House Republicans want to reduce the EEOC’s budget to $379.5 million next fiscal year, a 12.8% decrease for the agency that enforces workforce discrimination laws.
The roughly $55.8 million cut for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was laid out in the fiscal year 2027 funding proposal released by the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday.
The agency is at a historic year low in staffing with its current $435 million budget.
The House spending bill significantly differs from the White House proposal released earlier this month that recommended giving $455 million to the EEOC. That proposal suggested boosting the agency’s funding by ...