Federal Intel/Update

Lewis-Burke has provided this report on DOE's proposed priorities for FY26.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released fiscal year (FY) 2026 Congressional Justifications for its subagencies, including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Administration for a Healthy America (AHA), and Administration for Children, Families, and Communities (ACFC). These documents contain additional office- and program-level detail beyond what was included in the HHS Budget in Brief released on May 30, including information about the proposed...

Late on Wednesday night, the Senate Agriculture Committee released its proposal for the One Big Beautiful Bill Act which would have a net savings of $144 billion for the Committee’s jurisdiction. This differs from the House proposal which would save an estimated $238 billion; the gap in cost savings is one of the numerous deviations Senate Committees are proposing that may prove challenging in brokering a final agreement between the House and Senate. Reconciliation bills from other Committees continue to be released and the Senate has a stated goal of finalizing before July 4, but...

The House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee (HAC-D) approved along party lines its version of the fiscal year (FY) 2026 defense appropriations bill on June 10. The HAC-D bill would allocate $831 billion in discretionary spending at the Department of Defense (DOD), which is flat with the FY 2025 enacted level and consistent with the FY 2026 President’s budget request (PBR) released earlier this ...