Senate Passes FY 2019 Minibus Appropriations Bill With CPB Funding
The Senate voted 85-7 Thursday evening to pass the FY 2019 Defense, Labor, Health and Human Services and Education minibus appropriations legislative package (HR-6157), which includes $445 million in annual funding for the CPB through FY 2021 and $20 million…
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for FY 2019 for CPB's annual interconnection and infrastructure account. The House Appropriations Committee voted in July to advance its FY 2019 Labor, Health and Human Services and Education appropriations bill (HR-6470) with identical CPB funding (see 1807120031). An amendment to HR-6157 added Tuesday would increase funding for the National Suicide Prevention Hotline by $2.8 million (see 1808210048). The amendment, led by Sens. John Kennedy, R-La., and Jack Reed, D-R.I., draws the funding from the amount allocated to substance abuse treatment programs. A week earlier, President Donald Trump signed the National Suicide Hotline Improvement Act, which directs the FCC to work to designate a new national three-digit dialing code in the style of 911 for a mental health crisis and suicide prevention hotline (see 1808140037).