On June 11 the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Marked up the Fiscal Year 2010 spending bill. In a statement by Chairwoman DeLauro, the bill included,“nearly $1.25 billion for the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES). Funding for CSREES is nearly $82 million over the Administration’s budget request.” View summary recommendations or the chart for earmarks.
On June 9 the full Appropriations Committee marked up the FY 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science bill. It included Appropriations for NSF, Climate Change, the Census Bureau and other areas of interest to research. The Committee press release outlines that NSF received “$6.9 billion, $108 million below the President’s request and $446 million above 2009. The bill supports the President’s commitment to double funding for basic research in key agencies over 10 years. The NSF received $3 billion in the Recovery Act.”
It also highlights investment in research on Climate Change as receiving, “over $2 billion, $100 million above the President’s request and $120 million above 2009.” This funding was directed to the agencies including; NASA, NOAA, National Science Foundation, Economic Development Administration, and National Institute of Standards and Technology.
The US Census Bureau received $7.4 billion, matching the President’s request and $4.2 billion above 2009, to conduct the 2010 Decennial Census. This is in addition to $1billion provided in the Recovery Act.
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