House labor budget for FY 2010 lower than requested

摘要

Washington - The House on July 24 approved a bill for fiscal year 2010 that offers less funding for OSHA than requested by the president, but $40 million more than the previous budget. The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act (H.R. 3293) puts OSHA's FY 2010 budget at $554.6 million -about $9 million less than requested by the Obama Administration. The Mine Safety and Health administration was approved for a budget of $353.1 million - about $500,000 less than requested but $4 million more than FY 2009.