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Fiscal Year 11 CR—Summary of Cuts

13 April 2011
AGU Science Policy Alert 11–11

Last week, President Obama, House Speaker Boehner, and Senate Majority Leader Reid agreed to a last minute deal to stave off a government shutdown. The deal consisted of two parts:

A breakdown by agencies is as follows:

DOE

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Office of Science 4.904 billion 5.121 billion 5.416 billion 4.884 billion -20 million (-0.3%)

EPA

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Overall 10.28 billion 10.02 billion 8.973 billion 8.83 billion -1.45 billion (-14.1%)
Science and Technology 848.049 million 846.7 million 826 million 815.11 million -32.939 million (-3.8%)
Environmental Programs and Management* 2.994 billion 2.891 billion 2.877 billion 2.761 million -233 million (-7.78%)

*From this account, $416.875 million will be used toward geographic programs, of which $300 million will be used toward the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative

NASA

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Overall* 18.724 billion 19 billion 18.174 billion 18.5 billion -224 million (-1.2%)

*This amount fully funds the newly authorized exploration program and also specifically prohibits NASA from hosting Chinese officials at any facility or conducting business with any Chinese entity.

NSF

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Overall 6.872 billion 7.424 billion 7.76 billion 6.806 billion -66 million (-1%)
Research & Related Activities* 5.563 billion 5.964 billion 6.254 billion 5.511 billion -52 million (-1%)
Education & Human Resources** 873 million 892 million 911 million 861 million -12 million (-1.3%)

*FY11 CR amount funds 134 fewer awards, supporting approximately 1,500 fewer researchers, students, teachers, and technical support personnel than supported in 2010.
**FY11 CR amount funds 16 fewer awards, supporting approximately 300 fewer researchers, students, teachers, and technical support personnel than supported in 2010.

NOAA

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Overall 4.853 billion 5.554 billion 5.498 billion 4.6 billion -253 million (-5%)
Operations, Research & Facilities 3.412 billion 3.303 billion 3.444 billion 3.286 billion -126 million (-3.7%)
Procurement, Acquisition & Construction 1.358 billion 2.184 billion 2.053 billion 1.332 billion -26 million (-1.9%)

Note: The bill prohibits the use of NOAA funds to establish a Climate Service; this prohibition stays in effect until 30 September 2011. Furthermore, NOAA & NASA’s Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) also did not receive the additional funding it needs to launch on time. As a result, there is a projected data gap in 2017.

USGS

Program FY10 Enacted FY11 Request FY12 Request FY11 Full-Year CR FY11 CR Change over FY10
Overall* 1.125 billion 1.133 billion 1.119 billion $1.1 billion -25.6 million

Note: Within the entire Department of Interior, climate change programs have been reduced by $49 million.

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