Federal Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2022 (2024)

Published: March 17, 2022

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Bills and related documents for fiscal year 2022

Appropriations Measures

The House and Senate Committees on Appropriations have jurisdiction over the annual appropriations measures. Each committee is organized into 12 subcommittees, with each subcommittee having responsibility for developing one regular annual appropriations bill to provide funding for departments and activities within its jurisdiction.

The three types of appropriations measures are regular appropriations bills, continuing resolutions, and supplemental appropriations bills.

Regular Appropriations Bills

Regular appropriations bills provide most of the funding that is provided in all appropriations measures for a fiscal year and must be enacted by October 1, the beginning of the fiscal year. Often, regular appropriation bills may be packaged together in omnibus or minibus bills. According to the Congressional Research Service, "there is no agreed upon definition of omnibus appropriations measure, but the term minibus appropriations measure has sometimes been used to refer to a measure including only a few regular appropriations bills, while omnibus appropriations measure refers to a measure containing several regular bills."

FY22 Omnibus Appropriations Bill

FY2022 Consolidated Appropriations Act H.R. 2471
168 Cong. Rec. H2477 – March 9, 2022 (Book 2)

Explanatory Statement

Explanatory Statement Submitted by Ms. Delauro, Chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, Regarding the Amendment to the Senate Amendment to H.R. 2471, Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022

Divisions A through F
Division A - Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division B - Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division C - Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2022; Division D - Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division E - Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022; Division F - Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, 2022
Divisions G through O
Division G - Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division H - Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division I - Legislative Branch Appropriations Act, 2022; Division J - Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division K - Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2022; Division L - Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; Division M - COVID Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022; Division N - Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022; Division O - Extensions and Technical Corrections

FY22 Regular Appropriations Bills and Reports

Budget of the U.S. Government

The annual Federal appropriations process begins with the publication of the Budget of the United States Government. Issued by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Budget of the U.S. Government is a collection of documents that contains the budget message of the President, information about the President's budget proposals for a given fiscal year, and other budgetary publications that have been issued throughout the fiscal year. According to the Budget and Accounting Act of 1921, the president must annually submit a budget to Congress by the first Monday in February.

See Budget of the U.S. Government for FY22 | Browse previous year budgets | Learn more about the Budget of the U.S. Government

Budget Resolution

A Budget Resolution is "legislation in the form of a concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget. The budget resolution establishes various budget totals, divides spending totals into functional categories (e.g., transportation), and may include reconciliation instructions to designated House or Senate committees." (Source: Senate.gov )

The drafting of the annual concurrent resolution on the budget is the chief responsibility of the House Committee on the Budget and the Senate Committee on the Budget. Each chamber introduces its own resolution, which, when jointly agreed to by the House and the Senate, becomes the so called “budget resolution."

S. Con. Res. 14, August 24, 2021, set forth the congressional budget for the U.S. for fiscal year 2022 and the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years 2023 through 2031.

Visit crsreports.congress.gov to view an Appropriations Status Table.

Federal Appropriations, Fiscal Year 2022 (2024)

FAQs

Did the fy22 budget pass? ›

The final funding package was passed as an omnibus spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022. The Inflation Reduction Act was passed as the budget reconciliation bill for FY2022.

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Has the fy22 appropriations bill passed? ›

The links below provide information on Congressionally Directed Spending items included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (P.L. 117-103), signed into law on March 15, 2022.

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How much did the government spend in fiscal year 2022? ›

Outlays in fiscal year 2022 were nearly $6.3 trillion—$550 billion (or 8 percent) less than in the previous year, CBO estimates.

Has the 2024 Appropriations bill passed? ›

Senator Collins was a lead negotiator of the bipartisan legislation. Washington, D.C. – Today, by a vote of 74-24, the U.S. Senate passed the second six-bill Fiscal Year (FY24) appropriations package.

What are the three biggest expenses in the federal budget? ›

CBO: U.S. Federal spending and revenue components for fiscal year 2023. Major expenditure categories are healthcare, Social Security, and defense; income and payroll taxes are the primary revenue sources.

Who owns US debt? ›

There are two kinds of national debt: intragovernmental and public. Intragovernmental is debt held by the Federal Reserve and Social Security and other government agencies. Public debt is held by the public: individual investors, institutions, foreign governments.

When was the last time Congress passed all 12 appropriations bills? ›

History. Between fiscal year 1977 and fiscal year 2012, Congress only passed all twelve regular appropriations bills on time in four years – fiscal years 1977, 1989, 1995, and 1997. Every other fiscal year since 1977 has required at least one continuing resolution.

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Is the DOD funded for 2024? ›

FY 2024 DEFENSE FUNDING LEVELS

Within this topline, the legislation authorizes $841.4 billion for the Department of Defense (DOD), $32.4 billion for national security programs within the Department of Energy (DOE), and $438.0 million in defense-related activities.

How many major appropriations bills does Congress pass each year? ›

In total, the regular 12 appropriations bills include $800 billion in non-defense funding, a $68 billion—9.3 percent—over last year. This is the highest level for non-defense funding ever and a larger increase in both dollar and percentage than fiscal year 2022.

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When was the fy22 federal budget passed? ›

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When was the last time the US government passed a budget? ›

The Trump administration's budget proposal was released on March 11, 2019. On August 1, 2019, the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2019 (H.R. 3877) was passed by the House. The next day, on August 2, 2019, the bill was passed by the Senate and signed into law by President Trump.

Is the government shutdown in March 2024? ›

On January 18, both the U.S. House and Senate passed a Continuing Resolution (CR) to extend current federal appropriations through March 2024 and avoid a government shutdown as lawmakers work to finalize Fiscal Year (FY) 2024 appropriations based on the nearly $1.6 trillion bipartisan topline framework agreement.

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What was the vote breakdown on the House spending bill? ›

The House voted on the spending package brokered by Johnson on Friday, passing the bill by a vote of 286 to 134. The bill needed 280 votes to pass. But while the legislation garnered enough bipartisan support to push it to the Senate, 112 House Republicans and 22 House Democrats voted against it.

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