President’s request for fiscal year (FY) 2022 discretionary funding
The 2022 appropriations process comes at a critical juncture. America faces fourninterlocking crises that are testing the Nation: a historic global pandemic; an economy battered by recession; the generational crisis of climate change; and persistent inequities in the economy and Nation. With the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, the Congress has already taken an important step toward meeting the enormity of these challenges. The annual congressional appropriations process presents us with another opportunity to make lasting progress.