Tracking the funds: specific fiscal year 2022 provisions for Department of Health and Human Services : report to congressional committees

Tracking the funds: specific fiscal year 2022 provisions for Department of Health and Human Services : report to congressional committees

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Contributor(s):
United States. Government Accountability Office, issuing body.
Publication:
[Washington, DC] : United States Government Accountability Office, October 2022
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Financing, Government -- organization & administration
Financing, Government -- standards
Government Regulation
Legislation, Medical
United States
United States. Department of Health and Human Services
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 appropriated about $1.3 billion to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for 901 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes specific provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or a local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called “Congressionally Directed Spending” in the U.S. Senate and “Community Project Funding” in the U.S. House of Representatives. Members of Congress had to meet certain requirements under Senate and House rules in order to have their requests included as provisions in the act. Such requirements included that Members post requests online and certify that they had no financial interest in the projects. The House also required Members to demonstrate community support for requests. This report examines how HHS intends to identify provisions, distribute the funds made available through these provisions, and ensure the funds are spent for the purposes Congress intended. For more information on this report and others in this series, including background and methodology, visit https://www.gao.gov/tracking-funds.
Copyright:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (5 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918589886006676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918589886006676