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Thanks to Lewis-Burke Associates LLC for the following information
about the final (finally) FY11 appropriations bill:<br>
<span style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"></span><o:p></o:p>
<div class="WordSection1">
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Budget Update: House and Senate
Appropriators Release Details of the Final FY 2011
Appropriations Deal<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">On Monday, April 11, the legislation to “seal
the deal” on final funding for the entire federal government for
the remainder of fiscal year (FY) 2011 was introduced in the
U.S. House of Representatives. The final bill would save a
total of $38.5 billion below the FY 2010 enacted level<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>through a
combination of savings in discretionary appropriated programs
and changes in mandatory programs. The House intends to take up
the bill on Wednesday, April 13 with Senate action anticipated
on Thursday, April 14. Both chambers will likely have to depend
on crossover votes from the minority party in order to pass the
bill and send it to the President for his signature before
Friday at midnight when the current Continuing Resolution (CR)
expires. Key takeaway points include:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The
bill would set non-defense spending levels for the last half of
the fiscal year and includes rescissions (cancellation) of
previously provided funding that has not yet been spent. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Federal
science agencies generally fared well in the final
appropriations measure, although all of the non-defense funding
levels would be reduced by a 0.2 percent across-the-board cut to
achieve savings of approximately $1.1 billion.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The
final appropriations measure includes the full Department of
Defense spending bill which provides a minimal increase for DOD
above the FY 2010 enacted level.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->The
bill requires the National Science Foundation, National
Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration to provide spending plans to
Congress within 60 days of enactment of the bill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Proposed funding levels in the final FY 2011
appropriations bill are as follows and do not include the 0.2
percent across-the-board reduction:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>National Institutes of Health (NIH). <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NIH would receive <b>$30.7 billion<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>in the final FY
2011 appropriations bill, a cut of $260 million or less than 1
percent below FY 2010 levels</b>. While the biomedical
research community advocated for level funding for NIH in FY
2011, the reduction is not as deep as the $1.6 billion cut
included in H.R. 1, the House Republican-proposed FY 2011
appropriations bill. Of the $260 million<span style="color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>reduction, $210 million would be
cut from research funding and $50 million would be cut from
funding for buildings and facilities on the NIH campus in
Bethesda, MD. The $210 million cut would be applied
proportionally across all institutes and centers, and to
programs within the Office of Director. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Other Department of<span style="color:
rgb(31, 73, 125);"> </span>Health and Human Services (HHS)
Programs.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Health
Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): The bill provides
<b>$6.247 billion for HRSA, which would be a cut of $1.259
billion below FY 2010 levels.</b> Included are significant
cuts to the Community Health Centers, rural health programs and
the health professions training programs.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ): The bill contains <b>$372
million for AHRQ<span style="color: black;">,</span> which is
$25 million below the FY 2010 enacted level. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<span
style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Substance
Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA): The
bill includes <b>$3.386 billion for SAMHSA which is a $45
million decrease from the FY 2010 enacted level.</b> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><!--[if !supportLists]--><span
style="font-family: Symbol; color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><span
style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New
Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]-->Centers
for Disease Control (CDC): The bill contains <b>$5.66 billion
for CDC, an estimated $814 million reduction from the FY 2010
enacted level.</b> This amount includes reductions for funding
for the Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Disease Program, the
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and
HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD and TB Prevention.<span
style="color: rgb(31, 73, 125);"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of Energy (DOE).<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The DOE Office of Science is slated for <b>$4.884
billion in the final FY 2011 bill, a reduction of $35 million
below the FY 2010 enacted level</b>, and $252 million below
the President’s FY 2011 budget request. Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy (EERE) activities would receive a total of
$1.835 billion, a reduction of $438 million below the FY 2010
enacted level and $550 million below the President’s FY 2011
budget request. The Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
programs at DOE would be funded at $145 million, a reduction of
$31 million below the FY 2010 level. A total of $737.1 million
is recommended for Nuclear Energy, a reduction of $56 million
below the FY 2010 level. Fossil Energy R&D programs would
receive $586 million, a reduction of $226 million below FY 2010.
The Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) would
receive $180 million to support high-risk, high-reward research
on game-changing energy technologies, which is $180 million
above the FY 2010 funding level.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><o:p><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of Defense (DOD). <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The bill includes <b>$513 billion for DOD
which is about $5 billion or less than 1 percent above the FY
2010 enacted level</b>. Despite the slight increase, the bump
is significantly less than DOD has seen in recent years and
illustrates a newfound Congressional willingness to put defense
spending on the table when looking for savings. Within the
total, $74.77 billion is included for research, development,
test, and evaluation activities, a decrease of $5.57 billion or
7 percent below the FY 2010 enacted level. Specifically, Army
RDTE would receive $9.71 billion (15 percent below the FY 2010
level); Navy RDTE would receive $17.74 billion (11 percent below
the FY 2010 level); Air Force RDTE would receive $26.52 billion
(6 percent below the FY 2010 level); and Defense-wide RDTE,
which funds the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
(DARPA) and research programs at a variety of other agencies
would receive $20.8 billion (an increase of less than 1 percent
above the FY 2010 level).<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of State/U.S. Agency for
International Development (USAID)</u>. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A total of <b>$48.3 billion is included for
foreign operations through the Department of State and U.S.
Agency for International Development (USAID), which would
represent a reduction of $504 million or 1 percent below the
FY 2010 enacted level.</b> While most of the money is taken
from direct foreign assistance and contributions to
international organizations such as the United Nations, the
compromise also includes a reduction of $33 million from
education and cultural exchange programs. Significant
reductions below the FY 2010 enacted levels also come from
funding for international climate change assistance, an
international clean technology fund, and an initiative to hire
hundreds of new foreign and civil service officers at the State
Department and USAID. The reduction to hiring authority may
jeopardize the agencies’ ability to add contracting specialists
and individuals with science and engineering backgrounds as
proposed by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and USAID
Administrator Rajiv Shah as part of the Administration’s efforts
to modernize U.S. diplomacy and foreign assistance. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>National Science Foundation (NSF).<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NSF would be funded at <b>$6.874 billion in
the final FY 2011 appropriations bill, $53 million or 0.8
percent below the FY 2010 level</b>, and $551 million below
the President’s FY 2011 budget request. (If the $54 million
transferred to the Coast Guard in FY 2010 for icebreaking
services is not included in the FY 2010 baseline, then the
amount provided for FY 2011 is essentially flat). NSF’s
Research and Related Activities (R&RA) account would be
funded at $5.575 billion, $43 million (0.8 percent) below the FY
2010 level, and the Education and Human Resources account (EHR)
would be funded at $862.8 million, $10 million (1.2 percent)
below the FY 2010 level. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Overall, NASA would receive <b>$18.485
billion, a decrease of $239 million or 1.3 percent below the
FY 2010 enacted level.</b> Yet, while the overall level for
NASA would be decreased, several individual accounts are
increased. Science would receive $4.945 billion, an increase of
$452 million or 10 percent above the FY 2010 enacted level and
just $60 million below the President’s FY 2011 request.
Aeronautics would also receive an increase to $535 million, 5.5
percent above the FY 2010 level. The new Space Technology
program is not mentioned. Education would receive the largest
percentage cut of any NASA account, down 20.7 percent to $145.8
million. However, this amount is consistent with the
President’s FY 2011 budget request for Education and largely
reflects the elimination of funds for Congressional earmarks.
The bill would also remove restrictions on the human space
flight program, allowing NASA to move forward with its
replacement of the Constellation rocket development program as
authorized in the NASA Authorization Act passed this fall.<b> <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). <o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final agreement would provide NOAA with
approximately <b>$4.52 billion, which would represent a
reduction of about $142 million or 3 percent below the FY 2010
enacted level.</b> More significantly, this amount would not
cover the sizable funding increases requested by President Obama
for NOAA’s satellite programs in FY 2011, specifically the Joint
Polar-Orbiting Satellite System (JPSS). The bill includes
$3.185 billion for NOAA’s Operations, Research and Facilities
(ORF) account, which is $119 million or 3.6 percent below FY
2010. In addition, the Procurement, Acquisition and
Construction (PAC) account (the account that funds NOAA’s
satellite programs) would receive $1.335 billion, which is $23
million or 1.7 percent below FY 2010 (but $865 million below the
amount requested by the President). These final funding
numbers for NOAA are largely in-line with the amounts floated
earlier in the year in prior CRs. However, the current CR also
includes language stating that for the remainder of FY 2011,
none of the funds appropriated to NOAA may be used to
“implement, establish, or create a NOAA Climate Service.” This
limitation reflects the objection of many Congressional
Republicans to NOAA’s plans to reorganize the agency to enable
the development of a Climate Service line office. Many
Congressional Republicans are of the belief that NOAA requires
legislation to authorize such reorganization. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>National Institute of Standards and
Technology (NIST).<b><o:p></o:p></b></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">NIST would receive <b>$751.6 million, a
reduction of $105 million or 12.3 percent below FY 2010
enacted levels. </b>NIST’s Scientific and Technical Research
Services (STRS), which funds research, competitive grants, and
research fellowships, would receive $508 million for FY 2011,
down $7 million or 1.4 percent below the FY 2010 enacted level.
Industrial Technology Services (ITS) would receive $173.6
million, a reduction of $21 million or 10.8 percent below FY
2010. Within the ITS account, the Technology Innovation Program
is slated to receive $44.9 million, a reduction of $25 million
or 35.8 percent below FY 2010. The Hollings Manufacturing
Extension Partnership (MEP), also within ITS, would receive
$128.7 million, an increase of $4 million or 3.2 percent above
the FY 2010 enacted level. Construction of Research Facilities
(CFR) would be funded at $70 million, a reduction of $77 million
or 52.4 percent below FY 2010. Congress provided no additional
funding for the extramural Construction Grant Program in the
final appropriations bill.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of Homeland Security (DHS).<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The bill includes <b>$688 million for the
DHS Science and Technology Directorate, which is a decrease of
$175 million from the FY 2010 enacted level.</b> The bill
contains language that would ensure that funding for University
Programs is not reduced by more than 20 percent from the FY 2010
enacted level. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of Education.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final FY 2011 appropriations bill would <b>keep
the Pell maximum at $5,550; however it would eliminate the
year round Pell grant</b>, as proposed in the President’s FY
2012 budget request, for the 2011-2012 academic year. The bill
would provide $737.5 million for the Federal Supplemental
Education Opportunity Grants (SEOG) program, a reduction of $20
million or 2.6 percent from the FY 2010 enacted level. It would
eliminate funding for the Leveraging Education Assistance
Partnership (LEAP) program, which was funded at a level of $63.9
million in FY 2010. The bill would also provide $150 million for
the Investing in Innovation (i3) program and $700 million for
the Race to the Top program, two priorities of the Obama
Administration. The Title VI International Education and Foreign
Language programs would receive $75.9 million, a reduction of
$50 million or 39.7 percent from the FY 2010 enacted level.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">TRIO programs would receive $828 million, a
$25 million or 3 percent reduction from FY 2010, and the Gaining
Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR
UP) would receive $303 million, a $20 million or 6 percent
reduction from FY 2010. The Institute of Education Sciences
(IES) would receive $610 million, a reduction of $49 million or
7 percent below the FY 2010 enacted level. Finally, the Fund
for the Improvement for Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) would
be funded at $19.4 million, a reduction of $140 million or 87.8
percent from the FY 2010 enacted level. It is unclear how this
reduction will affect the current FY 2011 FIPSE grant
competition. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Cultural Agencies.<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final FY 2011 appropriations bill would
fund the <b>National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and its
sister agency, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) each
at a level of</b> <b>$155 million, a reduction of $12.5
million or a 7 percent cut from FY 2010 funding</b>. This is
above the proposed levels of $146 million included in the
President’s FY 2012 budget request and House passed H.R.1. The
National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC),
the grant-making arm of the National Archives and Records
Administration (NARA), would receive $7 million, a reduction of
$6 million or 46 percent from FY 2010. The Institute of Museum
and Library Services (IMLS) would receive $237.8 million, a
reduction of $28 million or 10 percent below FY 2010. The
Corporation for Public Broadcasting, which has been targeted in
previous budget discussions, would receive $6 million, a
reduction of $80 million or 93 percent from the FY 2010 enacted
level. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final bill would <b>provide NIFA with
$1.22 billion, a reduction of $126 million below the FY 2010
enacted level</b> and the President’s FY 2011 budget request.
Funding for the competitive research program, the Agriculture
and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), would be increased to $265
million or one percent above the $262. 5 million provided in FY
2010. Funding for the Hatch Act formula program supporting the
nation’s land-grant universities would be increased to $237
million, an increase of $22 million or 10 percent above FY
2010. The Smith-Lever sections 3(b) and 3(c) would be funded at
$295 million, a reduction of $3 million below FY 2010. The
McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry program would receive $33
million, an increase of $4 million or 12 percent above FY 2010.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS)<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A total of <b>$1.135 billion would be
provided to support ARS, a reduction of $44 million below the
FY 2010 enacted level.</b> No new funding is provided for ARS
buildings and facilities.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>Department of Commerce, Economic
Development Administration (EDA)<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The final FY 2011 appropriations bill <b>includes
$246 million for EDA Economic Development Assistance programs
(EDAP), a $9 million or 3 percent reduction below the FY 2010
enacted level. </b>This is also level with the President’s
FY 2012 budget request for EDAP. <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family:
DeVinne;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u>U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)<o:p></o:p></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">USGS would receive <b>$1.085 billion in the
final appropriations bill<span style="color: rgb(31, 73,
125);">,</span> which is $27 million or 2.42 percent below
the FY 2010 enacted level. <o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The text of the final FY 2011 appropriations
legislation can be found here: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://rules.house.gov/Media/file/PDF_112_1/Floor_Text/FINAL2011_xml.pdf">http://rules.house.gov/Media/file/PDF_112_1/Floor_Text/FINAL2011_xml.pdf</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A summary of the legislation from the House
and Senate Appropriations Committees can be found here:<br>
House Appropriations Committee: <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=285">http://appropriations.house.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=285</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senate Appropriations Committee: <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm?method=news.view&id=5ba835d4-e8d4-47a4-bd13-950f99790f67">http://appropriations.senate.gov/news.cfm?method=news.view&id=5ba835d4-e8d4-47a4-bd13-950f99790f67</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As always, Lewis-Burke will provide
additional updates as Congress completes the FY 2011
appropriations process.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p><br>
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