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Biden Signs New Federal Spending Bill

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, March 15th, 2022

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Biden Signs New Federal Spending Bill

President Joe Biden. Photo: White House

President Biden on Tuesday signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 (H.R. 2471), which funds the federal government through Sept. 30, 2022 and includes $782 million for defense-related spending and $57.5 billion in discretionary funding for the Department of Homeland Security. The bill allows departments and agencies to begin funding new program starts and moves the government off any limits imposed by operating under a set of continuing resolutions since fiscal year 2022 began on Oct. 1, 2021. In…

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