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To Members of the NASULGC System:
The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture,
Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies marked-up its F.Y. 2007 spending bill this week.
Overall discretionary spending in the bill was $18.4 billion, a
decrease of $96 million below last year's enacted level and $564
million over the President's Budget Request. Despite the fact
that this was another tight budgetary year, The BRT is pleased to report
that the Land-Grant System's advocacy efforts have borne
significant fruit with respect to key CSREES programs:
| Line Item |
House Mark |
Increase* |
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| Hatch |
$183,275,000 |
$6,306,000 |
| McIntire-Stennis |
22,668,000 |
660,000 |
| Evans-Allen |
38,331,000 |
1,116,000 |
| Animal Health & Disease |
5,006,000 |
0 |
| Institution Challenge Grants |
5,445,000 |
22,000 |
| Smith-Lever 3(b) and 3(c) |
281,429,000 |
8,456,000 |
| EFNEP |
62,634,000 |
626,000 |
| 1890s Extension |
34,073,000 |
544,000 |
| 1890 Institution Capacity Building |
12,375,000 |
186,000 |
| 1890 Facilities (Sec. 1447) |
16,777,000 |
168,000 |
| 1994 Institutions Research |
1,250,000 |
221,000 |
| 1994 Institutions Extension |
3,273,000 |
33,000 |
| 1994 Institutions Equity Grants |
3,000,000 |
772,000 |
| Graduate Fellowships |
4,455,000 |
754,000 |
| eXtension |
1,985,000 |
500,000 |
| Renewable Resources Extension |
4,052,000 |
33,000 |
| Insular Areas |
500,000 |
5,000 |
| National Research Initiative |
190,000,000 |
8,830,000 |
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| Total |
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$29,232,000 |
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| *Increases are relative to
the F.Y. 2006 enacted levels. |
In addition to the successes described above, the
House subcommittee did not agree to the proposals
in the President's F.Y. 2007 Budget Request to: (1) eliminate
funding for the Animal Health & Disease Program; (2) change the
formulas for distribution of Hatch and McIntire-Stennis monies;
or (3) move the Section 406 integrated activities programs to
the NRI for administration.
Explanatory Documents Available
We have posted to the Web site three documents that provide
additional details about the subcommittee's action on the Ag
Appropriations bill:
1. NASULGC request vs. House subcommittee marks.
2. Spreadsheet showing all major CSREES line items (not special grants).
3. "Highlights" document from Appropriations Committee (with minor
additions).
These three documents can be downloaded here:
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2007/House_SC.doc
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2007/House_SC.xls
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2007/House_Highlights.doc
Next Steps
The House Appropriations Committee is scheduled to consider the
Ag Appropriations bill on May 9 and the bill could be sent to
the full House for approval on or about May 17. Senate
action is not likely to occur until early June.
Fred H. Hutchison
Fleishman-Hillard Government Relations
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