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To Members of the NASULGC System:
We are pleased to report that the House Agriculture
Appropriations Subcommittee has heard the concerns raised by
representatives from the land-grant system and has made increases to many of the key accounts at CSREES. We
have posted a spreadsheet to the Web site that shows the House
marks for F.Y. 2005 as compared to the president's budget request
and funding levels for fiscal years 2002 through 2004.
Link >>
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2005/2005_CSREES_House.xls
Our preliminary assessment of the significant increases are as follows:
| Extension Activities |
|
House Mark |
|
Over FY
2004 |
| Expanded Food and Nutrition (EFNEP) |
|
$58,909,000 |
|
$6,852,000 |
| 1890s Facilities |
|
16,912,000 |
|
2,000,000 |
| 1890s Extension |
|
33,133,000 |
|
1,413,000 |
| Smith-Lever Pest Management |
|
10,759,000 |
|
1,196,000 |
| Youth at Risk |
|
8,481,000 |
|
943,000 |
| 1994s Extension |
|
3,273,000 |
|
344,000 |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
Research & Teaching Activities |
|
House Mark |
|
Over FY
2004 |
|
National Research Initiative |
|
$181,000,000 |
|
$16,973,000 |
| Graduate Fellowships |
|
4,500,000 |
|
1,617,000 |
| Evans-Allen Program |
|
37,000,000 |
|
1,212,000 |
| Hatch Act |
|
180,648,000 |
|
1,212,000 |
| Institution Challenge Grants |
|
5,500,000 |
|
641,000 |
| McIntire-Stennis |
|
22,384,000 |
|
629,000 |
| Payments to the 1994s |
|
2,250,000 |
|
571,000 |
| Sustainable Agriculture (SARE) |
|
12,722,000 |
|
500,000 |
| |
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|
|
|
|
Integrated Activities |
|
House Mark |
|
Over FY
2004 |
|
Homeland Security (Diagnostic Labs) |
|
$18,000,000 |
|
$10,047,000 |
| Critical Issues: Plant & Animal Dis. |
|
2,500,000 |
|
2,056,000 |
| Food Safety |
|
14,967,000 |
|
1,662,000 |
| Water Quality |
|
12,971,000 |
|
1,441,000 |
| FQPA Risk Mitigation |
|
4,889,000 |
|
544,000 |
| Pesticide Impact Assessment |
|
4,531,000 |
|
503,000 |
These $50+ million in increases are a strong win for the system
and are quite remarkable in light of the fact that the House
agriculture subcommittee's 302(b) allocation was down by $67
million from last year.
We will be providing additional analysis of the House mark over
the next few days, including a line-by-line assessment of how we
fared in restoring the 33 line items cut in the F.Y. 2004 bill and
a comparison of the House mark with the NASULGC request.
The Blue Ribbon Team |
