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NSF Congressional Highlight
Committee Chair Named
January 12, 2001
Rep. Sherry
Boehlert, (R-NY) has been named Chairman of the
House Committee on Science. Rep. Boehlert has been
a member of the Committee on Science since first coming
to Congress in 1981.
The House Republicans also announced the committee
membership for the 107th Congress and six new members
have joined the House Science Committee. The Republican
membership of the committee is as follows (new members
in italics):
Mr. Boehlert, Chairman; Mr. Sensenbrenner; Mr. Smith
of Texas; Mrs. Morella; Mr. Weldon of Pennsylvania;
Mr. Rohrabacher; Mr. Barton; Mr. Calvert; Mr. Smith
of Michigan; Mr. Bartlett; Mr. Ehlers; Mr. Weldon
of Florida; Mr. Gutknecht; Mr. Cannon; Mr. Nethercutt;
Mr. Lucas of Oklahoma; Mr. Gary Miller of California;
Mrs. Biggert; Mr. Culberson; Mr. Akin;
Mr. Johnson of Illinois; Mr. Pence;
Mr. Grucci and Ms. Hart.
FY 2001 BUDGET ADJUSTMENT
The final budget action of the 106th Congress, signed
into law by the President on December 21, included
a $1 billion across-the-board cut in 12 of the 13
appropriations bills. For NSF, this amounts to a 0.22
percent ($9.74 million) reduction in its $4.426 billion
appropriation.
National Science Foundation
Discretionary Budget Authority
($ in millions)
| Account |
FY 2000
CP |
FY 2001
Request |
FY 2001
Enacted |
0.22%
FY 2001
Rescission |
Net
FY 2001
Plan |
 |
Research & Related
Activities (R&RA) |
2,958.46 |
3,540.68 |
3,350.00 |
-
7.37 |
3,342.63 |
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Education & Human
Resources (EHR) |
690.87 |
729.01 |
787.35 |
-
1.73 |
785.62 |
|
Major Research
Equipment (MRE) |
93.50 |
138.54 |
121.60 |
-0.27 |
121.33 |
|
Salaries &
Expenses (S&E) |
148.90 |
157.89 |
160.89 |
-
0.35 |
160.54 |
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Office of the
Inspector General (OIG) |
5.45 |
6.28 |
6.28 |
-
0.01 |
6.27 |
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| Total NSF |
3,897.18 |
4,572.40 |
4,426.12 |
-9.74 |
4,416.38 |
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For additional NSF Budget links, see the NSF
Budget page.
See also:
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