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To Members of the NASULGC System:
The Senate Appropriations Committee
approved the F.Y. 2007 Agriculture Appropriations bill at a
markup session earlier today. We can now confirm the following
Senate numbers with respect to the BAC's priorities:
|
Line Item |
F.Y. 2006 |
F.Y. 2007 |
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Hatch Act |
176,969,000 |
185,817,000 |
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McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry |
22,008,000 |
23,318,000 |
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Evans-Allen Program |
37,215,000 |
39,076,000 |
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Animal Health and Disease |
5,006,000 |
5,006,000 |
|
Institution Challenge Grants |
5,423,000 |
5,423,000 |
|
Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) |
272,973,000 |
286,622,000 |
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Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program |
62,008,000 |
63,538,000 |
|
1890s Extension |
33,529,000 |
35,205,000 |
|
1890 Institution Capacity Building Grants |
12,189,000 |
12,375,000 |
|
1890 Facilities (Sec. 1447) |
16,609,000 |
16,609,000 |
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1994 Institutions Research |
1,029,000 |
2,058,000 |
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1994 Institutions Extension |
3,240,000 |
3,402,000 |
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1994 Institutions Equity Grant Program |
2,228,000 |
4,456,000 |
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Graduate Fellowship Grants |
3,701,000 |
3,701,000 |
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New Technologies for Extension (eXtension) |
1,485,000 |
1,985,000 |
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Renewable Resources Extension Act |
4,019,000 |
4,220,000 |
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Resident Instruction Grants - Insular Areas |
495,000 |
0 |
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Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative |
9,900,000 |
11,000,000 |
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Agrosecurity Education |
0 |
0 |
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National Research Initiative |
181,170,000 |
190,229,000 |
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Totals |
851,196,000 |
897,731,000
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Senate Committee Increase above F.Y. 2006 |
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42,844,000 |
As you can see, the BAC's priorities appear to have fared very
well to this point in the Senate. The only exception is the
Insular Areas program that the BAC has fought hard to have
funded during the past several years. Rest assured, we
will continue to fight hard for this critical program as the Ag
Appropriations bill moves on to the Senate floor and the
House-Senate Conference Committee.
Additional details about the Senate action are here:
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2007/Senate_FC.xls
http://www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2007/Senate_FC.doc
The Cornerstone Team
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