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Federal Research and Development
Funding : FY2003

Updated February 10, 2003

Michael E . Davey
Resources, Science, and Industry Divisio n

Congressional Research Service The Library of Congres s

CONTENTS
SUMMARY
MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
BACKGROUND AND ANALYSI S

Department of Agriculture (USDA )
Department of Energy (DOE )
Department of Defense (DOD )
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA )
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
National Science Foundation (NSF )
Department of Commerce (DOC )
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA )
National Institute of Standards and Technolog y
Department of Transportation (DOT)
Department of Interior (DOI)
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Federal R&D Funding : FY2003
SUMMARY

On February 7th, President Bush signe d
a continuing resolution, or CR (P .L, 108-5),
which essentially maintains spending a t
FY2002 levels for the 11 appropriations bill s
lacking enacted FY2003 appropriations,
through February 20, 2003 . Th e
107thCongress completed work on 2 of its 1 3
appropriations bills, Defense and Militar y
Construction .

pment (R&D) funding for FY2003 . This is
$8 .6 billion above what is available for federal
R&D in FY2002 . The growth is concentrated
in the areas of defense (Department of Defense) and health (National Institutes o f
Health) . The budget proposed more modes t
growth in other mission areas and propose d
decreases in some agencies' R&D budget s
when compared to FY2002 budget authority .
The proposed allocation of R&D resources
continues the debate regarding balance in the
federal R&D portfolio .

On January 28t'1 , the Senate complete d
work on an FY2003 Omnibus appropriation s
bill, (H .J .Res. 2) that includes the 11 agencie s
currently operating under a CR. CRS estimates that the Senate's actions would resul t
in a total Federal R&D budget of $116 billion. The Senate estimate includes $57 .4
billion for DOD R&D approved by the 107 tI
Congress . The Senate Omnibus resolutio n
includes an estimated $27 .2 billion for NIB ,
essentially what the President requested for
FY2003 . The Senate also recommended a
12% increase for NSF's Research and Relate d
Activities Account, and a 5% increase fo r
NASA's R&D programs . These totals do no t
reflect potential across-the-board cuts Congress could employ in order to move closer to
the President's proposed discretionary spending levels . After the House completes work o n
its version of the Omnibus bill, it will have to
resolve any recommended funding differences
with the Senate approved bill . To date, i n
most instances, {except for NIH) the Hous e
and Senate have provided more funding fo r
R&D, than the President's request .

Under the President's proposal non defense R&D would increase 7 .2% to $53 . 2
billion . NIH would receive a 16% increase in
funding reaching $27 .3 billion, comprisin g
nearly 50% of non-defense R&D spending . If
approved, this would complete Congress' s
goal of doubling NIH funding betwee n
FY1999 and FY2003 . Funding for defens e
R&D (the sum of DOD and DOE's defens e
R&D) would increase 9 .9% to $58 .8 billion .
While funding for DOD's R&D program i s
schedule to increase over 10%, its basic and
applied research programs are scheduled t o
decline 5 .8% .
Federal support for basic research woul d
increase $1 .9 billion, reaching a record $25 .5
billion This is primarily due of a record in crease of $1 .185 billion in NIH's basic re search program . Total federal research fundin g
(basic + applied research) is proposed t o
increase 6 .5%, to $51 .9 billion .

The Bush Administration requeste d
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MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENT S
February 7, 2003, President Bush signed P .L . 108-5, that will allow agencies lacking
FY2003 appropriations to operate at FY2002 spending levels until their respective FY200 3
spending bills are passed ; or, until February 20, 2003, when the continuing resolutio n
expires . The 108 ` x` Congress initiated its legislative session on January 7, 2003, to resum e
work on the remaining FY2003 11 appropriations bills . Congress has approved, and th e
President has signed, a $30 billion FY2002 Supplemental Appropriations bill, P . L. 107-206 ,
that includes $425 million for R&D, of which 70 %, or $337 million is for DOD . For an
overview of the current funding status of the FY2003 R&D budget, see CRS Repor t
RS21735, Federal R&D Under a Continuing Resolution, and Prospects , for FY2003

Funding.

BACKGROUND AND ANALYSI S

Department of Agriculture (USDA )
The FY2003 budget request for research and education in the U .S . Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is $2,329 million, a decrease of $87 .1 million (3 .6%) from the FY200 2
level of $2,416 .1 million (see Table 1) . The FY2003 request provides increased fundin g
for several research priority areas : emerging and exotic diseases of animals ($8 million) ,
emerging and exotic diseases of plants ($5 .4 million), new uses for agricultural products ($ 9
million), global climate change ($6 .5 million), agricultural genomes ($6 .9 million) ,
biosecurity ($5 million), agricultural information services ($2 million), and homelan d
security supplemental ($5 million) . Research programs on emerging and exotic diseases ar e
part of the infrastructure to enhance homeland security and protect agriculture and foo d
supply . The USDA has five biocontainment complexes where research and diagnostic wor k
is done on organisms that pose serious threats to the crop, poultry, and livestock industries .
The FY2003 request proposes the termination of all projects earmarked by Congress i n
FY2001 and FY2002 for an estimated savings of $90 million . In addition, the request
includes reductions in several base programs totaling $15 million .
The USDA conducts in-house basic and applied research . The Agricultural Researc h
Service (ARS) is the lead federal agency for nutrition research, operating five majo r
laboratories in this area. Other ARS laboratories focus on efficient food and fiber production ,
preservation of genetic resources, development of new products and uses for agricultura l
commodities, development of effective biocontrols for pest management, and support of
USDA regulatory and technical assistance programs . The FY2003 request provides $1,04 9
million for ARS, $27 million above the FY2002 level . ARS reports that the majority of its
facilities, constructed prior to 1960, have become functionally obsolete . Many of th e
facilities are not in total compliance with current health and safety standards . The FY200 3
request provides an additional $17 million for modernization and construction at four AR S
locations - - Beltsville, Maryland ($4 .2 million), Plum Island, New York ($2 million) ,
National Agricultural Library ($7 .4 million), and National Arboretum ($3 million) .

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The Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension Service (CSREES )
distributes funds to universities and organizations that conducts agricultural research .
Funding is distributed to the states through competitive awards, formula funding, and other
means . The FY2003 request for CSREES is $1,032 million, a decrease of $10 .1 million from
the FY2002 estimate . Funding for earmarked programs and certain lower priority work i s
terminated in order to support competitively awarded grants and other high priorit y
programs . Funding for formula distribution in FY2002 to the state agricultural experimen t
stations (and other eligible institutions) through the Smith-Lever Act would be $275 . 9
million, level with FY2002 . The FY2003 request funds the National Research Initiativ e
(NRI) Competitive Grants Program at $240 million, an increase of $120 million over th e
FY2002 level .
The Economic Research Service (ERS) is the principal intramural economic and socia l
science research agency in USDA . The request for ERS in FY2003 is $82 million, a n
increase of $6 million over the previous fiscal year . Included in the increase is funding fo r
two priority areas : the agricultural resources management survey ($2 .7 million), and the
initiative on the effects of invasive pests and diseases on the competitiveness of U .S .
agriculture ($2 million) . The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) conducts th e
Census of Agriculture and provides current data on agricultural production and indicators o f
the well-being of the farm sector . The Administration requests $149 million for NASS i n
FY2003, $27 million above the FY2002 level .
The Senate Omnibus appropriations bill includes an estimated $2 .464 billion for th e
Department of Agriculture's R&D program, about $135 million more than the request .

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Table I . U .S. Department of Agriculture
(millions $ )

Agric . Research Service (ARS )
Soil & Water Conservation
Plant Science
Animal Science
Commodity Conversion & Delivery
Human Nutrition
Integration of Agricultural Systems
Information and Library Sciences
Repair and Maintenance
Contingencies & Trust Funds
Subtotal
Buildings & Facilities
Total, ARS'
Coop . St . Res . Ed. & Ext . (CSREES )
Research and Educatio n
Hatch Act Formula
Cooperative Forestry Research
1890 Colleges and Tuskegee Univ .
Special Research Grants
NRI Competitive Grants
Animal Health & Disease Res .
Federal Administration
Higher Education'
Total, Coop . Res . & Edw .'
Extension Activitie s
Smith-Lever Sections 3h&c
Smith-Lever Sections 3d
Renewable Resources Extension
1890 Research & Extension
Federal Admin . & Special Grants
Total, Extension Activities'
Total, CSREES'
Economic Research Service
National Agric . Statistics Service
TOTAL, Research, Education &
Economics

FY200 3
House

FY200 3
Senate
Omnibu s

1,002 .2
95 .3
1,097 .5

1,053 . 6
101 . 0
1,154 . 6

182.0
23 .0
36 .0
102.8
130.0
5 .1
27 .1
27 .5
572.6

185 . 6
22 . 5
35 . 6
103 . 8
204 . 3
5 .3
29 . 0
32 . 8
651 .4

275 .9
85 .5
3 .2
66 .0
18 .6
421 .0
1,032 .0
82 .0
149 .0

277 .0
84 .2
5 .0
1.4.0
17 .1
441 .8
1,014.4
73 .3
137 .9

281 .2
93 .4
4.1
47 . 1
20 . 7
452 . 8
1,104 . 2
65 . 1
140 . 9

$2,329 .0

$2,323 .1

$2,464 .8

FY2002
Est .

FY2003
Req .

92.0
333 .0
174.1
177 .0
77 .0
39 .0
20 .0
18 .2
35 .0
1,022.0'
119 .0
1,176.0

109 . 0
368 . 0
198 . 0
194 . 0
79 . 0
40 . 0
23 . 0
18 . 2
35 . 0
1,049 .0
17 .0
1,066 .0

180.1
21 .9
32 .6
2.8
120 .0
5 .1
45 .0
36 .0
556.0

180 .1
21 .9
32 .6
0 .0
240 .0
5 .1
20 .0
36 .0
566 .0

275 .9
85 .5
3 .2
66 .0
5 .7
441.0
1,042.1
76 .0
122 .0
$2,416.1

_

,

a. The total for ARS excludes trust funds and support for Counter-Drug Research and Development and fo r
Anti-Drug Research and Related Matters .
b. Higher education includes payments to 1994 institutions and 1890 Capacity Building Grants program .
c. Program totals may reflect set-asides (non-add) or contingencies .
d Excludes support for Fund for Rural America, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, and Initiative for Futur e
Agriculture and Food Systems .
e . Excludes funding for Homeland Security Supplemental .

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Department of Energy (DOE )
For FY2003, DOE requested $8 .8 billion for all R&D activities, including activities i n
each of DOE's four business lines : National Security, Science, Energy Supply, an d
Environmental Quality . This request is 1 .4% below the FY2002 level .
The requested funding for R&D in National Security is $3 .8 billion, which is 2 .2% mor e
than in FY2002 . The apparent reduction in funding for Nonproliferation and Verificatio n
R&D is an artifact of $78 million in one-time supplemental funding for FY2002 that wa s
provided after the September 11`h terrorist attacks . The House Appropriations Committe e
recommended (H .R . 5431) an increase of approximately $90 million above the request . The .
Senate Appropriations Committee recommended (S . 2784) an increase of approximatel y
$140 million above the request . Both committees provided the requested amount fo r
continued construction of the National Ignition Facility . `
The requested funding for Science is $3 .3 billion, an increase of 0 .1% over FY2002 .
The largest change would be a reduction of 12% in the Biological and Environmenta l
Research program . The Administration states that this reduction reflects the completion o f
activities funded by congressional earmarks in FY2002 . The request includes full funding
for continued construction of the Spoliation Neutron Source . The House Appropriation s
Committee recommended (H .R . 5431) a reduction of $8 million below the request . Th e
Senate Appropriations Committee recommended (S . 2784) an increase of $50 million abov e
the request .
The requested funding for R&D in Energy Supply is $1 .6 billion, down about 6% fro m
FY2002 . Much of the reduction is in the Fossil Energy R&D program . The Administratio n
states that this reduction results largely from this year's pilot application of specifi c
investment criteria to certain DOE applied R&D programs . The requested budget would als o
reduce funding for Energy Conservation R&D and increase funding for Nuclear Energy
R&D . The House provided (H .R . 5093 Interior) and the House Appropriations Committe e
recommended (H .R . 5431 Energy) a total increase of $223 million above the request . The
Senate Appropriations Committee recommended (S . 2708 Interior and S . 2784 Energy) a
total increase of $214 million above the request .
The requested funding for R&D in Environmental Quality is $92 million, down 55 %
from FY2002 . This change results from an internal review of the entire Office o f
Environmental Management (whose total budget request is $6 .7 billion) . Based on the
review, the Administration plans to refocus the Office's Science and Technology progra m
on R&D that it feels supports more directly the cleanup and closure of DOE waste sites . Th e
House Appropriations Committee recommended (H .R . 5341) an increase of $1.1 millio n
above the request. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended (S . 2784) a decreas e
of $15 million below the request .

1 The House and Senate Appropriations Committees made their recommendations relative to a n
adjusted request that excludes certain federal retiree costs included in the Administration request ,
See note, Table 2 .
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Table 2 . Department of Energ y
($ millions )
FY200 2
Comparable

FY2003
Request

FY2003
House

FY2003
Senate 2

National Security

3721 .1

3804 .3

3893 .9

3943 . 1

Weapons Activities s

2709 .5

2812 .9

2903 .7

2942 . 9

Naval Reactors

689 .3

708 .0

706 .8

706 . 8

Nonprolif. & Verific, R&D

322 .3

283 .4

283 .4

293 . 4

Science

3280 .7

3285 .1

3271 .2

3329 . 5

Basic Energy Sciences

999 .6

1019 .6

1019 .6

1044 .6 .

High Energy Physics

713 .2

725 .0

725 .0

730 . 0

Biolog . & Envtal . Rsch .

570 .3

504 .2

504 .2

531 . 2

Nuclear Physics

359 .0

382 .4

382 .4

387 . 4

Fusion Energy Sciences

247 .5

257 .3

248 .5

259 . 3

Adv . Scientific Computing

157 .4

169 .6

174.6

169 . 6

Other

233 .7

227 .0

216 .9

207 . 4

Energy Supply

1709.6

1601 .8

1816.4

1807 . 5

Energy Conservation R&D

640.5

588 .4

684.7

635 . 9

Fossil Energy R&D

587 .2

494 .2

664.2

641 . 0

Renewable Energy

386 .4

407 .7

396.0

448 . 1

Nuclear Energy R&D

53 .0

71 .5

71 .5

82. 5

Clean Coal Technology 5

42 .5

40 .0

0.0

0.0

204 .7

92 .0

103.0

77. 0

204 .7

92 .0

103 .0

77 . 0

8916 .1

8783 .2

9084.5

9157 .1

Environmental Quality
Science and Technology
Total

6

A

Note : The FY2002 Comparable and FY2003 Request columns include funding for an Administration proposa l
that would require agencies to pay the full government share of accruing retirement costs for certain federa l
employees . This proposal has not been enacted, and the other two columns generally do not reflect these costs .
Thus these two columns are not exactly comparable to the other two in all cases, although the effect is smal l
in percentage terms .
As reported by the Appropriations Committee, except Energy Conservation R&D, Fossil Energy R&D, an d
Clean Coal Technology, which are as passed by the House .
2
As reported by the Appropriations Committee .

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j Includes Stockpile R&D, Science Campaigns, Engineering Campaigns except Enhanced Surety and Enhance d
Surveillance, Inertial Confinement Fusi on (called High Energy Density Physics in the FY2003 budget request) ,
Advanced Simulation and Computing, and a prorated share of Readiness in Technical Base and Facilities .
4 In addition, the Administration requested a transfer of $40 million from Clean Coal Technology to Fossi l
Energy R&D.
s Amounts shown for Clean Coal Technology are allocations from previously appropriated funds .
6 Within Defense Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
.

Department of Defense (DOD)
The Bush Administration requested $53 .9 billion for the RDT&E account in FY2003 .
It also requested $67 million in research and development within the Defense Healt h
Program and $303 million for research and development in the Chemical Agents an d
Munitions Destruction Program and $213 million for additional research and developmen t
within the $20 .1 billion Defense Emergency Response Fund .
The Science and Technology (S&T) portion of the RDT&E account remains an issue .
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee (June 5, 2001) the Unde r
Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics, Pete Aldridge, suggeste d
that DOD should set S&T funding at 3% of DOD's topline (i .e . DOD's total budget) . DO D
incorporated the 3% target into its Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) . Some Member s
have embraced this goal and it is endorsed in the Senate Budget Resolution (S .Con .Res.
100) . The Administration requested $9 .7 billion for S&T in FY2003 . This is about $200
million below the amount appropriated last year . However, DOD counted the $213 millio n
in research and development within the transfer account mentioned above as S&T funding.
This would bring the FY2003 S&T request to $9 .9 billion. This represents 2 .7% of DOD' s
topline, short of the Administration's own goals . The Administration stated that it intends
to reach the 3% goal over time and that the large increase in DOD's topline made it difficul t
to do this year .
Both the House and the Senate have approved their defense authorization bills (House :
H .R . 4546, H .Rept. 107-436 ; Senate : S . 2514, S .Rept . 107-151) . Both voted to increase tota l
RDT&E spending above the Budget request . However, some of the increase is a result o f
transferring the RDT&E projects requested as part of the Defense Emergency Response Fun d
directly to the Title IV accounts . Because the proposal to fund personnel expense s
(retirement, etc .) directly through departmental budgets is not within their jurisdiction an d
must be acted on separately, both bills reduced the RDT&E account proportionately . Also ,
the Senate bill reduced RDT&E to account for savings in contract services and financia l
management . Both the House and Senate bills increased S&T spending (the House $10 . 0
billion, the Senate $10 .1 billion) . The House voted to increase ballistic missile defens e
RDT&E $300 million, the Senate voted to reduce BMD RDT&E by $1 billion, and add it t o
a fund that the President may spend either on BMD or counter-terrorism activity .
The House approved its defense appropriations bill (H .R . 5010) June 27 . It voted t o
increase RDT&E $3 .9 billion above the President's request (to $57 .8 billion) . It also vote d
to increase S&T funding $1 .7 billion above the President's request (to$1.1 .4 billion) . Given
the House also voted a total of $354 .7 billion for all of DOD, the S&T appropriation is 3 .2% .
of DOD's topline . It voted a large increase in the Defense Health Program, as has becom e
standard for the appropriators ; adding $150 million and $85 million, respectively, for th e
Army's Peer Reviewed Breast Cancer and Prostrate Cancer Programs .
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Table 3 . Department of Defens e
($ millions )
FY2002 FY2003 Hous e Senat e
Hous e
Estimate
Req .'
Auth .
Auth .
Apprn .
(H.R .
(S .
(H .R .
4546)
2514)
5010)
Account s
Army
Navy
Air Force
Defense Agencies
(DARPA)
(BMD0'')
Dir. Test & Eva]
Dir.Op .Test/Eval
Total
Budget Activit y
Basic Research
Applied Res .
Advanced Dev .
Demonstration/V a
lidation
Engineering/Man
ufacturing Dev .
Mgmt. Support b
0p . Systems Dev .
Adjustments

Senat e
Apprn .
(H.R.
5010)

Cont..
Apprn.
(H .R .
5010)

7,053
11,389
14,548
15,285
(2,253)
(6,969)
230
$48,505

6,918
12,502
17,601
16,614
(2,685)
(6,691)
222
$53,857

6,933
7,301
13,275
12,929
18,803
18,604
17,191
16,491
(2,578) (2,245)
(6,991) (5,924)
222
362
$56,424 $55,686

7,447
13,562
18,639
17,863
(2,851)
(6,821)
242
$57,753

7,410
13,276
18,538
16,611
(2,698)
(6,145)
303

7,62 8
13,86 5
18,72 9
17,73 4
(2,778 )
(6,741 )
24 6

$56,138

$58,202

- 1,376
4,086
4,415
10,361

1,365
3,780
4,532
10,539

1,354
3,832
4,837
10,973

1,413
3,971
4,780
10,155

1,418
4,451
5,483
10,905

1,491
4,479
4,822
9,832

1,49 4
4,59 8
5,38 3
11,05 9

11,018

13,550

13,950

13,677

13,449

14,106

14,03 4

2,850
14,399

2,890
17,200

2,959
18,674

3,274
18,767

3,053
19,150

3,200
18,362

3,07 5
19,12 0

-155

-155
-107
-91

. -155

-155

-15 5

$57,754

$56,137

-29 9
-107
$58,202

personnelcostaccural
financial mgmt. svgs .
contract services svgs.
Section 8100 svgs .
Section 8109 svgs .

$48,505
Total Ob . Auth .
Other Defense Pro gams
Defense Health
464
Program
Chemical Agent s
202
and Munition s
Destruction

. $53,857

$56,424 $55,684

67
67

67

400

394

45 9

303

303

303

303

303

303

Source: FY2001 to FY2003 figures based on Department of Defense Budget, Fiscal Year 2003 RDT& E
Programs (R-1), February 2002 . FY2001 to FY2003 figures for Defense Health Program and Chemical Agent s
and Munitions Destruction Program come from OMB's FY2003 Budget Appendix . All other figures com e
from prior year R-ls and OMB budgets . Totals may not add due to rounding.
a. includes only BMD RDT&E . Does not include procurement and military construction .
b. Includes funds for Developmental and Operational Test and Evaluation .
c. Does not include RDT&E funds associated with the proposed Defense Emergency Response Fund.
The Senate approved its bill (H .R . 5010, amended in the nature of a substitute, S .Rept .
107-213) on August 1 . The Senate approved a 9% increase for DOD's S&T programs ,
recommending $10 .8 billion, $700 million below the House level . The Senate also adde d

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$150 million and $85 million for Breast Cancer and Prostate research, as well as $10 millio n
for ovarian cancer, and $50 million for peer-reviewed research on other medical topics .
Both the House and Senate approved the conference report accompanying H .R. 501 0
(H .Rept . 107-732) . The bill as reported appropriated $58 .2 billion in the Title IV RDT& E
account, and another $459 million in RDT&E for the Defense Health Program and $306
million for RDT&E in the Chemical Agents and Munitions Demilitarization Program . Th e
bill also appropriated $11 .5 billion for S&T. However, this does not include the adjustment s
identified below . The $11 .5 billion figure is 3 .2 % of the total DOD appropriation of $35 5
billion .

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA )
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is requesting $10,738 . 2
million for R&D for FY2003, out of a total NASA budget request of $15,000 million (se e
Table 4) . That is a 3 .7% increase over . what was appropriated in FY2002 for R&D . I n
November 2002, the White House submitted an amended FY2003 budget request for NASA,
but the total amount of funding for the agency in FY2003 would not change, just how it i s
allocated . See CRS Report RL31347 for details on the budget amendment . NAS A
appropriations are included in the VA-HUD-IA appropriations bill . Both the Senate an d
House Appropriations Committees reported out bills (S . 2797, SRept . 107-222 ; H .R . 5605,
H .Rept . 107-740) in July and October 2002, respectively, but no such bill cleared the 1O7 s n
Congress . The Senate committee issued revised recommendations in January 2003 as par t
of Senate Amendment 1 to H . J . Res 2, the Omnibus Continuing Appropriations resolution ,
which contains FY2003 funding for NASA and other agencies . The following text reflects
the Senate committee recommendations in January 2003, not July 2002 .
The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended a total increase of $125 .5 millio n
for NASA . The Senate approved the revised figures on January 23, 2003 as part of H . J . Res .
2, but also included an across-the-board reduction of 2 .9% for all agencies, including NASA .
The October 2002 report of the House Appropriations Committee would increase NASA' s
budget request by $300 million By the definitions used in this report, all of the fundin g
increases are for R&D .
NASA's FY2003 request for the International Space Station is $1 .839 billion, comprised of
$1 .492 billion in the Human Space Flight (HSF) account, and $347 million for researc h
aboard the station in the Biological and Physical Research section of the Science ,
Aeronautics, and Technology (SAT) account . For more information, see CRS Issue Brie f
IB93017 . The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended a $35 million cut . The
House committee approved the requested funding .
For Space Science, NASA is requesting $3 .414 billion in FY2003 . NASA wants t o
terminate two planetary programs-one to explore Europa, a moon of Jupiter, and the othe r
to study Pluto and the Kuiper Belt (thought to be the source of some comets) --- because the y
are too expensive .

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Table 4 . National Aeronautics and Space Administratio n
($ millions )
Funding Category

FY2002
Approp.

FY2003
Request

H . App . Cmte .
Oct . 02

S . App . Cmte .
Jan . 0 3

Human Space FIight (R&D only)
International Space Station
Investments and Support*
Space Comm . & Data Systems"

2,298.5
1,721 .7
432.9
163 .9

1,893 .7
1,492 .1
365 .2
36 .4

1,893 .7
1,492 .1
365 .2
36 .4

1,861 . 7
1.,457 . 1
365 . 2
36 . 4

Science, Aeronautics, and Technology
Space Science
Biological . & Physical Research
Earth Science
Aero-Space Technology
Academic Programs

8,047.8
2,867 .1
820.0
1,625 .7
2,507 .7
227 .3

8,844 .5
3,414 .3
842 .3
1,628 .4
2,815 .8
143 .7

9,144 .5
3,556 .2
854 .2
1675 .0
2,883 .4
178 .9

9,003 . 0
3,515 . 5
1,675 . 6
851 . 8
2,762 . 7
197 . 9

TOTAL NASA R&D

10,346.3

10,738 .2

11,038 .2

10,864 . 7

(TOTAL NASA Budget)

(14,901 .7)

**(15,000 .0)

(15,300 .0)

(15,125,5)

Prepared by CRS using data from NASA's FY2003 Budget Estimate (page MY-1), available at [http :llwww.nasa .gov] an d
congressional committee reports . NASA's budget is evolving towards full cost accounting and NASA is shifting program s
between accounts, making annual comparisons difficult, Hence, only FY2002 and FY2003 are shown here . For more
information, see CRS Report RL31347 . Totals may not add due to rounding .
*Calculated by CRS as a percentage of the funding in this category for the space station program, which is counted as R&D ,
versus other programs (primarily the space shuttle), which are not .
**Excludes federal retiree costs . If they are included, NASA's FY2003 budget request is $15,1 .17 .0 million .

NASA proposed terminating the Pluto project in FY2002, but Congress restored it i n
the FY2002 VA-HUD-IA appropriations act . Congress also approved the Europa missio n
in the FY2002 appropriations act, capping its total cost at $1 .0 billion . For FY2003, th e
Senate Appropriations Committee added $105 million for the Pluto/Kuiper Belt (PKB )
mission, making it the first of the New Frontiers missions, for which $15 million wa s
approved (making $120 million available for PKB) ; none was added for Europa . The Hous e
Appropriations Committee added $105 million for a "Kuiper Belt/Pluto" mission, and $4 0
million for Europa . NASA is requesting $124 million for a new Nuclear Systems Initiativ e
in FY2003 to develop new spacecraft nuclear power sources, and perform research o n
nuclear propulsion . The Senate Appropriations Committee cut that request by $13 million ;
the House committee cut it by $17 million . Combined with other decisions, the Senat e
committee made a net addition of $1.01 million for space science ; the House committe e
added $142 million .
Funding for NASA's Earth Science program would remain essentially level in th e
FY2003 request . NASA is completing the launches of the first set of spacecraft in its Eart h
Observing System to study global climate change . Plans to initiate construction of a second
series are largely on hold awaiting decisions from the Bush Administration on the Climat e
Change Research Initiative . The Senate Appropriations Committee made a net addition of
about $47 million for earth science ; the House committee added $46 .6 million . The Offic e
of Biological and Physical Research funds research on the space station, and also i s
requesting funds in FY2003 for two new programs : "Generations" and the "Space Radiation
Initiative ." Generations would use the space station and other free-flying spacecraft to study
how organisms adapt to the space flight environment, and the capacity of terrestrial life t o
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to humans of the space radiation environment . The Senate Appropriations Committee adde d
a net of $9 .5 million to this account . The House committee added a net of $11 .9 million ,
inter cilia disapproving the Generations initiative on the basis that it is unaffordable .
In Aero-Space Technology, funding for aeronautics research in the NASA request woul d
decline about 10% (from $599 million to $541 million) . NASA states that the decline i s
attributable to earmarks in the FY2002 budget for which the agency is not requesting fund s
in FY2003 . The Senate Appropriations Committee approved the full request for aeronautics ,
plus an increase of about $6 million in the vehicle systems program . The Hous e
Appropriations Committee approved the full request, plus increases of $19 million in vehicl e
systems and $7 million in airspace systems . In its original budget request, NASA propose d
a significant increase (from $467 million in FY2002, to $759 million in FY2003) for R& D
related to building a second generation reusable launch vehicle-the Space Launch Initiativ e
(SLI) . It is this part of the FY2003 budget that was affected by the November 2002 budge t
amendment . (Other parts of NASA's budget were also affected, but in FY2004 and beyond) .
NASA proposed combining its programs to develop technologies for "second generation "
and "third generation" launch vehicles (the shuttle is the "first generation"), and the n
allocating some of that funding for a new program, the Orbital Space Plane (OSP) . OSP i s
not a launch vehicle, but a spacecraft for taking crews to and from the space station .
NASA's decision to include it in the space transportation development part of its budget ,
instead of the space station account, may be controversial . For more information on SLI an d
changes proposed in the budget amendment, see CRS Issue Brief 1B93062 and CRS Repor t
RL31347 . The Senate Appropriations Committee approved combining the second and third
generation technology programs, but cut the revised SLI request of $879 million to $800
million, and allocated less ($115 million instead of $297 million) of the combined amount
to the Orbital Space Plane, and more ($695 million instead of $584 million) to the launc h
vehicle technology development program . The House committee issued its report prior t o
the budget amendment . It decreased SLI by $31 million .
For Academic Programs, NASA is requesting $144 million, approximately half of wha t
it received in FY2002 . NASA explains that the request does not include continued fundin g
for congressionally directed funding included in the FY2002 appropriations . The Senat e
Appropriations Committee added $54 million . The House committee added $35 .2 million .

National Institutes of Health (NIH )
The omnibus FY2003 appropriations bill (H .J .Res . 2), passed by the Senate on Januar y
23, 2003, provided appropriations for NIH totaling $27 .24 billion, before any across-the board reductions (see Table 5) . Most of the amount, $27 .16 billion, is included in th e
appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education an d
Related Agencies (L-HHS) . An additional $76 million comes through the appropriation fo r
the Departments of Veterans Affairs, Housing and Urban Development, and Relate d
Agencies (VA-HUD) . The VA-HUD funding is for NIH research programs under th e
Superfund act . The $27 .24 billion total, virtually the same as the adjusted President's request ,
is an increase of $3 .73 billion or 15 .9% over the comparable FY2002 appropriation of $23 .5 I
billion . (The President's request, totaling $27 .34 billion, counted additional funding no t
approved by the Senate . The request assumed enactment of the Administration's propose d

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Managerial Flexibility 'Act and included $91 million in the L-HHS amount for accrue d
retirement and health benefits of employees . )
If enacted, the $27 .2 billion would be enough to complete the planned doubling of th e
NIH budget over the 5-year period since the FY1998 appropriation of $13 .6 billion . The 5 year doubling plan had its genesis in the mid-1990s, when a coalition of advocates fo r
biomedical research began telling Congress that the time was ripe for exploiting ne w
discoveries in the life sciences . They urged Congress to devote substantial new resource s
to support of research on genetic medicine, drug discovery, mechanisms of disease, an d
numerous other areas in which the "biological revolution" had opened up scientifi c
opportunities . Broad bipartisan support for the 5-year doubling plan has allowed Congres s
to increase the NIH appropriation at a fairly steady pace of 14%-15% per year since FY1998 .
In considering final conference action on the omnibus bill, Congress will be decidin g
whether it wants to complete the doubling in the face of other priorities .
The plans originally formulated by NIH' s institutes and centers for their FY2003 budget
requests had to be adjusted after the terrorist attacks of September 2001 . Of the $3 .7 billion
increase in the President's request, $1 .5 billion or 40% was devoted to bioterrorism-relate d
activities, which totaled $1 .75 billion, up from $275 million in FY2002 . Most of this new
funding would go to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) ,
whose budget under the request would increase by 57% overall, to support research on
potential bioterrorism agents and on new drugs and vaccines, together with laborator y
upgrades . In the Senate bill, the appropriation for NIAID is $263 million less than th e
request, giving the institute an increase of 47% over FY2002 and the prospect of funding
fewer of its planned biodefense activities . Another large increase from the bioterroris m
funding is in the Buildings and Facilities account, to ensure the security and capabilities o f
the NIH intramural labs and research facilities . Some of these efforts were started with
FY2002 funding (NIH received $180 million in the anti-terrorism supplementa l
appropriations act) . The Senate provided $608 million for this account, $25 million belo w
the request .
The President's request also emphasized support of cancer research . Total cancer
funding across many of NIH's institutes would reach $5 .5 billion, an increase of nearly 13 %
over the FY2002 level of $4 .9 billion . The budget of the National Cancer Institute (NCI )
would increase by over 12%, while increases of 8%-9% were requested for most of the othe r
institutes and centers . The Senate provided the requested amount for NCI, and increase s
above the request for many, but not all, of the other institutes . The request would suppor t
a record number of research project grants (38,038, up from 36,630 in FY2002), includin g
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Table 5. National Institutes of Health (NIH )
($ millions )
FY200 1
comp'
Cancer (NCI)
$3,720 .9
Heart/Lung/Blood (NHLBI)
2,287 .0
Dental/Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
304 .6
Diabetes/Digestive/Kidney (NIDDK)
1,302 .8
Neurological Disorders/Stroke (NINDS)
1,172 .1
Allergy/Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
2,062 .1
General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
1,531 .0
Child Health/Human Develmt (NICHD)
978 .1
Eye (NEI)
507 .8
Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
503 .0
Aging (NIA)
786 .1
Arthritis/Musculoskeletal/Skin (NIAMS)
395 .0
Deafness/Communication Dis . (NIDCD)
301 .1
Nursing Research (NINR)
105 .2
Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism (NIAAA)
340 .5
Drug Abuse (NIDA)
779 .5
Mental Health (NIMH)
1,103 .1
Human Genome Research (NIHGR)
381 .1
Biomedical Imaging/Bioenginrg (NIBIB)
68 .8
Research Resources (NCRR)
811 .2
Complementary/Alt . Medicine (NCCAM)
89 .1
Minority Health/Disparities (NCMHD)
132 .0
Fogary International Center (FIC)
50.5
Library of Medicine (NLM)
238 .2
Office of Director (OD)
188 .3
Buildings & Facilities (B&F)
160 .9.
Subtotal, NIH (L-HHS Approp)
$20,300 .1
Superfund (VA-HUD Approp, NIEHS) d
62 .9
Total, NIH Budget Authority
$20,363 .0
Institutes and Centers (ICs)

FY2002
comp b
$4,128 .4
2,560 .2
343 .1
1,466 .4
1,312 .8
2,534 .5
1,700 .1
1,113 .1
581 .2
566 .1
893 .1
448 .7
342 .0
120 .4
384 .1
887 .7
1,238 .1
429 .3
262 .0
986 .5
104 .6
157 .7
56 .9
277 .3
235 .4
296 .0
$23,425 .7
80 .7
$23,506 .5

FY2003
request `
$4,642 .4
2,776 .4
372 .2
1,604 .6
1,424 .4
3,990 .5
1,855 .0
1,213 .8
630 .0
614.3
968 .7
486 .6
370 .8
130 .4
416 .8
964 .6
1,343 .1
465 .1
271 .2
1,065 .3
113 .2
186 .9
63 .4
310.3
255 .1
632 .8
$27,167 .9
76 .1
$27,244 .0

FY200 3
Senat e
$4,642 . 4
2,820. 0
374. 1
.1,637 . 3
1,466 . 0
3,727 . 5
1,853 . 6
1,213 . 8
634 . 3
617 . 3
1,000 . 1
489 . 3
372 . 8
131 . 4
418 . 8
968 . 0
1,350 . 8
468 . 0
283 .1 .
1,161 . 3
114 . 1
1.86 . 9
60 . 9
302 . 1
258 . 0
607 . 8
$27,159. 7
76 . 1
$27,235.8

Sources : Congressional Record 1115103 on Senate omnibus bill ; NH-I FY2003 Appropriations Justification .
Note : Columns may not add due to rounding .
All columns reflect transfers from ICs to NIBIB ($150m in FY2002 and FY2003), and do not includ e
transfers of funds for diabetes research (NIDDK) and drug control (NIDA) .
a . FY2001 comparable reflects rescission ($8 .666m and $0.139m reduction in Superfund activities) and ne t
funding from breast cancer stamps .
b . FY2002 comparable reflects rescission ($9 .273m) and supplemental funding for bioterrorism appropriate d
to the PHS Emergency Fund by P,L . 107-117 ($180m) . Includes $100m that was later transferred to th e
Global Fund for HIV/AIDS, Malaria, and Tuberculosis (NIAID, $25m and B&F, $75m) .
c . FY2003 request is adjusted to omit proposal for accrued retirement and health benefits of current employees .
Request and Senate amount include $100m in NIAID for transfer to the Global Fund : For NLM, Senat e
bill provides additional $8 .2m in evaluation tap funding for total program level of $310 .3 .
d . Separate account in the VA-HUD appropriation starting in FY2001, for NIEHS activities mandated i n
Superfund legislation . In FY2002, includes supplemental of $10.5 million from P .L. 107-117 .

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National Science Foundation (NSF )
The FY2003 request for the National Science Foundation (NSF) is $5,035 .8 million, a
4 .7% ($227 .3 million) increase over the FY2002 level of $4,808 .5 million (see Table 6) .
The FY2003 request provides support for several interdependent priority areas :
biocomplexity in the environment ($79 .2 million, 36 .3% above FY2002), informatio n
technology research ($285 .8 million, 3% above FY2002), learning for the 21 5E century
($184 .7 million, 27 .5% above FY2002), nanoscale science and engineering ($221 .3 million ,
11 .3% above FY2002), mathematical sciences ($60 .1 million, 100 .3% above FY2002), an d
social, behavioral and economic sciences ($10 million, new in the FY2003 request) . Th e
request provides a second installment of $200 million . for the President's Math and Scienc e
Partnerships program (MSP) . Additional FY2003 highlights include increased funding fo r
graduate students ($26 .2 million), continued support of plant genome research ($75 million) ,
increased investment in NSF's administration and management portfolio ($268 .1 million) ,
and funding for the Partnerships for Innovation program (S5 million) . Included in th e
FY2003 request is $3,783 .2 million for Research and Related Activities (R&RA), a 5 .1 %
increase ($184 .9 million) over the FY2002 level of $3,598 .3 million . R&RA funds researc h
projects, research facilities, and education and training activities . In the FY2003 request, th e
NSF has placed an emphasis on funding rates for new investigators and on increasing gran t
size and duration . The R&RA includes Integrative Activities (IA), created in FY1999 . IA
funds major research instrumentation, Science and Technology Centers, Science of Learnin g
Centers, Partnerships for Innovation, disaster response research teams, and the Science an d
Technology Policy Institute . The FY2003 request for IA is $110 .6 million, an increase o f
$4 .1 million over FY2002 .
Research project support in the FY2003 request totals $2,560 million, an increase o f
5 .3% over FY2002 . Support is provided individuals and small groups conducting disciplinar y
and cross-disciplinary research . Included in the total for research projects is support fo r
centers, proposed at$380 million . NSF supports a variety of individual centers and center
programs . The request provides $45 million for Science and Technology Centers, $5 3
million for Materials Centers, $62 million for Engineering Research Centers, and $13 millio n
for Physics Frontiers Centers .
The Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction (MREFC) account is funded
at $96 .3 million in FY2003, a 20 .6% decrease ($25 million) from the FY2002 level . Th e
MREFC supports the acquisition and construction of major research facilities and equipmen t
that extend the boundaries of science, engineering, and technology . Seven projects ar e
supported in this account for FY2003, five ongoing projects and two ne w
projects-construction of the Atacama Large Millimeter Array ($30 million), the Large
Hadron Collider ($9 .7 million), the Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation ($13 . 6
million), the South Pole Modernization Project ($6 million), Terascale Computing System s
($20 million), Earthscope ($35 million), and the National Ecological Observatory Network ,
Phase I ($12 million) . No funds are requested in FY2003 for the High-Performanc e
Instrumented Airborne Platform for Environmental Research (HIAPER) or the IceCube R& D
project because they have been determined to be of lower priority .
The FY2003 request for the Education and Human Resources Directorate (EHR) i s
$908 .1 million, a 3 .8% increase ($33 .1 million) over FY2002 . Support at the variou s
educational levels in the FY2003 request is as follows : precollege, $359 .6 million ;
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undergraduate, $157 .4 million ; and graduate, $136.9 million . Support at the precollege leve l
includes $200 million for the MSPI directed at funding for states and local school . district s
to join with colleges and universities to strengthen K-12 science and mathematics education .
Support will continue for Systemic Reform Initiatives and Instructional Material s
Development. An increase of 21 .7% in FY2003 for graduate level programs will allow NSF
to raise the stipend of graduate fellows and to increase the number of offers to ne w
fellowships . Funding for the Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Researc h
(EPSCoR) is $75 million . An additional $30 million from R&RA will support EPSCo R
activities . It is anticipated that the H-1B nonimmigrant petitioner fees collected in FY2003
will approximate $92 .5 million .

Table 6 . National Science Foundatio n
($ millions)

Res . & Related Act .
Biological Sciences
Computer & Inform . Sci . & Eng .
Engineering
Geosciences
Math & Physical Sci .
Social, Behav . & Econ . Sci .
U . S . Res . Prog .
U .S . Antarctic Log. Act .
Integrative Activities
Subtotal Res. & Rel . Act
Ed . & Hum. Resr .
Major Res . Equip . & Fad! . Constr .
Salaries & Expenses
Office of Inspec . Gen .
Total NSF

I

FY2002
Act.

FY200 3
Req .

FY2003
Hous e
(Oct.
2002)

FY2003
Senate
Omnibu s
(Jan.2003)

$508 .4
514 .9
472 .3
609 .5
920 .5
168 .8
229 .7
68 .1
106 .5
3,598 .6
894.3a
138 .8
170 .0
6 .8
$4,808 .5

$525 .6
526 .9
488 .0
691 .1
941 .6
195 .6
235 .7
68 .1
110 .6
3,783 .2
908 .1
126 .3
210 .2
8 .1
$5,035 .81'

$584 .7
592 .1
543 .2
700 .9
1,058 .5
195 .6
254.0
70.4
150 .6
4,150.0
910 .6
159 .5
193 .9
9 .0
$5,
9

$528 . 1
596 . 2
559 . 0
67L 2
1,042 . 9
187 . 5
242 . 8
67 . 2
133 . 9
4,028 . 6
920 . 6
58 . 5
179 . 8
8 .9
$5,199 .9

a. Includes $78 .5 million in FY2001, an estimated $90 million in FY2002, and $92 .5 million in FY20003 fro m
H-1B Nonimmigrant Petitioner Receipts .
b. The totals do not include carryovers or retirement accruals .

On October 10, 20002, the House Committee on Appropriations reported H.R. 5605
(H .Rept . 107-740), VA/HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations Bill, FY2003 . Th e
bill provides a total of $5,422 .9 million for NSF in FY2003, a 7 .7% increase ($387 .1 million)
above the Administration's request and a 12 .8% increase ($614 .4 million) over the FY2002
level . Included in the total support is $4,150 million for the R&RA and $910 .6 million for
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Department of Commerce (DOC )
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA )
The President's request $575 million for NOAA R&D funding, which for the first tim e
appears as a separate line item in the budget . Those line offices include : National Ocean
Service (NOS), National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA Research (OAR) ,
National Weather Service (NWS), National Environmental Satellite Data and Informatio n
Service (NESDIS), and Program Support (PS) . The R&D request is 25% of NOAA' s
Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF) account, for which $2 .281 billion was requested.
The president's proposed R&D budget, represents a 27% decline in NOOA R&D spending .
The reduction in the FY2003 R&D request can be attributed to two factors : 1) The President
proposed to transfer the Sea Grant Program to NSF, which would decrease R&D funds fo r
Ocean, Coastal, and Great Lakes programs (OAR) by $34 million, and ; 2) for FY2003 OFA
required an actual accounting of R&D requested for NMFS ; in prior years that request was
estimated by use of a formula . The Senate Omnibus bill rejects the transfer of the Sea Gran t
Program to NSF, and recommends an estimate $670 million for NOAA R&D .

National Institute of Standards and Technolog y
In the Administration's FY2003 budget proposal, the National Institute of Standards an d
Technology (NIST) would receive $577 .5 million, 15% below the amount appropriated fo r
FY2002 by P .L . 107-77 . This decrease is due primarily to a decline in support for th e
Advanced Technology Program (ATP) and the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) .
ATP would receive $107 .9 million, 35% below the current fiscal year, and MEP would b e
funded at $12 .9 million . The 89% decrease in financing for MEP is due to the President' s
recommendation that manufacturing extension centers operating for more than 6 years do s o
without federal funding . In-house R&D under the Scientific and Technical Research an d
Services (STRS) account would increase 25% to $402.2 million. (It should be noted that the
FY2002 Defense Appropriations Act added S5 million to the STRS account for cybersecurit y
activities .) Construction would be funded a $54 .5 million . The Senate Omnibus bill woul d
provide NIST with $720 .9 million . Of this amount, $363 .4 million is for the STRS accoun t
(13% above the previous fiscal year), $185 .4 million is to fund ATP, and $106 .6 million i s
to finance MEP . The construction budget would receive $65 .5 million . (For more
information see CRS Report 95-30, The National Institute of Standards and Technology : An

Overview .)

Department of Transportation (DOT)
According to the Bush Administration's Budget, the Department of Transportatio n
(DOT) requested $725 million for research and development in FY2003 . This is $142 mil lion
below what was available in FY2002 . In a DOT document made available after the Budge t
was released, the agency's R&D budget request was stated as $736 million . There are fou r
Administrations within DOT that are the primary supporters of research an d
development-the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), the National Highway Traffi c
Safety Administration (NHTSA), and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and th e
Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) . A fifth, the newly formed Transportation Securit y
Administration (TSA) has yet to allocate its budget, but will also support R&D . Accordin g
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to the DOT document, the R&D budget requests for these Administrations were as follows :
FHWA ($266 million), FAA ($225 million), NHTSA ($59 million), and FRA ($31 million) .
The Senate Omnibus bill includes an estimated $780 million for DOT R&D .

Department of interior (DOI )
According to the President's budget, the Administration requested $628 million for R& D
in the Department of Interior. The U .S . Geological Survey (USGS) is the primary supporte r
of R&D ( about two-thirds of the total) within DOE Areas of research include mapping, an d
research in geological, water, and biological resources . The FY2003 budget for R&D withi n
the USGS would decline even more than DOI's overall R&D budget . Reductions are
proposed in a couple of Water Resource programs, one of which (the Toxic Substances
Hydrology Program) would be transfen-ed to NSF . The Senate Omnibus bill would increas e
R&D funding to $660 million, or $32 million over the Presidents request . The House bil l
(H .R . 5093) would provide $681. million for R&D . Both bills reject the Administration' s
proposal to move the Toxic Substances Hydrology Program to NSF .

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Administration requested $731 million in the FY2004 budget for Science an d
Technology at EPA, including R&D activities under Superfund . The Senate provided $707
million for EPA's FY2003 R&D activities, including R&D under the Superfund account, a s
reported in the January 28, 2003 Congressional Record . The Administration had requeste d
$670 million . This compares with $735 million enacted in FY2002, which was supplemente d
by $90 .3 million in FY2002 for Homeland Security (for an S&T total of $825 .3 million in
FY2002) . Major continuing congressional concerns are the quality of scientific informatio n
which EPA disseminates and information upon which EPA bases its regulations, criteria, an d
programs, and the degree to which environmental data and information will be availabl e
(balancing the need for security and confidentiality) .

Table 7, R&D Budgets of Preceding Agencie s
($ millions)

National Oceanic and Atmospheri c
Administration
National Institute of Standards &
Technology
Department of Interior
Department of Transportation
Environmental Protection Agency

FY200 0
Actual
$610

FY200 1
Actual
$684

FY2002
Estimate
$792

FY2003
Request
$57 5

636

598

675

57 8

645
603
559

622
792
709

660
867
825`

62 8
725
670

a . Includes $90.3 million in supplemental funding for Homeland Security .

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