BUDGET AT A GLANCE
• $700 billion for defense, $61 billion over the last year, biggest annual defense boost in 15 years. Increases for weapons procurement including 14Navy ships, bolstering missile defenses. Funds 2.4 percent pay raise for troops.
• $591 billion for domestic programs. Almost $5 billion to battle abuse of opioid drugs, $3 billion more than last year. National Institutes of Health set for $37billion, up $3billion. More money for road building, rural water projects, the FBI, NASA, IRS. Provides $4million for anti-harrassment training for lawmakers andcongressional aides.
• $1.57 billion for President Donald Trump to begin building his wall with Mexico, and to generally bolster border security.
• Holds the Environmen- tal Protection Administration to last year’s $8 billion. Rejects Trump effort to cut spending for cleaning up Great Lakes, Chesapeake Bay, other areas.
• $380 million to improve election security.
• Prods federal agencies, states to send records to the federal background check system for gun buyers that they’re supposed to provide.
• Fixes mistake in GOP tax bill giving tax advantage to farmers selling to cooperatives instead of to other buyers. Democrats in return won amore generous low-income tax credit.
• Bars employers from taking workers’ tips, lets workers who sue successfully recover tips plus damages.
• Eases ability of states to get federal money for abstinence education.
• No specific money for proposed rail tunnel under Hudson River. An aide to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., a top backer, says the so-called Gateway project should get more than half of the $900 million sought.
• No protections against deportation for hundreds of thousands of young Dreamer immigrants, which Trump has halted. No penalties Republicans wanted for “sanctuary cities” that refuse to help federal authorities find immigrants here illegally.
• No restoration of federal payments that Trump ended for insurers who lower deductibles and copayments for lower- earning consumers, no new subsidies to help insurers cover expensive customers.