This report provides a brief summary of the status of FY2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education (LHHS) appropriations as of the cover date of this report. It also provides background on the scope of the LHHS bill generally and the context for congressional appropriations decisions, including the submission of the FY2024 President’s budget request and budget enforcement in the absence of a budget resolution.Congress has not yet reached agreement on full-year regular FY2024 LHHS appropriations. In the interim, FY2024 funding has been provided temporarily through a continuing resolution (CR). The CR was signed into law on September 30, 2023 (Division A of H.R. 5860; P.L. 118-15), providing continuing appropriations for all 12 annual appropriations acts (including LHHS) through November 17, 2023. In general, the CR funds discretionary programs at the same rate, and under the same conditions, as in FY2023 and funds annually appropriated entitlements at their current law levels. The CR includes a few provisions that are specific to LHHS accounts or related activities.The FY2024 LHHS bill has not received initial floor consideration in either the House or the Senate as of the cover date of this report. On July 27, 2023, the Senate Appropriations Committee voted to report the FY2024 LHHS bill, 26-2; the measure was subsequently reported to the Senate that same day (S. 2624; S.Rept. 118-84). The Senate committee bill would reduce discretionary appropriations for LHHS by 6% (-$12.1 billion) relative to FY2023 and by 1% (-$1.8 billion) relative to FY2022. The measure was not formally marked up in subcommittee prior to full committee consideration. The Senate Appropriations Committee reported its initial suballocations for all 12 subcommittees, including LHHS, on June 22, 2023 (15-13).