Abstract
AT NEARLY two months into the federal government’s 2012 fiscal year, Congress is just now expected to clear its first appropriations measure. The package, known as a minibus, combines three appropriations bills and includes funding for several key science agencies. The package on the table now “represents significant progress in the budgetary work of Congress, and will put us one step ahead as we strive towards swift completion of all fiscal-year 2012 appropriations bills,” House of Representatives Appropriations Committee Chairman Harold (Hal) D. Rogers (R-Ky.) said in a statement. The final bill (H. Rept. 112-284) was set to clear Congress at C&EN’s press time on Nov. 17. It includes 2012 budgets for NSF, NASA, NIST, NOAA, and FDA. Under the measure, NSF will be funded at $7.0 billion, up 2.5% from 2011 levels. The $751 million budget set for NIST will include $33 million, a 6.5% increase, over 2011 funding for its core scientific ...
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