicly-posted
Learning Agendas and Annual Evaluation Plans
Supporting Ongoing Improvements required by the Foundations for Evidence-Based
to Federal Government Capabilities Policymaking Act of 2018; investing in skilled
and Systems in Support of the PMA statisticians and statistical infrastructure, in-
cluding those that bolster public trust in statisti-
The Budget also supports ongoing improve- cal agencies, promote a seamless data user expe-
ments to Federal Government capabilities that rience, equip agency leaders in data quality and
support an equitable, effective, and accountable confidentiality, and recognize the importance of
Government by: Federal statistics in strengthening the evidence
base.
Bolstering Federal Cybersecurity. To pro-
tect against foreign adversaries and safeguard Modernizing Federal Information
Federal systems that the American people rely Technology (IT) Policies and Technology to
on, the Budget bolsters cybersecurity by ensur- Deliver a Better Experience for the American
ing every agency is increasing the security of People. Technology serves as the foundation of
public services and is successfully implementing the Federal Government’s ability to deliver on
54 ENSURING AN EQUITABLE, EFFECTIVE, AND ACCOUNTABLE GOVERNMENT
its mission. The Administration is leading on the oversight. The TMF has proven to be a catalyst to
technology issues of the day, taking concrete steps show what is possible across Government—and to
to protect the Nation’s Federal systems from com- scale lessons learned.
promises, leveraging the benefits of digital identity
and artificial intelligence while balancing risk, re- Strengthening and Accelerating Federal
defining security expectations for software and the Environmental Reviews and Permitting.
cloud, and maximizing the impact of taxpayer dol- With the passage of the Bipartisan Infrastructure
lars to deliver a better customer experience for the Law and the Inflation Reduction Act, the United
American people. The Administration is focused States is making a once-in-a-generation invest-
on understanding where agencies are on their IT ment in America’s infrastructure and competi-
modernization journeys and making intentional tiveness that will create good-paying union jobs,
investments at the right time to enable secure grow the U.S. economy, invest in communities,
technology and innovation to advance from year and combat climate change. To make the most
to year. To support IT modernization efforts, the of these historic investments and ensure the
Budget also includes an additional $200 million timely and sound delivery of critical infrastruc-
for the Technology Modernization Fund (TMF), ture projects, the Administration released The
an innovative investment program that gives Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan to Rebuild
agencies additional ways to deliver services to the America’s Infrastructure, Accelerate the Clean
American public quickly, which manages nearly Energy Transition, Revitalize Communities, and
$700 million for 38 investments, across 22 Federal Create Jobs (Biden-Harris Permitting Action
agencies, and has received and reviewed more Plan) to ensure the Federal environmental re-
than 220 proposals totaling $3.5 billion in funding view and permitting process is: effective; efficient;
demand. TMF is particularly well-positioned to timely and transparent; guided by the best avail-
make a large impact in the Federal Government’s able science to promote positive environmental
ability to deliver excellent, equitable, and secure and community outcomes; and shaped by early
services and customer experience by identifying and meaningful public engagement. The Budget
opportunities to leverage technology across agen- provides agencies with resources to execute
cies and investing in IT modernization, cybersecu- the Biden-Harris Permitting Action Plan, and
rity, and user-facing services. The TMF improves strengthen and accelerate Federal environmental
the likelihood of project success through an incre- reviews and permitting processes. These resourc-
mental investment approach, tying project fund- es would help deliver infrastructure investments
ing to delivery of milestones and strong technical on time, on task, and on budget.
DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is responsible for providing nutrition assistance to
low-income Americans and a safety net for the farm sector, and for conserving and preserving the
Nation’s forests and private agricultural lands. The President’s 2024 Budget for USDA invests
in: creating jobs and opportunity in rural communities; lowering energy costs for Americans;
strengthening food supply chains and the nutrition safety net; supporting underserved farmers
and producers; restoring America’s advantage in agriculture; tackling the climate crisis while
mitigating its ongoing impacts; and advancing environmental justice.
The Budget requests $30.1 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $3.8 billion or
14-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level, excluding Food for Peace Title II Grants,
which are included in the State and International Programs total. Resources provided through
the 2024 Budget complement investments in conservation, forest management, and broadband
deployment provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.
• Builds and Protects a Fair and Resilient Food Supply Chain. The Budget supports on-
going actions to develop more diverse, robust, and resilient local and regional supply chains
by targeting funding to increase the production capacity among smaller producers, including
continuing overtime user fee relief as established in the American Rescue Plan. The Budget
complements these targeted investments by strengthening market oversight through the
Agricultural Marketing Service to support fair markets and competitive meat and poultry
product prices for American families and increasing safeguards against invasive pests and
diseases through the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service. These programs build on
the pandemic and supply chain assistance funding in the American Rescue Plan to address
COVID-19 pandemic-related vulnerabilities in the food system and create new market op-
portunities and good-paying jobs that promote a safe and healthy work environment. The
Budget also provides an increase of $102 million above the 2023 enacted level for the Food
Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) for a total of $1.3 billion. This funding would enable
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the hiring of more inspectors and public health veterinarians, which would help increase the
strength and flexibility of FSIS to respond to market demands and provide safe and healthy
food products.
• Connects More Rural Americans to High-Speed, Affordable, and Reliable Internet.
The President is committed to ensuring that every American has access to broadband in-
ternet. Installing high-speed internet creates high-paying union jobs and strengthens rural
economies, which leads to higher property values, increased job and population growth, lower
unemployment rates, and new business formation. Reliable internet is also crucial for ru-
ral Americans to access healthcare services through telehealth. Building on the $2 billion
for USDA broadband programs provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 2023, the
Budget provides $400 million for the ReConnect program, which provides grants and loans
to deploy broadband to unserved areas, especially tribal areas. With the funding provided in
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, USDA has provided nearly $548 million to people living
and working across 21 States and Territories, which is expected to expand access to 43,189
households.
• Invests in the Wildland Firefighting Workforce. The Budget ensures that no Federal fire-
fighter would make less than $15 an hour and invests in the wildland firefighting workforce at
USDA and the Department of the Interior (DOI) through a new comprehensive and equitable
compensation structure. The Budget also increases the size of the workforce at USDA and
DOI and supports additional mental and physical health services for that workforce. Together,
these efforts would help address long-standing recruitment and retention challenges. These
investments, totaling $316 million over the 2023 enacted level, would build on the historic
reforms in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and ensure that the Forest Service receives the
support it needs to continue meeting evolving mission demands, as both the frequency and
intensity of catastrophic wildfires are expected to continue to increase due to climate change.
• Reduces Catastrophic Wildfire Risk. The Budget provides $323 million to complement
$1.8 billion provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and $1.6 billion provided in the
Inflation Reduction Act for 2023 to support ongoing implementation of the 10-year Wildfire
Crisis Strategy. These resources would increase the scale of hazardous fuel reduction and res-
toration treatments within high-risk “firesheds” as part of the Administration’s comprehensive,
nationwide response to the threat of catastrophic wildfire to natural resources, communities,
and infrastructure.
• Increases Climate Resilience. The Budget provides $1.2 billion, $208 million above the
2023 enacted level, to increase conservation adoption and farm income across privately owned
land through the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS). The Budget builds upon
and supports the generational investments provided through the Inflation Reduction Act to
increase the voluntary adoption of conservation practices that sequester carbon and reduce
greenhouse gas emissions associated with agricultural production. Within the amount pro-
vided in the Inflation Reduction Act are funds to develop a system to quantify environmental
impacts at the field level. This important effort supports a foundation for voluntary envi-
ronmental services markets, complementing NRCS’s work by leveraging private and other
non-Federal investments and providing additional income opportunities for America’s farm-
ers. To implement these investments, NRCS would draw upon Federal, State, and private
conservationists, hiring thousands of employees—creating good paying jobs throughout rural
America. The Budget also proposes to make USDA’s cover crop pilot program permanent.
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• Lowers Energy Costs and Supports Building Clean Energy in Rural Communities.
Rural communities are critical to achieving the goal of 100 percent clean electricity by 2035.
The Budget builds on the $13 billion provided in the Inflation Reduction Act to reduce energy
bills for families, expand clean energy, transform rural power production, and create thou-
sands of good-paying jobs for people across rural America. The Budget provides $30 million
for grants and $1 billion for loan guarantees for renewable energy systems and energy ef-
ficiency improvements for farmers and rural small businesses. The Budget also provides
$6.5 billion in authority for rural electric loans to support additional clean energy, energy
storage, and transmission projects that would create good-paying jobs. In addition, the Budget
includes $15 million to support the creation of the Rural Clean Energy Initiative. This funding
would provide critical technical assistance to rural electric providers and help to achieve the
President’s clean energy goals and ensure funding reaches rural areas.
• Restores American Leadership in Agricultural Innovation and Research. The
People’s Republic of China has become the largest funder of agricultural research and develop-
ment (R&D) in the world, surpassing the United States and the European Union. The Budget
restores American innovation in agriculture by providing a total of more than $4 billion, a
$299 million increase above the 2023 enacted level, for agricultural research, education, and
outreach. This includes $370 million to increase capacity among historically underserved pop-
ulations. The Budget provides $7 billion for climate related funding, a $2 billion increase over
the 2023 enacted level. This amount includes $612 million for the Department’s core climate
related R&D activities, which includes the impacts of weather and water cycle variations on
soil, air, and water resources needed for agricultural production. In addition, the Budget in-
vests in ensuring innovative products can come to market safely and efficiently with improved
regulatory review.
• Promotes Climate Resiliency and Reduces Housing Insecurity in Rural
Communities. Affordable housing has been a long-standing problem for low-income resi-
dents in rural communities, one that is exacerbated by low energy efficiency of the aging
housing stock which means higher costs to families. To help address this, the Budget includes
a new proposal to eliminate the existing low-income borrower penalty that requires individu-
als to repay subsidy costs for Single-Family Direct loans—a requirement that only exists for
rural housing. The Budget also increases funding by $331 million above the 2023 enacted level
for USDA’s multifamily housing programs. This initiative would allow the Administration to
reduce rent burdens for low-income borrowers while also increasing the resiliency of rural
housing to the impacts of climate change through a proposal to require energy and water ef-
ficiency improvements and green features in USDA’s rural housing programs that include
construction.
• Supports the 2023 Farm Bill. The Budget provides USDA with the staffing resources neces-
sary to implement the 2023 Farm Bill. The Administration looks forward to working this year
with the Congress, partners, stakeholders, and the public to identify shared priorities for the
2023 Farm Bill that positions USDA to seamlessly continue implementation and build on the
historic legislative achievements of the first two years of the Administration. The 2023 Farm
Bill is a crucial opportunity for American agriculture and rural America to transform the food
and agricultural system from one that benefits a few to one that benefits many, while strength-
ening USDA’s nutrition programs, which are among the most far-reaching tools available to
improve the health and well-being of Americans. To advance the vision of agriculture and
rural economies building opportunity from the bottom up and middle out, the Administration
looks forward to working with the Congress to create opportunity and new revenue streams
for American farmers, ranchers, and producers of all sizes through climate smart agriculture
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and forestry, biobased products, renewable energy, local and regional food systems, and other
value-added opportunities, while reducing the paperwork burden for Federal programs and
achieving best in Government practices.
The Administration looks forward to working with the Congress to: support new and beginning
farmers; shore up the Federal Government’s commitment to agricultural research; address cli-
mate change through voluntary incentives to reduce climate risk and improvements to crop
insurance; maintain a commitment to conservation programs and investments in clean energy;
continue efforts on food loss and waste; and implement climate-smart agriculture and forestry
actions to open new market opportunities and provide a competitive advantage for American
producers—including small and historically underserved producers and early adopters. In ad-
dition, the Administration seeks to protect rural communities by exploring solutions related
to chemical contaminations of crops, livestock, and water, along with strengthening biode-
fense and animal health and disease protection, in line with the 2022 National Biodefense
Strategy and Implementation Plan for Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic
Preparedness, and Achieving Global Security. The 2023 Farm Bill is also a critical opportunity
to ensure that the wealth created in rural America stays there and to empower rural commu-
nities with the tools necessary to advance their locally-led vision.
The 2023 Farm Bill is also an opportunity to make progress toward the goal of ensuring that
all Americans have access to healthy, affordable food, as emphasized in the Biden-Harris
Administration’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. This is an important
moment to reconsider strengthening cross enrollment capabilities across Federal assistance
programs and eliminating barriers to food assistance for vulnerable groups. These barriers
make it difficult for underserved groups to succeed, including low-income college students,
individuals reentering society and seeking a second chance, youth who have aged out of foster
care, kinship families, low-income individuals in the U.S. Territories, and SNAP recipients
facing time limits. Rather than reducing obstacles to employment, research demonstrates
that time limits on SNAP eligibility amplify existing inequities in food and economic security.
Beyond removing barriers to food access, there is also the opportunity to make healthier choic-
es easier by expanding food purchasing options, fruit and vegetable incentives, and local food
procurement through Federal nutrition programs, including by building upon efforts already
plotted by USDA. The Farm Bill reauthorization process is also an opportunity to strengthen
program integrity to address new risks and vulnerabilities while ensuring that USDA can
continue to support the needs of all eligible households.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
The Department of Commerce (Commerce) is responsible for: promoting job creation; supporting
and overseeing international trade; and providing economic, environmental, and scientific
information needed by businesses, citizens, and governments. The President’s 2024 Budget
for Commerce supports American manufacturing, invests in critical economic development
programs, supports minority-owned businesses, and supports the next generation of weather
satellites.
The Budget requests $12.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.3 billion or
11-percent increase above the 2023 enacted level. Resources provided through the 2024 Budget
complement investments in high-speed Internet access and climate resilience provided by
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as well as significant investments to revitalize the domestic
semiconductor industry provided by the CHIPS and Science Act, and additional support for
climate resilience and science provided by the Inflation Reduction Act.
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critical science-based resilience and adaptation efforts across the Nation. The Budget includes
$231 million for NOAA’s climate research programs, a $7 million increase above the 2023
enacted level. These funds would help support the ongoing work of the National Climate
Assessment and continue high-priority long-term observing, monitoring, research, and model-
ing activities.
• Modernizes Research Facilities. The Budget invests in the fundamental infrastructure
that makes science possible. The Budget provides $262 million for maintenance, renova-
tions, and improvements at the NIST research campuses, a $132 million increase above the
2023 enacted level. The Budget also provides $8 million to upgrade facilities at the National
Telecommunications and Information Administration’s field-testing site in order to support
advanced research and more efficient use of the radio frequency spectrum.
• Advances the Next Generation of Weather Satellites. The Budget provides $2.1 billion
for weather satellites, a $371 million increase from the 2023 enacted level, to maintain the
existing fleet of satellites critical for extreme weather forecasts and invest in next generation
systems that would provide more accurate forecasts and outlooks and new environmental
monitoring capabilities.
• Supports Offshore Wind Energy. The Budget provides $60 million to expand offshore wind
permitting activities at NOAA, a $39 million increase above the 2023 enacted level. This would
allow NOAA to use the best available science to help meet the goal of deploying 30 gigawatts of
offshore energy by 2030 while protecting biodiversity and promoting sustainable ocean co-use.
• Conserves and Protects High-Priority Natural Resources. The Budget provides
$87 million to support National Marine Sanctuaries and Marine Protected Areas as part of the
Administration’s America the Beautiful Initiative, which aims to conserve at least 30 percent
of U.S. lands and waters by 2030. This level of funding is a $19 million increase above the 2023
enacted level and would expand critical conservation work and support the designation pro-
cess for additional sanctuaries. In addition, the Administration is leading an effort to support
development of a long-term strategy to restore Columbia River Basin salmon and steelhead
that honors U.S. commitments to tribal nations and balances the priorities of stakeholders,
such as fishing and farming communities.
• Supports Minority-Owned Business to Narrow Racial Wealth Gaps. The Budget
increases the capacity of the Minority Business Development Agency by providing the full
$110 million authorized in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which would bolster services
provided to minority-owned, including women of color-owned, enterprises by expanding the
Business Center program, funding Rural Business Centers, opening new regional offices, and
supporting innovative initiatives to foster economic resiliency.
• Promotes Locally-Driven Strategies to Address Economic Distress. The Budget pro-
vides $200 million for EDA to continue the Recompete Pilot Program, which provides flexible,
place-based funding to communities working to reduce economic distress and prime-age em-
ployment gaps by creating good-paying jobs. The Budget also provides $100 million for the
Good Jobs Challenge to fund high-quality, locally-led workforce systems that expand career
opportunities for hard-working Americans.
• Invests in Indigenous Communities. The Budget provides $20 million at EDA to establish
a grant program focused exclusively on the economic development needs of tribal govern-
ments and indigenous communities. This new program underscores the Administration’s
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commitment to indigenous communities and builds on the $100 million provided through the
American Rescue Plan.
• Improves Economic Statistics. The Budget includes investments at the Census Bureau
and the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) that would expand understanding of post-second-
ary employment outcomes, use new data sources to improve measures of population health,
improve data about Puerto Rico’s people and economy, and fund research on environmental-
economic statistics. The Budget provides $154 million for BEA, a $24 million increase from
the 2023 enacted level, and provides $1.6 billion for the Census Bureau, a $121 million in-
crease from the 2023 enacted level.
• Protects Critical and Emerging Technology. The Budget provides $222 million to the
Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS). These resources would help BIS expand capacity for
export enforcement domestically and overseas, bolster technical capacity to identify critical
and emerging technologies eligible for export control, evaluate the effectiveness of export con-
trols, and increase regional expertise to enhance cooperation on export controls with allies and
partners.
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
The Department of Defense (DOD) is responsible for the military forces needed to safeguard
the United States’ vital national interests. The President’s 2024 Budget for DOD provides the
resources necessary to sustain and strengthen U.S. deterrence, advancing vital national security
interests through integrated deterrence, campaigning, and investments that build enduring
advantages. The Budget supports America’s servicemembers and their families, strengthens
alliances and partnerships, bolsters America’s technological edge, preserves economic
competitiveness, and combats 21st Century security threats.
The Budget requests $842 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $26 billion or
3.2-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level. This growth enables DOD to make the
investments necessary to execute the Administration’s 2022 National Security and National
Defense Strategies.
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• Supports a Ready and Modern Army. The Budget maintains a ready Army capable of
responding globally as part of the Joint Force through investments in Army modernization
initiatives, including continued investments in the Multi-Domain Task Force providing criti-
cal non-kinetic and long-range strike capabilities. In addition, the Budget modernizes and
expands the production capacity of the industrial base to ensure the Army can meet strategic
demands for critical munitions.
• Invests in Long-Range Fire Capabilities. The safety and security of the Nation requires a
strong, sustainable, and responsive mix of long-range strike capabilities. The Budget invests
in the development and testing of hypersonic strike capabilities while enhancing existing long-
range strike capabilities to bolster deterrence and improve survivability.
• Increases Space Resilience. Space is vital to U.S. national security and integral to mod-
ern warfare. The Budget maintains America’s advantage by improving the resilience of U.S.
space architectures, such as in space sensing and communications, to bolster deterrence and
increase survivability during hostilities.
• Ensures Readiness Across America’s Armed Forces. The Budget continues to ensure
that U.S. Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Guardians remain the best trained and
equipped fighting forces in the world. The Budget places additional emphasis on foundational
investments to sustain current weapon systems and support increased training across the
Department, while pursuing technological enhancements to extend the service life of material
vital to the warfighter. At the same time, the Budget strengthens DOD’s civilian workforce
as a critical contributor to the Nation’s security. In addition, the Budget continues the recapi-
talization and optimization of the four public Naval Shipyards to meet future submarine and
carrier maintenance requirements.
• Optimizes Force Structure. In line with the National Defense Strategy, the Budget opti-
mizes force structure to build a Joint Force that is lethal, resilient, sustainable, survivable,
agile, and responsive. The Budget supports DOD’s plan to upgrade capabilities by redirecting
resources to cutting-edge technologies in high-priority platforms.
• Supports Defense Research and Development (R&D) and the Defense Technology
Industrial Base. DOD plays a critical role in overall Federal R&D that spurs innovation,
yields high-value technology, enables America to maintain and build advantages over strate-
gic competitors, and creates good-paying jobs. The Budget prioritizes defense R&D, testing,
and evaluation funding to invest in breakthrough technologies that drive innovation, support
capacity in the defense technology industrial base, ensure American technological leadership,
and underpin the development of future defense capabilities.
• Strengthens the U.S. Supply Chain and Industrial Base. The Budget invests in key
technologies and sectors of the U.S. industrial base such as microelectronics, submarine con-
struction, munitions production, and biomanufacturing.
• Empowers Small Disadvantaged Businesses and Underserved Communities. The
Budget continues to advance equity and support small disadvantaged businesses and under-
served communities. DOD will continue to explore opportunities to serve the American people,
with a focus on these communities, through supplier and contracting operations.
DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
The Department of Education (ED) is responsible for assisting States, school districts, and
institutions of higher education in providing high-quality education to all students and addressing
the inequitable barriers underserved students face in education. The President’s 2024 Budget
for ED: makes critical investments to spur the Nation’s future prosperity; addresses learning and
funding gaps between more and less advantaged students; bolsters mental health supports for
students; expands access to high-quality preschool; meets the needs of students with disabilities;
increases affordability and quality in higher education; and invests in programs to improve
connections between the K-12 system, higher education, and the workforce.
The Budget requests $90 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $10.8 billion or
13.6-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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that could be adopted across the Nation. This program would expand its reach by encouraging
districts to leverage Title I funds, along with other Federal, State, and local funds.
• Bolsters Mental Health Supports for All Students. Just as physical health and nutrition
is critical to learning, so too is mental health. The lingering impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
disruptions have taken a heavy toll on the physical and mental health of many students, teach-
ers, and school staff. Research shows that students who receive social, emotional, and mental
and behavioral supports perform better academically. The Budget provides $578 million to in-
crease the number of school-based counselors, psychologists, social workers, and other health
professionals in K-12 schools and to support colleges and universities develop campus-wide
strategies to address student mental health needs including hiring additional providers on
their campuses. This funding is in addition to the $1 billion the Bipartisan Safer Communities
Act provided to address mental health staffing shortages in schools.
• Increases Support for Children with Disabilities. Every child with a disability should
have access to the high-quality early intervention, special education services, and personnel
needed to thrive in school and graduate ready for college or a career. The Budget invests
$16.8 billion in Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) grants to support special
education and related services for more than 7 million students with disabilities in grades
Pre-K through 12, an increase of $2.1 billion above the 2023 enacted level. The Budget also in-
vests $932 million in IDEA Part C grants, an increase of $392 million above the 2023 enacted
level, which support early intervention services for infants and families with disabilities that
are critical to supporting children’s developmental and academic outcomes. The increased
funding would support States in implementing important reforms to expand enrollment of un-
derserved children, including children of color, children from low-income families, and children
living in rural areas. The increase includes $200 million to expand and streamline enrollment
of children at risk of developing disabilities, such as children born with very low-birth weight
or who have been exposed to environmental toxins, which would help mitigate the need for
more extensive services later in childhood and further expand access to the program for un-
derserved children. To address persistent special educator shortages States are facing, the
Budget also invests $304 million to train and retain special education teachers, related service
providers, and early intervention personnel. In addition, the Budget invests $20 million to
ensure military-connected children with disabilities and other highly mobile children with
disabilities maintain services when they change school districts.
• Supports Full-Service Community Schools. Community schools play a critical role in
providing comprehensive wrap-around services to students and their families, including af-
terschool programs, adult education opportunities, and health and nutrition services. The
Budget provides $368 million for this program, an increase of $218 million above the 2023
enacted level. The increase would also help school districts implement integrated student sup-
ports to meet student and family social, emotional, mental, and physical health needs through
partnerships with community-based organizations and other entities.
• Addresses Critical Educator Shortages. While the education sector has faced shortages
in critical staffing areas for decades, those shortages have grown worse since the COVID-19
pandemic, highlighting the importance of building strong pipelines into the profession and
retaining educators. The Budget includes $93 million for Supporting Effective Education
Development, an increase of $13 million above the 2023 enacted level, $132 million for the
Teacher Quality Partnership program, an increase of $62 million above the 2023 enacted level,
and $30 million for the Hawkins Centers of Excellence program, an increase of $15 million
above the 2023 enacted level, to expand the number of prospective teachers and improve the
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diversity of the teacher pipeline. The Budget also includes critical investments in recruitment
and retention of teachers and school leaders, and provides $200 million for the Teacher and
School Leader Incentive Fund, $27 million above the 2023 enacted level, and $40 million for
School Leader Recruitment and Support to support such activities.
• Supports Multilingual Learners. Students learning English as a second language were
disproportionately impacted by disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic, and schools face
a shortage of bilingual teachers. The Budget provides $1.2 billion for the English Language
Acquisition program, an increase of $305 million above the 2023 enacted level, to help stu-
dents learning English attain English proficiency and achieve academic success. The Budget
proposes a total of $100 million for staffing needs, with $90 million in dedicated funding to
help schools hire more bilingual teachers and allow States and districts to provide profes-
sional development on multilingual education for existing teachers and staff, and $10 million
for postsecondary fellowships to bolster the multilingual educator pipeline. In addition, the
Budget includes $25 million to support a new World Languages program to assist districts in
scaling up high-quality second language learning and instruction.
• Fosters Diverse Schools. Racial isolation and concentrated poverty in schools can under-
mine their ability to provide an equal opportunity for all students to learn and succeed. The
Budget includes $100 million for a grant program to support voluntary efforts by communities
interested in developing and implementing strategies to promote racial and socioeconomic
diversity in their schools.
creation of new funding for postsecondary mental health supports, and investments to build
holistic systems of student supports and academic success by providing critical resources to
support students’ basic needs, including increased funding to help students access non-stu-
dent aid public benefits and to provide affordable child care for low-income student parents.
• Expands institutional capacity at HBCUs, TCCUs, MSIs, and Community Colleges.
The Budget increases institutional capacity at HBCUs, TCCUs, MSIs, and under-resourced
institutions, including community colleges, by providing an increase of $429 million above
the 2023 enacted level. This significant funding includes $350 million for four-year HBCUs,
TCCUs, and MSIs to expand research and development infrastructure at these institutions.
• Invests in Services for Student Borrowers. The Budget provides $2.7 billion for the Office
of Federal Student Aid (FSA), a $620 million increase above the 2023 enacted level. This ad-
ditional funding is needed to provide better support to student loan borrowers, especially as
they return to repayment. This increase would allow FSA to implement critical improvements
to student loan servicing, continue to modernize its digital infrastructure, and ensure the
successful administration of its financial aid programs through a simplified and streamlined
process for students and borrowers.
The Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for supporting the Nation’s prosperity by
addressing its climate, energy, environmental, and nuclear security challenges through
transformative science and technology solutions. The President’s 2024 Budget for DOE: invests
in basic research and scientific infrastructure authorized in the CHIPS and Science Act; creates
jobs building clean energy infrastructure; targets greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions
across sectors; advances energy justice; and modernizes and ensures the safety and security of
the nuclear weapons stockpile.
The Budget requests $52 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $6.2 billion or
13.6-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level, which includes the $2.1 billion rescission of
Strategic Petroleum Reserve balances enacted in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023.
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can be commercialized by private industry. In total, the Budget supports U.S. preeminence in
developing innovative technologies that accelerate the transition to a clean energy economy,
including $9.4 billion, an increase of more than 16 percent over the 2023 enacted level, in DOE
clean energy research, development, and demonstration, a portion of which is captured in the
CHIPS and Science Act funding. This also includes over $4 billion to support the Net-Zero
Game Changers Initiative’s five initial focus areas: low-GHG building heating and cooling;
net-zero aviation; net-zero power grid and electrification; industrial products and fuels for a
net-zero, circular economy; and fusion energy.
• Creates Jobs Building Clean Energy Infrastructure and Cuts Energy Costs for
American Families. The Budget invests nearly $2 billion to support clean energy workforce
and infrastructure projects across the Nation, including: $425 million to weatherize and retro-
fit homes of low-income Americans’; $83 million to electrify tribal homes and transition tribal
colleges and universities to renewable energy; and $107 million for the Grid Deployment Office
to support utilities and State and local governments in building a grid that is more secure,
reliable, and resilient and that integrates increasing levels of renewable energy. These invest-
ments, which complement and bolster the historic funding in the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law and Inflation Reduction Act, would create good-paying jobs while driving progress toward
the Administration’s climate goals, including carbon pollution-free electricity by 2035.
• Reduces Industrial Emissions. Meeting the challenge of climate change will require dra-
matic technological advances across energy use sectors. The industrial sector in particular
represents a major opportunity for significant GHG reductions while modernizing the U.S.
industrial base for a more competitive future. Across the $1.2 billion in DOE discretionary
funding for industrial decarbonization activities described above, the Budget reflects the
importance of strategically supporting U.S. industrial decarbonization through innovation,
targeted investment, and technical assistance. The Budget encourages adoption of industrial
decarbonization solutions including through the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply
Chains (MESC) and expanded research and development efforts in the Industrial Efficiency
and Decarbonization Office. The Budget includes $160 million for the Office of Clean Energy
Demonstrations to support at least two large-scale industrial decarbonization projects directly
benefitting disadvantaged communities.
• Strengthens Domestic and International Clean Energy Supply Chains. To build on
the resurgence of American manufacturing, the Budget complements funding provided in the
Inflation Reduction Act by providing robust support for Loan Program Office administrative
expenses to originate and oversee the ambitious growth in the financing of clean energy and
advanced technology vehicle manufacturing projects envisioned in the Inflation Reduction Act.
The Budget proposes a $75 million investment to launch a Global Clean Energy Manufacturing
effort within the MESC that would build resilient supply chains for climate and clean energy
equipment through engagement with allies, enabling an effective global response to the cli-
mate crisis while creating economic opportunities for the United States to increase the global
clean technology market. In addition, the Administration supports the use of the Defense
Production Act at DOE to support rebuilding domestic uranium production and enrichment
capacity to establish a secure supply for the Nation’s current and future nuclear fleet and also
to reduce reliance on foreign supplies of uranium, as well as other clean energy technologies
to ensure robust supply chains for electrical transformers and other critical grid components.
The Budget also includes $75 million in MESC for DOE to carry out the President’s recent
determinations under the Defense Production Act.
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• Supports Energy Communities. The Budget provides $905 million for DOE’s Office of
Fossil Energy and Carbon Management to advance technologies that can provide economic
revitalization opportunities in energy communities. The Budget also includes dedicated fund-
ing for the Interagency Working Group on Coal and Power Plant Communities and Economic
Revitalization to coordinate interagency efforts and stakeholder engagement across Federal
agencies. This interagency effort would expand the delivery of Federal resources and advance
job-creating investments in communities affected by the energy transition.
• Advances Environmental Justice and Equity. The Budget includes historic support for
underserved communities, including $70 million for Community Capacity Building initiatives
in the Office of Environmental Management and the National Nuclear Security Administration
(NNSA) to address areas of persistent poverty located around the Department’s sites. The
Budget also includes $54 million for the Office of Economic Impact and Diversity to help imple-
ment the Department’s Justice40 Initiative efforts and equity action plan, and $13 million
for the Office of Legacy Management (LM) to strengthen its environmental justice mission.
The Budget supports programs, including Funding for Accelerated, Inclusive Research and
Reaching a New Energy Sciences Workforce in the Office of Science, to train and support a
diverse and inclusive scientific workforce for the future. In addition, the Budget includes
$50 million for the newly established Office of State and Community Energy Programs to
launch a new Energy Burden Reduction Pilot to lower energy costs of at least 3,000 low-
income homes while also reducing GHG emissions. These investments would build healthy,
sustainable, and resilient communities.
• Reduces Health and Environmental Hazards for At-Risk Communities. The Budget
includes $8.3 billion for the Environmental Management program to support the cleanup of
communities used during the Manhattan Project and Cold War for nuclear weapons produc-
tion. The Budget also provides $196 million for the LM to ensure cleanup remedies at these
sites remain protective of human health and the environment. The Administration would
ensure investments for the cleanup of legacy pollution and long-term stewardship support the
Justice40 Initiative to benefit disadvantaged communities.
• Strengthens the Cybersecurity and Resilience of the Energy Sector. The Budget pro-
vides $245 million to enhance the security of clean energy technologies and the energy supply
chain. The Budget also includes increased assistance to States, local governments, Tribes,
and Territories for emergency planning and preparation, including for events caused by the
impacts of climate change.
• Strengthens the Nation’s Nuclear Security Enterprise. The Budget makes historic in-
vestments in the Nation’s nuclear security enterprise to implement the President’s Nuclear
Posture Review. The Budget supports a safe, secure, and effective nuclear stockpile. In ad-
dition, the Budget continues robust, executable funding for the recapitalization of NNSA’s
physical infrastructure, including essential scientific and production facilities to ensure the
deterrent remains viable.
• Restores American Leadership in Arms Control and Nonproliferation. The Budget
continues to enhance DOE’s expertise, infrastructure, and capabilities needed to reduce
nuclear risks and counter the global challenge of nuclear proliferation. As called for in the
Administration’s National Security Strategy, the Budget supports DOE’s efforts to secure nu-
clear and radiological materials and prevent terrorists from acquiring them. The Budget also
continues to strengthen the Nation’s capability to respond to nuclear incidents at home and
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abroad. In addition, the Budget funds the development of more demanding verification tech-
nologies as part of an integrated approach to the future of arms control.
• Powers the Nuclear Navy. DOE’s Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program ensures safe and
reliable operation of reactor plants in nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers. The
Budget prioritizes investments in research and development to maintain American dominance
while continuing to support improvements to the Naval Nuclear Laboratory infrastructure.
The Budget also funds the strong technical and engineering foundation that supports the
President’s trilateral security partnership—Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United
States—which provides Australia with a conventionally armed, nuclear powered submarine
capability.
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is responsible for protecting the health
and well-being of Americans through its research, public health, and social services programs.
The President’s 2024 Budget for HHS: expands access to quality, affordable healthcare while
lowering costs; dramatically improves access to early care and learning; advances the Cancer
Moonshot; transforms behavioral healthcare; prepares for future pandemics; bolsters maternal
health; advances health equity; transforms child welfare; combats hunger and improves nutrition
and food safety; and supports rural health.
The Budget requests $144 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $14.8 billion
or 11.5-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level, excluding Contract Support Costs
and Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 Section 105(l) lease
amounts requested for the Indian Health Service (IHS), which the Budget proposes to shift from
discretionary to mandatory funding.
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such as those used to treat chronic diseases like hypertension and high cholesterol, to no more
than $2. For Medicaid, the Budget includes proposals to ensure Medicaid and the Children’s
Health Insurance Program (CHIP) are prudent purchasers of prescription drugs, such as au-
thorizing HHS to negotiate supplemental drug rebates on behalf of interested States in order
to pool purchasing power. For the commercial market, the Budget includes proposals to curb
inflation in prescription drug prices and cap the prices of insulin products at $35 for a monthly
prescription.
• Protects and Strengthens Medicare. The Budget would extend the solvency of the
Medicare Hospital Insurance (HI) trust fund by at least 25 years, without cutting any benefits
or raising costs for people with Medicare. The Budget includes key reforms to the tax code to
ensure high-income individuals pay their fair share into the HI trust fund. The Budget also
directs the revenue from the Net Investment Income Tax into the HI trust fund as was origi-
nally intended. In addition, the Budget credits the savings from the Budget’s proposed drug
reforms into the HI trust fund.
• Expands Access to Affordable, High-Quality Early Care and Education. The Budget
advances the President’s goal of ensuring that all families can access affordable, high-quality
child care and free, high-quality preschool, helping children learn, giving families breathing
room, and growing the economy. The President’s plan enables States to increase child care
options for more than 16 million young children and lower costs so that parents can afford
to send their children to the high-quality child care program of their choice, allowing them
to go to work or pursue training with the peace of mind that their children are being set up
for a lifetime of success. The Budget also funds a Federal-State partnership that provides
high-quality, universal, free preschool offered in the setting of a parent’s choice—from public
schools to child care providers to Head Start—to support healthy child development and en-
sure children enter kindergarten ready to succeed. The proposal enables States to increase
preschool access and quality by providing high-quality preschool to all of the approximately
four million four-year-old children in the Nation, and it gives States the flexibility to expand
preschool to three-year-olds after preschool is available to all four-year-olds. The estimat-
ed cost of these investments is $600 billion over 10 years. In addition, the Budget provides
$22.5 billion in discretionary funds for HHS’s existing early care and education programs, an
increase of $2.1 billion over the 2023 enacted level. This includes $9 billion for the Child Care
and Development Block Grant, an increase of nearly $1 billion over the 2023 enacted level,
to expand access to quality, affordable child care for families across the Nation. The Budget
also helps young children enter kindergarten ready to learn by providing $13.1 billion for
Head Start, an increase of $1.1 billion over the 2023 enacted level. In addition, Budget helps
States improve their early childhood systems by building on existing Federal, State, and local
early care and learning investments by funding the Preschool Development Grants program
at $360 million, an increase of $45 million over the 2023 enacted level.
• Advances Progress toward Cancer Moonshot Goals. The Cancer Moonshot Initiative
aims to reduce the cancer death rate by at least 50 percent over the next 25 years and improve
the experience of people who are living with or have survived cancer, their families, and care-
givers. Reaching these goals will require progress in ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer
and ensure that the tools we have and those we develop along the way reach more Americans.
Investments across the Cancer Cabinet agencies would be targeted to priority actions includ-
ing: close the screening gap; understand and address environmental exposure; decrease the
impact of preventable cancers; bring cutting-edge research through the pipeline to patients
and communities; and support patients and caregivers. The Budget includes $1 billion for
dedicated Cancer Moonshot activities across the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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(CDC), IHS, the Health Resources and Services Administration, and the Food and Drug
Administration (FDA), as well as a total investment at the National Cancer Institute (NCI)
of $7.8 billion to drive progress on ways to prevent, detect, and treat cancer. In addition, the
Budget proposes to increase mandatory funding for the 21st Century Cures Act Beau Biden
Cancer Moonshot initiative at NCI through 2026. In addition, the Budget provides an increase
of $1 billion for the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health, for a total of $2.5 billion, to
drive innovative health research and speed the implementation of breakthroughs that would
transform the treatment, prevention, and early detection of cancer and other diseases. As the
Administration works to address the single biggest driver of cancer deaths in the Nation—
smoking—the Budget also includes an investment of $258 million in tobacco prevention and
control efforts at the CDC, including tobacco cessation activities to help Americans quit.
• Transforms Behavioral Healthcare. The United States is facing a behavioral health crisis.
Recently enacted legislation, such as the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, takes significant
steps to address this crisis, and the Administration is working on implementing important be-
havioral health and school mental health investments. Still, much more can be done. Nearly
one in four adults 18 and older, and one in three adults aged 18 to 25, had a mental illness in
the past year. Suicide is the second leading cause of death for young people ages 10 to 24, and
teen girls, in particular, are experiencing record high levels of violence, sadness, and suicide
risk. More than 46 million people had a substance use disorder, nearly 94 percent of whom did
not receive treatment. For people with private health insurance, the Budget expands cover-
age of mental health benefits and strengthens the network of behavioral health providers. For
people with Medicare, the Budget lowers patients’ costs for mental health services, requires
parity in coverage between behavioral health and medical benefits, and expands coverage
for behavioral health providers. The Budget provides historic investments in the behavioral
health workforce, youth mental health treatment, Certified Community Based Behavioral
Health Clinics, Community Mental Health Centers, and mental health research. The Budget
strengthens access to crisis services by investing in the 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline to ad-
dress 100 percent of estimated contacts, scaling follow-up crisis services, and expanding CDC’s
suicide prevention program to all States, the District of Columbia, and 18 tribal and territo-
rial jurisdictions. To address the mental health crisis among adolescents, the Budget expands
CDC’s What Works in Schools program to up to 75 of the largest local education agencies. The
Budget also accelerates mental health research for promising new treatments and enhanced
precision and implementation of existing treatments.
• Invests in Community Health Centers and the Nation’s Healthcare Workforce.
Because community health centers—which provide comprehensive services regardless of abil-
ity to pay—serve one in three people living in poverty and one in five rural residents, the Budget
puts the Health Center Program on a path to double its size and expand its reach. To bolster
the healthcare workforce, the Budget expands the National Health Service Corps, which pro-
vides loan repayment and scholarships to healthcare professionals in exchange for practicing
in underserved areas, and the Teaching Health Center Graduate Medical Education Program,
which trains residents in community-based healthcare clinics in rural and high-need areas.
The Budget also addresses healthcare workforce shortages through new investments, includ-
ing $32 million to increase the nurse faculty essential to growing the Nation’s nurse workforce,
and $28 million in innovative approaches to recruit, support, and train new providers.
• Supports Family Planning Services for More Americans. For more than 50 years, Title
X family planning clinics have played a critical role in ensuring access to a broad range of
high-quality family planning and preventive health services. Most Title X clients live in pov-
erty and the uninsured rate of Title X users is twice the national average, making the Title
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X family planning program a critical part of the public health safety net. The program has
served as a point of entry into care for nearly 195 million people over its more than 50-year his-
tory. The Budget includes $512 million, a 79-percent increase above the 2023 enacted level, for
the Title X Family Planning program to increase the number of patients served to 4.5 million.
• Guarantees Adequate and Stable Funding for IHS. The Administration is committed to
upholding the United States’ trust responsibility to tribal nations by addressing the histori-
cal underfunding of IHS. Consistent and predictable funding for IHS is critical to addressing
historical underfunding and improving access to care. The enactment of an advance appropria-
tion for 2024 for IHS was a historic and welcome step toward the goal of securing adequate and
stable funding to improve the overall health status of American Indians and Alaska Natives.
Building on the advance appropriation, the Budget requests an additional $3 billion in discre-
tionary resources in 2024 for a total of $8.1 billion in discretionary resources. Furthermore,
the Budget proposes to reclassify as mandatory IHS contract support costs and leases start-
ing in 2024, for a total of $9.4 billion in discretionary and mandatory resources. Beginning in
2025, the Budget proposes all resources as mandatory. In 2024, the Administration will focus
on implementing the advance appropriation and continuing consultation with Tribes on man-
datory funding for IHS. In 2025, the Administration would shift the IHS budget from mostly
discretionary to all mandatory funding. The mandatory proposal would automatically grow
funding to keep pace with inflation and population growth, close longstanding service and
facility shortfalls over time, and improve access to high-quality healthcare. The Budget also
proposes to reauthorize and increase funding for the Special Diabetes Program for Indians to
$250 million in 2024. This program has been critical in lowering the prevalence of diabetes in
Indian Country.
• Prepares for Future Pandemics and Other Biological Threats and Strengthens Public
Health Systems. The United States must catalyze advances in science, technology, and core
capabilities to prevent and prepare for future biological threats, which could emerge with
increasing frequency. The Budget includes $20 billion in mandatory funding for HHS public
health agencies in support of the Administration’s pandemic prevention and preparedness and
biodefense priorities as outlined in the 2021 American Pandemic Preparedness: Transforming
Our Capabilities plan and 2022 National Biodefense Strategy and Implementation Plan for
Countering Biological Threats, Enhancing Pandemic Preparedness, and Achieving Global
Health Security. The Budget also includes $400 million in new discretionary resources within
the Administration for Strategic Preparedness and Response to prepare for pandemics and
biological threats, as well as key discretionary investments for the Biomedical Advanced
Research and Development Authority and the Strategic National Stockpile to support ad-
vanced development and procurement of vaccines, therapeutics, and diagnostic capabilities
against known and unknown high priority threats. The Budget includes a total of $10.5 billion
in discretionary funding to build public health capacity at the CDC and at the State and local
levels, including expanding capacity to respond to emerging threats, including surveillance,
laboratory, and public health workforce capacities. In addition, the Budget supports efforts to
modernize public health data systems and enables the CDC to establish cadres of response-
ready staff who can quickly deploy during emergencies. For the first time in decades, the
Budget also includes $50 million for the Public Health Emergency Fund to ensure HHS is
able to respond to emerging public health threats without delay. In addition, the Budget in-
cludes mandatory funding to catalyze development of drugs that address the pandemic threat
of antimicrobial resistance. The Budget also proposes key new HHS authorities to improve
preparedness, incorporating lessons learned from recent public health emergencies, such as to
enhance the visibility and the resilience of the medical product supply chain.
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• Advances Maternal Health and Health Equity. The United States has the highest mater-
nal mortality rate among developed nations, and rates are disproportionately high for Black
and American Indian and Alaska Native women. The Budget includes $471 million to: sup-
port ongoing implementation of the White House Blueprint for Addressing the Maternal Health
Crisis and reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates; expand maternal health initia-
tives in rural communities; implement implicit bias training for healthcare providers; create
pregnancy medical home demonstration projects; and address the highest rates of perinatal
health disparities, including by supporting the perinatal health workforce. In addition, the
Budget requires all States to provide continuous Medicaid coverage for 12 months postpartum,
eliminating gaps in health insurance at a critical time for women. Recognizing that maternal
mental health conditions are the most common complications of pregnancy and childbirth,
the Budget continues to support the maternal mental health hotline as well as screening and
treatment for maternal depression and related behavioral disorders. To address the lack of
data on health disparities and further improve access to care, the Budget strengthens collec-
tion and evaluation of sociodemographic data.
• Supports Rural Health. Rural America faces persistent disparities in access to healthcare,
including higher uninsured rates, limited healthcare provider availability, and rural hospital
closures. Providing Medicaid-like coverage to individuals in States that have not adopted
Medicaid expansion under the Affordable Care Act, as the Budget proposes, is critical for rural
communities. The Budget also includes investments to improve the health of rural communi-
ties, including by helping rural hospitals stay open, expanding the pipeline of rural healthcare
workers, and facilitating access to quality care. The Budget includes $30 million to provide
assistance to rural hospitals at-risk of closure and to support expansion of hospital service
lines to meet rural communities’ needs. The Budget also supports rural healthcare work-
force development and training programs and telehealth. Recognizing that rural communities
have higher rates of suicide, and high rates of overdose deaths and mental illness, the Budget
provides dedicated funding to rural communities, including rural health clinics, to support
behavioral health.
• Invests in the Treatment and Prevention of Infectious Diseases. The Budget invests in
the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases, including Hepatitis C, HIV, and vaccine-
preventable diseases, by supporting comprehensive programs that would expand access to
curative and preventive medications. The Budget includes a new mandatory proposal for a
national program to significantly expand screening, testing, treatment, prevention, and mon-
itoring of Hepatitis C infections in the United States, with a specific focus on populations
with high infection levels. This program would support Federal procurement of life-saving
treatments, while bolstering provider capacity and related public health efforts such as test-
ing, communication, and surveillance. The Budget invests $850 million in the Ending the
HIV Epidemic Initiative across HHS to aggressively reduce new HIV cases, increase access to
pre-exposure prophylaxis (also known as PrEP), and ensure equitable access to services and
support for those living with HIV. The Budget also reduces Medicaid costs by eliminating bar-
riers to accessing PrEP for Medicaid beneficiaries and proposes a new mandatory program to:
guarantee PrEP at no cost for all uninsured and underinsured individuals; provide essential
wrap-around services through States, IHS, tribal entities, and localities; and establish a net-
work of community providers to reach underserved areas and populations. In addition, the
Budget proposes a new Vaccines for Adults program to provide uninsured adults with access
to routine and outbreak vaccines at no cost and expands the Vaccines for Children program to
include all children under age 19 enrolled in CHIP.
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• Reduces Hunger and Diet-Related Chronic Diseases and Improves Food Safety. The
Budget proposes investments in nutrition to help end hunger and reduce diet-related chronic
diseases by 2030. The Budget requests a total of $137 million in discretionary funding to ad-
dress specific commitments made as part of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition,
and Health and corresponding National Strategy. This includes funding: to conduct nutrition
research; to expand CDC’s State Physical Activity and Nutrition Program to all States and
Territories; to improve labeling to empower consumers to make good food choices; to enhance
dietary and physical activity guidelines for Americans; and to increase support for senior nutri-
tion programs. The Budget proposes to expand Medicare access to cover nutrition and obesity
counseling services and to pilot coverage of medically-tailored meals in Medicare. The Budget
also supports strengthening access to nutrition and obesity counseling in Medicaid. In addi-
tion, the Budget strengthens FDA’s ability to ensure that food is safe, particularly for infants
and children. The Budget provides investments in FDA to protect infants and children from
toxic metals in food. The Budget also invests in enhanced inspections of food manufacturing
facilities, including infant formula facilities, and requires enhanced testing and reporting for
Cronobacter contamination. The Budget also requires more environmental monitoring with
reporting to FDA. In addition, the Budget invests in food supply chain continuity and FDA’s
smarter food safety initiative to strengthen data access and analysis capabilities to better
target inspections.
• Advances Child and Family Well-Being in the Child Welfare System. The Budget pro-
poses to expand and incentivize the use of evidence-based foster care prevention services to
keep families safely together and reduce the number of children entering foster care. The
Budget provides States with support and incentives to place more foster children with rela-
tives or other adults who have an existing emotional bond with the children and fewer children
in group homes and institutions, while also providing additional funding to support youth who
age out of care without a permanent caregiver. The Budget proposes to nearly double flexible
funding for States through the Promoting Safe and Stable Families program, and proposes
new provisions to expand access to legal representation for children and families in the child
welfare system. The Budget provides $50 million in competitive grants for States and locali-
ties to advance reforms that would reduce the overrepresentation of children and families of
color in the child welfare system, address the disparate experiences and outcomes of these
families, and provide more families with the support they need to remain safely together. In
addition, the Budget provides $215 million for States and community-based organizations to
respond to and prevent child abuse.
• Supports Survivors of Domestic Violence and Other Forms of Gender-Based Violence.
The Budget proposes significant increases to support and protect survivors of gender-based
violence, including $519 million for the Family Violence Prevention and Services (FVPSA)
program and the National Domestic Violence Hotline to support domestic violence survivors—
double the 2023 enacted level. This amount continues funding availability for FVPSA-funded
resource centers, including those that support the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer,
and Intersex community. The Budget would provide additional funding for domestic violence
hotlines and cash assistance for survivors of domestic violence, as well as funding to support
a demonstration project evaluating services for survivors at the intersection of housing insta-
bility, substance use coercion, and child welfare. In addition, the Budget would provide over
$66 million for victims of human trafficking and survivors of torture, an increase of nearly
$17 million from the 2023 enacted level.
• Supports America’s Promise to Refugees. The Budget provides $7.3 billion to the Office of
Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to help rebuild the Nation’s refugee resettlement infrastructure
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and support the resettling of up to 125,000 refugees in 2024. The Budget also helps ensure
that unaccompanied immigrant children receive appropriate support and services while they
are in ORR’s care and are unified with relatives and sponsors as safely and quickly as possible.
This funding would allow ORR to reinforce and expand on the programmatic improvements
the Administration has made, including expanding access to counsel to help children navigate
complex immigration court proceedings and enhancing case management and post-release
services. In addition, the Budget includes an emergency contingency fund that would provide
additional resources, beyond the $7.3 billion, when there are unanticipated increases in the
number of unaccompanied children or other humanitarian entrants, building on the contin-
gency fund enacted for 2023.
• Reduces Home Energy and Water Costs. The Budget provides $4.1 billion, a $111 million
increase from the 2023 enacted level (excluding emergency appropriations), for the Low Income
Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP). LIHEAP helps families access home energy and
weatherization assistance, vital tools for protecting vulnerable families’ health in response to
extreme weather and climate change. As part of the Justice40 pilot, HHS plans to increase ef-
forts to prevent energy shutoffs and increase support for households with young children and
older people and high energy burdens. Since the Low Income Household Water Assistance
Program (LIHWAP) expires at the end of 2023, the Budget proposes to expand LIHEAP to
advance the goals of both LIHEAP and LIHWAP. Specifically, the Budget increases LIHEAP
funding and gives States the option to use a portion of their LIHEAP funds to provide water
bill assistance to low-income households.
DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is responsible for: protecting the United States
from threats and hazards, modernizing effective programs to prevent terrorism; countering
domestic violent extremism; securing the Nation’s borders; enforcing U.S. immigration laws;
protecting the President and other key officials; defending and securing Federal cyberspace and
critical infrastructure; and ensuring disaster resilience, response, and recovery. The President’s
2024 Budget invests in climate resilience, Federal cybersecurity, maritime security, and secure
and humane border management.
The Budget requests $60.4 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $0.6 billion or
one-percent decrease from the 2023 enacted level. This includes $1.6 billion in additional
Transportation Security Administration (TSA) Passenger Security Fee offsetting collections
gained from ending mandatory contributions to deficit reduction. When controlling for the
Passenger Security Fee proposal, the DHS request is an increase of two-percent above the 2023
enacted level. The Budget also includes a proposed $4.7 billion Southwest Border Contingency
Fund to respond to migration surges, which if fully accessed, would yield an increase for the total
DHS request of nine-percent above the 2023 enacted level. Resources provided through the
Budget build on prior-year investments in cybersecurity, border security, and hazard mitigation.
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• Addresses the Situation at the Southwest Border. Given elevated Southwest border
encounter levels experienced in a number of years since 2019, and uncertainty surrounding
border encounter levels in any given fiscal year, the Budget proposes a new $4.7 billion contin-
gency fund to aid the Department and its components when responding to migration surges
along the Southwest border. Modeled on a contingency fund provided for unaccompanied chil-
dren, each fiscal year, the fund would receive appropriations incrementally, and above the
base appropriation, as Southwest border encounters reach pre-identified levels. DHS would
be limited to obligating funds for surge-related functions and would transfer funds to CBP,
ICE, and Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) accounts with valid surge-related
obligations.
• Supports 2024 Presidential Campaign Security. The Budget includes funds to meet the
protective and investigative mission requirements of the United States Secret Service (USSS).
The Budget provides $3 billion to continue support for USSS’ mission needs, including security
for the upcoming 2024 Presidential Campaign. The Budget also includes funding for 77 ad-
ditional positions across the USSS.
DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND
URBAN DEVELOPMENT
The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is responsible for creating healthy,
safe, sustainable, and inclusive communities and affordable homes for all. The President’s 2024
Budget for HUD: expands rental assistance to low-income households and increases affordable
housing supply to reduce housing costs; expands homeownership opportunities for underserved
borrowers; advances efforts to end homelessness; prevents and redresses housing-related
discrimination; modernizes affordable housing by increasing climate resilience and energy
efficiency; and strengthens communities facing underinvestment.
The Budget requests $73.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.1 billion
increase or 1.6-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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of $51 billion in additional Low-Income Housing Tax Credits, a new Neighborhood Homes Tax
Credit, and mandatory funding for new project-based rental assistance contracts to increase
the development of affordable rental and owner-occupied housing, including units affordable
to extremely low-income families. By expanding the supply of housing, the Budget would help
curb cost growth across the broader rental market.
• Reduces Costs for New Homeowners and Expands Access to Homeownership. To
make homeownership more affordable for underserved borrowers, including first-time, low- to
moderate-income, and minority homebuyers, the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) is re-
ducing the annual mortgage insurance premiums new borrowers will pay by about one-third.
This action, effective in 2023, will save the average FHA borrower approximately $800 in the
first year of their mortgage loan and provide continued savings for the duration of the loan.
The Budget also includes $100 million for a HOME down payment assistance pilot to expand
homeownership opportunities for first-generation and/or low wealth first-time homebuyers
and $15 million to increase the availability of FHA small balance mortgages. In addition, the
Budget proposes $10 billion in mandatory funding for a new First-Generation Down Payment
Assistance program to help address racial and ethnic homeownership and wealth gaps.
• Advances Efforts to End Homelessness. To prevent and reduce homelessness, the Budget
provides $3.7 billion, an increase of $116 million over the 2023 enacted level, for Homeless
Assistance Grants to meet renewal needs and expand assistance to approximately 25,000
additional households, including survivors of domestic violence and homeless youth. These
targeted resources would support the Administration’s recently released Federal Strategic
Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness. The Budget also provides $505 million for Housing
Opportunities for Persons with AIDS, serving a population with a disproportionately high rate
of homelessness and providing a critical link to services.
• Prevents Eviction. To assist renters in accessing resources to avoid eviction, make the legal
process during eviction proceedings fairer, and mitigate future housing instability, the Budget
provides $3 billion in mandatory funding for competitive grants to promote and solidify State
and local efforts to reform eviction policies by providing access to legal counsel, emergency
rental assistance, and other forms of rent relief. The Budget also includes $10 million for the
Eviction Protection Grant program, which provides legal assistance to low-income tenants at
risk or subject to eviction.
• Advances Equity by Preventing and Redressing Housing Discrimination. The Budget
provides $90 million to support State and local fair housing enforcement organizations and
to further education, outreach, and training on rights and responsibilities under Federal fair
housing laws. The Budget also invests in HUD staff and technical assistance to affirmatively
further fair housing and reduce barriers that restrict housing and neighborhood choice.
• Improves the Quality of HUD-Assisted Housing. HUD-assisted multifamily properties
and Public Housing provide 2.3 million affordable homes to low-income families. The Budget
centralizes inspection-related funding for these programs, which would enhance HUD’s ability
to identify and address financial and physical risks and would complement HUD’s modernized
National Standards for Physical Inspection of Real Estate building standards. The Budget
also provides $3.2 billion for Public Housing modernization, and $300 million to improve the
energy efficiency, climate resilience, and physical condition of the Public Housing stock. To
complement these investments, the Budget provides $7.5 billion in mandatory funding for
comprehensive modernization of targeted Public Housing communities.
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• Reduces Lead and Other Home Health Hazards for Vulnerable Families. The Budget
provides $410 million for States, local governments, and nonprofits to reduce lead-based
paint and other health hazards in the homes of low-income families with young children.
The Budget also includes $25 million to address lead-based paint in Public Housing. The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention identifies the risk for lead exposure as great-
est for children from racial and ethnic minority groups and children in families living below
the poverty level. The Lead Hazard and Healthy Homes grants, complemented by additional
Government-wide lead remediation investments included in the Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law, target interventions to these most at-risk communities. In addition, the Budget targets
$60 million specifically to prevent and mitigate housing-related health hazards, such as fire
safety and mold, in HUD-assisted housing.
• Supports Economic Development and Removes Barriers to Affordable Housing. The
Budget provides $3.4 billion for the Community Development Block Grant program to help
communities modernize infrastructure, invest in economic development, create parks and oth-
er public amenities, and provide social services. The Budget includes $85 million within this
total for a competitive program to reward State, local, and regional jurisdictions that make
progress in removing barriers to affordable housing developments, such as restrictive zon-
ing, as well as $10 billion in mandatory funding to incentivize the next group of jurisdictions
to make similar zoning and land use reforms. States and localities that embrace efforts to
increase their supply of housing would ease cost growth for renters and homebuyers in those
areas.
• Invests in Affordable Housing in Tribal Communities. Native Americans are seven
times more likely to live in overcrowded conditions and five times more likely to have inad-
equate plumbing, kitchen, or heating systems than all U.S. households. The Budget provides
over $1 billion to fund tribal efforts to expand affordable housing, improve housing conditions
and infrastructure, and increase economic opportunities for low-income families. Of this total,
$150 million would prioritize activities that advance resilience and energy efficiency in hous-
ing-related projects. The Budget also reflects a reduction in mortgage insurance fees for the
Indian Home Loan Guarantee Program, which would save Native American borrowers over
$500 on average in their first year and expand access to homeownership.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
The Department of the Interior (DOI) conserves and manages the Nation’s natural resources and
cultural heritage. The President’s 2024 Budget for DOI: honors commitments to tribal nations;
combats climate change and protects environmental resources by investing in ecosystem
restoration, wildfire management, and public land resilience; enhances programs that advance
racial and economic justice; supports development in U.S. Territories and freely associated
states; and funds reclamation and climate resilience work that ensures healthy lands and waters
and creates good-paying jobs.
The Budget requests $18.8 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.6 billion or
9.3-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level, including amounts requested for Contract
Support Costs and Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act of 1975 Section
105(l) leases, which the Budget proposes to shift from discretionary to mandatory funding.
The 2024 Budget complements historic investments in wildfire management, tribal programs,
ecosystem restoration, national park operations, western water infrastructure, and abandoned
mine land reclamation provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act.
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Inflation Reduction Act and the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law to address critical needs in
tribal communities for infrastructure and climate adaptation. In recognition of tribal nations’
legacy of natural resources stewardship, the Budget supports efforts to advance tribally-led
studies of the feasibility of reintroducing salmon populations in the Upper Columbia River.
• Commits to Tribal Water Rights Settlements Funding. Providing a stable, dedicated
funding source for tribal water rights settlements is crucial to ensuring that tribal communi-
ties have safe, reliable water supplies to improve public and environmental health and support
economic opportunity. To build on investments provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law,
the Budget provides $2.8 billion in mandatory funding to the Indian Water Rights Settlement
Completion Fund, with $2.5 billion to cover the costs of enacted and future water rights settle-
ments and $340 million for operations and maintenance costs associated with enacted water
settlements.
• Strengthens Climate Resilience for Communities and Ecosystems. As steward for
20 percent of the Nation’s lands and waters and with a primary responsibility to uphold the
Nation’s commitments to American Indians and Alaska Natives, DOI plays an integral role in
addressing the climate crisis through strengthened conservation partnerships, including the
Administration’s America the Beautiful Initiative and science-based ecosystem management.
The Budget invests $5.7 billion in climate adaptation and resilience, which would mitigate
the impacts of climate change—such as drought, wildfire, and severe storms—on America’s
communities, lands, waters, and wildlife. The Budget also sustains funding for key conserva-
tion and ecosystem management initiatives—including youth corps programs—alongside a
historic $1.7 billion investment provided in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for ecosystem
restoration across America and more than $5 billion provided by the Inflation Reduction Act
to address climate change.
• Increases Drought Resilience. The Budget helps ensure communities across the West have
access to a resilient and reliable water supply by investing in rural water projects, water con-
servation, development of desalination technologies, and water recycling and reuse projects.
The Budget complements the nearly $1.7 billion provided in 2024 for western water infra-
structure through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, as well as the nearly $4.6 billion that
was provided by the Inflation Reduction Act for drought mitigation and domestic water sup-
ply projects through the Bureau of Reclamation. The Budget provides funding to address the
ongoing drought in the western United States, including funding for WaterSMART, Central
Valley Project drought activities, and implementation funding for the Drought Contingency
Plans to conserve water in the Colorado River System, which is at historically low levels.
• Invests in the Wildland Firefighting Workforce. The Budget ensures that no Federal fire-
fighter would make less than $15 an hour and invests in the wildland firefighting workforce at
DOI and the Department of Agriculture (USDA) through a new comprehensive and equitable
compensation structure. The Budget also increases the size of the wildland firefighting work-
force at DOI and USDA and supports additional mental and physical health services for that
workforce. Together, these efforts would help address long-standing recruitment and reten-
tion challenges. These investments, totaling $139 million over the comparable 2023 enacted
level for DOI, would build upon the historic reforms in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and
ensure that the workforce receives the enhanced support it needs to continue meeting evolving
mission demands, as both the frequency and intensity of catastrophic wildfires are expected to
increase due to climate change.
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• Mitigates the Risk of Catastrophic Wildfires. The Budget invests $314 million in DOI’s
Hazardous Fuels Management and Burned Area Rehabilitation programs to help reduce the
risk and severity of wildfires and restore lands devastated by catastrophic fire. This funding
complements the $878 million for hazardous fuels management and $325 million for burned
area rehabilitation projects provided through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Budget
also invests $7 million in a new integrated drought and fire science effort at the U.S. Geological
Survey, which would help mitigate wildfire risk across the Nation.
• Increases Access to Nature and Parks. An estimated 100 million Americans do not have
an accessible park within a 10-minute walk of their home. Communities of color and low-
income communities have disproportionately less access to Nature’s benefits, such as clean
water, clean air, and open spaces for recreation. The Budget allocates $135 million to the
Outdoor Recreation Legacy Program to develop high-quality recreation opportunities in eco-
nomically disadvantaged urban communities. The Budget also provides $3.8 billion for the
National Park Service, $289 million over the 2023 enacted level. In addition, the Budget
includes a new $32 million initiative to build a more equitable National Park System, includ-
ing investments to: expand tribal co-stewardship of national parks; address transportation
barriers between parks and underserved communities; improve park accessibility for visi-
tors and employees with disabilities; and stand up the recently established African American
Burial Grounds Preservation Program. The Budget also includes a new $10 million initiative
for Increasing Representation in Our Public Lands, which would support recent or potential
new designations that preserve important places and tell the stories of those that have been
historically underrepresented.
• Accelerates Clean Energy Development on Public Lands. The Budget includes
$181 million, an increase of $70 million from the 2023 enacted level, to accelerate the deploy-
ment of clean energy on public lands and waters, spurring economic development and creating
thousands of good-paying jobs. Funding would support the leasing, planning, and permitting
of solar, wind, and geothermal energy projects, and associated transmission infrastructure
that would help mitigate the impacts of climate change and meet the Administration’s goal
of deploying 30 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2030 and 25 gigawatts of clean energy
capacity on public lands by 2025.
• Creates Jobs Remediating and Reclaiming Abandoned Wells and Mines. The Budget
provides $311 million to remediate orphaned oil and gas wells and reclaim abandoned mine
lands on Federal and non-Federal lands. The funding complements the $16 billion provided
in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for orphaned well remediation and abandoned coal mine
reclamation, and would create good union jobs and restore degraded lands and waters to allow
for more productive uses. The Administration is committed to the responsible and sustainable
development of America’s public resources. Consistent with the need to develop a domestic
critical minerals supply chain, the Department led an Interagency Working Group to review
hardrock mine permitting and oversight on Federal lands, and will implement its recommen-
dations on best practices and actions on public lands to increase transparency and ensure that
mining operations adhere to strong social, environmental, and labor standards.
• Advances Climate Science. The Budget invests $366 million at DOI to better understand
the impacts of climate change, identify innovative mitigation and adaptation opportunities,
and measure and monitor greenhouse gas emissions and sinks on Federal lands. The Budget
also supports the development of a Federal climate data portal that would provide the public
with accessible information on historical and projected climate impacts, inform decision-mak-
ing, and strengthen community climate resilience.
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) is responsible for defending the interests of the United States
and protecting all Americans as the chief enforcer of Federal laws. The President’s 2024 Budget
for DOJ invests in: combating gun violence and other violent crime, terrorism, violence against
women, child exploitation, and cyber threats; protecting civil rights; implementing Federal, State,
and local criminal justice reforms; improving the immigration court system; and bolstering antitrust
enforcement.
The Budget requests $39.7 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $2.2 billion or
5.9-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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• Prioritizes Efforts to End Gender-Based Violence. The Budget proposes $1 billion to sup-
port implementation of programs through the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 (VAWA),
which was recently reauthorized and strengthened in 2022. This is a $300 million or 43-per-
cent increase over the 2023 enacted level, which was the highest funding level in history.
The Budget supports substantial increases for longstanding VAWA programs, including key
investments in legal assistance for victims, transitional housing, and sexual assault services.
The Budget strongly supports underserved and tribal communities by providing $35 million
for culturally-specific services, $10 million for underserved populations, $15 million to assist
enforcement of tribal special domestic violence jurisdiction, and $3 million to support tribal
Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys. The Budget also provides $14 million to address technologi-
cal abuse through funding new VAWA programs to address cybercrimes against individuals.
In addition, the Budget provides $120 million, an increase of $65 million above the 2023 en-
acted level, to the Office of Justice Programs for the Sexual Assault Kit Initiative to address
the rape kit backlog, and for the Regional Sexual Assault Investigative Training Academies
Program.
• Reforms the Federal Criminal Justice System. The Budget leverages the capacity of
the Federal justice system to advance criminal justice reform initiatives and serve as a model
for reform that is comprehensive, evidence-informed, and high-impact in terms of enhanc-
ing public safety and equity. The Budget supports key investments in First Step Act of 2018
(FSA) implementation, including the continuation and expansion of the historic collaboration
between the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and the Department of Labor for a national initiative
to provide comprehensive, intensive, and market-driven workforce development and reentry
services to people in the Federal prison system, both during their time in BOP facilities and
after they are transferred to community placement. In total, the Budget continues to invest
$409 million in base resources for FSA implementation, to support rehabilitative program-
ming, improve conditions of confinement, and hire additional FSA-dedicated programmatic
staff.
• Reforms the Juvenile Justice System. The Budget proposes $760 million for juvenile jus-
tice programs, an increase of $360 million over the 2023 enacted level, to bolster diversionary
juvenile justice strategies.
• Counters Cyber Threats. The Budget expands DOJ’s ability to pursue cyber threats
through investments that support efforts to build cyber investigative capabilities at FBI field
divisions nationwide. These investments include an additional $63 million for more agents,
enhanced response capabilities, and strengthened intelligence collection and analysis capabili-
ties. These investments are in line with the National Cybersecurity Strategy that emphasizes
a whole-of-Nation approach to addressing the ongoing cyber threat.
• Improves Immigration Courts. The Budget invests $1.5 billion, an increase of $595 million
above the 2023 enacted level, in the Executive Office for Immigration Review to further opti-
mize the functioning of immigration courts and help address the backlog of over 1.8 million
currently pending cases. This funding supports 150 new immigration judge teams, which in-
cludes the support personnel required to create maximum efficiencies in the court system. The
Budget would also invest new resources in legal access programming, including $150 million
in discretionary resources to provide access to representation for adults and families in
immigration proceedings. Providing resources to support legal representation in the immi-
gration system would help make the system fairer and more equitable, while creating greater
efficiencies in case processing.
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The Department of Labor (DOL) is responsible for protecting the health, safety, wages, and
economic security of workers and retirees. The President’s 2024 Budget for DOL supports:
building the skills of America’s workers; protecting workers’ rights and benefits, health and safety,
and wages; strengthening the integrity and accessibility of the Unemployment Insurance (UI)
program; and creating good, middle-class jobs that are safe and equitable, provide fair wages
and benefits, empower workers, and offer opportunities for advancement.
The Budget requests $15.1 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.5 billion or
11-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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themselves when they are sick. Workers without paid sick days are more likely to go to work
when sick, send their child to school when sick, and do without the healthcare they need to get
better. Paid sick days are not only good for workers and families—they are also good for busi-
ness, leading to lower employee turnover and increased productivity, and reducing the spread
of contagious diseases. The President calls on the Congress to require employers to provide
seven job-protected paid sick days each year to all workers, and ensure that employers cannot
penalize workers for taking time off to address their health needs, or the health needs of their
families, or to seek safety from domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, or stalking.
• Expands Access to Paid Family and Medical Leave. The vast majority of America’s work-
ers do not have access to paid family leave, including three out of four private sector workers.
Among the lowest-paid workers, who are predominately women and workers of color, 92 percent
have no access to paid family leave through their employers. As many as one in five retirees
leave the workforce earlier than planned to care for an ill family member, which negatively
impacts families as well as the Nation’s labor supply and productivity. The Budget proposes
to establish a national, comprehensive paid family and medical leave program administered
by the Social Security Administration to ensure that all workers can take the time they need
to: bond with a new child; care for a seriously ill loved one; heal from their own serious ill-
ness; address circumstances arising from a loved one’s military deployment; find safety from
domestic violence, sexual assault, or stalking; or grieve the death of a loved one. The Budget
also includes $10 million for DOL’s Women’s Bureau to help States expand access to paid leave
benefits, including through grants to support States in implementing new paid leave programs
and through the creation of a Technical Assistance Hub to share best practices among States.
• Expands Workforce Training that Provides Pathways to Good Jobs. The President’s
historic legislative accomplishments are rebuilding U.S. infrastructure, supporting clean en-
ergy, and boosting American manufacturing while creating millions of high-quality jobs. The
Budget invests in effective, evidence-based training models that would ensure all workers,
particularly women, workers of color, those living in rural areas, workers with disabilities, and
others underrepresented in growing fields, have the skills they need to compete for and fill these
and other jobs. The Budget provides $200 million for a new Sectoral Employment through
Career Training for Occupational Readiness (SECTOR) program, which would support the
development and expansion of public-private partnerships among employers, education and
training providers, and community-based groups to equitably deliver high-quality training
focused on growing industries. SECTOR’s approach is based on decades of research showing
that when employers take a leading role in the design and implementation of training, work-
ers—especially underserved workers—gain access to high-quality programs that lead directly
to good, in-demand jobs.
• Expands Access to Registered Apprenticeships. The Budget increases support for
Registered Apprenticeship, an evidence-based earn-and-learn model that is a critical tool for
training future workforces in the construction, clean energy, semiconductor, transportation
and logistics, education, and other growing and in-demand industries. The Budget invests
$335 million, a $50 million increase above the 2023 enacted level, to expand Registered
Apprenticeship opportunities in these high-growth fields while increasing the number of
workers from historically underrepresented groups, including people of color and women, who
participate in Registered Apprenticeships.
• Supports Community Colleges in Providing High-Quality Training. The Budget
recognizes the critical role that community colleges play in providing accessible, affordable,
and high-quality training. The Budget invests $100 million, a $35 million increase above the
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2023 enacted level, to build community colleges’ capacity to work with the public workforce
development system and employers to design and deliver high-quality training programs in
communities across the Nation.
• Expands Employment Protections for Military Spouses. Military families make signifi-
cant sacrifices on behalf of the Nation, including overcoming the many challenges that spouses
of active-duty service and reserve members experience in finding and retaining good jobs. A
Department of Defense survey found that 33 percent of military families had experienced a
permanent change in location within the last 12 months. Spouses of military servicemembers
often face discrimination from current and prospective employers due to the frequent and un-
predictable nature of deployment and relocations. The Budget addresses these challenges by
expanding anti-discrimination and reemployment protections to spouses of all active duty and
reserve members, which would allow them to more easily find and keep good jobs.
• Modernizes, Protects, and Strengthens UI. The UI program provides a critical safety
net for workers who have lost a job through no fault of their own and helps protect the econ-
omy as a whole from further damage during downturns. UI was critical in helping millions
of Americans through unexpected job losses during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, the
pandemic also exposed vulnerabilities in the program. The Budget invests $3.7 billion, an
increase of $522 million above the 2023 enacted level, to modernize, protect, and strengthen
the UI program. This includes investments aimed at tackling fraud, including funding to
support more robust identity verification for UI applicants, help States develop and test fraud-
prevention tools and strategies, and allow the DOL Office of Inspector General to increase its
investigations into fraud rings targeting the UI program. In addition, the Budget proposes a
comprehensive legislative package of program integrity proposals designed to provide States
with new tools and resources to combat UI fraud and improper payments while ensuring eq-
uity and accessibility for all claimants. The Budget also includes principles to guide future
efforts to reform the UI system, including improving benefit levels and access, scaling UI ben-
efits automatically during recessions, expanding eligibility to reflect the modern labor force,
improving State and Federal solvency through more equitable and progressive financing, ex-
panding reemployment services, and further safeguarding the program from fraud.
• Supports Legacy Energy Communities. To address changes in the energy economy, the
Budget continues to invest in strategic planning, partnership development, and training and
reemployment activities for displaced workers. The Budget provides $20 million to support
DOL’s role in the multi-agency Partnerships for Opportunity and Workforce and Economic
Revitalization (also known as POWER+) Initiative, which aims to assist displaced workers and
transform local economies and communities transitioning away from fossil fuel production to
new, sustainable industries. The Budget also includes $67 million for Workforce Opportunities
for Rural Communities. This program—administered in partnership with the Appalachian
Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, and the Northern Border Regional
Commission—aims to help Appalachian, Delta, and Northern Border communities develop lo-
cal and regional workforce development strategies that promote long-term economic stability
and opportunities for workers, especially those connected to the energy industry. In addition,
the Budget provides $20 million for DOL to partner with AmeriCorps and other agencies to
establish a Civilian Climate Corps program to help communities address the climate crisis by
creating service opportunities and job training programs in emerging industries.
• Strengthens Mental Health Parity Protections. The Budget requires all health plans to
cover mental health and substance use disorder benefits, ensures that plans have an adequate
network of behavioral health providers, and improves DOL’s ability to enforce the law. In
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addition, the Budget includes $275 million over 10 years to increase the Department’s capac-
ity to ensure that large group market health plans and issuers comply with mental health and
substance use disorder requirements, and expand the Agency’s capacity to take action against
plans and issuers that do not comply.
DEPARTMENT OF STATE AND OTHER
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS
The Department of State (State), U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and other
international programs advance a free, secure, and prosperous world by working with allies and
partners to solve shared global challenges. The President’s 2024 Budget demonstrates this
shared commitment through the Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGII) to
catalyze public and private finance.
The President’s 2024 Budget requests $70.5 billion in discretionary funding for State, USAID,
and other international programs, which is $7 billion or 11 percent above the 2023 enacted level
when including $2.1 billion in base funding that was shifted to emergency in 2023, and $9 billion
or 15 percent above the 2023 enacted level when excluding those amounts. Within this total, the
Budget includes $63.1 billion for State and USAID, $5 billion or 9 percent above the 2023 enacted
level when including the shifted funding and $7 billion or 13 percent above the 2023 enacted level
when excluding those amounts. The 2024 total also includes $4 billion for international programs
at the Department of the Treasury, $1.7 billion or 71 percent above the 2023 enacted level.
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Plan for Adaptation and Resilience (PREPARE). This includes a $1.6 billion contribution to
the Green Climate Fund and a $1.2 billion loan to the Clean Technology Fund. The Budget
also advances new tools, such as loan guarantees, to reassert U.S. global leadership in the
Indo-Pacific by financing energy security and infrastructure projects and reducing reliance on
volatile energy supplies and prices. The Budget also builds resilience to better prepare for and
respond to extreme weather events and other disasters.
• Bolsters American Leadership in Global Health. To reinforce U.S. leadership in ad-
dressing global health and health security challenges, the Budget includes $10.9 billion, a
$370 million increase above the 2023 enacted level. This includes over $1.2 billion to prepare
for, prevent, detect, and respond to infectious disease outbreaks—including by expanding U.S.
bilateral partnerships with countries to improve health security capacity. This over $1.2 billion
also includes $500 million for the Pandemic Fund to catalyze and accelerate improvements to
global health security and pandemic preparedness. The Budget also invests dedicated funds
for the Administration’s Global Health Worker Initiative to enhance global efforts to better
train, equip, and protect the health workforce—which would strengthen countries’ abilities to
provide core health services and respond to crises. The Budget also increases investments in
high-impact and lifesaving voluntary family planning and reproductive health programs to
address significant unmet global needs for these services. The Budget sustains U.S. leader-
ship in the Global Fund’s historic seventh replenishment, providing $2 billion for the second
year of a $6 billion, three-year pledge to save lives and accelerate the fight against HIV/AIDS,
tuberculosis, and malaria.
• Deepens Alliances and Partnerships in the Indo-Pacific. The Budget includes more
than $2.3 billion in discretionary funding for State and USAID to support an open, secure, and
connected Indo-Pacific and implement the Indo-Pacific Strategy to strengthen and modernize
America’s alliances and partnerships in this vital region. This total includes $90 million for
the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and $50 million for the advancement of the Indo-
Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity. In addition, the Budget expands funding for U.S.
diplomatic presence throughout the region, with particular focus on the Pacific Islands. The
Budget also includes an additional $2 billion in mandatory funding to make game-changing
investments to Out-Compete China and deepen America’s partnerships in the region—work-
ing to make Indo-Pacific economies more resilient and connected. The Budget also proposes
$6.5 billion in economic assistance over the next 20 years for the Compacts of Free Association
with the freely associated states of the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, and Palau.
• Makes Transformative Investments in High-Quality International Infrastructure.
Targeted global infrastructure connects workers to good jobs, allows businesses to grow and
thrive, and supports global connection among nations. Unfortunately, infrastructure has long
been underfunded internationally, with more than $40 trillion in estimated need in low- and
middle-income countries through 2035. As part of a broader effort to Out-Compete China, the
Budget requests $2 billion in mandatory funding over five years to support investments in
“hard” critical international infrastructure, combat predatory People’s Republic of China (PRC)-
financed infrastructure projects, and spur U.S. economic growth. The Budget also includes a
$2 billion mandatory proposal to bolster the DFC’s equity program at scale as a key financing
tool necessary to strengthen the U.S. role in the Indo-Pacific. The new DFC mandatory resources
would be structured as a revolving fund on a cash basis to allow DFC to recycle any realized re-
turns from its initial investments without further appropriation. The Budget also provides more
than $1 billion in discretionary funds for the Millennium Challenge Corporation to build critical
infrastructure, reduce poverty, and incentivize democratic governance.
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humane border management throughout the region. The Budget proposes a new regional
economic opportunity fund, the Americas Partnership Opportunity Fund, to address migra-
tion management challenges faced by high and upper-middle income countries in the region.
The Budget also requests up to $40 million for the Global Concessional Financing Facility
to support programs aimed at improving the lives of migrants and refugees in the Western
Hemisphere and $75 million for the Inter-American Development Bank’s IDB Invest to in-
crease private sector investment in the Americas.
• Strengthens Democracy and Defends Human Rights Globally. The Budget provides
more than $3.4 billion to advance democratic governance, promote respect for human rights,
and foster democratic renewal. The Budget would strengthen free and independent media,
fight corruption, bolster democratic institutions, advance technology for democracy, promote
gender equality and women’s civic and political participation, and defend free and fair elections
and political processes. Within this total, the Budget includes $345 million for the President’s
Initiative for Democratic Renewal, $25 million for the President’s new African Democratic and
Political Transitions initiative, as well as targeted increases for “bright spot” countries experi-
encing democratic opportunities.
• Sustains U.S. Leadership on Refugee and Humanitarian Issues, including Addressing
Food Insecurity. The Budget requests more than $10.5 billion to respond to the persisting
needs of the world’s most vulnerable, including those needs arising from conflict and natural
disasters. The Budget supports the United States’ revitalized refugee admissions program,
including the resettlement of up to 125,000 refugees and related efforts, such as Uniting for
Ukraine. In addition, the Budget supports the President’s pledge to alleviate global food inse-
curity by providing nearly $1.2 billion in bilateral agriculture and food security programming.
• Counters Malign Influence. To assert U.S. leadership in strategic competition with the
PRC, the Budget includes $400 million for the Countering PRC Influence Fund. In addition,
the Budget requests $753 million for Ukraine to continue to counter Russian malign influ-
ence and to meet emerging needs related to security, energy, cybersecurity, disinformation,
macroeconomic stabilization, and civil society resilience. The Budget also requests continued
Foreign Military Financing loan and loan guarantee authority to ensure the availability of a
financing tool to help America’s partners invest in U.S. equipment.
• Deepens Engagement with Africa. The Budget includes more than $8 billion in foreign
assistance for sub-Saharan Africa to advance the goals of the U.S. Strategy for sub-Saharan
Africa and the commitments made during the U.S. Africa’s Leaders’ Summit. This funding:
fosters new economic engagement; reinforces the U.S.-Africa commitment to democracy and
human rights; strengthens regional and global health and health security; promotes food se-
curity; advances peace and security, especially in the Sahel; and responds to the climate crisis.
• Supports De-Escalation and Integration in the Middle East. The Budget includes a new
Middle East and North Africa Opportunity Fund to support priorities for U.S. engagement and
respond to prospects for de-escalation and peace across the region. The Budget also requests:
$3.3 billion for assistance consistent with the U.S.-Israel Memorandum of Understanding;
$1.45 billion in assistance for Jordan; and $1.4 billion to support the U.S. strategic partnership
with Egypt. As part of the Administration’s commitment to advancing security, prosperity, and
freedom for both Israelis and Palestinians, the Budget also requests $259 million for critical
assistance to the Palestinian people in the West Bank and Gaza, as well as across the region,
in support of a two-state solution with Israel.
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• Protects Afghan Allies. The Budget supports Enduring Welcome (EW), the whole-of-Gov-
ernment effort to expeditiously process the applications of Afghan allies, such as Afghan
Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) candidates, and family reunification cases, and welcome them
to the United States—while simultaneously safeguarding national security. The Budget fully
supports implementation of EW by leveraging State balances estimated to enable more than
$2 billion in support in 2024, and by proposing a substantial increase to the number of SIVs
available for Afghan allies.
• Sharpens America’s Tools of Statecraft. State and USAID are at the forefront of the
response to today’s global challenges. The resources requested in the Budget would enable
expertise and innovation, while supporting reforms, the establishment of new missions, and
deployment of U.S. diplomats and development experts when and where they are needed in
the field. The Budget requests more than $8.2 billion to recruit, retain, and develop a diverse
and high-caliber national security workforce and modernize U.S. diplomatic and development
systems, particularly in the Indo-Pacific. The Budget also expands upon the Administration’s
significant investments to advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility across its peo-
ple, policies, processes, programs, and partnerships.
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
The Department of Transportation (DOT) is responsible for ensuring that the United States has
a safe, equitable, reliable, and modern transportation system. The President’s 2024 Budget
for DOT continues to complement and support the President’s historic Bipartisan Infrastructure
Law, which would strengthen the Nation’s transportation system by: tackling large infrastructure
projects; improving roadway and pedestrian safety; providing more resilient and sustainable
transportation options; expanding the Nation’s capacity to move goods quickly; and helping
communities address critical transportation challenges.
The Budget requests $27.8 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.8 billion
or 6.7-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level (excluding $2.6 billion in one-time
congressionally-directed spending items). The Budget also includes $80.3 billion in contract
authority and obligation limitations, and $36.8 billion in emergency-designated advance budget
authority, for transportation infrastructure investments in 2024.
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Call Reporting System, which allows railroads and their employees to report unsafe events
and conditions without fear of negative consequences from the FRA or reprisal from their
employers.
• Advances Long-Stalled Significant Transportation Projects. The Administration is
committed to advancing the Nation’s most urgent and complex transportation infrastructure
projects. To compliment the significant resources in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the
Budget provides $1.2 billion for the National Infrastructure Project Assistance program (also
known as the Mega grant program), $560 million for Federal-State Partnership for Intercity
Passenger Rail Grants, and $2.9 billion for transit Capital Investment Grants. These funds
would support transformational projects to increase safety, improve mobility for commuters
and freight traffic, address climate change, and spur shared economic growth. This includes
the President’s commitment to provide significant Federal support for the Gateway Hudson
Tunnel Project in the New York City region, which is an essential element of the Northeast
Corridor, the busiest and most complex rail corridor in the Nation.
• Supports the Nation’s Transit Systems. The Nation’s transit systems play a critical role
in ensuring riders can access jobs, school, healthcare, and opportunity, along with spurring
sustainable economic development, reducing highway congestion, and lowering climate emis-
sions. However, transit systems face an uncertain future as ridership and fare revenue have
not fully rebounded from the COVID-19 pandemic, given significant shifts in work and com-
muting patterns. To ensure transit continues to be a vital and viable transportation option,
the Budget includes language to temporarily allow larger transit systems to use existing for-
mula funds for operating expenses. The Budget also encourages States to support their transit
systems by transferring available Federal-Aid Highway funding for transit operating needs.
• Addresses the Roadway and Pedestrian Safety Crisis. Despite improvements in ve-
hicle safety technologies, 42,915 people died on America’s roads in 2021, the highest total in
over a decade. The Budget provides over $1.3 billion for the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA), an increase of $116 million above the 2023 enacted level, which
would allow NHTSA to conduct critical research to reduce roadway fatalities and injuries on
the Nation’s highways. These efforts include: better understanding of the crash impacts on
pedestrians by vehicles of different sizes and weight; accelerating the development of a side
impact female dummy to address gender equity in crash testing; and researching accessibility
and inclusiveness in vehicle design. The Budget also builds on the essential work the Federal
Motor Carrier Safety Administration is conducting with its Large Truck Crash Causal Factors
Study by providing resources to begin a complementary Medium-Duty Truck Crash Causal
Factors Study. The Budget also provides $60 million for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law-
created Active Transportation Infrastructure Investment Program, an increase of $15 million
from the 2023 enacted level, to build safe walking and bicycling facilities that connect people
with public transportation, businesses, workplaces, schools, and other communities, all while
reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
• Tackles 21st Century Aviation Challenges. The Budget provides $16.5 billion in discre-
tionary budget authority for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This funding would
continue the hiring and training surge of air traffic controllers started in 2023 to rebuild the
pipeline of new controllers needed to meet projected traffic demands. The Budget increases
investment in the facilities and systems that comprise the National Airspace System (NAS)
by over $500 million to $3.5 billion, to address maintenance and modernization and to ensure
the NAS continues to safely accommodate the growth in traditional commercial aviation traf-
fic alongside new entrants from the commercial space, unmanned aircraft, and advanced air
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mobility industries. The Budget also includes continued investment in FAA’s multiyear effort
of reforming aircraft certification, as well as increasing its safety oversight capabilities. The
resources provided through the Budget complement the $5 billion already provided by the
Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 2024 to upgrade the FAA’s air traffic control facilities and
to improve the safety, capacity, accessibility, and efficiency of the Nation’s airports. The Budget
also requests a $3 million increase to bolster aviation consumer protection activities by DOT.
This includes hiring eight additional staff, building on an increase of eight staff starting in
2023, and information technology system enhancements to reduce the backlog of aviation con-
sumer complaints, expedite rulemaking, and increase outreach and enforcement. The FAA’s
current authorization—FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Public Law 115-254—expires on
September 30, 2023. The FAA’s next authorization will need to: improve safety; enable ac-
cess to the system by current and emerging users; make long-term investments to improve
the safety and efficiency of the NAS, reduce emissions, deliver on climate action, and enhance
resiliency; expand consumer protection; and improve the standards of service and access for
air travelers and other stakeholders.
• Moves Goods More Quickly through the Nation’s Ports and Waterways. The Budget
continues support for modernizing America’s port and waterway infrastructure initiated under
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. The Budget includes $230 million for the Port Infrastructure
Development Program to strengthen maritime freight capacity on top of the $450 million in
the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for 2024. In addition to keeping the Nation’s supply chain
moving by improving efficiency, DOT would prioritize projects that also lower emissions—re-
ducing environmental impact in and around the Nation’s ports.
• Invests in Merchant Mariner Training. The Budget provides $196 million for the United
States Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA) to support an exemplary standard of excellence
in education and training opportunities for the next generation of diverse seagoing officers and
maritime leaders to serve the Nation. Within this amount is more than $2 million for sexual
assault and sexual harassment prevention and response activities, newly created subject mat-
ter expert Advisory Council positions, and expanded measures to support survivors of sexual
assault. Also within this amount, the Budget proposes $92 million in priority maintenance
and improvement projects at the USMMA campus.
DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY
The Department of the Treasury (Treasury) is responsible for maintaining a strong economy,
promoting economic conditions that enable growth and stability, protecting the integrity of the
financial system, combating global financial crime and corruption, and managing the U.S.
Government’s finances and resources effectively. The President’s 2024 Budget for Treasury:
supports a fair and robust tax system that ensures compliance by the wealthy and large
corporations; improves taxpayer experience and service; expands resources for community
development, job-creating investments, and access to credit in disadvantaged communities; and
rebuilds institutional capacity to advance equity across all Treasury programs.
The Budget requests $16.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $2.1 billion or
15-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is responsible for providing military veterans and their
survivors with the benefits, care, and support they have earned through sacrifice and service to
the Nation. The President’s 2024 Budget for VA honors the Nation’s sacred obligation to veterans
by: investing in world-class healthcare, including enhancing veterans’ general well-being and
mental health; increasing support for family caregivers; improving delivery of benefits, including
disability claims processing; prioritizing veteran mental health services and suicide prevention
programs; supporting efforts to end veteran homelessness; and bolstering other benefits to
enhance veterans’ prosperity.
The Budget requests $137.9 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $3 billion
increase over the 2023 enacted level. In addition, the Budget requests $20.3 billion in mandatory
budget authority for the Cost of War Toxic Exposures Fund (TEF) in 2024. The budget
also includes advance appropriations of $112.6 billion in discretionary budget authority and
$21.5 billion in mandatory budget authority for the TEF for VA medical care programs in 2025.
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separately from other appropriations categories in order to ensure that the needs of veterans
are never traded off against other national priorities.
• Supports the President’s Cancer Moonshot Initiative. The Budget invests $94 million
within VA research programs, together with $215 million within the VA Medical Care pro-
gram, for precision oncology to provide access to the best possible cancer care for veterans.
This funding also supports research and programs that address cancer care, rare cancers, and
cancers in women, as well as genetic counseling and consultation that advance tele-oncology
and precision oncology care.
• Prioritizes Veterans’ Mental Health Services and Suicide Prevention. The Budget
invests $139 million within VA research programs, together with $16.6 billion within the VA
Medical Care program, to increase access to quality mental healthcare and lower the cost of
mental health services for veterans, with the goal of helping veterans take charge of their
treatment and live full, meaningful lives. This effort includes support for the Commander
John Scott Hannon Veterans Mental Health Care Improvement Act of 2019, clinical trials,
and epidemiological studies on risk and prevention factors. In addition, the Budget provides
$559 million to further advance the Administration’s veteran suicide prevention initiatives,
including continued expansion of the Veterans Crisis Line’s 988 and additional support for
VA’s National Strategy for Preventing Veteran Suicide.
• Supports Women Veterans’ Healthcare. The Budget invests $12.6 billion for women vet-
erans’ healthcare, including $1 billion toward women’s gender-specific care. More women
are choosing VA healthcare than ever before, with women accounting for over 30 percent of
the increase in enrolled veterans over the past five years. Investments support comprehen-
sive specialty medical and surgical services for women veterans, increase access to infertility
counseling and assisted reproductive technology, and eliminate copayments for contraceptive
coverage. The Budget also improves the safety of women veterans seeking healthcare at VA
facilities by supporting implementation of the zero-tolerance policy for sexual harassment and
assault.
• Bolsters Efforts to End Veteran Homelessness. The Budget invests $3.1 billion for
veterans’ homelessness programs, with the goal of ensuring every veteran has permanent,
sustainable housing with access to healthcare and other supportive services to end current
veteran homelessness and prevent veterans from becoming homeless in the future. In addi-
tion, the Budget for the Department of Housing and Urban Development provides $13 billion
in mandatory funding to incrementally expand the Housing Choice Voucher program for
450,000 extremely low-income veteran families, paving a path to guaranteed assistance for all
who have served the Nation and are in need.
• Invests in Caregivers Support Programs. Recognizing the critical role family caregivers
play in supporting the health and wellness of veterans, the Budget provides robust funding
for the Program of General Caregivers Support Services. The Budget also specifically pro-
vides $2.4 billion for the Program of Comprehensive Assistance for Family Caregivers, which
includes stipend payments and support services to help empower family caregivers of eligible
veterans.
• Invests in Overdose Prevention and Treatment Programs. The Budget invests $715 mil-
lion toward opioid use disorder prevention and treatment programs, such as VA’s Stratification
Tool for Opioid Risk Mitigation, the VA Opioid Overdose Education and Naloxone Distribution
program, and programs authorized in the Jason Simcakoski PROMISE Act.
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• Honors the Memory of All Veterans. The Budget includes $480 million to ensure veterans
and their families have access to exceptional memorial benefits. These funds maintain na-
tional shrine standards at the 158 VA-managed cemeteries and provide the initial operational
investment required to continue or begin activation to open three new cemeteries.
• Invests in Critical Veteran Medical Facilities. The Budget proposes $1.6 billion in dis-
cretionary funding and $1.9 billion in mandatory funding for construction and expansion of
critical infrastructure and facilities, in addition to a $5 billion investment in discretionary
medical care for non-recurring maintenance to improve medical facility infrastructure. The
Budget also provides $164 million for grants for construction of State extended care facilities
to deliver high-quality healthcare, benefits, and services for veterans.
• Modernizes VA Information Technology. The Budget provides an additional $619 million
above the 2023 enacted level, for a total of $6.4 billion, for VA’s Office of Information Technology
(IT) to continue upgrades to the VA IT systems. The Budget also provides $1.9 billion to
continue modernizing VA’s Electronic Health Record to ensure veterans receive world-class
healthcare well into the future.
CORPS OF ENGINEERS—CIVIL WORKS
The Army Corps of Engineers—Civil Works program (Corps) is responsible for: developing,
managing, restoring, and protecting water resources primarily through the construction, operation
and maintenance, and study of water-related infrastructure projects; regulating development in
waters of the United States; and working with Federal agencies to help communities respond to
and recover from floods and other natural disasters. The President’s 2024 Budget for the Corps
invests in high return projects, promotes environmental justice, increases climate resilience, and
improves the supply chain at the Nation’s coastal ports and on the inland waterways.
The Budget requests $7.4 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024. The Budget is
complemented by $1 billion for operation and maintenance and $50 million for construction in
2024 from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
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• Increases Climate Resilience. The Budget invests in 45 projects and programs that would
decrease climate risks facing communities and to increase ecosystem resilience to climate
change based on the best available science. The Budget would improve reservoir operations
through updates to water control operating manuals and drought contingency plans and would
promote healthier downstream ecosystems through reoperation of Corps’ reservoirs under the
sustainable rivers program. The Budget also invests in helping local communities identify and
address their risks associated with climate change and takes climate change into account in
developing options and selecting projects.
As part of a long-term strategy to reduce repetitive flood losses, the Administration will con-
vene an interagency working group, including the Corps, the Federal Emergency Management
Agency, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, to develop and propose
an objective methodology that Federal agencies could use to identify the 10-20 communities
across the Nation that are likely to have the highest risk of repetitive storm-related flooding
over the next 50 years—in the absence of further measures to reduce this risk and with the
intention of informing future Federal investments in these areas. The Administration looks
forward to working with the Congress on bipartisan principles for these and other flood risk
management investments.
• Promotes Environmental Justice. The Budget invests $35 million in technical and plan-
ning assistance, in 23 studies, and in the construction of 33 projects to help disadvantaged
and tribal communities address their water resources challenges in line with the President’s
Justice40 Initiative—including funding for the Tribal Partnership Program. In addition, the
Corps is considering revising its benefit-cost analyses for proposed flood and storm damage re-
duction projects and related investment decisions to provide a more equitable way to account
for the welfare benefits of these projects in disadvantaged communities.
• Restores Aquatic Ecosystems. The Budget invests in the restoration of some of the Nation’s
most unique aquatic ecosystems, such as the Chesapeake Bay, the Upper Mississippi River,
the Great Lakes, and the Louisiana Coast. The Budget includes $415 million for Florida’s
Everglades restoration program and $93 million to support salmon recovery efforts in the
Columbia River Basin. In addition, the Corps is undertaking an analysis of how aquatic
ecosystem restoration projects can offset greenhouse gases emissions by promoting carbon
sequestration on a carbon lifecycle basis for each project.
• Invests in Research and Development (R&D). The Budget includes $86 million for R&D,
with a focus on innovative solutions that would help achieve significant cost savings in the civil
works program and address the emerging water resources challenges of the 21st Century, in-
cluding climate change. For example, this investment would help reduce the cost to maintain
existing water resources infrastructure and improve its reliability, safety, and environmental
sustainability—including through more effective water management at certain dams and in-
novative methods to identify risks to existing infrastructure.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for protecting human health and the
environment. The President’s 2024 Budget for EPA supports the continuing restoration of the
Agency’s capacity to carry out its mission to protect clean air and water, tackle the climate crisis,
and promote environmental justice.
The Budget requests $12 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.9 billion or
19-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
• Tackles the Climate Crisis with Urgency. The Budget prioritizes tackling climate change
with the urgency that science demands. Resources in the Budget support efforts to mitigate
and adapt to the impacts of the climate crisis while spurring economic progress and creat-
ing good-paying jobs. The Budget includes nearly $5 billion to address the climate crisis
by: reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions; building resilience in the face of climate
impacts; and engaging with the global community to respond to this shared challenge. The
Budget also proposes an additional $64.4 million to implement the American Innovation
and Manufacturing Act of 2020 to continue phasing out potent GHGs known as hydrofluo-
rocarbons (HFCs). The Budget also includes investments to support the private sector in
calculating GHG emissions and climate risk and setting science-based climate targets, as
well as investments to embed the economic impacts of climate change and decarbonization
efforts within Government economic projects.
• Advances Environmental Justice. The Administration continues to prioritize efforts to
deliver environmental justice in communities across the United States, including meeting
the President’s Justice40 commitment to ensure at least 40 percent of the benefits of Federal
investments in climate and clean energy reach disadvantaged communities, including rural
and tribal communities. The Budget bolsters these efforts by investing nearly $1.8 bil-
lion across numerous programs in support of environmental justice efforts throughout the
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Agency. These investments would support creating good-paying jobs, cleaning up pollution,
implementing the Justice40 Initiative, advancing racial equity, and securing environmental
justice for communities that bear the brunt of toxic pollution and impacts of climate change.
The Budget also includes $91 million for technical assistance to support capacity building for
communities to advance equity and justice.
• Upgrades Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Nationwide. The Budget
provides more than $4 billion for water infrastructure, an increase of $1 billion over the 2023
enacted level. These resources would advance efforts to upgrade drinking water and wastewa-
ter infrastructure nationwide, with a focus on underserved and rural communities that have
historically been overlooked. The Budget also funds all of the authorizations in the original
Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021 and maintains funding for EPA’s
State Revolving Funds at the total 2023 enacted level, which complements funds provided for
water infrastructure programs in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
• Supports the President’s Goal of Replacing All Lead Pipes. The Budget provides
$219 million for two grants dedicated to remediating lead contamination in water—Reducing
Lead in Drinking Water and Lead Testing in School and Child Care Program Drinking
Water—an increase of $163 million over the 2023 enacted level. The Budget also funds other
grants and loans that can be used for lead service line replacements. This investment builds
on the $15 billion in direct funding for lead service lines provided through the Bipartisan
Infrastructure Law. The Budget updates the cross-Government Lead Pipe Replacement
Funding Inventory that was published for the first time with the 2023 Budget.
• Protects Communities from Hazardous Waste and Environmental Damage. Preventing
and cleaning up environmental damage that harms communities and poses a risk to public
health and safety continues to be a top priority for the Administration. The Budget provides
$356 million for the Superfund program to continue cleaning up some of the Nation’s most
contaminated lands and respond to environmental emergencies and natural disasters, while
using an estimated $2.5 billion in Superfund tax revenue that would be available to EPA in
2024 to fund cleanup of contaminated sites, Superfund enforcement, and emergency response
activities. Total budgetary resources for the Superfund program would be approximately
$2.9 billion in 2024, compared to the $1.7 billion available in 2023. The Budget also provides
$217 million for EPA’s Brownfields program to provide technical assistance and grants to com-
munities so they can safely clean up and reuse contaminated properties, as well as $20 million
for the new Alaska Contaminated Sites Program. These programs support the President’s
Cancer Moonshot initiative by addressing contaminants that lead to greater cancer risk.
• Tackles Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Pollution. PFAS are a set of
man-made chemicals that threaten the health and safety of communities across the Nation,
disproportionately impacting historically disadvantaged communities. To tackle PFAS pol-
lution, the Budget provides approximately $170 million, $44 million over the 2023 Budget
request, for EPA to continue working toward commitments made in the 2021 PFAS Strategic
Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024, including: increasing America’s knowl-
edge of PFAS impacts to human health and ecological effects; restricting use to prevent PFAS
from entering the air, land, and water; and remediating PFAS that have been released into the
environment.
• Ensures Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment. EPA has a responsibility
under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure the safety of chemicals in or entering
commerce and addressing any unreasonable risks to human health or the environment. The
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Budget continues to build core capacity for the TSCA program with an investment of $130 mil-
lion, $49 million above the 2023 enacted level.
• Enforces and Assures Compliance with the Nation’s Environmental Laws. The
Budget provides $246 million for civil enforcement efforts, which includes funding to increase
enforcement efforts in communities with high pollution exposure and to prevent the illegal
importation and use of HFCs in the United States. The Budget also includes: $165 million for
compliance monitoring efforts, including funds to conduct inspections in underserved and over-
burdened communities, and funds to rebuild the inspector corps; and $75 million for criminal
enforcement efforts, which includes funding to increase outreach to victims of environmental
crimes and to develop a specialized criminal enforcement task force to address environmental
justice issues in partnership with the Department of Justice.
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND
SPACE ADMINISTRATION
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is responsible for sending astronauts
and robotic missions to explore the solar system, advancing the Nation’s understanding of
the Earth and space, and developing new technologies and approaches to improve aviation
and space activities. The President’s 2024 Budget for NASA: supports human and robotic
exploration of the Moon; invests in new technologies to improve the Nation’s space capabilities;
and promotes cutting-edge Earth-observing satellites and green aviation research to help address
pressing environmental challenges.
The Budget requests $27.2 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.8 billion or
7-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level.
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satellites and the Earth System Observatory. These investments would deliver significant
advancements in understanding of the Earth and provide key information to guide efforts re-
lated to tackling the climate crisis and mitigating natural hazards. The Budget also supports
advancing new technologies that would measure and map some of the planet’s most complex
processes, including climate change. In addition, the Budget invests in the development of
applications and tools to support agriculture and wildland fire management, and to improve
understanding of greenhouse gas sources and sinks.
• Expands the Reach of NASA Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
(STEM) Programming. The Budget provides $158 million, $14 million above the 2023
enacted level, for NASA’s Office of STEM Engagement to engage more students through
enhanced partnerships and platforms. This includes expanding NASA-unique STEM op-
portunities for students from underrepresented communities in STEM, including women
and girls.
• Prepares for the International Space Station’s Safe Transition. The International
Space Station will need to be safely deorbited at the end of its operational life as the United
States transitions to lower-cost commercial space stations. Rather than relying on Russian
systems that may not be able to accomplish this task, the Budget provides $180 million to
initiate development of a new space tug that may also be useful for other space transportation
missions.
• Invests in Technology Advancements. The Budget increases funding for NASA’s Space
Technology portfolio to $1.39 billion, a $190 million increase above the 2023 enacted level.
This investment would support the research and development of new technologies that would
increase U.S. capabilities for space exploration missions and create jobs through the growth of
commercial space companies that would both use and provide new technologies.
• Addresses the Growing Problem of Orbital Debris. NASA has a key role to play in better
understanding the worsening debris environment in orbit around the planet and supporting
the development of innovative approaches to help protect satellites and reduce the risk posed
by space debris. The Budget provides $39 million to better understand the environment and
explore approaches to mitigate the hazard.
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is responsible for science education and promoting the
progress of science and innovation. The President’s 2024 Budget for NSF advances the goals
of the CHIPS and Science Act by: strengthening U.S. leadership in emerging technologies;
expanding the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) workforce while
advancing equity; boosting research and development (R&D) including research infrastructure;
and combating the climate crisis.
The Budget requests $11.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.8 billion or
18.6-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level to support the CHIPS and Science Act.
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new fellowship that would provide researchers studying disparate impacts of climate change
with a broader skillset to address the interactions of science and policy in this complex area.
• Expands STEM Workforce and Advances Racial and Gender Equity in STEM. The
Budget provides $1.4 billion, a $198 million increase from the 2023 enacted level, to accelerate
STEM education and workforce development, and to help ensure the U.S. science and technol-
ogy workforce reflects the Nation as a whole. In addition, the Budget includes $420 million
to increase: the participation of historically underrepresented communities and women and
girls in science and engineering fields; support for curriculum design; research on successful
recruitment and retention methods; development of outreach or mentorship programs; fel-
lowships; and science and engineering research and education capacity at Historically Black
Colleges and Universities, Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities, and Minority-Serving
Institutions.
• Fosters Scientific and Technological Advances. The Budget provides $2 billion for re-
search and development to maintain America’s edge in the industries of tomorrow, including
advanced manufacturing, advanced wireless, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, microelec-
tronics and semiconductors, and quantum information science.
• Strengthens the Nation’s Research Infrastructure. The Budget provides $2.4 billion for
research infrastructure at NSF to support the construction and procurement of research fa-
cilities and instrumentation across the Nation to enable scientific and technological advances.
The Budget supports major NSF research facilities, including: long-term upgrades of NSF’s
major Antarctic infrastructure; finishing construction of the Vera C. Rubin Observatory, which
would conduct deep surveys of the night sky, creating an unprecedented data set to unlock
some of the universe’s biggest mysteries; upgrades to the Large Hadron Collider, the world’s
largest particle accelerator; and construction of the Leadership-Class Computing Facility to
support science and engineering research that requires the largest and most computationally
intensive capabilities.
SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
The Small Business Administration (SBA) is responsible for ensuring that small businesses and
entrepreneurs have access to the information and resources they need to start, grow, or recover
their business. The President’s 2024 Budget for SBA supports historic investments in counseling
and training programs, expands access to capital, supports innovation, and promotes access to
Government contracting opportunities.
The Budget requests $987 million in discretionary budget authority for 2024.
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SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
The Social Security Administration (SSA) is responsible for providing essential benefits to
retirees, survivors, individuals with disabilities, and older Americans with limited income and
resources. The President’s 2024 Budget for SSA supports investments in improving service
delivery and advancing equity. The Budget also proposes to establish a nationwide paid family
and medical leave program that would give workers the time they need to care for themselves or
a loved one or to bond with a new child.
The Budget requests $15.5 billion in discretionary budget authority for 2024, a $1.4 billion or
10-percent increase from the 2023 enacted level, including allocation adjustment funding.
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circumstances arising from a loved one’s military deployment; or find safety from domestic
violence, sexual assault, or stalking. The Budget would also provide up to three days to grieve
the death of a loved one. The Administration looks forward to continuing to work with the
Congress to make this critical investment and strengthen America’s economy.
• Advances Equity and Accessibility. The Administration is committed to making it easier
for people to access the services they rely on, including individuals experiencing homelessness,
children with disabilities, and people with mental and intellectual disabilities. The Budget
makes investments to decrease customer wait times, simplify the Supplemental Security
Income application processes, and increase outreach to people who are difficult to reach. SSA
will also continue to modernize its information technology systems to make more services
available online and improve 800 Number access for those who call.
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BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–1. Budget Totals
(In billions of dollars and as a percent of GDP)
Totals
2024– 2024–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2028 2033
Debt held by the public ������������������������������������������������������ 24,252 25,910 27,783 29,592 31,233 32,851 34,517 36,106 37,838 39,650 41,553 43,619
Debt held by the public net of financial assets ����������������� 22,049 23,619 25,465 27,137 28,658 30,167 31,771 33,306 34,997 36,776 38,647 40,681
Gross domestic product (GDP) ���������������������������������������������� 25,000 26,336 27,238 28,432 29,679 30,909 32,188 33,534 34,968 36,489 38,076 39,732
Debt held by the public ������������������������������������������������������ 97.0% 98.4% 102.0% 104.1% 105.2% 106.3% 107.2% 107.7% 108.2% 108.7% 109.1% 109.8%
Debt held by the public net of financial assets ����������������� 88.2% 89.7% 93.5% 95.4% 96.6% 97.6% 98.7% 99.3% 100.1% 100.8% 101.5% 102.4%
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Table S–2. Effect of Budget Proposals on Projected Deficits
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in billions of dollars)
Totals
2024– 2024–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2028 2033
Projected deficits in the baseline ������������������������������������������������� 1,376 1,726 1,863 1,897 1,798 1,735 1,890 1,800 2,008 2,103 2,282 2,535 9,184 19,912
Percent of GDP ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5.5% 6.6% 6.8% 6.7% 6.1% 5.6% 5.9% 5.4% 5.7% 5.8% 6.0% 6.4%
Total proposals in the 2024 Budget ���������������������������������������������� ......... –156 –17 –226 –277 –227 –287 –264 –321 –327 –411 –501 –1,033 –2,857
Resulting deficits in the 2024 Budget ������������������������������������������ 1,376 1,569 1,846 1,671 1,521 1,509 1,604 1,536 1,686 1,776 1,871 2,035 8,151 17,054
Percent of GDP ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5.5% 6.0% 6.8% 5.9% 5.1% 4.9% 5.0% 4.6% 4.8% 4.9% 4.9% 5.1%
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BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–3. Baseline by Category 1
(In billions of dollars)
Totals
2024– 2024–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2028 2033
Outlays:
Discretionary programs:
Defense ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 752 800 880 902 912 926 944 965 988 1,010 1,034 1,058 4,563 9,619
Non-defense ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 912 936 992 986 1,011 1,024 1,028 1,047 1,072 1,093 1,117 1,141 5,041 10,510
Subtotal, discretionary programs ���������������������������������� 1,664 1,736 1,872 1,888 1,923 1,950 1,972 2,012 2,059 2,103 2,151 2,199 9,605 20,129
Mandatory programs:
Social Security �������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,212 1,346 1,459 1,553 1,646 1,742 1,842 1,943 2,046 2,152 2,261 2,371 8,242 19,014
Medicare ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 747 821 842 959 1,033 1,117 1,276 1,223 1,388 1,482 1,596 1,844 5,226 12,759
Medicaid ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 592 608 556 581 617 652 693 731 774 826 874 926 3,098 7,228
Other mandatory programs ����������������������������������������������� 1,581 1,200 1,060 986 1,002 993 1,063 1,038 1,093 1,110 1,150 1,220 5,103 10,715
Subtotal, mandatory programs ������������������������������������� 4,133 3,975 3,916 4,078 4,298 4,503 4,874 4,935 5,300 5,570 5,881 6,361 21,670 49,717
Net interest ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 476 665 796 842 882 929 984 1,053 1,133 1,220 1,310 1,393 4,433 10,543
Total outlays ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 6,273 6,376 6,584 6,808 7,103 7,382 7,830 8,000 8,493 8,894 9,342 9,954 35,707 80,389
Receipts:
Individual income taxes ��������������������������������������������������������� 2,632 2,337 2,382 2,472 2,770 2,991 3,159 3,319 3,500 3,696 3,886 4,078 13,774 32,254
Corporation income taxes ������������������������������������������������������ 425 438 470 486 467 474 485 488 490 495 472 489 2,383 4,816
Social insurance and retirement receipts:
Social Security payroll taxes ��������������������������������������������� 1,066 1,198 1,209 1,265 1,327 1,382 1,452 1,511 1,575 1,642 1,709 1,807 6,635 14,879
Medicare payroll taxes ������������������������������������������������������� 339 357 369 387 406 425 447 467 489 511 534 566 2,034 4,601
Unemployment insurance ������������������������������������������������� 66 55 56 58 60 63 66 69 70 70 71 73 303 656
Other retirement ���������������������������������������������������������������� 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 21 74 167
Excise taxes ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 88 88 97 97 100 101 101 104 107 107 113 116 497 1,044
Estate and gift taxes �������������������������������������������������������������� 33 21 24 26 27 41 42 45 47 50 54 57 161 414
Customs duties ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 100 102 61 50 52 54 56 58 60 63 55 57 273 566
Deposits of earnings, Federal Reserve System ��������������������� 107 ......... ......... 14 36 54 65 69 72 78 85 91 170 567
Other miscellaneous receipts ������������������������������������������������ 30 39 38 41 44 46 49 53 57 60 62 63 219 513
Total receipts ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 4,897 4,650 4,721 4,910 5,305 5,647 5,940 6,200 6,485 6,791 7,060 7,418 26,523 60,478
Deficit ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,376 1,726 1,863 1,897 1,798 1,735 1,890 1,800 2,008 2,103 2,282 2,535 9,184 19,912
Net interest ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� 476 665 796 842 882 929 984 1,053 1,133 1,220 1,310 1,393 4,433 10,543
Primary deficit ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 900 1,061 1,068 1,056 916 806 906 747 874 882 971 1,142 4,752 9,368
On-budget deficit �������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,361 1,712 1,757 1,757 1,637 1,541 1,670 1,539 1,709 1,762 1,901 2,139 8,361 17,412
Off-budget deficit �������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 14 106 141 161 195 221 261 299 340 380 396 823 2,500
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Table S–4. Proposed Budget by Category
(In billions of dollars)
Totals
2024– 2024–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2028 2033
Outlays:
Discretionary programs:
Defense �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 752 800 885 906 907 921 941 953 963 970 978 984 4,559 9,408
Non-defense ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 912 936 1,015 1,010 1,029 1,034 1,024 1,029 1,044 1,055 1,075 1,095 5,112 10,410
Subtotal, discretionary programs ����������������������������������� 1,664 1,736 1,900 1,916 1,936 1,955 1,964 1,983 2,007 2,026 2,052 2,079 9,671 19,818
Mandatory programs:
Social Security ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,212 1,346 1,459 1,553 1,646 1,742 1,842 1,943 2,046 2,152 2,261 2,371 8,242 19,014
Medicare ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 747 821 842 958 1,028 1,104 1,252 1,198 1,358 1,451 1,564 1,770 5,183 12,525
Medicaid ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 592 608 558 582 620 656 699 743 790 848 904 967 3,115 7,366
Other mandatory programs ������������������������������������������������ 1,581 1,200 1,335 1,251 1,196 1,222 1,286 1,317 1,345 1,391 1,440 1,518 6,290 13,302
Subtotal, mandatory programs �������������������������������������� 4,133 3,975 4,194 4,343 4,490 4,724 5,078 5,200 5,539 5,843 6,169 6,626 22,829 52,207
Net interest ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 476 661 789 833 867 910 960 1,022 1,093 1,171 1,250 1,321 4,359 10,217
Total outlays ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 6,273 6,372 6,883 7,091 7,294 7,589 8,003 8,205 8,639 9,040 9,472 10,026 36,860 82,242
Receipts:
Individual income taxes ���������������������������������������������������������� 2,632 2,328 2,390 2,617 2,849 3,029 3,206 3,366 3,543 3,732 3,948 4,154 14,091 32,835
Corporation income taxes ������������������������������������������������������� 425 546 666 733 734 740 759 763 763 771 779 803 3,632 7,512
Social insurance and retirement receipts:
Social Security payroll taxes ���������������������������������������������� 1,066 1,198 1,208 1,263 1,325 1,379 1,450 1,508 1,573 1,640 1,707 1,805 6,625 14,857
Medicare payroll taxes �������������������������������������������������������� 339 409 464 485 509 533 563 588 616 645 675 715 2,555 5,795
Unemployment insurance �������������������������������������������������� 66 55 56 58 60 63 66 68 70 70 71 73 303 655
Other retirement ����������������������������������������������������������������� 12 13 13 14 15 15 16 17 18 19 19 21 74 167
Excise taxes ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 88 91 114 114 119 121 121 125 128 130 137 141 589 1,250
Estate and gift taxes ��������������������������������������������������������������� 33 21 25 28 29 45 47 52 52 57 63 68 175 466
Customs duties ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 100 102 61 50 52 54 56 58 60 63 55 57 273 566
Deposits of earnings, Federal Reserve System ���������������������� 107 ......... ......... 14 36 54 65 69 72 78 85 91 170 567
Other miscellaneous receipts ������������������������������������������������� 30 39 38 42 45 46 50 54 57 60 62 63 220 517
Total receipts ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 4,897 4,802 5,036 5,419 5,773 6,080 6,400 6,669 6,953 7,264 7,601 7,991 28,708 65,187
Deficit ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,376 1,569 1,846 1,671 1,521 1,509 1,604 1,536 1,686 1,776 1,871 2,035 8,151 17,054
Net interest ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 476 661 789 833 867 910 960 1,022 1,093 1,171 1,250 1,321 4,359 10,217
Primary deficit ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 900 909 1,058 839 654 599 643 513 593 605 620 714 3,792 6,837
Summary Tables
On-budget deficit ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,361 1,555 1,739 1,529 1,357 1,311 1,380 1,272 1,385 1,432 1,488 1,635 7,316 14,529
Off-budget deficit ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 15 14 107 143 164 198 223 263 301 343 383 399 835 2,526
Outlays:
Discretionary programs:
Defense �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3.0 3.0 3.2 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 2.7 2.6 2.5 3.1 2.9
Non-defense ������������������������������������������������������������������������� 3.6 3.6 3.7 3.6 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.1 3.0 2.9 2.8 2.8 3.5 3.2
Subtotal, discretionary programs ���������������������������������� 6.7 6.6 7.0 6.7 6.5 6.3 6.1 5.9 5.7 5.6 5.4 5.2 6.5 6.0
Mandatory programs:
Social Security ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 4.8 5.1 5.4 5.5 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 5.9 5.9 5.9 6.0 5.5 5.7
Medicare ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 3.0 3.1 3.1 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.9 3.6 3.9 4.0 4.1 4.5 3.5 3.7
Medicaid ������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 2.4 2.3 2.0 2.0 2.1 2.1 2.2 2.2 2.3 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.1 2.2
Other mandatory programs ������������������������������������������������ 6.3 4.6 4.9 4.4 4.0 4.0 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8 3.8 4.3 4.0
Subtotal, mandatory programs ������������������������������������� 16.5 15.1 15.4 15.3 15.1 15.3 15.8 15.5 15.8 16.0 16.2 16.7 15.4 15.7
Net interest ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1.9 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.1
Total outlays ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 25.1 24.2 25.3 24.9 24.6 24.6 24.9 24.5 24.7 24.8 24.9 25.2 24.8 24.8
Receipts:
Individual income taxes ���������������������������������������������������������� 10.5 8.8 8.8 9.2 9.6 9.8 10.0 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.4 10.5 9.5 9.9
Corporation income taxes ������������������������������������������������������� 1.7 2.1 2.4 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.4 2.3 2.2 2.1 2.0 2.0 2.4 2.3
Social insurance and retirement receipts:
Social Security payroll taxes ���������������������������������������������� 4.3 4.5 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.5
Medicare payroll taxes �������������������������������������������������������� 1.4 1.6 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.7 1.7
Unemployment insurance �������������������������������������������������� 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Other retirement ����������������������������������������������������������������� * * * * * * * 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 * 0.1
Excise taxes ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4
Estate and gift taxes ��������������������������������������������������������������� 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Customs duties ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Deposits of earnings, Federal Reserve System ���������������������� 0.4 ......... ......... 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Other miscellaneous receipts ������������������������������������������������� 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2
Total receipts ����������������������������������������������������������������������� 19.6 18.2 18.5 19.1 19.5 19.7 19.9 19.9 19.9 19.9 20.0 20.1 19.3 19.6
Deficit ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 5.5 6.0 6.8 5.9 5.1 4.9 5.0 4.6 4.8 4.9 4.9 5.1 5.5 5.2
Net interest ����������������������������������������������������������������������������� 1.9 2.5 2.9 2.9 2.9 2.9 3.0 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.3 2.9 3.1
Primary deficit ������������������������������������������������������������������������ 3.6 3.5 3.9 3.0 2.2 1.9 2.0 1.5 1.7 1.7 1.6 1.8 2.6 2.1
On-budget deficit ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 5.4 5.9 6.4 5.4 4.6 4.2 4.3 3.8 4.0 3.9 3.9 4.1 5.0 4.5
Off-budget deficit ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.6 0.7
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When October 1 falls on a weekend, certain mandatory benefit payments are accelerated to the previous business day, and as a result certain fiscal years can have 11 or 13 benefit
payments rather than 12 payments.
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Summary Tables
Reduce the cost of healthcare:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Require 12 months of Medicaid postpartum
coverage ����������������������������������������������������� ......... 200 200 210 220 230 240 250 260 270 280 1,060 2,360
Crosscutting reforms:
Permanently extend enhanced premium tax
credits 1 ������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... 16,521 22,303 23,203 23,780 22,990 23,488 24,695 26,031 62,027 183,011
Permanently extend coverage to low-income
individuals in states that have not
expanded Medicaid ����������������������������������� ......... 8,500 19,000 20,000 20,500 21,000 21,500 21,500 22,000 23,000 23,000 89,000 200,000
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Replenish and extend No Surprises Act
implementation fund �������������������������������� ......... ......... 125 125 125 125 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 500 500
Extend surprise billing protections to
ground ambulances 1 ��������������������������������� ......... ......... –65 –95 –100 –104 –109 –112 –117 –122 –124 –364 –948
Subtotal, reduce the cost of healthcare ���� ......... 8,700 19,260 36,761 43,048 44,454 45,411 44,628 45,631 47,843 49,187 152,223 384,923
Reduce the cost of postsecondary education for
students and families:
Department of Education:
Double the Pell Grant ��������������������������������������� ......... 741 2,560 4,682 7,058 9,743 12,641 14,299 14,537 14,776 15,018 24,784 96,055
Fund free community college ��������������������������� ......... ......... 531 7,190 13,752 16,590 13,294 10,443 9,579 9,278 9,352 38,063 90,009
Fund Advancing Affordability for Students
(Historically Black Colleges and
Universities (HBCU)/Tribally Controlled
Colleges and Universities (TCCU)/Minority
Serving Institution (MSI) Tuition Subsidies) ��� ......... ......... 85 2,662 3,477 3,596 3,925 4,050 4,138 4,228 4,313 9,820 30,474
Subtotal, reduce the cost of postsecondary
education for students and families ��������� ......... 741 3,176 14,534 24,287 29,929 29,860 28,792 28,254 28,282 28,683 72,667 216,538
Reduce the cost of housing for home owners and
renters:
Department of Housing and Urban Development:
Provide funding for new units serving
extremely low-income households ���������������� ......... 610 638 666 696 728 761 795 831 868 906 3,338 7,499
Modernize the public housing stock ����������������� ......... ......... 75 375 1,125 1,125 1,275 1,275 1,950 300 ......... 2,700 7,500
Fund grants to reduce barriers to affordable
housing production ���������������������������������������� ......... 30 474 1,001 1,618 2,165 2,170 1,405 668 277 192 5,288 10,000
Create a housing voucher program for youth
aging out of foster care ��������������������������������� ......... ......... 213 417 713 945 1,120 1,254 1,376 1,496 1,614 2,288 9,148
Create a housing voucher program for
extremely low-income veterans �������������������� ......... ......... 235 486 683 835 1,001 1,171 1,634 2,666 4,152 2,239 12,863
Provide down payment assistance to first
generation homebuyers ���������������������������������� ......... 243 755 1,523 2,386 2,338 1,768 558 237 192 ......... 7,245 10,000
Fund efforts to support and sustain eviction
prevention ������������������������������������������������������ ......... 500 1,000 750 750 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 3,000 3,000
Department of the Treasury:
Provide a neighborhood homes credit 1 ������������ ......... 18 142 534 1,213 1,894 2,284 2,391 2,375 2,351 2,362 3,801 15,564
Expand and enhance the low-income housing
credit 1 ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... 38 192 549 1,198 2,041 2,944 3,872 4,823 5,799 6,803 4,018 28,259
Subtotal, reduce the cost of housing for
home owners and renters ������������������������� ......... 1,439 3,724 6,301 10,382 12,071 13,323 12,721 13,894 13,949 16,029 33,917 103,833
Subtotal, reduce the cost of child care,
early learning, prescription drugs,
healthcare, postsecondary education,
and housing ������������������������������������������� ......... 26,132 48,840 91,798 120,158 125,169 136,171 129,800 137,113 142,589 142,595 412,097 1,100,365
Offset by tax reforms to ensure the wealthiest
Americans and multinational corporations pay at
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least a minimum tax rate and reforming taxation of
stock buybacks:
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Department of the Treasury:
Impose a minimum income tax on the wealthiest
taxpayers 1 ��������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... –43,698 –48,977 –51,620 –52,507 –52,093 –51,533 –46,084 –43,616 –46,481 –196,802 –436,609
Revise the global minimum tax regime, limit
inversions, and make related reforms 1 ����������� –18,461 –44,951 –55,091 –48,450 –43,750 –44,943 –46,935 –49,007 –51,154 –53,378 –55,682 –237,185 –493,341
Increase the excise tax rate on repurchase of
corporate stock 1 ������������������������������������������������ –3,934 –20,266 –20,364 –21,243 –22,143 –23,059 –24,016 –25,031 –26,111 –27,247 –28,429 –107,075 –237,909
Subtotal, offset by tax reforms to ensure the
wealthiest Americans and multinational
corporations pay at least a minimum
tax rate and reforming taxation of stock
buybacks �������������������������������������������������������� –22,395 –65,217 –119,153 –118,670 –117,513 –120,509 –123,044 –125,571 –123,349 –124,241 –130,592 –541,062 –1,167,859
Subtotal, lowering everyday costs for the
American people ������������������������������������ –22,395 –39,085 –70,313 –26,872 2,645 4,660 13,127 4,229 13,764 18,348 12,003 –128,965 –67,494
Invest in working families by cutting taxes for working
people and families with children, providing paid
leave, and improving home care:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Long Term Care (LTC) and Home Care:
Improve Medicaid home and community-based
services �������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 3,000 4,000 5,250 7,050 9,400 12,550 16,750 22,350 29,850 39,800 28,700 150,000
Require Medicaid adult and home and
community-based services quality reporting ��� ......... 25 26 26 27 27 28 29 29 30 31 131 278
Require additional disclosures from private
equity or real estate investment trust
ownership to improve quality of care in Skilled
Nursing Facilities (SNF) ����������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Adjust Survey Frequency for High-Performing
and Low-Performing Facilities ������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Provide authority for the Secretary to collect and
expend re-survey fees ��������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Increase per instance Comprehensive Metabolic
Panel (CMP) authority for LTC facilities ������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Hold LTC facility owners accountable for
noncompliant closures and substandard care ��� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Improve the accuracy and reliability of Nursing
Summary Tables
Home Care Compare data �������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Social Security Administration:
Provide national, comprehensive paid family and
medical leave ��������������������������������������������������������� ......... 2,000 10,000 18,000 20,000 25,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 50,000 75,000 325,000
Department of Treasury:
Expand the child credit, with permanent
refundability and option for monthly payment 1 ���� 5,843 259,273 74,899 7,864 9,432 12,166 12,520 12,792 13,038 13,370 13,802 363,634 429,156
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Permanently expand and improve Earned Income Tax
Credit for workers without qualifying children 1 ����� 378 13,940 14,997 15,354 15,650 15,774 15,959 16,027 16,088 16,126 16,130 75,715 156,045
Subtotal, invest in working families by cutting
taxes for working people and families with
children, providing paid leave, and improving
home care ���������������������������������������������������������� 6,221 278,238 103,922 46,494 52,159 62,367 91,057 95,598 101,505 109,376 119,763 543,180 1,060,479
Strengthen public health and improve health outcomes:
Guarantee adequate and stable funding for the
Indian Health Service (IHS):
Department of Health and Human Services:
Shift the IHS from discretionary to mandatory
funding:
Reclassify IHS:
Shift to mandatory spending ������������������������ ......... 1,321 8,136 9,585 10,024 10,255 10,490 10,773 10,980 11,232 11,489 39,321 94,285
Reduction in discretionary spending (non-
add) ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... –1,321 –8,136 –9,585 –10,024 –10,255 –10,490 –10,773 –10,980 –11,232 –11,489 –39,321 –94,285
Provide adequate funding and close service
gaps ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... 5,015 10,550 15,118 19,971 25,100 23,677 25,471 28,578 31,815 50,654 185,295
Provide adequate funding and close service
gaps (budget authority) (non-add) ���������������� ......... ......... 6,269 11,620 15,992 20,966 26,134 23,062 26,074 29,204 32,467 54,847 191,788
Total IHS mandatory request (budget
authority) (non-add) �������������������������������������� ......... 1,321 15,886 21,458 26,057 31,263 36,668 33,838 37,098 40,481 44,002 95,985 288,072
Transform behavioral health:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Convert the Medicaid Certified Community
Behavioral Health Clinics (CCBHC)
demonstration into a permanent program ������ ......... ......... 2 784 832 1,277 2,222 2,668 3,846 4,085 4,340 2,895 20,056
Transform mental health ������������������������������������� ......... 400 400 400 400 400 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 2,000 2,000
Eliminate the 190-day lifetime limit on inpatient
psychiatric facility (IPF) services ��������������������� ......... 120 145 155 160 175 180 200 205 220 225 755 1,785
Require Medicare to cover three behavioral
health visits without cost-sharing ������������������� ......... ......... 90 140 150 170 160 170 180 190 200 550 1,450
Permanently extend funding for Community
Mental Health Centers (CMHCs) �������������������� ......... 124 289 372 413 413 413 413 413 413 413 1,611 3,676
Provide mandatory funding for State
enforcement of mental health parity
requirements ����������������������������������������������������� ......... 10 40 25 25 25 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 125 125
Revise criteria for psychiatric hospital
terminations from Medicare ����������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Apply the Mental Health Parity and Addiction
Equity Act (MHPAEA) to Medicare 2 ��������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Modernize Medicare mental health benefits 2 ����� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Department of Labor (DOL):
Authorize DOL to impose civil monetary
penalties for Mental Health Parity
and Addiction Equity Act (MHPAEA)
noncompliance ��������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... –3 –4 –4 –4 –4 –4 –4 –4 –4 –15 –35
Provide mandatory funding for DOL to perform
additional Non-Quantitative Treatment
Limitations (NQTL) audits ������������������������������� ......... 2 5 25 25 34 35 36 37 38 38 91 275
Authorize DOL to pursue parity violations by
entities that provide administrative services
to Employee Retirement Income Security Act
(ERISA) group health plans ����������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Crosscutting reforms:
Improve access to behavioral healthcare in the
private insurance market 1 ������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... 2,442 3,368 3,492 3,648 3,767 3,951 4,140 4,329 9,302 29,137
Require coverage of three behavioral health visits
and three primary care visits without cost-
sharing 1 ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... 4,843 4,540 1,856 1,197 1,237 1,256 1,318 1,376 11,239 17,623
Subtotal, transform behavioral health ������������� ......... 656 968 9,182 9,909 7,838 7,851 8,487 9,884 10,400 10,917 28,553 76,092
Strengthen public health and combat disease:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Increase access to Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis
(PrEP):
Establish PrEP delivery program to end the
HIV epidemic in the United States �������������� ......... 213 371 526 687 853 1,027 1,206 1,394 1,587 1,789 2,650 9,653
Eliminate barriers to PrEP under Medicaid ��� ......... –710 –760 –830 –890 –960 –1,040 –1,120 –1,210 –1,300 –1,410 –4,150 –10,230
Subtotal, increase access to PrEP ���������������� ......... –497 –389 –304 –203 –107 –13 86 184 287 379 –1,500 –577
Establish the National Hepatitis C Elimination
Program ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 187 1,361 1,831 2,306 499 –56 –91 –229 –311 –356 6,184 5,141
National Hepatitis C Elimination Program
Costs (non-add) ��������������������������������������������� ......... 1,134 2,267 2,834 3,401 1,701 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 11,337 11,337
Medicaid prescription drug and medical
savings (non-add) ������������������������������������������ ......... –1,130 –1,180 –1,270 –1,340 –1,410 –210 –190 –170 –150 –130 –6,330 –7,180
Medicare zero cost sharing on drugs and
medical savings (non-add) ���������������������������� ......... 183 274 267 245 208 154 99 –59 –161 –226 1,177 984
Expand Vaccines for Children (VFC) program
Summary Tables
to all CHIP children and make program
improvements ���������������������������������������������������� ......... 230 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 ......... 10 270 310
Establish the Vaccines for Adults Program ��������� ......... 823 1,036 1,077 1,118 1,162 1,208 1,255 1,304 1,354 1,408 5,216 11,745
Encourage development of innovative
antimicrobial drugs 2 ����������������������������������������� ......... 500 1,300 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 4,500 9,000
Extend Teaching Health Center Graduate
Medical Education (GME) �������������������������������� ......... 94 223 298 120 68 36 ......... ......... ......... ......... 803 839
Reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program for
Type 1 Diabetes Research (National Institutes
of Health, NIH) ������������������������������������������������� ......... 13 39 74 116 156 169 129 64 18 4 398 782
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Reauthorize the Special Diabetes Program for
Indians (IHS) ����������������������������������������������������� ......... 240 260 269 11 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 780 780
Extend the 21st Century Cures Act Cancer
Moonshot: 3
Extend mandatory spending for the Cancer
Moonshot ������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... 366 1,089 999 329 69 30 13 ......... ......... 2,783 2,895
Discretionary budget authority (BA) (non-add) ���� ......... 716 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 716 716
Total Cancer Moonshot request (non-add) ������� ......... 716 1,448 1,448 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 3,612 3,612
Provide double funding for Health Centers ��������� ......... 2,326 5,593 6,792 4,095 138 75 ......... ......... ......... ......... 18,944 19,019
Increase funding for the National Health Service
Corps (NHSC) program ������������������������������������ ......... 174 632 751 600 158 40 16 ......... ......... ......... 2,315 2,371
Enable the Secretary to temporarily modify or
waive the application of specific requirements
of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement
Amendments of 1988 (CLIA) Act ���������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand cancer care quality measurement in
Medicare ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Add Medicare coverage of services furnished by
community health workers ������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, strengthen public health and combat
disease ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... 4,090 10,431 12,787 10,072 3,313 2,438 2,335 2,246 2,248 2,345 40,693 52,305
Prevent and prepare for future pandemics:
Department of Health and Human Services:
Prepare for pandemics and biological threats ����� ......... 3,000 7,000 5,000 2,400 1,400 1,200 ......... ......... ......... ......... 18,800 20,000
Create Federal public health data reporting
authority ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Authorize coverage for specific products and
services, including drugs, vaccines, and devices
authorized for emergency use �������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, prevent and prepare for future
pandemics ������������������������������������������������������ ......... 3,000 7,000 5,000 2,400 1,400 1,200 ......... ......... ......... ......... 18,800 20,000
Subtotal, strengthen public health and
improve health outcomes �������������������������� ......... 9,067 31,550 47,104 47,523 42,777 47,079 45,272 48,581 52,458 56,566 178,021 427,977
Close Medicare tax loopholes and increase Medicare tax
for people making over $400,000 to improve Medicare
solvency:
Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through
business income of high-income taxpayers 1 ������������� –12,342 –22,839 –26,245 –27,381 –28,606 –30,298 –31,589 –33,004 –34,162 –35,348 –36,472 –135,369 –305,944
Increase the net investment income tax rate and
additional Medicare tax rate for high-income
taxpayers 1 ������������������������������������������������������������������ –14,891 –29,627 –28,282 –27,872 –30,074 –32,494 –34,525 –36,772 –39,104 –41,532 –44,089 –148,349 –344,371
Subtotal, close Medicare tax loopholes and increase
Medicare tax for people making over $400,000 to
improve Medicare solvency ���������������������������������� –27,233 –52,466 –54,527 –55,253 –58,680 –62,792 –66,114 –69,776 –73,266 –76,880 –80,561 –283,718 –650,315
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Increase food security:
Department of Agriculture:
Extend expansion of school meal programs ������������� ......... 187 1,219 1,499 1,543 1,588 1,629 1,676 1,723 1,764 1,808 6,036 14,636
Department of Health and Human Services:
Expand and enhance access to Medicare coverage
of nutrition and obesity counseling ���������������������� ......... 20 70 110 170 200 210 220 230 250 260 570 1,740
Conduct a subnational Medicare medically-tailored
meal demonstration 2 �������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, increase food security ��������������������������� ......... 207 1,289 1,609 1,713 1,788 1,839 1,896 1,953 2,014 2,068 6,606 16,376
Outcompete China Initiative:
International Assistance Programs:
Invest in Development Finance Corporation (DFC)
mandatory equity program ����������������������������������� ......... 338 588 838 234 ......... ......... –32 –59 –84 –23 1,998 1,800
Advance the Indo-Pacific Strategy ��������������������������� ......... 200 300 350 375 400 200 100 50 25 ......... 1,625 2,000
Invest in International Infrastructure Fund ����������� ......... 220 510 475 355 265 100 43 22 10 ......... 1,825 2,000
Department of State:
Enhance Compacts of Free Association ������������������� ......... 822 590 291 195 94 93 85 84 83 84 1,992 2,421
Subtotal, Outcompete China Initiative ���������������� ......... 1,580 1,988 1,954 1,159 759 393 196 97 34 61 7,440 8,221
Additional investments and reforms:
Department of Agriculture:
End subsidy recapture for Single Family Housing
Direct Loans ���������������������������������������������������������� ......... 996 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 996 996
Extend crop insurance for Pandemic Cover Crop
Program ����������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 75 79 83 87 91 97 102 107 112 117 415 950
Subtotal, Department of Agriculture ������������������� ......... 1,071 79 83 87 91 97 102 107 112 117 1,411 1,946
Department of Commerce:
Fund Regional Technology and Innovation Hub
program ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 225 270 675 810 800 645 500 75 ......... ......... 2,780 4,000
Department of Defense—Military Programs:
Fund Survivor Benefit Plan ������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand accrual financing of the Military Retiree
Health Care Fund �������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... 1,377 1,275 1,150 977 757 535 324 117 –74 4,779 6,438
Amend 26 U.S.C, § 5000c ������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Summary Tables
Permanently increase DOD’s Voluntary Separation
Incentive Payment ceiling ������������������������������������ ......... 1 2 3 4 5 5 7 7 8 8 15 50
Fund State Active Duty Reimbursement ����������������� ......... 44 46 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 231 486
Use foreign military sales administrative funds to
pay for military salaries and unfunded civilian
retirement costs ���������������������������������������������������� ......... 89 91 94 96 99 101 104 106 109 112 469 1,001
Subtotal, Department of Defense–Military
Programs ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... 134 1,516 1,418 1,297 1,129 912 696 488 286 99 5,494 7,975
Department of Health and Human Services:
Medicare and Medicaid Savings:
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Increase CMS program integrity by increasing
mandatory Health Care Fraud and Abuse
Control (HCFAC) funding ��������������������������������� ......... –320 –420 –530 –540 –560 –560 –600 –600 –610 –630 –2,370 –5,370
Enhance Medicaid managed care enforcement ��� ......... ......... –100 –100 –100 –200 –200 –200 –200 –200 –200 –500 –1,500
Require remittance of medical loss ratios in
Medicaid and CHIP managed care ������������������ ......... ......... –2,200 –2,000 –2,100 –2,200 –2,400 –2,500 –2,600 –2,800 –2,900 –8,500 –21,700
Improve access and coverage for beneficiaries
dually eligible for Medicare and Medicaid:
Align Qualified Medicare Beneficiary renewal
period with other Medicaid groups ������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Align Medicare Savings Program and Part D Low
Income Subsidy eligibility methodologies ��������� ......... 100 340 490 540 590 650 700 750 810 870 2,060 5,840
Medicare interactions ������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... –8 –2 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –10 –10
Good governance and other technical proposals:
Refine the Quality Payment Program (QPP):
Measure development funding for QPP ����������� ......... 10 10 10 10 10 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 50 50
Reauthorize Medicare Improvements for
Patients and Providers Act (MIPPA) ��������������� ......... 50 50 50 50 50 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 250 250
Provide CMS Program Management
implementation funding ����������������������������������� ......... 50 150 100 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 300 300
Extend Post 9/11 GI Bill benefits to active duty
PHS Corps and Montgomery GI Bill to Select
Reserve Corps ���������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 4 9
Strengthen Medicare Advantage by establishing
new Medical Loss Ratio requirements for
supplemental benefits ��������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Implement targeted risk-adjustment pre-
payment review in Medicare Advantage ��������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Ensure providers that violate Medicare safety
requirements and have harmed patients
cannot quickly reenter the program ���������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Create a consolidated Medicare hospital quality
payment program ������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Standardize data collection to improve quality
and promote equitable care ������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Allow collection of demographic and social
determinants of health data through CMS
quality reporting and payment programs ������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Create a permanent Medicare Home Health
Value-Based Purchasing program �������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Create a permanent Medicare Diabetes
Prevention Program benefit ����������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Use Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) written
decisions rather than hearings for claims with
no material fact in dispute ������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Change the Medicare Appeal Council’s standard
of review to appellate-level to expedite
adjudication procedures and timelines ������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Implement value-based purchasing programs
for inpatient psychiatric facilities, outpatient
hospitals, and ambulatory surgical centers ����� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Prohibit unsolicited Medicare beneficiary
contacts �������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand tools to identify and investigate fraud in
the Medicare Advantage program �������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Increase transparency by disclosing
accreditation surveys ���������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Require Average Sales Price (ASP) reporting for
oral Methadone 2 ����������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Remove restrictions on the certification of new
entities as Organ Procurement Organizations
and increasing enforcement flexibility ������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Establish meaningful measures for the End-
Stage Renal Disease Quality Incentive
Program ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Extend TRICARE coverages to Ready Reserve
Public Health Service (PHS) Commissioned
Corps ������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Extend the National Parks and Federal
Recreational Lands Pass Program benefit to
USPHS Commission Corps officers ������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Administration for Children and Families:
Reduce reimbursement rates for foster care
congregate care placements ������������������������������ ......... –27 –24 –21 –18 –17 –16 –15 –14 –14 –14 –107 –180
Create new flexibilities and support in the
Chafee program for youth who experienced
foster care ���������������������������������������������������������� ......... 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 100 500 1,000
Expand and encourage participation in the
Title IV-E Prevention Services and Kinship
Navigator programs ������������������������������������������ ......... 280 318 376 445 389 457 539 628 701 767 1,808 4,900
Increase support for kinship foster care
placements and guardianships ������������������������ ......... 91 100 108 116 126 136 145 155 162 169 541 1,308
Summary Tables
Reauthorize Personal Responsibility Education
Program (PREP) ������������������������������������������������ ......... 6 22 38 7 1 1 ......... ......... ......... ......... 74 75
Reauthorize, increase funding for, and amend
Promoting Safe and Stable Families Program ��� ......... 78 250 292 295 300 300 300 300 300 300 1,215 2,715
Treat certain populations as refugees for public
benefit purposes ������������������������������������������������ ......... 76 83 86 89 93 89 9 4 4 5 427 538
Prevent and combat religious, sexual orientation,
gender identity, gender expression, or sex
discrimination in the child welfare system ����� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Authorize program integrity data collection for
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, Department of Health and Human
Services ���������������������������������������������������������� ......... 494 –1,320 –1,008 –1,107 –1,317 –1,442 –1,521 –1,476 –1,546 –1,532 –4,258 –11,775
Department of Homeland Security:
Extend expiring Customs and Border Patrol (CBP)
user fees ����������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –7,578 –7,375 ......... –14,953
Expand CBP user fee facilities costs ������������������������ ......... –7 –7 –7 –7 –8 –8 –8 –8 –8 –9 –36 –77
End deficit reduction contributions from Passenger
Security Fee ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... 1,560 1,600 1,640 1,680 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 6,480 6,480
Establish an affordability program for the National
Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) ������������������������ ......... 193 382 428 478 524 568 609 645 678 710 2,005 5,215
Reauthorize the NFIP ����������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Establish Electronic Visa Update System user fee 1 ���� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, Department of Homeland Security ������ ......... 1,746 1,975 2,061 2,151 516 560 601 637 –6,908 –6,674 8,449 –3,335
Department of the Interior:
Provide mandatory funding for Indian Water
Rights Settlements:
Provide mandatory funding for current and
future Indian Water Rights Settlements ��������� ......... 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 250 1,250 2,500
Provide mandatory funding for previously
enacted Tribal Water Settlements Operations
and Maintenance ���������������������������������������������� ......... 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 34 170 340
Reclassifications:
Reclassify Tribal lease payments ������������������������� ......... 83 85 87 89 91 93 95 97 99 101 435 920
Discretionary effects (non-add) ������������������������� ......... –83 –85 –87 –89 –91 –93 –95 –97 –99 –101 –435 –920
Reclassify Contract Support Costs (CSC) ������������ ......... 250 419 432 445 458 471 481 491 500 511 2,004 4,458
Discretionary effects (non-add) ������������������������� ......... –250 –419 –432 –445 –458 –471 –481 –491 –500 –511 –2,004 –4,458
Subtotal, Department of the Interior ������� ......... 617 788 803 818 833 848 860 872 883 896 3,859 8,218
Department of Justice:
Invest in Community Oriented Policing Services ��� ......... 870 1,305 1,740 2,023 2,175 1,305 870 435 152 ......... 8,113 10,875
Establish Gun Crime Prevention Strategic Fund ��� ......... 194 530 839 884 884 690 354 44 ......... ......... 3,331 4,419
Support the Accelerating Justice System Reform
(AJSR) program ���������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... 220 710 1,250 1,475 1,555 1,650 1,770 1,840 1,892 3,655 12,362
Subtotal, Department of Justice �������������������������� ......... 1,064 2,055 3,289 4,157 4,534 3,550 2,874 2,249 1,992 1,892 15,099 27,656
Department of Labor:
Extend Trade Adjustment Assistance ���������������������� ......... 42 127 178 186 203 217 230 242 256 273 736 1,954
Shift timing of Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation
(PBGC) Single Employer premiums ���������������������� ......... ......... 3,666 –3,666 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Improve Unemployment Insurance (UI) program
integrity1 ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –123 –257 –276 –251 –103 –205 –322 –192 –165 –168 –1,010 –2,062
Expand Foreign Labor Certification Fees ���������������� ......... 5 5 –42 –2 4 4 4 5 5 5 –30 –7
Subtotal, Department of Labor ���������������������������� ......... –76 3,541 –3,806 –67 104 16 –88 55 96 110 –304 –115
149
Department of the Treasury:
150
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Extend investments in the Internal Revenue
Service (IRS)1 �������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –47,121 –57,883 ......... –105,004
Expand Treasury’s authority to require bank
account verification ����������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Simplify Debt Management Services (DMS) fees ��� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Make technical corrections regarding calculation of
Current Value of Funds Rate ������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Reduce paperwork burden by permanently
authorizing current home to work transportation
for the IRS Commissioner ������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Ensure the Treasury Do Not Pay Business Center
(DNP) has full access to complete State death
data ������������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Allow DNP to use Fair Credit Reporting Act
(FCRA) data for improper payment purposes ����� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand Treasury’s access to the National Directory
of New Hires (NDNH) for improper payments ���� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Reauthorize and reform the Community
Development Financial Institutions (CDFI) Fund
Bond Guarantee Program ������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Increase access to the Capital Magnet Fund ����������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, Department of the Treasury ����������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –47,121 –57,883 ......... –105,004
Department of Veterans Affairs:
Enhance burial benefits for veterans:
Authorize the Department of Veterans Affairs
(VA) to pay a flat rate for the cost of domestic
transportation of a deceased veteran to
a national cemetery or covered veterans’
cemetery ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Authorize designation of eligibility for a flag ������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand eligibility for government-furnished
headstone, marker, or medallion for medal of
honor recipients ������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Pay accrued benefits to reimburse the person(s)
who bore the expense on a first-to-file basis ���� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Provide permanent authority for burial
Summary Tables
of spouses and dependent children who
predecease active duty servicemembers ���������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Standardize and enhance VA compensation and
pension benefit programs:
Remove matches performed to prevent
duplication of benefits in accordance with
the prohibitions specified in 38 U.S.C. § 5304
from the Privacy Act definition of “matching
agreement” �������������������������������������������������������� ......... –75 –81 –87 –94 –100 –107 –113 –120 –127 –134 –437 –1,038
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Amend 38 U.S.C. to preempt the applicability of
state laws to VA-appointed fiduciaries ������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Codify the correct rate of medal of honor special
pension ��������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Eliminate entitlement to additional pension for
veterans who are permanently and totally
disabled �������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Eliminate sunset date on the licensure
requirements (portability) for contractor
medical professionals to perform medical
disability examinations and expansion of the
definition of a health care professional ������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Eliminate the direct payment of fees from VA to
accredited agents and attorneys ���������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Extend the statutory marriage delimiting date
for surviving spouses of Gulf War veterans ����� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Modernize VA’s processing of survivors’ benefits
claims ����������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Provide paid representation for non-continuously
pursued supplemental claims under the
Appeals Modernization Act ������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Standardize and enhance VA education and
employment benefit programs:
Create one GI Bill ������������������������������������������������� ......... 22 6 6 6 266 251 492 431 349 285 306 2,114
Create entitlement charge parity between degree
programs and non-degree programs ���������������� ......... –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –5 –10
Permit full allocation of State Approving Agency
funding including the cost of living adjustment
(COLA) at the beginning of the fiscal year ������ ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 10
Prevent VA from providing unlimited amounts of
payment for flight training at public schools ��� ......... –13 –13 –14 –14 –15 –15 –16 –16 –17 –17 –69 –150
Allow VA to contract with another State
Approving Agency to fulfill duties �������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Allow reallocation of State Approving Agency
funds ������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Authorize VA to approve interstate commerce
carrier apprenticeship programs ���������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Bar approval and disapproval of new
enrollments in programs of education at
accredited schools which are financially
unstable ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Eliminate change of program requirement ��������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Forfeit GI Bill benefits if a veteran or beneficiary
colludes in fraud ������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Improve VA’s “85/15 rule” to better align with the
Department of Education’s “90/10 rule” ����������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
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(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Improve safeguards against the use of erroneous,
deceptive, or misleading advertising or the
use of commissions, bonus, or other incentive
payments ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Improve repayment of VA benefits payments for
misused benefits ������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Prevent improper payments by barring payment
to any approved programs of education which
fail to meet any statutory requirements ���������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Remove Veteran Readiness and Employment
from the “rounding out” authority in 38 U.S.C.
§ 3680(a)(3) �������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Require State Approving Agencies to receive
training �������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Restore faith in the Post–9/11 GI Bill to limit
debts on veterans and their dependents when
an obligated service period is not met ������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Revise criteria for additional subsistence
allowance payments for claimants who are
displaced by a natural or other disaster ���������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Update subsistence allowance rate tables ����������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Update the nomenclature used in 31 U.S.C.��������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Standardize and enhance insurance programs:
Make technical amendment to allow VA to
contest insurance policies issued due to
administrative error ����������������������������������������� ......... –2 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –6 –11
Amend to allow faster payment of government life
insurance benefits ����������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Include all veterans under 81 years of age for
Veterans’ Affairs Life Insurance coverage
eligibility ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Make amendment to reimburse Veterans’ Mortgage
Life Insurance administrative costs from life
insurance program funds ������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Make technical amendment to add Space Force
to the definition of Uniformed Service for
Summary Tables
Servicemembers’ Group Life Insurance ����������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Standardize, extend, and improve housing
programs:
Expand Federal civil monetary penalties ������������ ......... –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –5 –10
Extend authority for the Specially Adapted
Housing Assistive Technology Grant Program ......... 1 1 1 1 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 4 4
Extend authority for the Specially Adapted
Housing Temporary Residence Adaptation
grant ������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 10
Increase in amounts for energy efficiency
improvements of certain VA-guaranteed loans ���� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Enhance veterans health care programs ����������������� ......... 16 17 19 19 20 20 21 19 22 20 91 193
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Other proposals:
Improve VA health care facilities infrastructure ���� ......... 62 178 212 173 114 135 156 144 100 105 739 1,379
Except retention of parking receipts from VA
Central Office parking facilities from the
Miscellaneous Receipts Statute ����������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Clarify VA’s authority on interest and
administrative costs charged on delinquent
debts ������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, Department of Veterans Affairs ������� ......... 11 107 136 90 284 283 539 457 326 258 628 2,491
General Services Administration:
Establish and capitalize the Federal Capital
Revolving Fund ����������������������������������������������������� ......... 3,267 2,100 1,933 833 267 200 –333 –367 67 ......... 8,400 7,967
Expand Disposal Fund authority ����������������������������� ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 10
Invest in Acquisition Workforce Training Fund ������ ......... 8 ......... –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 5 .........
Subtotal, General Services Administration ��������� ......... 3,276 2,101 1,933 833 267 200 –333 –367 67 ......... 8,410 7,977
National Aeronautics and Space Administration:
Enhance Science, Space, and Technology Education
Trust Fund ������������������������������������������������������������ ......... 16 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 12 7
Office of Personnel Management:
Improve financial management of Tribal
Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB)
administrative fee by treating as mandatory
authority ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 10 20
Expand family member eligibility under Federal
Employee Dental and Vision Insurance Program
(FEDVIP) ��������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand FEDVIP to certain tribal employers ���������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Expand FEHB to tribal colleges and universities ��� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Preempt State/local taxation of FEDVIP carriers to
align with FEHB carriers ������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Shorten FEDVIP contract terms to allow flexibility
for new carriers ����������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Equalize treatment of Civil Service Retirement
System (CSRS) benefits for children with
disabilities ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 7
Subtotal, Office of Personnel Management ��������� ......... 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 12 27
Small Business Administration:
Transfer COVID administrative funds ���������������������� ......... 213 2 4 4 4 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 227 227
Consumer Product Safety Commission:
Remove barriers to establishing mandatory
consumer safety rules2 ������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Strengthen mandatory recall authorities2 ��������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Streamline the release of consumer safety
information to the public2 ������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
153
154
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Increase civil penalties for violations of consumer
product safety laws2 ���������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, Consumer Product Safety Commission ��� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Corporation for National and Community Service:
Authorize the expenditure of interest earnings in
the National Service Trust ����������������������������������� ......... 43 55 51 50 51 53 55 56 57 58 250 529
Delta Regional Authority:
Extend outyear effects of Delta Regional Authority
user fee proposal ���������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 2 4
Election Assistance Commission:
Fund election grants ������������������������������������������������� ......... 1,625 375 375 375 375 375 375 375 375 375 3,125 5,000
Federal Communications Commission:
Extend radio frequency spectrum general auction
authority for 10 years ������������������������������������������� ......... –17,740 2,760 –17,740 2,760 –17,740 2,760 –17,740 2,760 2,760 2,760 –47,700 –54,400
Japan-United States Friendship Commission:
Fund Japan-U.S. Trust Fund Endowment ��������������� ......... 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 5 10
United States Postal Service (USPS):
Pay USPS past losses 4 ��������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Crosscutting reforms:
Increase Afghan Special Immigrant Visas (SIV) by
20,000 �������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 140 277 365 308 279 258 224 204 201 200 1,369 2,456
Extend Balanced Budget and Emergency
Deficit Control Act (BBEDCA) Section 251A
sequestration ��������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –6,116 –42,778 ......... –48,894
Increase civil monetary penalties for labor law
violations 1 ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –150 –200 –250 –250 –250 –250 –250 –300 –300 –300 –1,100 –2,500
Support pandemic fraud prevention and
enforcement ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... 320 320 320 320 320 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 1,600 1,600
Subtotal, crosscutting reforms ����������������������������� ......... 310 397 435 378 349 8 –26 –96 –6,215 –42,878 1,869 –47,338
Subtotal, additional investments ���������������������������������� ......... –6,968 14,703 –11,289 12,639 –9,717 8,868 –13,103 6,195 –54,833 –102,399 –632 –155,900
Total, mandatory initiatives and savings ������������������������ –43,407 190,573 28,612 3,747 59,158 39,842 96,249 64,312 98,829 50,517 7,501 321,932 639,340
Summary Tables
Raise the corporate income tax rate to 28 percent ������� –89,130 –137,068 –126,786 –125,160 –129,655 –137,689 –137,514 –133,428 –133,851 –131,646 –132,962 –656,358 –1,325,759
Tax corporate distributions as dividends ������������������������ ......... –69 –110 –123 –129 –136 –144 –152 –161 –169 –178 –567 –1,371
Limit tax avoidance through inappropriate leveraging
of parties to divisive reorganizations ������������������������ ......... –250 –741 –1,451 –2,295 –3,212 –4,176 –5,178 –6,214 –7,299 –8,399 –7,949 –39,215
Limit losses recognized in liquidation transactions ����� ......... –299 –507 –522 –538 –554 –570 –587 –605 –623 –642 –2,420 –5,447
Prevent basis shifting by related parties through
partnerships ��������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –3,442 –5,893 –6,150 –6,408 –6,670 –6,905 –7,083 –7,195 –7,270 –7,336 –28,563 –64,352
Conform definition of “control” with corporate
affiliation test ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –370 –541 –556 –569 –579 –586 –592 –595 –598 –600 –2,615 –5,586
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Strengthen limitation on losses for noncorporate
taxpayers �������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... –1,185 –2,241 –2,519 –12,571 –14,373 –10,268 –9,533 –9,371 –9,282 –18,516 –71,343
Accelerate and tighten rules on excess employee
remuneration 5 ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... –2,328 –792 –163 –1,491 –2,259 –1,932 –1,544 –1,237 –1,211 –1,271 –7,033 –14,228
Prevent prison facility rent payments from
contributing to qualification as a real estate
investment trust (REIT) �������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, reform business taxation �������������������������� –89,130 –143,826 –136,555 –136,366 –143,604 –163,670 –166,200 –158,832 –159,391 –158,187 –160,670 –724,021 –1,527,301
Reform international taxation:
Adopt the undertaxed profits rule ��������������������������������� ......... ......... –40,219 –66,414 –66,022 –65,205 –63,540 –62,897 –62,360 –61,559 –60,821 –237,860 –549,037
Repeal the deduction for foreign-derived intangible
income:
Repeal the deduction for foreign-derived intangible
income �������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –9,800 –16,627 –12,619 –9,994 –10,294 –10,602 –10,920 –11,248 –11,585 –11,932 –59,334 –115,621
Provide additional support for research and
experimentation expenditures ����������������������������� ......... 9,800 16,627 12,619 9,994 10,294 10,602 10,920 11,248 11,585 11,932 59,334 115,621
Subtotal, repeal the deduction for foreign-derived
intangible income ���������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Revise the rules that allocate Subpart F income
and global intangible low-taxed income (GILTI)
between taxpayers to ensure that Subpart F
income and GILTI are fully taxed ����������������������������� ......... –166 –294 –320 –344 –366 –388 –408 –427 –446 –465 –1,490 –3,624
Eliminate exploited mismatch in calculation
of earnings and profits of controlled foreign
corporations ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –190 –321 –331 –341 –351 –362 –373 –384 –395 –407 –1,534 –3,455
Limit foreign tax credits from sale of hybrid entities �� ......... –315 –492 –445 –410 –384 –365 –350 –340 –333 –328 –2,046 –3,762
Restrict deductions of excessive interest of members
of financial reporting groups ������������������������������������� ......... –2,609 –4,316 –4,193 –4,078 –4,073 –4,167 –4,280 –4,389 –4,514 –4,657 –19,269 –41,276
Treat payments substituting for partnership
effectively connected income as U.S. source
dividends �������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –4 –9 –9 –9 –9 –10 –10 –10 –10 –10 –40 –90
Expand access to retroactive qualified electing fund
elections ���������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... –1 –1 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –6 –16
Reform taxation of foreign fossil fuel income:
Modify foreign oil and gas extraction income and
foreign oil related income rules ���������������������������� ......... –138 –243 –261 –278 –299 –318 –334 –351 –369 –388 –1,219 –2,979
Modify tax rule for dual capacity taxpayers ������������ ......... –2,932 –5,148 –5,541 –5,902 –6,344 –6,732 –7,073 –7,443 –7,814 –8,215 –25,867 –63,144
Subtotal, reform taxation of foreign fossil fuel
income ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –3,070 –5,391 –5,802 –6,180 –6,643 –7,050 –7,407 –7,794 –8,183 –8,603 –27,086 –66,123
Provide tax incentives for locating jobs and business
activity in the United States and remove tax
deductions for shipping jobs overseas:
Provide tax credit for inshoring jobs to the United
States ��������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 11 12 12 13 13 14 14 15 15 16 61 135
Remove tax deductions for shipping jobs overseas ��� ......... –11 –12 –12 –13 –13 –14 –14 –15 –15 –16 –61 –135
155
156
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Subtotal, provide tax incentives for locating jobs
and business activity in the United States
and remove tax deductions for shipping jobs
overseas ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, reform international taxation ����������������������� ......... –6,354 –51,043 –77,515 –77,386 –77,033 –75,884 –75,727 –75,706 –75,442 –75,293 –289,331 –667,383
Support housing and urban development:
Make permanent the New Markets Tax Credit 1 ���� ......... ......... ......... 97 278 483 716 990 1,290 1,602 1,792 858 7,248
Subtotal, support housing and urban development ���� ......... ......... ......... 97 278 483 716 990 1,290 1,602 1,792 858 7,248
Modify energy taxes:
Eliminate fossil fuel tax preferences:
Repeal the enhanced oil recovery credit ������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Repeal the credit for oil and natural gas produced
from marginal wells ���������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Repeal expensing of intangible drilling costs ���������� ......... –1,369 –2,003 –1,591 –1,122 –599 –394 –383 –366 –337 –328 –6,684 –8,492
Repeal the deduction for costs paid or incurred for
any qualified tertiary injectant used as part of
tertiary recovery method 6 ������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Repeal the exception to passive loss limitations
provided to working interests in oil and natural
gas properties �������������������������������������������������������� ......... –5 –9 –9 –8 –8 –8 –8 –7 –7 –7 –39 –76
Repeal the use of percentage depletion with respect
to oil and natural gas wells ���������������������������������� ......... –1,118 –1,144 –1,203 –1,279 –1,357 –1,426 –1,489 –1,554 –1,616 –1,675 –6,101 –13,861
Increase geological and geophysical amortization
period for independent producers ������������������������ ......... –51 –187 –320 –359 –353 –345 –336 –324 –301 –271 –1,270 –2,847
Repeal expensing of mine exploration and
development costs ������������������������������������������������� ......... –113 –166 –131 –93 –50 –32 –32 –31 –28 –27 –553 –703
Repeal percentage depletion for hard mineral fossil
fuels ����������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –78 –77 –78 –79 –81 –83 –86 –87 –89 –91 –393 –829
Repeal capital gains treatment for royalties ����������� ......... –26 –54 –57 –62 –64 –66 –69 –71 –73 –75 –263 –617
Repeal the exemption from the corporate income
tax for fossil fuel publicly traded partnerships ��� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –80 –159 –199 –236 –271 ......... –945
Repeal the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and
Superfund excise tax exemption for crude oil
derived from bitumen and kerogen-rich rock 5 ���� ......... –110 –153 –157 –163 –170 –176 –180 –185 –191 –195 –753 –1,680
Repeal accelerated amortization of air pollution
Summary Tables
control equipment ������������������������������������������������� ......... –13 –32 –50 –66 –82 –96 –110 –108 –98 –86 –243 –741
Subtotal, eliminate fossil fuel tax preferences ���� ......... –2,883 –3,825 –3,596 –3,231 –2,764 –2,706 –2,852 –2,932 –2,976 –3,026 –16,299 –30,791
Eliminate drawbacks on petroleum taxes that finance
the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund and Superfund 5 ��� ......... –163 –220 –223 –225 –229 –231 –233 –236 –240 –242 –1,060 –2,242
Impose digital asset mining energy excise tax 5 ����������� ......... –74 –199 –327 –385 –394 –405 –415 –425 –435 –444 –1,379 –3,503
Subtotal, modify energy taxes ���������������������������������� ......... –3,120 –4,244 –4,146 –3,841 –3,387 –3,342 –3,500 –3,593 –3,651 –3,712 –18,738 –36,536
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Strengthen taxation of high-income taxpayers:
Increase the top marginal income tax rate to 39.6
percent for high-income earners 1 ����������������������������� –20,063 –53,029 –52,206 –28,716 –11,963 –12,757 –13,571 –14,422 –15,271 –16,191 –17,137 –158,671 –235,263
Reform the taxation of capital income �������������������������� ......... –2,306 –13,211 –19,230 –21,135 –22,086 –23,205 –24,600 –26,066 –27,455 –34,561 –77,968 –213,855
Subtotal, strengthen taxation of high-income
taxpayers ��������������������������������������������������������������� –20,063 –55,335 –65,417 –47,946 –33,098 –34,843 –36,776 –39,022 –41,337 –43,646 –51,698 –236,639 –449,118
Modify rules relating to retirement plans:
Prevent excessive accumulations by high-income
taxpayers in tax-favored retirement accounts and
make other reforms ���������������������������������������������������� ......... –6,633 –5,887 –3,266 –1,915 –1,231 –898 –749 –699 –702 –734 –18,932 –22,714
Subtotal, modify rules relating to retirement plans ......... –6,633 –5,887 –3,266 –1,915 –1,231 –898 –749 –699 –702 –734 –18,932 –22,714
Support workers, families, and economic security:
Make the adoption tax credit refundable and allow
certain guardianship arrangements to qualify 7 ������ ......... ......... 1,011 1,979 1,704 1,655 1,639 1,623 1,602 1,594 1,582 6,349 14,389
Make permanent the income exclusion for forgiven
student debt 7 ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... 1 11 25 164 180 197 215 235 37 1,028
Extend tax-preferred treatment to certain Federal and
tribal scholarship and education loan programs ������� ......... 41 63 71 78 82 85 87 89 92 94 335 782
Increase the employer-provided childcare tax credit
for businesses ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 17 35 35 36 38 39 39 39 40 40 161 358
Improve the work opportunity tax credit program
integrity to promote longer-term employment ��������� ......... –65 –134 –86 –27 –17 –13 –9 –8 –5 –4 –329 –368
Subtotal, support workers, families, and economic
security ������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... –7 975 2,000 1,802 1,783 1,914 1,920 1,919 1,936 1,947 6,553 16,189
Modify estate and gift taxation:
Improve tax administration for trusts and decedents’
estates ������������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... 3 –1 –1 9 5 5 1 –5 –12 –21 15 –17
Limit duration of generation-skipping transfer tax
exemption ������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Modify income, estate, gift, and generation-skipping
transfer tax rules for certain trusts �������������������������� ......... –1,052 –3,157 –3,710 –4,999 –6,506 –8,480 –6,063 –8,480 –10,343 –12,355 –19,424 –65,145
Revise rules for valuation of certain property �������������� ......... –279 –789 –918 –1,107 –1,299 –1,356 –1,466 –1,571 –1,700 –1,829 –4,392 –12,314
Subtotal, modify estate and gift taxation ���������������� ......... –1,328 –3,947 –4,629 –6,097 –7,800 –9,831 –7,528 –10,056 –12,055 –14,205 –23,801 –77,476
Close loopholes:
Tax carried (profits) interests as ordinary income ������� ......... –398 –662 –661 –659 –657 –664 –677 –691 –705 –719 –3,037 –6,493
Repeal deferral of gain from like-kind exchanges �������� ......... –642 –1,765 –1,818 –1,873 –1,929 –1,986 –2,047 –2,107 –2,171 –2,236 –8,027 –18,574
Require 100 percent recapture of depreciation
deductions as ordinary income for certain
depreciable real property ������������������������������������������� ......... –39 –120 –249 –389 –540 –704 –881 –1,073 –1,279 –1,502 –1,337 –6,776
Limit use of donor advised funds to avoid a private
foundation payout requirement �������������������������������� ......... –20 –19 –13 –8 –4 –3 –4 –4 –4 –4 –64 –83
Exclude payments to disqualified persons from
counting toward private foundation payout
requirement ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –1 –2 –1 –1 –1 –1 ......... ......... ......... ......... –6 –7
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Extend the period for assessment of tax for certain
Qualified Opportunity Fund investors ���������������������� ......... –5 –15 –18 –15 –11 –10 –8 –6 –2 ......... –64 –90
Impose ownership diversification requirement for
small insurance company election ���������������������������� ......... –245 –797 –873 –975 –1,046 –1,109 –1,171 –1,228 –1,302 –1,383 –3,936 –10,129
Expand pro rata interest expense disallowance for
business-owned life insurance ����������������������������������� ......... –557 –561 –583 –615 –643 –673 –704 –737 –768 –803 –2,959 –6,644
Modify rules for insurance products that fail the
statutory definition of a life insurance contract ������� –2 –4 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –4 –4
Correct drafting errors in the taxation of insurance
companies under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 ���� ......... –65 –97 –101 –100 –73 –55 –48 –41 –37 –33 –436 –650
Define the term “ultimate purchaser” for purposes of
diesel fuel exportation 5 ��������������������������������������������� ......... –4 –8 –10 –12 –14 –16 –19 –21 –23 –26 –48 –153
Subtotal, close loopholes ������������������������������������������� –2 –1,980 –4,046 –4,327 –4,647 –4,918 –5,221 –5,559 –5,908 –6,291 –6,706 –19,918 –49,603
Improve tax administration:
Enhance accuracy of tax information:
Expand the Secretary’s authority to require
electronic filing for forms and returns ����������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Improve information reporting for reportable
payments subject to backup withholding ������������ ......... –40 –91 –155 –211 –221 –231 –241 –252 –263 –288 –718 –1,993
Subtotal, enhance accuracy of tax information ��� ......... –40 –91 –155 –211 –221 –231 –241 –252 –263 –288 –718 –1,993
Amend the centralized partnership audit regime to
permit the carryover of a reduction in tax that
exceeds a partner’s tax liability ��������������������������������� ......... 5 5 5 6 6 7 7 7 7 8 27 63
Modify requisite supervisory approval of penalty
included in notice ������������������������������������������������������� ......... –134 –136 –138 –144 –145 –157 –153 –159 –166 –174 –697 –1,506
Modify the requirement that general counsel review
certain offers in compromise ������������������������������������� ......... –6 –14 –9 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –33 –43
Incorporate chapters 2/2A in centralized partnership
audit regime proceedings ������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Simplify foreign exchange gain or loss rules and
exchange rate rules for individuals ��������������������������� ......... 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 9 20
Increase threshold for simplified foreign tax credit
rules and reporting ���������������������������������������������������� ......... 10 29 31 34 34 34 35 35 36 40 138 318
Authorize limited sharing of business tax return
information to measure the economy more
accurately ������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Summary Tables
Expand TIN matching and improve child support
enforcement ���������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Clarify that information previously disclosed in a
judicial or administrative proceeding is not return
information ����������������������������������������������������������������� –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –2 –10 –20
Subtotal, strengthen tax administration ����������������� –2 –166 –207 –266 –317 –328 –349 –354 –371 –388 –415 –1,284 –3,161
Improve tax compliance:
Address taxpayer noncompliance with listed
transactions:
Extend statute of limitations for listed transactions ���� ......... –23 –52 –66 –79 –78 –76 –74 –73 –72 –70 –298 –663
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Impose liability on shareholders to collect unpaid
income taxes of applicable corporations �������������� ......... –457 –477 –498 –519 –540 –563 –587 –613 –639 –667 –2,491 –5,560
Subtotal, address taxpayer noncompliance with
listed transactions ��������������������������������������������� ......... –480 –529 –564 –598 –618 –639 –661 –686 –711 –737 –2,789 –6,223
Impose an affirmative requirement to disclose a
position contrary to a regulation ������������������������������� ......... –7 –9 –11 –12 –12 –14 –14 –15 –16 –16 –51 –126
Require employers to withhold tax on failed
nonqualified deferred compensation plans ��������������� ......... –198 –207 –217 –226 –237 –247 –258 –270 –283 –295 –1,085 –2,438
Extend to six years the statute of limitations for certain
tax assessments ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Increase the statute of limitations on assessment
of the COVID-related paid leave and employee
retention tax credits 7 ������������������������������������������������ ......... –3 –39 –118 –96 –13 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –269 –269
Expand and increase penalties for noncompliant
return preparation and e-filing and authorize IRS
oversight of paid preparers:
Expand and increase penalties for noncompliant
return preparation and e-filing 7 �������������������������� ......... –25 –49 –68 –84 –94 –95 –95 –96 –93 –94 –320 –793
Grant authority to IRS for oversight of all paid
preparers 7 ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –37 –50 –47 –47 –51 –56 –62 –66 –73 –79 –232 –568
Subtotal, expand and increase penalties and
oversight for return preparation and e-filing and
authorize IRS oversight of paid preparers ��������� ......... –62 –99 –115 –131 –145 –151 –157 –162 –166 –173 –552 –1,361
Address compliance in connection with tax
responsibilities of expatriates ����������������������������������� ......... ......... –1 –2 –3 –4 –5 –5 –4 –4 –4 –10 –32
Define control of the payment of wage �������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, improve tax compliance ���������������������������� ......... –750 –884 –1,027 –1,066 –1,029 –1,056 –1,095 –1,137 –1,180 –1,225 –4,756 –10,449
Modernize rules, including those for digital assets:
Apply the wash sale rules to digital assets and
address related party transactions ��������������������������� ......... –1,240 –1,629 –1,743 –2,098 –2,256 –2,459 –2,710 –2,909 –3,126 –3,351 –8,966 –23,521
Modernize rules treating loans of securities as tax-
free to include other asset classes and address
income inclusion ��������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Provide for information reporting by certain financial
institutions and digital asset brokers for purposes
of exchange of information ���������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... –90 –157 –167 –178 –188 –200 –215 –227 –414 –1,422
Require reporting by certain taxpayers of foreign
digital asset accounts ������������������������������������������������� ......... –37 –75 –141 –165 –176 –187 –198 –211 –226 –239 –594 –1,655
Amend the mark-to-market rules to include digital
assets �������������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –3,634 –99 –109 –120 –132 –146 –160 –176 –194 –213 –4,094 –4,983
Subtotal, modernize rules, including those for
digital assets ��������������������������������������������������������� ......... –4,911 –1,803 –2,083 –2,540 –2,731 –2,970 –3,256 –3,496 –3,761 –4,030 –14,068 –31,581
Improve benefits tax administration:
Clarify tax treatment of fixed indemnity health
policies ������������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
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Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Rationalize funding for post-retirement medical and
life insurance benefits ������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Clarify tax treatment of on-demand pay
arrangements ������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, improve benefits tax administration �������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, additional receipt proposals ���������������������� –109,197 –224,410 –273,058 –279,474 –272,431 –294,704 –299,897 –292,712 –298,485 –301,765 –314,949 –1,344,077 –2,851,885
Grand total, mandatory and receipt proposals ����������� –152,604 –33,837 –244,446 –275,727 –213,273 –254,862 –203,648 –228,400 –199,656 –251,248 –307,448 –1,022,145 – 2,212,545
Note: Detail in this table may not add to the totals due to rounding. For receipt effects, positive figures indicate lower receipts. For outlay effects, positive figures indicate higher
outlays. For net costs, positive figures indicate higher deficits.
1
The estimate for this proposal includes effects on receipts. The receipt effects included in the totals above are as follows:
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2023 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Reduce insulin cost-sharing in commercial plans ������������ ......... 410 368 77 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... 855 855
Permanently extend enhanced premium tax credits ������� ......... ......... ......... 4,887 6,720 7,102 7,166 6,426 6,448 6,899 7,402 18,709 53,050
Extend surprise billing protections to ground
ambulances ��������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... –52 –76 –80 –84 –88 –92 –96 –101 –105 –292 –774
Provide a neighborhood homes credit ������������������������������� ......... 18 142 534 1,213 1,894 2,284 2,391 2,375 2,351 2,362 3,801 15,564
Expand and enhance the low-income housing credit ������� ......... 38 192 549 1,198 2,041 2,944 3,872 4,823 5,799 6,803 4,018 28,259
Impose a minimum income tax on the wealthiest
taxpayers ������������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... –43,698 –48,977 –51,620 –52,507 –52,093 –51,533 –46,084 –43,616 –46,481 –196,802 –436,609
Revise the global minimum tax regime, limit inversions,
and make related reforms ��������������������������������������������� –18,461 –44,951 –55,091 –48,450 –43,750 –44,943 –46,935 –49,007 –51,154 –53,378 –55,682 –237,185 –493,341
Increase the excise tax rate on repurchase of corporate
stock �������������������������������������������������������������������������������� –3,934 –20,266 –20,364 –21,243 –22,143 –23,059 –24,016 –25,031 –26,111 –27,247 –28,429 –107,075 –237,909
Expand the child credit, and make permanent full
refundability and advanceability ���������������������������������� 5,735 24,721 –63,604 –25,591 –268 3,265 3,530 3,795 4,104 4,444 4,813 –61,477 –40,791
Restore and make permanent the American Rescue
Plan expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit for
workers without qualifying children ����������������������������� 376 1,544 1,675 1,808 2,123 2,098 2,084 2,047 2,024 1,996 1,952 9,248 19,351
Improve access to behavioral healthcare in the private
insurance market ����������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... 1,833 2,521 2,621 2,737 2,864 2,998 3,146 3,300 6,975 22,020
Require coverage of three behavioral health visits and
three primary care visits without cost-sharing ������������ ......... ......... ......... 3,695 3,445 1,331 820 856 897 941 986 8,471 12,971
Apply the net investment income tax to pass-through
business income of high-income taxpayers ������������������� –12,342 –22,839 –26,245 –27,381 –28,606 –30,298 –31,589 –33,004 –34,162 –35,348 –36,472 –135,369 –305,944
Summary Tables
Increase the net investment income tax rate and
additional Medicare tax rate for high-income
taxpayers ������������������������������������������������������������������������ –14,891 –29,627 –28,282 –27,872 –30,074 –32,494 –34,525 –36,772 –39,104 –41,532 –44,089 –148,349 –344,371
Establish Electronic Visa Update System user fee ���������� ......... –52 –58 –64 –72 –79 –88 –108 –118 –130 –143 –325 –912
Improve Unemployment Insurance (UI) program
integrity �������������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... 11 35 189 90 –24 114 150 163 235 728
Extend investments in the IRS ����������������������������������������� ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –61,425 –72,721 ......... –134,146
Increase civil monetary penalties for labor law
violations ������������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... –150 –200 –250 –250 –250 –250 –250 –300 –300 –300 –1,100 –2,500
Total, receipt effects of mandatory proposals ��������������� –43,517 –91,154 –235,217 –186,510 –159,608 –163,173 –167,929 –173,570 –173,346 –237,351 –256,641 –835,662 –1,844,499
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–6. Mandatory and Receipt Proposals—Continued
(Deficit increases (+) or decreases (–) in millions of dollars)
Totals
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
2
Estimates were not available at the time of Budget publication.
3
The Cancer Moonshot authorization expires in 2023. The Budget prioritizes the reauthorization of the Cancer Moonshot by requesting $716 million in discretionary resources within
NIH in 2024 and by proposing a mandatory reauthorization through 2026. The total Budget request for NIH Cancer Moonshot is $3.6 billion through 2026.
4
The Budget proposes to support the USPS through an intragovernmental transaction that increases the balances in the Postal Service Fund but results in no net deficit effect in the
10-year budget window. The General Fund appropriation of $465 million in 2024 can be found in the transmit 4 for the Payment to the Postal Service account and is offset in the
receiving account, the Postal Service Fund.
5
Net of income offsets.
6
Effects are included in the estimate of Repeal the enhanced oil recovery credit.
7
The estimate for this proposal includes effects on outlays. The outlay effects included in the totals above are as follows:
2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2023 2033 2024–2028 2024–2033
Make the adoption tax credit refundable and allow
certain guardianship arrangements to qualify ����������� ......... ......... 1,000 1,937 1,661 1,608 1,591 1,575 1,553 1,544 1,532 6,206 14,001
Make permanent the income exclusion for forgiven
student debt ������������������������������������������������������������������ ......... ......... ......... ......... 1 1 19 19 20 22 24 2 106
Increase the statute of limitations on assessment of the
COVID-related paid leave and employee retention tax
credits ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –2 –35 –119 –108 –21 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... –285 –285
Expand and increase penalties for noncompliant return
preparation and e-filing ������������������������������������������������ ......... –9 –15 –18 –20 –22 –22 –22 –22 –19 –19 –84 –188
Grant authority to IRS for oversight of all paid
preparers ����������������������������������������������������������������������� ......... –23 –29 –22 –19 –20 –22 –24 –25 –28 –30 –113 –242
Total, outlay effects of receipt proposals �������������������������� ......... –34 921 1,778 1,515 1,546 1,566 1,548 1,526 1,519 1,507 5,726 13,392
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Table S–7. Funding Levels for Appropriated (“Discretionary”) Programs by Category
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
Totals
Outyears
Actual 1 Enacted 1,2 Request 2024– 2024–
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033 2028 2033
Summary Tables
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–7. Funding Levels for Appropriated (“Discretionary”) Programs by Category—Continued
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
* Less than $500 million.
1
The 2022 actual and 2023 enacted levels include changes that occur after appropriations are enacted that are part of budget execution such as transfers, reestimates, and the
rebasing as mandatory any changes in mandatory programs (CHIMPs) enacted in appropriations bills. The 2022 and 2023 levels are adjusted to add back OMB’s scoring of
CHIMPs enacted in 2022 and 2023 appropriations Acts for a better illustrative comparison with the 2024 request levels.
2
The 2023 enacted levels for base funding include the $12.5 billion primarily for base activities that was designated as emergency funding in Public Law 117–328.
3
The 2024 Budget proposes to shift contract support costs and 105(l) leases within the Indian Health Service (IHS) in HHS and the Bureau of Indian Programs (BIA) in the
Department of the Interior to the mandatory side of the Budget starting in 2024. The Budget further proposes to shift all of IHS to mandatory starting in 2025 as well. See the
“Budget Process” chapter of the Analytical Perspectives volume of the Budget for more information on these proposals.
4
The 2024 Budget presents funding for anomalous or above-base activities such as emergency requirements, program integrity, disaster relief, wildfire suppression, and 21st Century
Cures appropriations outside of base allocations, which is largely consistent with allocation adjustments in the FY 2022 Congressional Budget Resolution (H.Con.Res. 14) and the
FY 2023 deeming resolution in the House of Representatives (H.Res. 1151).
5
The section presents base discretionary funding by both defense and non-defense and by security and nonsecurity allocations. The definition of security and nonsecurity is the
same as the definition specified in the Budget Control Act of 2011 with security including the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Veterans Affairs, the National Nuclear
Security Administration, the International Budget Function (150), and the Intelligence Community Management Account and with all other discretionary programs in the
nonsecurity category. This presentation of discretionary excludes the proposed shifts to mandatory.
6
The amounts in the 2024 Budget are based on the National Security and National Defense strategies and the Department of Defense Future Years Defense Program, which includes
a five-year appropriations plan and estimated expenditures necessary to support the programs, projects, and activities of the Department of Defense. After 2028, the Budget reflects
outyear growth rates consistent with the FY 2023 President’s Budget.
7
Section 905(c) of division J of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (Public Law 117–58; IIJA) specified that amounts provided in division J and certain rescissions in section
90007 of IIJA should be considered as emergency discretionary appropriations. The amounts provided as discretionary appropriations in IIJA are summarized here, however, these
amounts are kept separate from other discretionary amounts included above that are considered during the regular appropriations process.
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Table S–8. 2024 Discretionary Request by Major Agency
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
2024 Request Less
2023 Enacted
2022 2023 2024
Actual 1 Enacted 1,2 Request Dollar Percent
Cabinet Departments:
Agriculture 3 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 26.3 26.4 30.1 +3.8 +14.3%
Commerce ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9.9 11.2 12.3 +1.2 +10.7%
Defense ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 742.6 816.0 842.0 +26.0 +3.2%
Education �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 75.3 79.2 90.0 +10.8 +13.6%
Energy (DOE) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 44.3 47.8 52.0 +4.2 +8.7%
Health and Human Services (HHS) 4 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 120.9 130.4 145.3 +14.9 +11.4%
Proposed IHS Shift to Mandatory (non-add) 5 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ (1.0) (1.3) (1.3) (+*) (+2.2%)
HHS, BA excluding IHS (non-add) ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� (119.9) (129.1) (144.0) (+14.8) (+11.5%)
Homeland Security (DHS) ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 57.6 61.0 60.4 –0.6 –1.0%
Housing and Urban Development (HUD):
HUD program level ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 65.7 72.1 73.3 +1.1 +1.6%
HUD receipts ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� –11.0 –8.3 –5.5 +2.8 N/A
Interior (DOI) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 16.0 17.2 18.8 +1.6 +9.3%
Proposed BIA Shift to Mandatory (non-add) 5 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ (0.3) (0.5) (0.5) (+0.1) (+10.8%)
DOI, BA excluding BIA (non-add) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� (15.7) (16.7) (18.3) (+1.6) (+9.3%)
Justice ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 35.2 37.5 39.7 +2.2 +5.9%
Labor ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 13.1 13.6 15.1 +1.5 +10.9%
State and International Programs 3,6 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 57.8 63.4 70.5 +7.1 +11.2%
Transportation (DOT) ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ 26.9 28.7 27.8 –0.8 –2.9%
Treasury 6 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 14.3 14.2 16.3 +2.1 +15.0%
Veterans Affairs 7 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 112.4 134.9 137.9 +3.0 +2.2%
Major Agencies:
Corps of Engineers (Corps) ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8.3 8.7 7.4 –1.2 –14.4%
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 8 ���������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9.6 10.1 12.1 +1.9 +19.2%
General Services Administration ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ –0.5 –0.1 1.0 +1.1 N/A
National Aeronautics and Space Administration ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 24.0 25.4 27.2 +1.8 +7.1%
National Science Foundation ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 8.8 9.5 11.3 +1.8 +18.6%
Summary Tables
Small Business Administration �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 0.5 1.1 1.0 –0.1 –8.2%
Social Security Administration 4 �������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 9.1 9.6 10.5 +0.9 +9.7%
Other Agencies ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 25.4 27.3 29.4 +2.1 +7.7%
Changes in mandatory program offsets 9 ������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������ –16.1 –18.6 –30.6 –12.0 +64.8%
Subtotal, Base Discretionary Budget Authority (BA) ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,476.6 1,618.3 1,695.5 +77.2 +4.8%
Subtotal, BA excluding programs shifted to mandatory ���������������������������������������������������������������� 1,475.3 1,616.5 1,693.6 +77.1 +4.8%
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–8. 2024 Discretionary Request by Major Agency—Continued
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
2024 Request Less
2023 Enacted
2022 2023 2024
Actual 1 Enacted 1,2 Request Dollar Percent
Subtotal, Non-Base Discretionary Funding ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 124.1 117.5 36.7 –80.8 –68.8%
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Total, BA excluding programs shifted to mandatory ���������������������������������������������������������������������� 1,599.4 1,734.0 1,730.3 –3.7 –0.2%
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Table S–8. 2024 Discretionary Request by Major Agency—Continued
(Budget authority in billions of dollars)
2024 Request Less
2023 Enacted
2022 2023 2024
Actual 1 Enacted 1,2 Request Dollar Percent
Summary Tables
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The definition of security and nonsecurity is the same as the definition specified in the Budget Control Act of 2011 with security including the Departments of Defense, Homeland
Security, Veterans Affairs, the National Nuclear Security Administration, the International Budget Function (150), and the Intelligence Community Management Account and with
all other discretionary programs in the nonsecurity category.
BUDGET OF THE U. S. GOVERNMENT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024
Table S–9. Economic Assumptions
(Calendar years)
Projections
Actual
2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
Consumer Price Index, 1 percent change, year/year ���������������� 4.7 8.1 4.3 2.4 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.3
91-day Treasury bills 3 ��������������������������������������������������������������������� * 2.0 4.9 3.8 3.0 2.5 2.3 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.4 2.5 2.5
10-year Treasury notes ������������������������������������������������������������������� 1.4 3.0 3.9 3.6 3.5 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.4 3.5 3.5
Unemployment rate, civilian, percent 2 �������������������������������������� 5.4 3.7 4.3 4.6 4.4 4.3 4.2 4.1 4.0 3.9 3.8 3.8 3.8
* 0.05 percent or less.
Note: A more detailed table of economic assumptions appears in Chapter 2, “Economic Assumptions and Overview,” in the Analytical Perspectives volume of the Budget.
1
Seasonally adjusted CPI for all urban consumers.
2
Annual average.
3
Average rate, secondary market (bank discount basis).
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Table S–10. Federal Government Financing and Debt
(Dollar amounts in billions)
Estimate
Actual
2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030 2031 2032 2033
Financing:
Unified budget deficit:
Primary deficit ���������������������������������������������������������������� 900 909 1,058 839 654 599 643 513 593 605 620 714
Net interest ��������������������������������������������������������������������� 476 661 789 833 867 910 960 1,022 1,093 1,171 1,250 1,321
Unified budget deficit �������������������������������������������������� 1,376 1,569 1,846 1,671 1,521 1,509 1,604 1,536 1,686 1,776 1,871 2,035
As a percent of GDP ������������������������������������������������ 5.5% 6.0% 6.8% 5.9% 5.1% 4.9% 5.0% 4.6% 4.8% 4.9% 4.9% 5.1%
Other transactions affecting borrowing from the public:
Changes in financial assets and liabilities: 1
Change in Treasury operating cash balance ������������� 421 14 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Net disbursements of credit financing accounts:
Direct loan and Troubled Asset Relief
Program (TARP) equity purchase accounts ������� –256 44 22 133 118 109 64 56 47 38 33 32
Guaranteed loan accounts �������������������������������������� 205 31 6 6 4 1 * –* –* * 1 1
Net purchases of non-Federal securities by the
National Railroad Retirement Investment Trust
(NRRIT) ������������������������������������������������������������������� –5 –* –1 –2 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1 –1
Net change in other financial assets and liabilities 2 ���� 229 ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .........
Subtotal, changes in financial assets and
liabilities �������������������������������������������������������������� 594 89 27 138 121 109 63 54 46 37 33 32
Seigniorage on coins �������������������������������������������������������� –* –* –* –* –* –* –* –* –* –* –* –*
Total, other transactions affecting borrowing from
the public ����������������������������������������������������������������� 594 88 26 138 120 109 63 54 45 37 33 31
Total, requirement to borrow from the public
(equals change in debt held by the public) �������� 1,970 1,657 1,873 1,809 1,641 1,618 1,666 1,589 1,732 1,812 1,903 2,066
Summary Tables
Adjustment for discount, premium, and coverage 3 ����������� 51 52 53 53 54 54 55 56 56 56 56 56
Total, debt subject to statutory limitation 4 ������������������� 30,869 32,724 34,839 36,851 38,703 40,381 42,006 43,673 45,364 47,105 48,887 50,712
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