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NTEU Funding Bill Breakdown

The House Financial Service and General Government (FSGG) Appropriations Subcommittee released their FY 2026 funding bill which includes significant spending cuts to several NTEU-represented agencies and endorses a proposed pay freeze for 2026.

The bill, which will be marked up by the subcommittee later today, covers several NTEU-represented federal employees’ at: 

  • IRS: $9.5 billion (a $2.7 billion reduction from the current level) including $2.4 billion from enforcement and $350 million from operations and technology. No additional funding for taxpayer services, meaning a drastic reductions in service levels. The bill also continues language prohibiting bonuses or awards to employees or hiring former employees without considering conduct and compliance with federal tax law

  • BFS: $343 million, a reduction of more than $47 million from the current level

  • SEC: $2 billion for salaries and expenses, $154 million less than fiscal year 2025 and $114 million less than the request

  • FEC: $76.5 million, down from $81 million in their current appropriation

  • FCC: $390 million, the same as fiscal year 2025 and $26 million below the request

Government-wide provisions:

  • Endorses the proposed pay freeze for 2026.

  • Once again, would prevent new outsourcing initiatives under OMB Circular A-76.

  • Would take away any ability of TSP investors to select investment options that use environmental, social, and governance criteria in making their investment decisions.

  • Includes anti-civil rights riders that would curtail the ability of federal agencies to respond to discrimination, bigotry, and harassment in the federal workplace.  

This legislation starves agencies of mission-critical resources and create hostile worksites, hurting the American public.

The American people deserved fully funded agencies, and federal workers deserve adequate resourcesClick here to contact your members of Congress.