Spotlight
| FY12 Spending Debate Comes to a Close |
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Congress completed, and the President signed into law, the FY12 appropriations bill. The $915 billion spending bill wraps up the remaining nine appropriations measures. The bill provides funding for programs at the Department of Health and Human Services, including the National |
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| Rep. Rush Holt’s (D-NJ) Editorial in Most Recent Science |
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Science 16 September 2011: Dueling Visions for Science
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Science Funding Outlook is Bright
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has fared exceedingly well in this difficult budget season. Both the Senate and House Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Subcommittees marked up their FY11 appropriations bill and both chambers approved a healthy increase for the NSF.
The Senate bill provides $7.35 billion for NSF, $427 million above the FY10 enacted level.
The House provided $7.4 billion for NSF in FY11. This represents an increase over the FY10 enacted level of $498 million, or 7.2 percent.
The funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) FY11 budget has also been addressed in the House and Senate Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittees. Both chambers provided a $1 billion increase for the NIH in their respective FY 2011 bills approved in July. This is equal to the amount President Obama recommended in his budget request to Congress.
The CLS is extremely grateful to the Appropriations Subcommittees for sustaining a commitment to medical research at a time when the nation’s fiscal situation compels difficult decisions. We look forward to continue working with both the House and Senate to achieve our mutual goal of advancing the nation’s medical research enterprise to improve the health and quality of life of all Americans.
