Congress Passes Final 6 Federal Funding Bills as Part of Further Consolidated Appropriations Act

Washington, DC — Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09) Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development released the following statement after the House and Senate passed the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 to fund Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Financial Services and General Government, State, Foreign Operations, Legislative Branch and Homeland Security. This legislation includes over $1.27 Million in federal funding Kaptur secured for 2 community-led projects. The legislation will now be sent to the President to be signed into law.

This week, the House and Senate passed omnibus appropriations legislation to fully fund the federal government for Fiscal Year 2024. As part of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 Congresswoman Kaptur secured $1,274,390 in federal funding to support 2 community-led projects focused on emergency services in Defiance and Sandusky Counties.

“This week, House Congressional leaders finally agreed to move critical legislation to fully operate our government through September 30, 2024. The action to fund the remaining Federal departments and avoiding a costly, unnecessary, and harmful government shutdown means Congress has officially finished its work from last year,” said Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur (OH-09). “The American people deserve a Congress that meets its Constitutional responsibilities on-time and through bipartisan action, not endless conflict. This legislation addresses the needs and concerns of our people to keep America strong and prosperous. The legislation also includes added help for our families, workers, and communities struggling to meet the costs of living — childcare, Head Start, education, and workforce training, and ensures millionaires and big corporations pay a more appropriate share in taxes. Now, as President John F. Kennedy urged Americans over a half century ago: ‘Let us go on to lead the land we love, knowing that here on earth God’s work must truly be our own.’”

Congresswoman Kaptur’s community-led project funding

• City of Defiance Fire and Rescue Division – Public Safety and Emergency Operations Complex
  • $637,195 for the City of Defiance Fire and Rescue Division Public Safety and Emergency Operations Complex to build a new combined Fire/EMS and Law Enforcement building. The new Public Safety and Emergency Operations Complex will incorporate an Emergency Operations Center (EOC). This facility will have the ability to coordinate the operations of large-scale disasters and incidents from a central location for law enforcement, Fire/EMS, county officials, and specialty response groups. This will benefit all 38,000 citizens of Defiance County, and it will give public safety officials a modern, high-tech facility to mitigate these incidents.

• Sandusky County Commissioners – EMS Facilities Upgrades
  • $637,195 for Sandusky County EMS Facilities Upgrades to allow the Emergency Management Agency to be in a space where they can house all their emergency equipment for easy access. This facility will provide easy and faster access to the community for EMS to provide Emergency Services to the Community and keeps the two offices in closer communication when working together. Job and Family Services will provide a private and relaxed visitation area for families and individuals that need supervised visitation and OSU Extension will have a one stop facility for 4-H group training and classes.

Highlights of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024

• Defense
  • 5.2 percent servicemember pay increase
  • Abrams Upgrade Program: $1.24B
  • Hypersonic Testing in Collaboration with NASA: $412M
  • In-Orbit Electric Propulsion: $63.4M
  • Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative: $300M
  • Military research, development, testing, and evaluation: $148.3B
  • National Guard and Reserve Equipment Account: $1B
  • Advanced Adhesives for Next Generation Combat Vehicle Advanced Technology: $5M
  • Peer-reviewed spinal cord research: $40M 

• Labor, Health and Human Services, Education
  • Child Care and Development Block Grant: $8.7B
  • Head Start: $12.3B
  • Registered Apprenticeships: $285M 
  • Strengthening Community College Training Grants: $65M
    • To help meet local and regional labor market demand for a skilled workforce by providing training to workers in in-demand industries at community colleges and four-year partners.
  • Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program: $66M
  • Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program: $4B
  • National Institute on Aging: $4.5B
    • Including a total increase of $100 million above FY23 for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias research
  • Substance Use Services: $4.2B
    • Including continued funding for opioid prevention and treatment, recovery, and tribal-focused treatment efforts.
  • Substance Abuse Prevention Services: $237M
  • Senior Nutrition Programs: $1.1B
    • Including additional funds directed to Congregate and Home Delivered Meals Programs
  • $7,395 for the maximum Pell Grant, protecting the historic $900 increase to the maximum award secured in fiscal years 2022 and 2023.
  • Federal TRIO Programs: $1.2B
  • School-Based Mental Health Services Grants and Mental Health Service Professional Demonstration Grants: $174M
    • An increase of $74 Million above fiscal year 2023, to support new awards in FY24.

• Financial Services and General Government
  • National Credit Union Administration
    • Community Development Revolving Loan Fund technical assistance grants: $3.465M
  • Community Development Financial Institutions Fund: $324M
    • Financial and Technical Assistance Grants: $188M
    • Small Dollar Loan Program: $9M
  • Election Assistance Commission
    • Security Grants Program: $55M
  • Small Business Administration: $1.1B
  • Executive Office of the President 
    • High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program: $299M

• State, Foreign Operations
  • Great Lakes Fishery Commission: $50M
    • Grass Carp: $1M
  • Pawel Adamowicz Exchange Program: $1M
  • Countering People’s Republic of China Influence Fund: $400M
  • Countering Russian Influence Fund: $300M
  • US Agency for Global Media, Open Technology Fund: $43.5M

• Homeland Security
  • US Customs and Border Protection: $19.619B
  • US Coast Guard: $12.9B
  • Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency: $2.9B

More information on Kaptur community-led projects can be found here. The text of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 is available here. A full summary of the appropriations provisions in the bill is available here. Community Project Funding included in the package is available here. You can find more information about the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 which included over $13 Million in federal funding Kaptur secured for 13 community-led projects here.

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