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H.R. 4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022

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H.R. 4502: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022

117th Congress · introduced 2021-07-19 · Economics and Public Finance · Latest: Received in the Senate.

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  1. Where it came from: introduced 2021-07-19 · official record
  2. Who proposed it: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · what a sponsor is
  3. What happened next: 10 recorded votes in our records. Latest: House roll call 244 (2021): On Agreeing to the Amendment, HR4502 (2021-07-29), Agreed to. See all
  4. Where it stands now: Received in the Senate. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
  5. If it becomes law and spends money: follow the money to money laws, then agencies and contracts and grants.

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Official title

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022

Plain summary

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022 This bill provides FY2022 appropriations for several federal departments and agencies. It includes 7 of the 12 regular FY2022 appropriations bills: the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2022; the Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022; and the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2022. The departments, agencies, and activities funded in the bill include the Department of Labor, the Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Education, the Department of Agriculture, the Food and Drug Administration, the civil works projects of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the Department of Energy, the Bureau of Reclamation, the Department of the Treasury, the Executive Office of the President, the judiciary, the District of Columbia, the Department of the Interior, the Environmental Protection Agency, the Forest Service, Department of Defense military construction and family housing activities, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and several related and independent agencies.

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Official text

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Act, 2022

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Passed House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] · 0 cosponsors

Cost estimate: CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4502, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Housing, a (2021-07-23); CBO cost estimate: H.R. 4502, the Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, Agriculture, Rural Development, Energy and Water Development, Financial Services and General Government, Interior, Environment, Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, Transportation, Housing, (2021-07-23)

Sponsor's campaign money: Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3] reported raising $1.6 million (2025–2026). Details. Shown for context only; it does not mean any donor supported this bill.

Recorded votes

Words on this page, explained (2)
Appropriation
Money a legislature sets aside by law for a specific purpose. Government agencies may spend public money only as it has been appropriated.
Bill
A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).

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Sources

Record fed-us-cong117-hr4502 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong117 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong117