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Health Committees:
The Charge of the Committee: Below you will find a brief description of the NIH budget
request as submitted by the President. As you will note in the lower left hand
corner of the table, the total request for NIH funding for FY2000 was $15.923 billion.
The job of this committee is to evaluate these requests and allocate funds across
the various institutes. There are a couple of catches: (1) The total amount of money
authorized to NIH cannot exceed $15.1 billion; (2) Funding for the Fogarty International
Center, Library of Medicine, Office of the Director, and Buildings and Facilities must
equal the current request. In other words, you are not allowed to cut these
budgetary items. You may vote to increase funding for the NIH up to but not
exceeding $15.5 billion. If, however, you vote to increase funding you must: (1)
vote in favor of a tax increase, or (2) vote in favor of a 5% across-the-board reduction
in defense AND social welfare spending.
NIH Background and
Budget Information
Health Committee Budget Worksheet
Science Committees:
The Charge of the Committee: Below you will find a brief description of the NSF budget
request as submitted by the President. As you will note in the lower left hand
corner of the table, the total request for NSF funding for FY2000 was $3.921 billion.
This money is spread out over several directorates, including biological sciences,
computing and information, engineering, geosciences, math and physical sciences. The
job of this committee is to evaluate these requests and allocate funds across the various
NSF directorates. There are a couple of catches: (1) The total amount of money
authorized to NSF cannot exceed $3.2 billion; (2) Funding for the Education and Human
Resources, Major Research Equipment, Salaries and Expenses, and the Office of the
Inspector General must equal the current request. In other words, you are not
allowed to cut these budgetary items. You may vote to increase funding for the NSF
up to but not exceeding $3.6 billion. If, however, you vote to increase funding you
must: (1) vote in favor of a tax increase, or (2) vote in favor of a 5% across-the-board
reduction in defense AND social welfare spending.
NSF Background and
Budget Information
Science Committee Budget Worksheet