Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025

# Summary of the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025 This is a comprehensive federal appropriations bill for fiscal year 2025 that allocates funding to the Department of Labor, Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education, and various related agencies. ## Key Funding Allocations - **HHS**: $46,159,083,000 for Supplemental Security Income Program (with $22.1 billion for title XVI benefit payments in FY2026) - **Education**: $23,545,352,000 for Student Financial Assistance (with a maximum Pell Grant of $6,335 for 2025-2026) - **Social Security Administration**: $13,654,776,000 for administrative expenses - **Institute of Education Sciences**: $740,373,000 ## Major Restrictions and Prohibitions 1. **Abortion Funding**: - No funds may be used for any abortion except in cases of rape, incest, or when a woman's life is endangered - No funds may be used for health benefits coverage that includes abortion 2. **Research Restrictions**: - Prohibits funding for research involving human embryos or research that destroys embryos - Prohibits funding for any activity promoting legalization of Schedule I drugs (except for normal executive-legislative communications) 3. **Policy Prohibitions**: - Prohibits funding for any program promoting or advancing Critical Race Theory - Prohibits funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion offices, programs, or training - Prohibits funding for any program teaching concepts that regard the U.S. as systemically racist - Prohibits implementation of Executive Order 13985 (relating to racial equity) - Prohibits implementation of any COVID-19 mask or vaccine mandate 4. **Specific Entity Restrictions**: - Prohibits funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, EcoHealth Alliance, and laboratories owned by certain foreign governments - Prohibits funding for gain-of-function research - Prohibits funding for entities listed under Section 1260H of the National Defense Authorization Act 5. **Other Significant Provisions**: - Requires reports on non-competitive grants exceeding $500,000 - Limits telework (requires agencies to report on employees receiving DC locality pay without reporting to office >1 day/week) - Prohibits funding for any entity that discriminates against religious organizations - Requires certification for libraries receiving funds under the Library Services and Technology Act The bill contains numerous specific prohibitions on how funds may be used, with many sections beginning with "None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for..." reflecting a conservative approach to federal spending with numerous policy restrictions embedded in the appropriations process.