Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies Fy23 Summary
Commerce Justice Science and Related Agencies Fy23 Summary
The fiscal year 2023 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies funding bill
provides $84.2 billion, an increase of $6.1 billion – 7.8 percent – above fiscal year 2022.
The bill:
U.S. Department of Commerce – $11.2 billion in net discretionary funding for the
Department of Commerce, an increase of $1.3 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted
level.
• International Trade Administration (ITA) – $625 million, $55 million above the
fiscal year 2022 enacted level. The total includes full funding for ITA Global
Markets to help create jobs here at home by increasing U.S. exports, and
continued funding for ITA Enforcement and Compliance to protect U.S.
industries against unfair foreign trade practices.
• Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) – $191 million, an increase of $50 million
above fiscal year 2022 to advance U.S. national security through effective export
control.
• Economic Development Administration (EDA) – $498 million, an increase of
$124.5 million above fiscal year 2022. This includes $121 million for EDA’s Public
Works program, which supports brick-and-mortar projects in distressed
communities across the nation, $48 million for Assistance to Coal Communities,
an increase of $6.5 million and $50 million for the Regional Innovation Program,
an increase of $5 million, to help create jobs by establishing and expanding
region-focused innovative technology business endeavors. Additionally, $3
million is provided for STEM Apprenticeships to help align the skills of workers
and the needs of employers.
• U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (PTO) – $4.25 billion, an increase of $195
million above fiscal year 2022, to help protect new ideas and investments in
American innovation and creativity, and to promote technological progress and
achievement.
U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) – $38.7 billion overall for the Department of Justice,
which is $3.5 billion above the fiscal year 2022 enacted level.
• Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crimes Reauthorization Act of 2016 – $15
million is provided, as authorized, including: $5 million within the Civil Rights
Division; $5 million within the Federal Bureau of Investigation; $1.5 million within
the Community Relations Service; and $3.5 million within State and Local Law
Enforcement Assistance.
• Executive Office for Immigration Review -- $860 million, an increase of $100
million above fiscal year 2022, including $29 million for the Legal Orientation
Program.
• United States Attorneys – $2.63 billion, an increase of $212.1 million above fiscal
year 2022, including to further support prosecutions related to the Jan. 6 attack
on the Capitol and domestic terrorism cases.
• First Step Act – The agreement fully funds the requested $409.5 million for
programs and activities authorized by the First Step Act of 2018, including
medication-assisted treatment.
• Grants to State and Local Law Enforcement – $4.4 billion is provided, an increase
of $506.4 million above fiscal year 2022. This includes: $770.8 million for Byrne
JAG; $662.9 million for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs;
$225 million to address sexual assault kit and other DNA evidence backlogs; $125
million for Second Chance Act programs; $445 million for grant programs to
address substance use disorders; $135 million for the STOP School Violence Act;
$700 million for Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) prevention and
prosecution programs; $95 million for grants to improve the NICS firearms
background check system; $50 million for Community Violence Intervention and
Prevention; $45 million to prevent and combat hate crimes; and more than $400
million in community projects to fight crime and improve public safety in
communities across the country.
National Science Foundation (NSF) – $9.54 billion, an increase of $700.2 million above
the fiscal year 2022 enacted level to support cutting edge research including:
Legal Services Corporation – $560 million, $71 million above the fiscal year 2022
enacted level to provide legal assistance to underserved communities.
U.S. Commission on Civil Rights – $14.4 million, an increase of $1.35 million above fiscal
year 2022, including $2 million for the Commission on the Social Status of Black Men
and Boys.
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission – $455 million, $35 million above the fiscal
year 2022 enacted level.
International Trade Commission (ITC) – $122.4 million, $12.4 million above the fiscal
year 2022 enacted level.