Biden’s $5.8T budget proposes one of the ‘largest’ investments in US national security amid war in Ukraine

‘We value fiscal responsibility, safety and security at home and around the world,’ Biden said.

The president’s budget proposal includes $6.9 billion for the European Deterrence Initiative, NATO, and countering Russian aggression to support Ukraine and other partnerships with NATO allies.

The budget also includes $1.8 billion for the State Department and USAID, and $400 million for the “Countering the People’s Republic of China Malign Influence Fund.”

The budget offers $1 billion in assistance to Ukraine for the State Department, USAID and the Department of Defense to counter “Russian malign influence” and to meet emerging needs related to “security, energy, cyber security issues, disinformation, macroeconomic stabilization and civil society resilience.”

The budget also proposes $773 billion for the Department of Defense.

The budget also provides $1.4 billion for the World Bank’s International Development Association, which the White House said “restores the United States’ historical role as the largest World Bank donor to support the development of low-and middle-income countries.”

Biden’s budget proposal includes more than $33 billion in law enforcement spending.

The budget includes $3.2 billion in “discretionary resources” for state and local grants, and $30 billion in “mandatory resources to support local law enforcement, crime prevention, and community violence intervention, including putting more officers for community policing on the beat across the nation.”

The budget also includes $1.7 billion for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to expand on multi jurisdictional gun trafficking strike forces by adding personnel and increasing regulation on the firearms industry.

The budget invests $367 million – an increase of $101 million over the 2021 level – at the Justice Department to “support police reform, the prosecution of hate crimes, enforcement of voting rights, and efforts to provide equitable access to justice.”

It also includes $100 million for a “historic multi-agency collaboration to provide comprehensive workforce development services” to people in the federal prison system, and $106 million to support the deployment of body-worn cameras to DOJ’s law enforcement officers.

“To address the critical shortage of affordable housing in communities throughout the nation, the budget proposes $50 billions for housing construction and supply.

As for the supply chain, the budget includes $230 million for the Port Infrastructure Development Program to “strengthen maritime freight capacity,” and $1.7 billion in spending for the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund to facilitate “safe, reliable and environmentally sustainable navigation at coastal ports.”

The budget also provides $372 million – an increase of $206 million from 2021 – for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s manufacturing programs to “strengthen domestic supply chains.”

It also includes $125 million to help make America’s “small and medium manufacturers more competitive,” and $200 million for a new solar manufacturing to build “domestic capacity in solar energy supply chains while moving away from imported products.”

For job creation, the budget proposes $303 million to expand registered apprenticeship opportunities in high-growth fields, like information technology, manufacturing, health care and transportation.

It also proposes $100 million to help community colleges work with the public workforce development system, and $100 million for new career training for an occupational readiness program that can support training for growing industries.

The budget also allots $88 million for the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, and $139 million for the Federal Trade Commission.

As for social issues, the budget provides $2.6 billion to “advance gender equity and equality across a broad range of sectors,” which includes $200 million for the Gender Equity and Equality Action Fund to “advance the economic security of women and girls.”

For health, the budget includes $10.6 billion to bolster U.S. leadership in addressing global health and health security challenges – including COVID-19, HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.

“This total also includes $1 billion to prevent, prepare for, and respond to future infectious disease outbreaks,” the White House said, adding it would help for future “pandemic preparedness.”

As for COVID-19, the budget also includes $9.9 billion to “build capacity at CDC and state and local levels to improve the core immunization program,” and increase capacity for “forecasting and analyzing future outbreaks.”

Meanwhile, the budget also includes $470 million to reduce maternal mortality and morbidity rates in the U.S.
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Shifting to climate, the budget proposes $3.3 billion to support “clean energy.”

The budget also proposes $18 billion for “climate resilience and adaptation programs across the federal government.”

It includes more than $11 billion in international climate finance, which the White House says will “accelerate the global energy transition to net zero emissions by 2050.”

The budget also includes $1.8 billion in the Forest Service and Department of Interior to strengthen the federal firefighting workforce and improve firefighter compensation.

As for education, the budget provides funding for K-12 schools, as well as $1 billion to help schools increase the number of school counselors, psychologists, social workers and other health professionals.

As for elections, the budget proposes $10 billion in elections assistance funding to be allocated over 10 years. The budget also proposes to fund an “expansion of U.S. Postal Service delivery capacity in underserved areas and support for vote-by-mail, including making ballots postage-free and reducing the cost of other election-related mail for jurisdictions and voters.”

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