Markup of FY26 Financial Services and General Government Bill

House Appropriations Committee
   Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee

06/23/2025 at 06:00PM

Subcommittee markup.

Budget request

Department of the Treasury
Program Name $ Change from 2025 Enacted (in millions) Brief Description of Program and Recommended Reduction or Increase
Increases
Rural Financial Award Program +100 The Budget creates a new $100 million award program that would require 60 percent of Community Development Financial Institutions’ (CDFIs’) loans and investments to go to rural areas.
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) -2,488 The Budget reflects a planned 40% cut in personnel.
CDFI Fund Discretionary Awards -291 The Budget recommends eliminating CDFI Fund discretionary awards.
Small Business Administration (SBA)
Cuts, Reductions, and Consolidations
Entrepreneurial Development Programs (EDP) Consolidation -167 Therefore, the Budget ends 15 programs, leaving only the Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) program. Eliminated programs include Women’s Business Centers and SCORE.
Salaries and Expenses (S&E) -111 The Budget provides $250 million for SBA’s S&E. The reduced S&E request also reflects a reduction in staffing costs associated with consolidating the Agency’s EDP.