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NSF Congressional Highlight
House VA, HUD Appropriators Recommend 6.2 Percent Increase for NSF
July 15, 2003
On Thursday, July 15, the House VA, HUD, and Independent Agencies Appropriations
Subcommittee marked-up its FY 04 bill and provided NSF with $5.689 billion
which is $329.1 million (6.2 percent) over FY 03. Within that increase
the Research and Related Activities Account will grow from $4.056 billion
to $4.306 billion, a $249.9 million (6.2 percent) increase. The Office
of Polar Programs is increased by $25.07 million over the request to $355
million to accommodate unusual ice conditions in recent years. Individual
Directorate funding levels are provided in the table below.
In the Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) account
the Subcommittee provided the requested level of funding for the Atacama
Large Millimeter Array, the George E. Brown Jr. Network for Earthquake
Engineering Simulation, the South Pole Station Modernization, and the
National Ecological Observatory Network. Projects funded at less than
the requested level include the Terascale Computing Systems ($10 million
vs. $20 million request); EarthScope ($43.53 million vs. $45 million request);
IceCube Neutrino Detector ($42 million vs. $50 million request). In addition,
the Integrated Ocean Drilling Program, originally planned to begin in
FY 05 is funded at $25 million.
The Education and Human Resources account is funded at $904.68 million,
a $1.5 million increase over FY 03, or $33.3 million less than the FY
04 request. The Math and Science Partnership program is funded at $140.44
million, a 10 percent increase over FY 03, but less than the $200 million
requested. The subcommittee added funding for EPSCoR (+$15 million above
the request, to $90 million), the Informal Science Education (+$10 million
above the request, to $60 million); Advanced Technology Education (+$6.84
million above the request, to $45 million); the Louis Stokes Alliances
for Minority Participation (+$1.27 million above the request, to $34 million)
and the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program
(+2.03 million to $22 million).
NSF's Salaries and Expenses account is increased by $32.78 million over
FY 03 (to $225.7 million), which is $3.8 million less than the request.
The National Science Board is provided $3.8 million, up $323,000 from
last year. The Office of the Inspector General is funded at $10 million,
$1.28 million over the requested level.
At the mark-up subcommittee members noted the difficulty they had in
meeting the needs of the various agencies given the small allocation they
had to work with. Chairman Walsh noted that NSF's increase, though larger
than other agencies, was not what he had hoped for.
House VA/HUD Mark
July 15, 2003
(all $ in millions)
| |
FY
03 Plan |
FY
04 Request |
FY
04 House |
Change
Over
FY 03
Plan |
%
Change |
Biological Sciences |
570.68 |
562.22 |
586.84 |
16.16 |
2.8% |
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CISE |
581.89 |
584.26 |
609.85 |
27.96 |
4.8% |
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Engineering |
540.51 |
536.27 |
560.07 |
19.56 |
3.6% |
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Geosciences |
692.21 |
689.21 |
718.05 |
25.84 |
3.7% |
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Math & Physical
Sciences |
1,041.02 |
1,061.27 |
1,107.75 |
66.72 |
6.4% |
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Social, Behavioral &
Economic Sciences |
194.34 |
211.74 |
221.01 |
26.67 |
13.7% |
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U.S. Polar Programs |
319.07 |
329.93 |
355.00 |
35.93 |
11.3% |
|
Integrative Activities |
116.74 |
132.45 |
147.80 |
31.06 |
26.6% |
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Total, Research and Related Activities |
4,056.46 |
4,106.36 |
4,306.36 |
249.90 |
6.2% |
|
Education and Human Resources |
903.17 |
938.04 |
904.68 |
1.51 |
0.2% |
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Major Research Equipment & Facilities |
148.54 |
202.33 |
192.33 |
43.79 |
29.5% |
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Salaries and Expenses |
189.11 |
225.70 |
221.90 |
32.79 |
17.3% |
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Inspector General |
9.19 |
8.77 |
10.00 |
0.81 |
8.8% |
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Office of the National Science Board |
3.48 |
N/A |
3.80 |
0.32 |
9.2 |
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TOTAL NSF |
5,309.95 |
5,481.20 |
5,639.07 |
329.12 |
6.2% |
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