Congress and the White House have finally reached a spending deal, six months after the government’s 2024 fiscal year began, with the approval of the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2024 (H.R. 2882). This legislation funds a large portion of the government—including the Department of Labor (DOL) and the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—through September 30, 2024. It follows an earlier deal that funded several other agencies, including the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC).
Despite President Biden’s request for big funding increases for the NLRB and DOL’s Wage and Hour Division (WHD) and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), they ended up getting the same amounts as last year. By contrast, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) scored a huge funding increase for FY 2024 amid concerns from both political parties about border security. ICE received an increase of $1.1 billion over its FY 2023 funding.
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