Young Introduces President's
Labor-HHS Spending Plan
September 6, 2002-House Appropriations Committee Chairman
C.W. Bill Young (R-Fla.) Sept. 4 introduced the President's
FY 2003 budget request for the Labor, Health and Human Services
and Education Appropriations Bill as a freestanding bill (H.R.
5320). A press release issued by Chairman Young said,
"This action was taken to fulfill a House Republican leadership
commitment to conservative members of the conference to take
up the Labor-H bill on the floor before any other appropriations
bill."
House GOP conservatives, frustrated with the trend in recent
years of holding the Labor-HHS appropriation until the end
of the budget process to gain more funds for the bill, have
continued to press the House leadership to consider the bill
soon as possible at the level requested in the President's
budget. This would force the House Labor-HHS-Education Subcommittee
to mark up a bill that is nearly $4.2 billion less than the
version passed by the Senate Appropriations Committee in July.
It had been rumored the House Subcommittee would consider
its version of the bill on Sept. 5; however, it now appears
likely the subcommittee will not act until the second week
of September at the earliest.
Information:
Dave Moore, Senior Associate Vice President
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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