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NDD Programs Facing Significant Cut if No New Funding Deal is Reached Past Budget Deals Have Provided Temporary Relief Another Budget Deal is Needed for FY 2020 - NDD to be cut by 9% Payfors, partisan differences, & campaign promises are barriers to a deal
President’s FY 2020 Budget Statement of Administration’s Priorities (NOT legislation) released in March. Addresses all spending and revenue. FY 2020 again includes drastic cuts to numerous disability programs. $2.7 trillion in cuts over 10 years, including cuts to Medicaid, the Affordable Care Act programs, and non-defense discretionary (NDD) programs. NDD programs – which include education, employment, housing, transportation, and more – would be cut by $54 billion (9% from 2019 levels alone). Examples at right.
Status of FY 2020 Appropriations Bills House began passing spending bills in June assuming a deal for increased caps Senate has refused to develop spending bills until there is a deal Disagreements between parties and with the White House on a deal about amounts, pay fors, parity with Defense, and tying to an increase in the debt ceiling Bill House Senate Labor-HHS-Education* Passed Defense State-Foreign Operations Energy and Water Commerce, Science, Justice Agriculture Interior Military Construction, Veterans Affairs Transportation, Housing & Urban Dev* Legislative Branch Homeland Security Financial Services https://www.congress.gov/resources/display/content/Appropriations+for+Fiscal+Year+2020 * Fund the vast majority of discretionary disability programs
House FY 2020 Appropriations Passed by House of Representative in June. Includes numerous increases for NDD programs. Examples at right.
Timeline of Major Events Issue Deadline Potential New Cost Raise Debt Ceiling Official: March 2, 2019 Must-act: Sept. or Oct. N/A Increased Defense/Non-Defense Discretionary (NDD) Caps October 1, 2019 1-year: $125 B; 10 year: nearly $2 T Funding the Government / Appropriations for FY 2020 None if Congress abides by the budget caps http://www.crfb.org/blogs/upcoming-congressional-fiscal-policy-deadlines
Questions? Contact: Annie Acosta Director of Fiscal and Family Support Policy The Arc of the United States (202)783-2229 Acosta@thearc.org