June Newsletter Policy Update

House Appropriations Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) Announces Tentative FY2025 Markup Schedule, Subcommittee Allocations, Non-Profit Ineligibility for Community Project Funding 

Chairman Cole shared a tentative markup schedule for the Appropriations Committee and Subcommittees, released Subcommittee allocations, and stated that non-profits will be ineligible for Community Project Funding in the Economic Development Initiative account. The Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies Subcommittee received a funding cut of approximately 10 percent. You may find the tentative markup schedule for NYEC’s appropriations priority programs below:   

• June 12: Subcommittee Markup of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill  

• June 27: Subcommittee Markup of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill  

• July 9: Full Committee Markup of Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Bill  

• July 10: Full Committee Markup of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies Bill 

NYEC Sends Letter to Appropriations Leaders Detailing Funding Priorities 

NYEC sent a letter to House Appropriations Committee Chairman Tom Cole (R-OK) and Ranking Member Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) and Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Patty Murray (D-WA) and Vice Chair Susan Collins (R-ME) detailing our Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations recommendations. The letter calls for significant funding increases to all of NYEC’s priority programs, which would help reduce the number of opportunity youth in the nation.