Fiscal 2024 spending authority for the legislative branch would be cut by 2.2 percent from enacted fiscal 2023 levels, according to a draft appropriations bill released Tuesday by House Republicans.
The bill would allocate $6.7 billion to the House, Senate and support agencies, down from the $6.9 billion enacted in fiscal 2023. The $5.313 billion in funding for the House of Representatives would be a 4.5 percent, or $252 million, decrease from the current budget year.
The draft would support a series of conservative priorities, according to a summary released by the House Appropriations Committee. It would maintain funding for oversight of the Biden administration, require unspent money earmarked for staff pay to be diverted to deficit reduction and prevent the purchase of telecommunications equipment from “China and other adversaries.”
