President's 2007 FY Budget for Legal Aid
Thursday, February 09, 2006
- Organization: National Legal Aid & Defender Association
- Link: http://www.nlada.org
The President's FY 2007 budget, proposed Monday, February 6, sets the Legal Services Corporation's (LSC) funding at $310,860,000, which represents a 4.9 percent reduction from the current appropriation of $326,577,984. Please refer to the chart below for an itemized comparison of the President's FY 2007 LSC budget, LSC's FY 2007 budget request and the current LSC appropriation.
The LSC cut is inline with the reduction to all non-security discretionary funding in the $2.7 trillion proposed budget, which simultaneously boosts spending for homeland security, defense and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget calls for the elimination or reduction of 141 domestic programs for a savings of nearly $15 billion, and a $65 billion cut to entitlement programs, including a $36 billion Medicare reduction over the next five years. However, the President's request increases the Homeland Security budget by 3 percent to $33.1 billion and raises the Defense budget 7 percent to $439.3 billion - not including the previous $50 billion request for war spending.
The President's budget proposal comes just a week after the House voted 216-214 in favor of a $39 billion savings package that cuts funding for Medicare and other entitlement programs. The bill (S 1932) was the first since 1997 to reduce mandatory spending programs that otherwise run automatically. The close vote count illustrates the difficulty in passing program cuts, especially in an election year.
Line ItemFY 2006 AppropriationFY 2007 President's RequestFY 2007 LSC RequestBasic Field$308,385,346$288,585,000$386,800,000Census Adjustment$1,785,896$1,980,000$0Technology Initiative Grant*$1,238,971$2,970,000$5,000,000Loan Repayment Assistance Program$0$0$1,000,000Management and Administration$12,661,199$14,355,000$14,500,000Disaster Relief Fund$0$0$1,000,000Office of Inspector General$2,506,572$2,970,000$3,500,000TOTAL$326,577,984$310,860,000$411,800,000
*listed in the President's FY 2007 budget request as "client self-help and information technology"
The LSC cut is inline with the reduction to all non-security discretionary funding in the $2.7 trillion proposed budget, which simultaneously boosts spending for homeland security, defense and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The budget calls for the elimination or reduction of 141 domestic programs for a savings of nearly $15 billion, and a $65 billion cut to entitlement programs, including a $36 billion Medicare reduction over the next five years. However, the President's request increases the Homeland Security budget by 3 percent to $33.1 billion and raises the Defense budget 7 percent to $439.3 billion - not including the previous $50 billion request for war spending.
The President's budget proposal comes just a week after the House voted 216-214 in favor of a $39 billion savings package that cuts funding for Medicare and other entitlement programs. The bill (S 1932) was the first since 1997 to reduce mandatory spending programs that otherwise run automatically. The close vote count illustrates the difficulty in passing program cuts, especially in an election year.
Line ItemFY 2006 AppropriationFY 2007 President's RequestFY 2007 LSC RequestBasic Field$308,385,346$288,585,000$386,800,000Census Adjustment$1,785,896$1,980,000$0Technology Initiative Grant*$1,238,971$2,970,000$5,000,000Loan Repayment Assistance Program$0$0$1,000,000Management and Administration$12,661,199$14,355,000$14,500,000Disaster Relief Fund$0$0$1,000,000Office of Inspector General$2,506,572$2,970,000$3,500,000TOTAL$326,577,984$310,860,000$411,800,000
*listed in the President's FY 2007 budget request as "client self-help and information technology"
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