FEDERAL BUDGET TRACKER

The ECA budget tracker monitors the National Defense Authorization Act and energy appropriations, identifying when each bill advances and providing links to the bill texts and reports.

Additionally, learn more about the appropriations process and how cleanup funding has changed over the last 10 fiscal years.

FY 2024 BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS

The FY23 Budget Request (in billions of dollars)


FY 2024 BUDGET LEGISLATION

Legislation Committee
Approval
Initial
Passage
Conference
Report
Final
Passage
Signed into
Law
House Senate House Senate House Senate
National Defense Authorization Act Approved by
committee
7/1/22
H. Rept. 117-397
Approved by
committee
6/16/22
Bill Report
Passed 7/14/22
H.R. 7900
TBD
Bill text
TBD TBD TBD TBD
Energy Appropriations Approved by committee
6/28/22
H. Rept. 117-394
TBD Passed 7/20/22
H.R. 8255
TBD TBD TBD TBD TBD

Defense Environmental Cleanup Funding, Fiscal Years 2012 - 2022


the OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (em) budget process & federal appropriations PROCESS

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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET

In 2022, in consultation with ECA, EM released an updated budget memo, including - for the first time - a section specifically on guidance for budget engagement with local governments:

Officials from the affected units of local government at each site should be engaged at the early stages of the budget development process to create a budget that meets cleanup needs.

Field sites should brief local governments during the following budget stages: (i) following the release of budget requests, (ii) following the receipt of an appropriation, and (iii) during the budget development process. Note that DOE budget presentations given to SSABs or local Citizen Advisory Boards do not substitute for direct engagement with local governments.

To strengthen local government engagement for the FY 2024 budget and beyond, the following activities are recommended:

• Field sites should meet annually in spring/early summer with local governments to discuss budget and priorities planning. This timeframe would allow DOE to (i) provide an update on how the current FY budget is being spent, (ii) discuss the outlook for the FY beginning in October, and (iii) gain local government insight that may potentially influence DOE’s request to OMB for the following FY.

• Field sites should provide read-ahead materials including priority projects that would be funded each FY. Materials could also include information on longer term projects that are still several years away, but that remain relevant for local governments.

• Field sites, where applicable, should include budget process discussion in monthly meetings between site managers and city managers. Alternatively, field sites could host a monthly meeting about budget and priorities planning with local governments.


THE NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT PROCESS

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