FEDERAL BUDGET TRACKER
The ECA Budget Tracker monitors the National Defense Authorization Act and energy appropriations, identifying when each bill advances and providing links to the bill texts and reports.
Additionally, learn more about the appropriations process and how cleanup funding has changed over the last 10 fiscal years.
ECA will continue to provide updates as the appropriations and authorization process develops.
FY 2025 BUDGET & APPROPRIATIONS
HOUSE NDAA FY25 AMENDMENT TRACKER
Defense Environmental Cleanup Funding, Fiscal Years 2012 - 2022
OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (EM) BUDGET PROCESS & FEDERAL APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS
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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ENGAGEMENT IN THE BUDGET
In 2022, in consultation with ECA, EM released an updated budget memo, including - for the first time - a section specifically on guidance for budget engagement with local governments:
Officials from the affected units of local government at each site should be engaged at the early stages of the budget development process to create a budget that meets cleanup needs.
Field sites should brief local governments during the following budget stages: (i) following the release of budget requests, (ii) following the receipt of an appropriation, and (iii) during the budget development process. Note that DOE budget presentations given to SSABs or local Citizen Advisory Boards do not substitute for direct engagement with local governments.
To strengthen local government engagement for the FY 2024 budget and beyond, the following activities are recommended:
• Field sites should meet annually in spring/early summer with local governments to discuss budget and priorities planning. This timeframe would allow DOE to (i) provide an update on how the current FY budget is being spent, (ii) discuss the outlook for the FY beginning in October, and (iii) gain local government insight that may potentially influence DOE’s request to OMB for the following FY.
• Field sites should provide read-ahead materials including priority projects that would be funded each FY. Materials could also include information on longer term projects that are still several years away, but that remain relevant for local governments.
• Field sites, where applicable, should include budget process discussion in monthly meetings between site managers and city managers. Alternatively, field sites could host a monthly meeting about budget and priorities planning with local governments.
