SCIENCE FUNDING House okays supplemental war spending bill

Abstract

The House of Representatives has passed a revised supplemental war appropriations bill (H.R. 2642) that includes $400 million in additional 2008 federal funding for science programs. At C&EN’s press time, the Senate was expected to take up and pass the legislation. The Administration has indicated that President George W. Bush will sign it into law once it clears Congress. The revised legislation comes about a month after the Senate passed a version of the bill that would have given science agencies nearly $1 billion in additional 2008 funding (C&EN, June 2, page 16). Threat of a presidential veto, however, forced congressional leaders to develop a compromise version of the legislation. Under the revised House bill, NIH is set to receive $150 million to be distributed across the agency’s 27 institutes and centers. NSF, NASA, and the Department of Energy’s Office of Science will each receive $62.5 million for various science programs. For NSF $22.5 ...