Biden Proposes $8.7B For CDC, Agency’s Largest Funding Hike In 20 Years

President Joe Biden wants Congress to give $8.7 billion to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in fiscal 2022 -- an increase of $1.6 billion over fiscal 2021 enacted levels that, if Congress were to follow through on, would be the largest budget authority hike for CDC in nearly 20 years, the White House says in its discretionary budget proposal released Friday (April 9) . The CDC funding proposal is part of the Biden administration’s larger $131.7 billion request...