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# Subcommittee Advances FDA Budget Bill with $184 mil. Boost
- URL: https://www.fdaweb.com/subcommittee-advances-fda-budget-bill-with-184-mil-boost/
- Published: 2019-05-23T12:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-09-15T01:28:34.000Z
- Author: David McFarland
- Tags: FDA Policy/General, #legacy-id-D5144184

A House Agriculture subcommittee has voted to advance a fiscal year 2020 spending bill that would increase FDA’s budget authority by 6% ($184 million) over FY 2019 levels. A House [combined press release and statement](https://appropriations.house.gov/news/press-releases/appropriations-committee-releases-fiscal-year-2020-agriculture-rural-development?ref=fdaweb.com) said: “The FDA receives a total of $3.26 billion in discretionary funding in the bill, $184 million above the 2019 enacted level. Total funding for the FDA, including revenue from user fees, is $5.86 billion.”

The [Alliance for a Stronger FDA](https://mailchi.mp/933ad89cb0be/alliance-friday-update-2058001?e=122703d8fb&ref=fdaweb.com) said it was “very pleased” by the proposed $184 million increase in FDA’s budget authority. “While this is less than the Administration’s request, the proposed 6% increase represents a substantial investment in the agency’s growing mission and importance,” the group says.

The Alliance says it is also encouraged by the budget proposal’s addition of $75 million to the [21st Century Cures Act program](https://www.fda.gov/regulatory-information/selected-amendments-fdc-act/21st-century-cures-act?ref=fdaweb.com). These funds are placed in an Innovation Fund and do not count against budget ceilings. The budget proposal also includes increases for FDA’s drugs program (+$50 million), devices (+$33 million), and biologics (+$22 million). Many program funding details will not be available until a full committee mark-up and the subsequent release of the committee report, which is not expected until after Congress returns from Memorial Day recess (6/4).