(This legislative update has been assembled by the UH System Office of Governmental Relations and edited by the UH Office of University Relations as a service to the UH System community.)
On Monday, February 7, 2000, the President submitted to Congress his proposed budget for FY 2001. The budget request includes a $2.8 billion increase for scientific research. While much of this increase is in biomedical research ($1 billion at National Institutes for Health), most of the increase is directed to major initiatives in information technology, nanotechnology, and biocomplexity. Most importantly, the budget request provides substantial increases for the core programs at the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
Below is our analysis of the President's request for NSF, NIH, the Department of Defense (DoD) and NASA. Also, detailed charts for each of these agencies is attached. Similar analyses for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the Department of Energy (DOE), the Department of Education (DoEd), and the United States Geologic Survey (USGS) will be sent in the next few days.
| National Science Foundation (NSF) | Top |
The President's budget request would provide NSF an increase of $675 million (17.3 %) for FY 2001. This would bring NSF's total budget to $4.572 billion.
Though little has changed about the actual structure of the NSF budget request compared to past years, the President's budget request uses three new terms to divide the request into strategic areas: Ideas (research and its connections to society), People (the development of a competitive workforce of scientist, engineers, and scientifically-literate citizens), and Tools (state-of-the-art information bases and shared research and education facilities).
(Please note that the actual funding level for FY 2000 may differ from the funding level appropriated by Congress due to alterations to the budget after the completion of Congressional action, including the implementation of the 0.38 % across-the-board cut approved in the final budget negotiations for FY 2000.)
Nearly half of the $675 million requested increase would be provided to NSF's "core investments" in disciplinary research. The Biological Sciences (BIO) directorate would receive $511.14 million, a 23.3 % increase over FY 2000. Within the Biological Sciences directorate, the Plant Genome Research program would remain flat at the FY 2000 funding level of $59.63 million. The Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) directorate would again receive a large increase, as it did in FY 2000, due to NSF's lead role in the federal government's Information Technology Research (ITR) initiative (discussed in greater detail below). CISE would receive a 36.2 % increase over FY 2000 for a total of $528.1 million.
The Engineering (ENG) directorate would receive $456.50 million in FY 2001, an increase of 19.6 % over FY 2000, while the Geosciences (GEO) directorate would receive a 19.5 % increase for a total of $583.0 million in FY 2001.
The Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) directorate would receive $881.16 million in FY 2001, an increase of 16.3 %. Within MPS, the Mathematical Sciences would receive a 22.5 % increase for a total of $130.21 million, while the Astronomical Sciences would receive a 37.3 % increase for a total of $139.7 million. The Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE) directorate would receive $175.14 million in FY 2001, a 19.8 % increase over FY 2000.
In addition to the core disciplinary research programs at NSF, a number of new and continuing major initiatives would also receive large increases under the President's budget. These are crosscutting initiatives which are open to proposals from a variety of research and education disciplines. It is important to note that in addition to $355 million in new funding, the President's request would reallocate $135 million from NSF's base funding to these initiatives.
- The Information Technology Research initiative, which received $126 million in FY 2000, would receive an increase of $200 million in FY 2001, an increase of 159.5 %. The total funding for ITR would be $326 million.
- The new Nanoscale Science and Engineering initiative would receive $216.65 million in FY 2001, an increase of $119.35 million or 122.7 % over current NSF nanoscale activities.
- The Biocomplexity in the Environment initiative, which received $50 million in FY 2000, would receive an additional $86.31 million in FY 2001 for a total of $136.31 million. This is an increase of 172.6%.
- The 21st Century Workforce Initiative, which involves research on the science of learning and the development of a more scientifically-literate workforce, would receive $157.05 million in FY 2001, an increase of $83.39 million, or 113.2 %, over FY 2000.
NSF's Education and Human Resources (EHR) directorate would receive $760.01 million in FY 2001, an increase of 5 % over FY 2000. Within EHR, the Undergraduate Education division would receive $140.56 million, an increase of 20.8 % over FY 2000, while the Graduate Education division would receive a 14.4 % increase for a total of $89.45 million. The Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCOR) program would receive a 5.8 % decrease for a total of $48.41 million in FY 2001.
The Major Research Equipment account at NSF would receive $139 million in FY 2001, an increase of $45 million over FY 2000. Two new projects would be funded: Earthscope, a geophysical instrument array, would receive $17 million, while the National Ecological Observatory Network, which would establish 10 observatories nationwide to serve as research platforms for research in field biology, would receive $12 million. The Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation would receive $28 million in FY 2001, $20 million more than in FY 2000. The Large Hadron Collider would receive $16 million, as it did in FY 2000, and the South Pole Station would receive a $9 million increase for a total of $45 million in FY 2001. The budget request does not include any funding for a high altitude research aircraft funded by Congress last year.
| FY 2001 NIH FUNDING | Top |
As expected, the President's FY 2001 budget request includes a $1 billion increase for the National Institutes of Health. Some Congressional Republican leaders appear skeptical about another large NIH increase in FY 2001, but Senate Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-PA) has already called for a $2.7 billion increase.
In the NIH's supporting documentation, four areas of emphasis were identified for FY 2001: genetic medicine, clinical research, promoting interdisciplinary research, and eliminating health disparities faced by minority populations.
Reports indicate that NIH is being tapped for $238 million in "taxes" imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to pay for other department priorities, including initiatives at the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). As a result, the requested funding increase for NIH, instead of 5.6 %, appears to be closer to 4 %. These "taxes" are not detailed in the NIH budget, so details are sketchy.
According to NIH, even with the increased funding levels in FY 2000 and the requested increases for FY 2001, the number of new and competing research project grants (RPGs) awarded each year is dropping rather than rising, due to a record high number of continuation grants and the increasing size of new RPGs.
At a briefing for representatives of the academic research community, acting NIH Director Ruth Kirschstein said that while individual investigator awards continue to be the NIH's greatest priority, a series of large new initiatives are gaining in importance, including support of databases and information banks, because only NIH has the resources to support them.
A provision in the FY 2000 appropriations bill for NIH delays the availability of the final $4 billion of the NIH's FY 2000 budget until the last few days of the fiscal year (the last week of September). This delay has been of serious concern to many in the biomedical research community because it is unclear how funding for extramural grants would be affected. Kirschstein said that the President will ask Congress to waive the delay and allow NIH to spend the funds throughout the rest of the fiscal year. It is unclear whether Congress will grant this request.
Each institute at NIH is responsible for developing and implementing contingency plans if Congress does not lift the restriction. According to NIH staff, most institutes will take two approaches. First, some awards will be made in parts, with some portion of payment arriving on normal schedule and the balance being paid at the end of September. Second, awards scheduled for August and September will be delayed until the end of September.
| Department of Defense (DoD) | Top |
The Administration's FY 2001 budget request for the Department of Defense (DoD) Research, Development, Training and Evaluation (RDT&E) account (all categories) is $37.9 billion, a decrease of approximately $400 million from the FY 2000 funding level of $38.3 billion (-1 %). The President's request emphasizes information technology R&D, the government-wide nanotechnology initiative, counterproliferation R&D, and "protecting against 21st Century threats." (Please note that the actual funding level for FY 2000 may differ from the funding level appropriated by Congress due to alterations to the budget after the completion of Congressional action, including the implementation of the 0.38 % across-the-board cut approved in the final budget negotiations for FY 2000.)
Most university-based research is funded through the Department's "6.1" or basic research accounts. Agency-wide, these 6.1 accounts would receive $1,217.4 million, an increase of 4.9 % over the FY 2000 level of $1,160.9 million. Among the services' basic research programs, the Army 6.1 account would receive $201.0 million, a decrease of $3.4 million (-1.7 %) over FY 2000. The Navy, which sponsors the largest basic research program, would receive $397.5 million an increase of $23.2 million (6.2 %). The Air Force basic research program would be cut from $213.8 million in FY 2000 to $206.1 million in FY 2000, a decrease of 3.6 %. The Defense-wide basic research program, which includes funds for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), would be funded at $412.8 million, an increase of $44.4 million (12.1 %) over the actual FY 2000 funding level.
The much larger applied research accounts at DoD - the so-called "6.2" programs - would receive a 7.8 % decrease in FY 2001, from $3.410 billion in FY 2000 to $3.144 billion in FY 2001. Within these funds, the Army applied research program would be cut drastically, from $790.9 million to $602.5 million (-23.8 %); Navy applied research programs would decrease from $622.4 million to $527.1 million (-15.3 %); the Air Force applied programs would decrease from $596.8 million to $590.3 million (-1.1 %); and Defense-wide applied research programs would increase slightly from $1.400 billion to $1.424 billion (1.7 %).
| National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) | Top |
The President's budget request for FY 2001 provides $14.035 billion for NASA. After several years of shrinking budgets, NASA receives a $435 million increase above the actual FY 2000 funding level of $13.600 billion, and $447 million above the President's FY 2000 request of $13.578 billion. (Please note that the actual funding level for FY 2000 may differ from the funding level appropriated by Congress due to alterations to the budget after the completion of Congressional action, including the implementation of the 0.38 % across-the-board cut approved in the final budget negotiations for FY 2000.)
The budget request provides the Office of Space Science $2.399 billion, an increase of about $206 million over the actual FY 2000 funding level of $2.193 billion. The Mars Surveyor Program is also increased $78.3 million to $326.7 million. However, NASA is currently reviewing the Mars program and major changes to the program are expected. Within Space Science, the Supporting Research and Technology account for FY 2001 is $1.303 billion, an increase of $123.5 million over the actual FY 2000 funding level of $1.179 billion.
The budget request increases the Life and Microgravity Science programs from the actual FY 2000 level of $274.7 million to $302.4 million for FY 2001. Significant increases in this account include the new Bioastronautics Initiative. This initiative is designed to address the health difficulties of living in space for extended periods of time.
Unfortunately, not all of the science accounts received increases. The Office of Earth Science is reduced to $1.406 billion, a reduction of $37.6 million from the FY 2000 actual funding level of $1.443 billion. Identifying the programs within Earth Science which are cut will be difficult because NASA has restructured the Earth Science budget. The new structure places new technology development in a separate account. Therefore, to compare program funding levels in the FY 2001 request to the funding levels for FY 2000 can be misleading. Instead, individual accounts must be compared. The Earth Observation System (EOS) request level is $447.1 million. Many of the programs within EOS are significantly reduced. The major exception is the EOS Follow-on account which is increased from $24.4 million in FY 2000 to $120.6 million for FY 2001. The EOSDIS program is also reduced from $261.9 million in FY 2000 to $252 million in the FY 2001 request.
During the NASA Budget Briefing, Dan Goldin stated that a major priority for NASA over the next five years will be the investment of $6 billion to develop the Next Generation Reusable Launch Vehicle. While much of the research and development of this program will be competed outside of NASA, the combination of this new initiative and the International Space Station (ISS) will likely continue to limit the funding available for the science accounts. The FY 2001 request also includes a significant increase for shuttle refurbishment.
Finally, the ISS request for FY 2001 is $2.114 billion, $300 million less than the actual FY 2000 funding level of $2.323 billion. However, continuing problems with the Russian portions of the ISS could require an increase of this amount later in the year..
| National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) | Top |
The President's budget request would provide NOAA $2.902 billion for FY 2001. This is a $446 million, or 15 %, increase over the actual funding level for FY 2000. However, nearly $30 million of this increase is tied to the enactment of user fees that Congress has expressly forbidden over the last few years. (Please note that the actual FY 2000 funding level may differ from the Congressionally appropriated funding level previously reported. This is due to changes in the NOAA budget since the completion of Congressional action, including the implementation of the 0.38 % across-the-board cut required by the final budget agreement between the President and Congress last year.)
More than half of this $446 million increase is in the Lands Legacy Initiative ($265 million). The NOAA portion of the Lands Legacy Initiative is directed at preserving coastal areas. The rest of the increase is distributed between several initiatives including $50 million to implement the findings of last year's National Ocean Conference, $17 million for minority serving institutions, full funding for the Sea Grant program, and $110 million for the Natural Disaster Reduction Initiative (NDRI). The NDRI is once again a repackaging of existing programs, rather than a new initiative. The bulk of the $110 million increase is for base operations, maintenance, and new satellites.
Another NOAA initiative for FY 2001 is the $28 million Climate Observations and Services Initiative. This initiative provides increased funding for the Climate Reference Network, data access, baseline observations, ocean observations, and improved access to archived data. However, most of this initiative is contained in the Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) line office, which is increased by only $6.41 million. In order to increase climate research within OAR, funding for both atmospheric programs (-$2.58 million) and ocean programs (-$18.05 million) is cut significantly.
The OAR Operations and Research and Facilities (OAR-ORF) account is slated to receive $307.86 million for FY 2001, slightly above the actual FY 2000 funding level of $301.45 million. In addition to the ORF funding, the OAR Procurement, Acquisition, and Construction (OAR-PAC) account is slated to receive $11 million in FY 2001, an increase of about $6 million over the actual FY 2000 funding level of $4.98 million. This includes $4 million for a new data archive to enable improved access and storage of weather, ocean, and climate data. The combined total (ORF and PAC) for OAR is $318.86 million, an increase of $12.43 million over the FY 2000 funding level of $306.43 million.
Within OAR, the budget request would provide the atmospheric programs with a funding level of $47.61 million, down from $50.18 million in FY 2000. Within this account, weather research is cut by $25,000 from the FY 2000 level of $37.1 million, for a total FY 2001 funding level of $37.075 million. However, the request does not continue the $1.3 million earmarked in FY 2000 for research into the incorporation of wind profiler data. Instead, the weather research base programs are increased from $34.72 million to $35.075 million, and the U. S. Weather Research Program is increased from about $1 million to $2 million for FY 2001. In addition, the Solar-Terrestrial Services and Research account is reduced by $720,000 from the FY 2000 level of $6.9 million, leaving a final total of $6.18 million for FY 2001. The remaining cuts within the atmospheric programs come from the elimination of Congressional earmarks.
The total National Weather Service (NWS) request for FY 2001 is $710.23 million. This is an increase of $53.29 million over the actual FY 2000 funding level of $656.94 million. This request is divided between the NWS-ORF account and the NWS-PAC account. The NWS-ORF account is provided $634.87 million, an increase of $33.48 million over the FY 2000 funding level of $601.39 million. The NWS-PAC account is provided $75.36 million, an increase of $19.81 million over the FY 2000 funding level of $55.55 million.
Within the NWS-ORF account, the Local Warnings and Forecasts account is increased $23.86 million to a total of $466.47 million for FY 2001. Central Forecast Guidance is increased $1.06 million to a total funding level of $38.0 million. Also, Atmospheric and Hydrological Research is increased by $79,000 to $3.07 million.
| Department of Education (DoED) | Top |
The President's FY 2001 budget proposes a total of $54.2 billion for student aid, a 5.5 % increase over FY 2000. The Administration estimates that this amount would enable more than 8.6 million students to receive grant, loan, and work study assistance for postsecondary education.
Almost every major student aid program is slated for a substantial increase under this budget request. As was true in the FY 2000 request, the highlight of the President's request is a significant increase in the maximum annual Pell Grant award. The proposal includes a $200 increase, for a new total of $3,500.
The President's request includes level funding for the federal capital contribution to the Perkins Loan program ($100 million), and a doubling of funding for the Perkins loan cancellation fund ($60 million). The Federal Work-Study program is to be funded at $1.01 billion, up $77 million (8.2 %) from FY 2000. The Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) program is funded at $691 million in FY 2001, up $60 million (9.5 %).
After recommending for years that the State Student Incentive Grants (SSIG) program be eliminated, the President has requested funding for the program for the second straight year under its new name: the Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) program. The request is for $40 million, the same as the FY 2000 funding level.
As the President outlined over the past several weeks, he is seeking several tax changes to lower the tax burden for students and families paying for college. One, the College Opportunity Tax Cut, allows families to choose between taking a tax deduction or claiming a 28 % tax credit for tuition and fees. The proposal is applicable to costs of up to $5,000 per year for 2001 and 2002, and then to costs of up to $10,000 starting in 2003. The President is also seeking elimination of the 60-month limit on the student loan interest deduction, as well as re-establishing the graduate student portion of employer-provided education benefits (known as Section 127).
The President requested flat funding for the two major graduate programs, Javits Fellowships and Graduate assistance in areas of need (GAANN). The Javits request for the next cycle of awards remains at $10 million. The GAANN request for FY 2001 is $31 million.
| Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) | Top |
The President's budget request provides EPA with an overall budget of $7.2 billion for FY 2001, an decrease of nearly $300 million or 4 % from FY 2000. Of this amount, $530 million would fund the EPA Office of Research and Development, a decrease of $6.3 million or 1.2 % from FY 2000.
The budget would target EPA research and development on eight areas: 1) Clean Air; 2) Clean and Safe Water; 3) Safe Food; 4) Preventing Pollution and Reducing Risk in Communities, Homes, Workplaces, and Ecosystems; 5) Better Waste Management; 6) Reduction of Global and Cross-border Environmental Risks; 7) Expansion of Americans' Right to Know About Their Environment; and 8) Improved Understanding of Environmental Risks and Greater Innovation to Address Environmental Problems.
| United States Geological Survey (USGS) | Top |
The FY 2001 US Geological Survey (USGS) Budget request is $895 million, a 10 % increase ($82 million) from FY 2000. This budget is the largest in USGS history. A significant portion of the request is the Administration's "Lands Legacy" initiative. Also, there is $50 million in the request to assist communities with issues relating to urban growth and protecting natural resources. Overall, USGS has delineated four categories of funding in the FY 2001 budget request. These include: Safer Communities ($7.1 million); Liveable Communities ($47.0 million); Sustainable Resources for the Future ($15.3 million); and America's Natural Heritage ($16.7 million).
Within the request for Safer Communities is $2.6 million for the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). It is unclear whether this level of funding will allow for the development of the seismic monitoring infrastructure as well as research into the nature of earthquakes. It appears that the agency had sought more funding for the ANSS in the budget request, but the Office of Management and Budget did not approve the increase.
| Department of Energy (DOE) | Top |
The FY 2001 Department of Energy (DOE) request is $18.9 billion, an increase of $1.6 billion (9 %) over last year's appropriation. Areas of major R&D focus, as identified by the agency include: Reliable and Diverse Energy Supply which is increased by $7.6 million from $162.1 million in FY 2000 to $169.7 million in FY 2001; Clean and Affordable Power which receives a considerable increase of $74.5 million from $454 million in FY 2000 to $528.5 million in the FY 2001 request; and Efficient and Productive Energy Use which will also receive a major increase of $67.7 million from $387.3 million in FY 2000 to $455 million in FY 2001.
The DOE Office of Science and Technology receives $3.2 billion, an increase of $337 million (12 %) from FY 2000. This budget designates $182 million for Advanced Scientific Computing Research (ASCR) to increase computer modeling and simulation R&D. Nanotechnology is funded at $91 million. Another major item again this year, in the Office of Science account, is a $281 million request for continuing construction of the Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge Ridge Laboratory, an increase of $67 million from FY 2000.
High Energy Physics receives an increase of $16 million, $715 million in FY 2001 from $699 in FY 2000. Nuclear Physics receives a $21 million, or 6 %, increase ($370 million). Biological and Environmental Research (BER) receives a $11 million decrease ($445 million); however, funding for BER is increased from the FY 2000 request of $411 million. Basic Energy Sciences (BES) receives $1,016 million, the increase of which is largely due to funding of the SNS construction request. Fusion Energy Sciences receives a modest increase of $2 million ($247 million) from the FY 2000 allocation.
New or expanded areas of R&D emphasis in the Department's Budget Request are: Energy Grid Reliability Initiative which is increased by 175.6% from $13.1 million in FY 2000 to $36.1 million in FY 2000; Ultra Clean Transportation Fuels Initiative increased from $9.5 million in FY2000 to $27 million in FY 2001; International Clean Energy Initiative a program which received no funding in FY 2000 is funded at $46 million in FY 2001; Biobased Products and Bioenergy Initiative is increased from $95.7 million in FY 2000 to $144.2 million in FY 2001; and Power Generation Greenhouse Gas Reduction Technologies increased by $44.7 million ($41.3%) from $107.6 million in FY 2000 to $152 million in FY 2001 .
| Charts | Top |
FY 2001 NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
BUDGET REQUEST
(in $ millions)
| Program | FY 1999 | FY 2000 Final | FY 2001 Request |
Percent Change
FY2000 vs. FY2001 |
| Research and Related Activites | 2,811.00 | 2,958.46 | 3,540,68 | 19.7 |
| --Information Technology Research Initiative | N/A | 126 | 426 | 159.5 |
| --Nanoscale Science and Engineering Initiative | N/A | 97.3 (pre-initiative NSF activies in the nanosciences) | 216.65 | 122.7 |
| --Biocomplexity in the Environment Initiative | N/A | 50.00 | 216.65 | 172.6 |
| --21st Century Workforce Initiative | N/A | 73.66 | 157.05 | 113.2 |
| Education and Human Resources | 689.1 | 723.9 | 760.0 | 5.0 |
| Major Resource Equipment | 90.0 | 94 | 139 | 47.9 |
| Total, NSF | 3,737.00 | 3.999 | 4.603 | 17.3 |
FY 2001 National Institutes of Health
Budget Request
The FY 1999 and FY 2000 levels include cuts and transfers of funds which reduced the funding from the original Congressional appropriations levels. The FY 2001 request levels do NOT include significant anticipated cuts and transfers.
NIH TOTAL --
$15.633 billion - FY 1999 level
$17.813 billion - FY 2000 level
$18.813 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Cancer Institute
$2.892 billion - FY 1999 level
$3.312 billion - FY 2000 level
$3.505 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Heart, Lung & Blood Institute
$1.775 billion - FY 1999 level
$2.026 billion - FY 2000 level
$2.137 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
$238 million - FY 1999 level
$269 billion - FY 2000 level
$284 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
$1.021 billion- FY 1999 level
$1.141 billion - FY 2000 level
$1.209 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
$897 million - FY 1999 level
$1.030 billion - FY 2000 level
$1.085 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
$1.571 billion - FY 1999 level
$1.797 billion - FY 2000 level
$1.906 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
$1.203 billion - FY 1999 level
$1.354 billion - FY 2000 level
$1.428 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
$752 million - FY 1999 level
$859 million - FY 2000 level
$905 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Eye Institute
$396 million - FY 1999 level
$450 million - FY 2000 level
$474 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
$388 million - FY 1999 level
$443 million - FY 2000 level
$469 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute on Aging
$600 million - FY 1999 level
$688 million - FY 2000 level
$726 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
$306 million - FY 1999 level
$349 million - FY 2000 level
$369 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
$231 million - FY 1999 level
$264 million - FY 2000 level
$278 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Nursing Research
$69.8 million - FY 1999 level
$89.5 million - FY 2000 level
$92.5 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
$259 million - FY 1999 level
$293 million - FY 2000 level
$309 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute on Drug Abuse
$617 million - FY 1999 level
$687 million - FY 2000 level
$725 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Institute of Mental Health
$854 million - FY 1999 level
$975 million - FY 2000 level
$1.03 billion - President's FY 2001 request
National Human Genome Research Institute
$284 million - FY 1999 level
$336 million - FY 2000 level
$358 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Center for Research Resources
$561 million - FY 1999 level
$675 million - FY 2000 level
$714 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
$50.5 million - FY 1999 level
$69.0 million - FY 2000 level
$72.3 million - President's FY 2001 request
John E. Fogarty International Center
$35 million - FY 1999 level
$43 million - FY 2000 level
$48 million - President's FY 2001 request
National Library of Medicine
$182 million - FY 1999 level
$215 million - FY 2000 level
$230 million - President's FY 2001 request
Office of the Director
$256 million - FY 1999 level
$282 million - FY 2000 level
$309 million - President's FY 2001 request
Buildings and Facilities
$197 million - FY 1999 level
$165 million - FY 2000 level
$149 million - President's FY 2001 request
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
APPROPRIATIONS TABLE
(in $ millions)
| Account | FY1999 | FY2000 Actual Funding Level | FY2001 Request | Percent Change FY 2000 vs. FY2001 |
| Army 6.1 | 176.7 | 204.4 | 201.0 | -1.7 |
| Army 6.2 | 612.6 | 790.9 | 602.5 | -23.8 |
| Navy 6.1 | 354.1 | 374.3 | 397.5 | +6.2 |
| Navy 6.2 | 550.7 | 622.4 | 527.1 | -15.3 |
| Air Force 6.1 | 197.5 | 213.8 | 206.1 | -3.6 |
| Air Force 6.2 | 582.0 | 596.8 | 590. | -1.1 |
| Defense-Wide 6.1 | 335.3 | 368.4 | 412.8 | +12.1 |
| Defense-Wide 6.2 | 1,311.9 | 1,400.3 | 1,424.4 | +1.7 |
| Total DOD 6.1 | 1,063.6 | 1,160.9 | 1,217.4 | +4.9 |
| Total DOD 6.2 | 3,057.2 | 3,410.4 | 3,144.2 | -7.8 |
| RDTE Total | 38,103.7 | 38,289.1 | 37,862.4 | -1.1 |
NASA
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION
($ in millions)
| Priority Programs | FY2000 Requests | FY2000 Actual Funding Level | FY2001 Requests |
Proposed Change
FY2000 to FY2001 ($ and %) |
Comments |
| Space Station | 2,483 | 3,323.1 | 2,114.5 | - 306, [- 13%] | - Includes $300 millionf or Russian Program Assurance. |
| Science, Aeronautics and Technology | 5,424 | 5,467.7 | 5,499.9 | +32.2, [+ 1%] | |
| - Office of Space Science | 2,197 | 2,192.8 | 2,398.8 | + 206, [+ 9.3%] | |
| - Discovery | 180.5 | 154.8 | 196.6 | + 41.8, [+ 27%] | |
| - Mars Surveyor | 250.7 | 248.4 | 326.7 | + 78.3, [+ 31.5%] | |
| - Office of Earth Science | 4,459 | 1,443.4 | 1,405.8 | - 37.6, [- 2.6%] | - ESE Budget Restructured |
| - Life & Microgravity Sciences | 256.2 | 274.7 | 302.4 | + 27.7, [+ 10%] | |
| Jet Propulsion Laboratory | 1,381 | 1,264 | 1,435 | + 171, [+ 13.5%] |
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION
($ in millions)
| PRIORITY PROGRAMS | FY 2000 REQUEST | FY 2000 Actual | FY 2001 Request | PROPOSED CHANGE: '00 to '01 |
| Oceanic & Atmospheric Research - ORF | $ 282.5 | 301.45 | 307.86 | +6.4 |
| - Weather Research | 36.6 | 37.100 | 37.075 | -.025 |
| - High Performance Computing | 13.5 | 12.70 | 12.75 | +.5 |
| - Sea-Grant | 51.5 | 58.63 | 59.25 | +0.62 |
| Oceanic & Atmospheric Research - PAC | 10.04 | 4.98 | 11.0 | +6.02 |
| - GFDL Supercomputer | 5.7 | 4.98 | 7.0 | +2.02 |
| - National Data Archive | 0 | 0 | 4.0 | +4.0 |
| Total - Oceanic & Atmospheric Research | 292.61 | 306.4 | 318.86 | +12.43 |
| NESDIS | 593.83 | 570.93 | 612.64 | +41.72 |
| National Weather Service -ORF | 617.89 | 601.39 | 634.87 | +33.5 |
| - Advanced Hydrological Prediction | 2.2 | .996 | 1.0 | +.004 |
| - Local Warnings and Forecasts | 450.41 | 442.62 | 466.47 | +23.86 |
| - Central Forecast Guidance | 37.08 | 36.9 | 38.00 | +1.1 |
| - Atmospheric and Hydrological Research | 3.09 | 2.99 | 3.07 | +.08 |
| National Weather Service -PAC | 69.63 | 55.55 | 75.36 | +19.8 |
| - NEXRAD | 9.56 | 8.25 | 9.58 | +1.33 |
| - ASOS | 4.18 | 3.84 | 5.13 | +1.29 |
| - AWIPS | 22.58 | 15.94 | 17.3 | +1.36 |
| - Computer Facility Upgrade | 11.1 | 11.06 | 13.09 | +2.03 |
| - Radiosonde Replacement | 8.35 | 6.97 | 7.0 | +.03 |
| Total - National Weather Service | 687.5 | 656.94 | 710.23 | +53.29 |
| Total NOAA | 2.45 billion | 2.41 billion | 2.902 billion | +446 million |
Department of Education
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION
($ in millions)
| Priority Programs | FY 2000 Approp. | FY 2001 Request | Proposed Change: 2000 to 2001 amount & [%] | Comments |
| - Pell Grant ** | 7,639 | 8,356 | + 716 [+ 9.4%] | |
| - Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (SEOG) | 631 | 691 | + 60 [+ 9.5%] | |
| - Federal work-study program | 934 | 1,011 | + 77 [+ 8.2%] | |
| - Perkins loans | 130 | 160 | + 30 [+ 23.1%] | Each amount includes $30M from loan cancellations |
| - Leveraging Educational Assistance Partnership (LEAP) | 40 | 40 | flat funding | Formerly SSIG program |
| - Developing Hispanic-serving institutions (HSIs) | 42.3 | 62.5 | + 20.3 [+ 47.9%] | |
| TRIO | 645 | 725 | + 80 [+ 12.4%] | |
| ** Pell Grant maximum award | $3300 | $3500 | + $200 [+ 6%] |
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION
($ in millions)
| PRIORITY PROGRAMS | FY 2000 REQUEST | FY2000 APPROPS | FY 2001 REQUEST | PROPOSED CHANGE: 2000 to 2001 $ and [%] |
| National Mapping Program | 135 | 127 | 155 | +28 [+22%] |
| Geologic hazards, resources, and processes | 198 | 212 | 225 | +13 [+6%] |
| Water resource investigations | 172 | 186 | 197 | +11 [+5.9%] |
| Biological Research | 125 | 142 | 159 | 17 [+11.9%] |
| Science Support | 74 | 67 | 71 | +4 [5.9%] |
| Facilities | 85 | 86 | 88 | +2 [+2.3%] |
| TOTAL | 838 | 1,176 | 1,242 | +66 [+5.6%] |
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, OFFICE OF SCIENCE
FY 2001 BUDGET REQUEST INFORMATION
($ in millions)
| PRIORITY SCIENCE PROGRAMS | FY 2000 REQUEST | FY2000 APPROPS | FY 2001 REQUEST | PROPOSED CHANGE: 2000 to 2001 $ and [%] |
| Basic Energy Sciences | 881 | 774 | 1016 | +242 [+31.3%] |
| High Energy Physics | 697 | 699 | 715 | +16 [+2.2%] |
| Nuclear Physics | 343 | 349 | 370 | +21 [+6%] |
| Biological and Environmental Research | 411 | 456 | 445 | -11 [-2.40%] |
| Fusion Energy Sciences | 223 | 245 | 247 | +2 [+.08%] |
| Computational & Technology Research | 199 | 129 | 182 | +53 [+41%] |
| TOTAL | 2,835 | 2,819 | 3,151 | +332 [+11.8%] |