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August 1 update: - Congress made limited progress on FY 2009 appropriations
process before the August congressional recess. The Senate Appropriations Committee
has now approved 9 of its versions of the 12 appropriations bills, but the full
Senate has not debated any of them yet. Details of Senate proposals for R&D
in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, and House and
Senate proposals for Veterans Affairs R&D are now
available. The Senate would add $1 billion to the request
for NIH, and would boost funding for DOE's Office of
Science and energy programs dramatically. Details of Senate funding for R&D
in the Departments of Homeland Security, Transportation,
and Commerce, and NASA and
NSF are also available. The House has approved only 1
of its versions of the bills.
- On June 26, the Senate approved the final
version of the 2008 supplemental appropriations bill, which President Bush signed
on June 30 (Public Law 110-252). As outlined in an analysis
of the 2008 supplemental, the bill adds billions of dollars in defense development
for 2008. The bill also provides $338 million in 2008 domestic science funding
($150 million for NIH, $62.5 million each for NSF, DOE Science, and NASA).
* - reported out of Appropriations Committee; O
- approved;
X - rejected (click on the links to see
the latest R&D Funding Update for each agency) |
Conference report | |
Name of bill (Bill number)
| Major R&D agencies
| House
Action | Senate Action | Conference
done | House | Senate | President
signed
(Public Law #) | | 1.
Defense | DOD | | | | | | |
| 2. Labor, HHS, Education (S 3230) | NIH,
Education | | *
6/26 | | | | |
3. Commerce, Justice, Science (S 3182)
| NASA,
NSF, Commerce | * 6/25 | *
6/19
(NSF, NASA, DOC) | | | | |
4. Energy & Water (S 3258)
| DOE | *
6/25 | *
7/10 | | | | |
5. Agriculture (S 3289)
| USDA | | *
7/21 | | | | |
| 6. Interior and Env. | Interior,
EPA | | | | | | |
7. Homeland Security (S 3181)
| DHS | *
6/24 | *
6/19 | | | | |
8. Military Construction & Veterans (HR 6599, S 3301)
| VA, some DOD | O
8/1 | *
7/22 | | | | |
| 9. Transportation & HUD (S 3261) | DOT | | *
7/10 | | | | |
| 10. State & Foreign Operations (S 3288) |
AID | | *
7/18 | | | | | | 11.
Financial Services (S 3260) | - - | *
6/25 | * 7/10 | | | | |
12. Legislative Branch
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To find the text of these bills, go to THOMAS
(Library of Congress) and type the bill number into the search engine at the top
of the page. -AAAS R&D Budget and
Policy Program
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