Bill to Slash FBI Budget by $1 Billion Advances in House

FBI Director Christopher Wray testifies before the House Judiciary Committee during a hearing on "Oversight of the Federal Bureau of Investigation," on Capitol Hill on July 12, 2023. Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images

House Republicans on July 14 advanced a proposal that would slash $1 billion from the budget of the FBI amid ongoing concerns with the agency’s conduct.

The appropriations bill, which was passed through the House Committee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies on a party-line vote, would reduce the agency’s funding to $10.3 billion (pdf) from the $11.3 billion it received in the current fiscal year. The reduction would return the agency’s funding to about what it was in 2022.