June 15, 2001

House Panel Approves Subcommittee Allocations

The House Appropriations Committee June 13 formally approved its 302(b) subcommittee allocations for FY 2002. The allocations limit the amount each subcommittee can spend on programs under its jurisdiction. Overall, the committee allocated $661.3 billion in discretionary budget authority for FY 2002. This is $27.2 billion (4.3 percent) over the current FY 2001 level of $634.2 billion and $2.5 billion more than the President's FY 2002 budget request.

For the Labor-HHS-Education subcommittee, the committee allocated $119.8 billion. This is $11.3 billion (10.4 percent) more than FY 2001 and $4.1 billion more than the President's FY 2002 budget. The subcommittee allocated $84.2 billion for the VA-HUD subcommittee. This is $3.6 billion (4.5 percent) more than FY 2001 and $800 million above the President's budget.

Information: Dave Moore, AAMC Office of Governmental Relations, 202-828-0525.