Securing America's Future Act of 2018

Jun. 21, 2018 | H.R. 4760

The FY 2019 Department of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (Labor HHS) Appropriations bill, reflects a misguided and dangerous approach to funding programs that serve millions of working Americans. Despite the increase of $18 billion for non-defense discretionary programs in FY 2019, there is no increase in the Labor HHS allocation over FY 2018. The bill would reduce funding for the Department of Labor (DOL) by $289 million, including a rescission of $200 million from the Dislocated Worker training program. The bill cuts DOL’s Wage and Hour Division by $2 million, reduces the current funding for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) by almost $13 million, and guts DOL’s Bureau of International Labor Affairs (ILAB) by $68 million (a reduction of 78.5 percent). ILAB does critical work to fight child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking and to enforce the labor rights commitments in our trade agreements. The proposed reduction in funding for ILAB would significantly undermine its capacity to help other countries improve their labor standards. The bill also targets worker safety programs, reducing funding for the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) by $7.5 million and funding for the Mine Safety and Health Administration by $6 million. These cuts would occur at a time when the OSHA inspection staff is already at near record low levels and mining deaths are on the rise. The bill eliminates OSHA’s Susan Harwood training grants, which have trained over a million workers in hazardous industries, while it increases funding for employer compliance assistance. These cuts to worker safety and health programs will result in increased disease, injuries, and deaths on the job. While the bill provides for a modest increase in funding for the Department of Health and Human Services, it would cut funding for Medicare and Medicaid operations and block implementation of the Affordable Care Act. The bill failed to pass the House on June 21, 2018.

This is Bad for working people.

Vote result: Failed

YEAs: 193
NAYs: 231

Legislator Sort descending State District Party Vote
Rep. Mia Love
UT
4 Republican No
Rep. Alan Lowenthal
CA
47 Democrat No
Rep. Nita M. Lowey
NY
17 Democrat No
Rep. Frank D. Lucas
OK
3 Republican Yes
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer
MO
3 Republican Yes
Sen. Ben Ray Luján
NM
Democrat No
Rep. Michelle Lujan Grisham
NM
1 Democrat No
Rep. Stephen F. Lynch
MA
8 Democrat No
Rep. Tom MacArthur
NJ
3 Republican No
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney
NY
18 Democrat No
Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney
NY
12 Democrat No
Rep. Kenny Marchant
TX
24 Republican Yes
Rep. Tom Marino
PA
12 Republican Yes
Sen. Roger Marshall
KS
Republican Yes
Rep. Thomas Massie
KY
4 Republican No
Rep. Brian Mast
FL
21 Republican Yes
Rep. Doris Matsui
CA
7 Democrat No
Rep. Kevin McCarthy
CA
20 Republican Yes
Rep. Michael McCaul
TX
10 Republican Yes
Rep. Tom McClintock
CA
5 Republican Yes