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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 Government Affairs.
The House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
approved the F.Y. 2009 Agriculture Appropriations bill at a
markup session today. We can now confirm the following numbers
with respect to the Budget and Advocacy Committee's priorities
for the Cooperative State Research, Education, and Extension
Service (CSREES).
BAC's CSREES Priorities
for F.Y. 2009
(All figures in $Millions)
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Targeted Enhancements |
F.Y. 2008 |
NASULGC |
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House |
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Smith Lever 3(b) and 3(c) |
274,660,000 |
300,000,000 |
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290,000,000 |
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Hatch Act |
195,812,000 |
215,000,000 |
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213,000,000 |
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Expanded Food & Nutrition Education Program |
65,557,000 |
65,557,000 |
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66,000,000 |
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Evans-Allen Program (Research) |
41,051,000 |
48,953,000 |
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44,000,000 |
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1890 Institutions Extension |
35,850,000 |
43,000,000 |
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40,000,000 |
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McIntire-Stennis Cooperative Forestry |
24,791,000 |
30,008,000 |
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26,000,000 |
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1994 Institutions Extension |
3,298,000 |
5,000,000 |
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3,321,000 |
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1994 Institutions Research |
1,533,000 |
3,000,000 |
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1,544,000 |
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Resident Instruction Grants—Insular Areas |
745,000 |
745,000 |
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1,000,000 |
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Support for CSREES Priorities |
F.Y. 2008 |
NASULGC |
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House |
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Agriculture and Food Research Initiative* |
190,883,000 |
256,500,000 |
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202,000,000 |
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Food and Agriculture Defense Initiative |
9,831,000 |
14,277,000 |
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9,831,000 |
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Institution Challenge Grants |
5,385,000 |
6,695,000 |
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5,385,000 |
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Graduate Fellowship Grants |
3,675,000 |
4,455,000 |
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3,675,000 |
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New Technologies for Extension (eXtension) |
1,475,000 |
2,970,000 |
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1,485,000 |
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TOTALS |
$ 854,546,000 |
$ 985,615,000 |
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$ 907,241,000 |
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INCREASE FROM FY 2008 >> |
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$ 52,695,000 |
*Formerly the National Research Initiative (NRI)
As you can see, these numbers represent some substantial
increases for several of the land-grant system's major capacity
/ infrastructure programs compared to the current fiscal year
(F.Y. 2008). On a percentage basis, Smith-Lever 3(b)-(c) is up
6%, Hatch Act is up 9%, Evans-Allen is up 7%, McIntire-Stennis
is up 5%, and 1890s Extension is up 12%. The new Agriculture and
Food Research Initiative (NRI + IFAFS) is also up 6% compared to
the F.Y. 2008 level for the NRI.
The Subcommittee released overall totals for CSREES special
research grants and federal administration grants (earmarks),
but did not release tables showing
project-by-project results. The earmark tables will be added
when the bill is marked up by the full House Appropriations
Committee, which is expected to occur within the next few days.
Links:
A spreadsheet showing all program lines for CSREES (no
earmarks):
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2009/House_SC.xls
A spreadsheet comparison of the BAC's requests and the House
Subcommittee mark:
www.nasulgc-bac.com/documents/FY2009/BAC_House.xls
We will be back in touch when the full Committee has acted on
the bill.
The Cornerstone Team
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