(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 Friday, December 15, the 106th Congress passed a final agreement on the remaining appropriations bills and adjourned for the year, completing the appropriations process for FY 2001. Included in this agreement was the Labor-HHS-Education bill, which provides funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and several other agencies. The agreement provides NIH with $20.3 billion for FY 2001, which is an increase of 14%, or 2.5 billion, over the FY 2000 funding level.
Presently, the Labor-HHS-Education bill is awaiting the President's signature. In the meantime, NIH will continue to operate under a continuing resolution. Pres. Clinton is expected to sign the bill very soon, and the new, higher amount will be made available.
Below is an institute-by-institute breakdown of funding for NIH. Please note that the reduction in the Office of the Director is due to the transfer of funds to the new National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
Also included in the final agreement is funding for the Department of Education. The bill provides $10.67 billion for student financial aid. One of the largest achievements for student-aid was a $450 increase in the maximum Pell Grant award. The per-student maximum was raised from $3,300 to $3,750. This is slightly below the levels contained in the October version of the bill. In other related funds, TRIO received $730 million, which is an $85 million increase from FY 2000, and Work Study Grants were awarded an additional $77 million, bringing its new total to $1.01 billion. In addition, the Clinton Administration obtained an additional $95 million for GEAR UP, which is now funded at $295 million.
In separate action, Congress has approved H.R. 1795, a bill to establish a new National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering at NIH, which will call for a re-allocation of funds from existing institutes. The President is also expected to sign this bill.
Institute by Institute Breakdown of NIH Funding:
National Cancer Institute
FY 2000: $3.31 b
FY 2001: $3.76 b
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
FY 2000: $2.03 b
FY 2001: $2.30 b
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Institute of Dental & Craniofacial Research
FY 2000: $269.2 m
FY 2001: $306.4 m
Percent Change: 13.9%
National Institute of Diabetes & Digestive & Kidney Diseases
FY 2000: $1.14 b
FY 2001: $1.30 b
Percent Change: 14.2%
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
FY 2000: $1.03 b
FY 2001: $1.18 b
Percent Change: 14.3%
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
FY 2000: $1.78 b
FY 2001: $2.04 b
Percent Change: 15.0%
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
FY 2000: $1.35 b
FY 2001: $1.54 b
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Institute of Child Health and Development
FY 2000: $859.3 m
FY 2001: $976.5 m
Percent Change: 13.7%
National Eye Institute
FY 2000: $450.1 m
FY 2001: $510.6 m
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
FY 2000: $442.6 m
FY 2001: $502.5 m
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Institute on Aging
FY 2000: $687.7 m
FY 2001: $786.1 m
Percent Change: 14.3%
National Institute of Arthritis & Musculoskeletal & Skin Diseases
FY 2000: $349.4 m
FY 2001: $396.7 m
Percent Change: 13.5%
National Institute on Deafness
FY 2000: $263.6 m
FY 2001: $300.6 m
Percent Change: 14.0%
National Institute on Nursing Research
FY 2000: $89.5 m
FY 2001: $104.4 m
Percent Change: 16.6%
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
FY 2000: $293.2 m
FY 2001: $340.7 m
Percent Change: 16.2%
National Institute on Drug Abuse
FY 2000: $687.2 m
FY 2001: $781.3 m
Percent Change: 13.7%
National Institute of Mental Health
FY 2000: $974.5 m
FY 2001: $1.11 b
Percent Change: 13.6%
National Institute of Human Genome Research
FY 2000: $335.8 m
FY 2001: $382.4 m
Percent Change: 13.9%
National Center for Research Resources
FY 2000: $674.9 m
FY 2001: $817.5 m
Percent Change: 21.1%
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
FY 2000: $69.0 m
FY 2001: $89.2 m
Percent Change: 29.3%
Fogarty International Center
FY 2000: $43.3 m
FY 2001: $50.5 m
Percent Change: 16.6%
National Library of Medicine
FY 2000: $215.2 m
FY 2001: $246.8 m
Percent Change: 14.7%
Office of The Director
FY 2000: $281.9 m
FY 2001: $213.6 m
Percent Change: -24.2%
National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities
FY 2000: Not Applicable
FY 2001: 130.2 m
Percent Change: Not Applicable
Buildings and Facilities
FY 2000: 165.4 m
FY 2001: 153.8 m
Percent Change: - 7.0%