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FY2008
APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
NIH:
Senate Passes Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations
Bill
On Tuesday, October 23,
2007, the Senate passed H.R. 3043, the FY2008
Labor-HHS-Education (L/HHS) Appropriations Bill,
by a vote of 75-19. The bill provides NIH with
the amount recommended by both the Senate L/HHS
Subcommittee and full Appropriations Committee.
Specifically, NIH would receive $29.89 billion
in FY2008, a $1 billion or 3.5% increase.
However, the actual increase for NIH-supported
programs would amount to $799 million (a 2.8%
increase) because the Senate would require NIH
to transfer $201 million of its overall increase
to the Global AIDS Fund.
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NSF:
Senate Passes Commerce, Justice, Science
Appropriations Bill
On Tuesday, October 16, 2007, the Senate passed
H.R. 3093, the FY2008 Commerce, Justice, Science
and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, by a
vote of 75-19. The bill provides $6.553 billion
for NSF, $636 million above FY2007 and $124
million above the President’s request. The
momentum for the proposed increase comes from
the American Competitiveness Initiative (ACI), a
bi-partisan initiative to ensure that the U.S.
remains the leader in science and technology.
The goal of the ACI is to double the budgets of
NSF and the Department of Energy’s Office of
Science over ten years.
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