DC Insight - 12/22/2022

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Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations Bill Released
enate Committee on Appropriations – December 20, 2022
Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) Monday released the $1.7 trillion fiscal year 2023 Omnibus Appropriations bill. Below are links to the legislative text, explanatory statements, and a summary for each of the Fiscal Year 2023 appropriations bills:

Agriculture:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Defense:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Energy and Water Development:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies:
Bill Text
Explanatory Statement
Bill Summary 

Biden-⁠Harris Administration Releases Inflation Reduction Act Guidebook for Clean Energy and Climate Programs
The White House – December 15, 2022
The White House released the first edition of a new resource titled Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action, which provides clear descriptions of the law’s tax incentives and funding programs to build a clean energy economy, lower energy costs, tackle climate change, and reduce harmful pollution. The Guidebook will help state, local, territorial, and Tribal leaders, the private sector, non-profit organizations, homeowners, and communities better understand how they can benefit from these investments and unlock the full potential of the law.

Federal Research and Development: Funding Has Grown since 2012 and Is Concentrated within a Few Agencies
Government Accountability Office – December 15, 2022
Innovation is critical to U.S. competitiveness, prosperity, and security. In the last 10 years, the federal government has increased funding for research and development (R&D)—investing $179.5 billion in FY 2021.