On Friday, 30 October, President Obama signed an appropriations bill (H.R. 2996) for Interior and Environment for Fiscal Year 2010 (FY10). The vote came one day before funding, via a continuing resolution, for federal agencies and programs that fall under the “Interior and Environment” umbrella were set to expire. Many departments and agencies still do not have appropriations bills passed and so H.R. 2996 also extends funding until 18 December for those departments and agencies at FY09 levels. The conference report, which gives details of each program’s funding levels, can be found at: http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/InteriorConfRept.pdf
A breakdown of funding for various departments follows:
EPA:
Program Name: FY09 Appropriation; FY10 Appropriation; Change
- Overall: $7.65 billion; $10.3 billion; +$2.7 billion or 35.3%
- Science & Technology: $790.1 million; $846.05 million; +$55.95 million or 7.1%
- Environmental Programs & Management : $2.392 billion; $2.994 billion; +$602 million or 25%
- Oil Spill Response: $17.69 million; $18.38 million ; +$690 thousand or 4%
For more detailed information, please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:1:./temp/~c111Mewlbv:e92795:
USGS:
Program Name: FY09 Appropriation; FY10 Appropriation; Change
- Overall: $1.044 billion; $1.112 billion; +$67.9 million or 6.5%
- Geographic Research, Investigations, & Remote Sensing: $142.1 million; $145.6 million; +$3.5 million or 2.4%
- Geological Hazards, Resources, & Processes: $242.1 million; $249.1 million; +$7 million or 2.9%
- Water Resources Investigations: $221.4 million; $232.3 million; +$10.9 million or 4.9%
- Global Change: $40.6 million; $58.2 million +$17.6 million or 43.3%
For more detailed information, please visit: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/F?c111:1:./temp/~c111Mewlbv:e28078:
The bill also includes the FLAME Act, which helps to create a stream of funding for wildfire suppression activities and requires the Secretaries of the Interior and Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy.
The President has yet to sign the appropriations bill for Commerce, Justice, and Science, H.R. 2847, which is the final appropriations bill affecting the Earth and space sciences.
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11/03/2009
ASLA 09-20
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