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To Members of the NASULGC System:
- Board on Agriculture Assembly
- Budget and Advocacy Committee
- Council on Agricultural
Research, Extension, and Teaching
- Council on Governmental Affairs
After a prolonged tug-of-war with the administration,
Congress has put together an omnibus bill to provide funding for all
non-defense departments and agencies, including the U.S.
Department of Agriculture and the Cooperative State Research,
Education, and Extension Service.
While not yet agreed to, the White House is signaling its
support. Much of the battle concerned the
overall funding level for non-defense (domestic) programs, with
Congress wanting to spend some $22 billion more than the
President. Eventually, the President secured most of the fiscal
restraints he wanted
and a final measure is ready for consideration in the House and
Senate.
Progress Securing the BAC's Priorities
As you can see from the following table, NASULGC's priorities
fared reasonably well in the final omnibus bill, despite the fact that
the Agriculture Subcommittee's portion of the bill reflects a
reduction of more than $720 million below original House and Senate
marks.
|
Line Item |
F.Y. 2006 |
F.Y. 2007 |
F.Y. 20081 |
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Evans-Allen Program |
37.215 |
40.680 |
41.051 |
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1890s Extension |
33.529 |
35.205 |
35.850 |
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1994 Institutions Research |
1.029 |
1.544 |
1.533 |
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1994 Institutions Extension |
3.240 |
3.321 |
3.298 |
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Institution Challenge Grants |
5.423 |
5.423 |
5.385 |
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Graduate Fellowship Grants |
3.701 |
3.701 |
3.675 |
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Expanded Food & Nutrition (EFNEP) |
62.008 |
63.538 |
65.557 |
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eXtension |
1.485 |
1.485 |
1.475 |
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Renewable Resources Extension Act |
4.019 |
4.019 |
4.008 |
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Resident Instruction - Insular Areas |
0.495 |
0.495 |
0.745 |
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Hatch Act |
176.969 |
322.597 |
195.812 |
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McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry |
22.008 |
30.008 |
24.791 |
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Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) |
272.973 |
285.565 |
274.660 |
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National Research Initiative2 |
181.170 |
190.229 |
190.883 |
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Totals |
$805.264 M |
$987.810 M |
$848.722 |
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Increase from F.Y. 2006 to
F.Y. 2008 >> |
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+$43.458 M |
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Decrease from F.Y. 20073 to
F.Y. 2008 >> |
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-$139.088 M |
Important Notes to Table:
1. The bill and individual lines as they appear in print and
online are subject to a 0.7% reduction. This table reflects that
reduction.
2. The bill does not
transfer the Sec. 406 Integrated Activities programs into the
NRI for administration.
3. The extraordinary
increases in Hatch, McIntire-Stennis, and Smith-Lever in F.Y.
2007 were a result of congressional action to "park" $183
million of CSREES earmarks within these and a few other formula
funds. Thus, when comparing the F.Y. 2008 levels it is more
appropriate to use the F.Y. 2006 baseline.
LINKS:
Spreadsheet with NASULGC's CSREES Priorities:
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2008/CSREES_Final_Priorities.xls
Spreadsheet with all CSREES Accounts:
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2008/CSREES_Final.xls
House-Senate Conference Report language (preliminary), including
earmarks:
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2008/CSREES_Conference_Report.pdf
Happy Holidays!!
The Cornerstone Team
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