Legislative Alert: FY 2018 Omnibus Appropriations Bill: What Law Enforcement Needs to Know

On March 23, 2018, U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law the fiscal year (FY) 2018 Omnibus Appropriations bill (HR 1625), which authorized $1.3 trillion in federal spending and funds the U.S. federal government through September 2018. The omnibus spending package comes after multiple attempts by the U.S. Congress to pass an agreed-upon budget for FY 2018.