**The Washington Update Will Be On Recess Until September 14th**

STATUS OF FY2008 APPROPRIATIONS
BILLS:

Update as Congress Adjourns for August Recess
On Sunday, August 5, 2007, Congress adjourned for its month-long August recess.
When it returns on September 4th, Congress will have to face the fact that it has not
passed any of the twelve spending bills to fund the government in the new fiscal year,
which begins October 1, 2007. While the House actually succeeded in passing all twelve
of the appropriations bills, the Senate was only able to complete one, the Homeland
Security Appropriations Act. And, of course, these bills won’t even reach the President’s
desk until the House and Senate conference the separate measures and pass them in their respective chambers.

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STATUS OF PRESIDENT’S THREAT TO VETO FY2008 APPROPRIATIONS BILLS:

Information on the five appropriations bills we follow.

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STATUS OF FY2008 FUNDING FOR
SPECIFIC AGENCIES:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Department of Energy’s Office of Science

USDA’s National Research Initiative (NRI)

Veterans Affairs Medical and Prosthetics Division

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INSIDE (The Beltway) SCOOP
- Jon Retzlaff, Legislative Director

Many on Capitol Hill will tell you that the month-long summer recess could not have come soon enough. The partisan bickering during the past few months has reached levels rarely seen in an off-year election cycle. Republicans are growing increasingly frustrated with Democrats attempts to prevent an open debate on many issues, while Democrats claim that they have had to take these steps to limit debate because Republicans are purposely delaying all legislation from even being considered.

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BILLS, BILLS, BILLS

The Farm Bill

The America COMPETES Act

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POLICY UPDATE: Conflict of Interest, Biosecurity,
Training Data

FASEB Calls in Scientific Community to Endorse Guidelines for Conflicts of
Interest; Unveils Toolkit

FASEB Comments on NSABB Proposed Oversight Framework for Dual Use
Research

FASEB Releases New Data Resource on Education and Employment of Biomedical
Scientists

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FASEB ENCOURAGES SOCIETY MEMBERS TO
COMMENT ON NCRR’s STRATEGIC PLAN

The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) is seeking input for a new strategic
plan for NCRR programs for the five year period from 2009-2013. The NCRR provides
training mechanisms, shared research resources and technologies that facilitate NIH supported biomedical research. With the increasing pressure on scarce research resources, FASEB’s Vice President for Science Policy, Mark Lively, feels that it is essential for the views of working scientists to be considered in NIH planning processes, and he is
encouraging scientists to reply to the NCRR. More information on the NCRR strategic
planning process and ways that scientists in the community provide input may be found
on the web at http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/Strategic_Plan/

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CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE

The House and Senate are in recess until September 4, 2007.

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