The Presidents FY 2004 Budget Request

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The Presidents FY 2004 Budget Request
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Geoscience-Related Programs in the Presidents FY
2004 Request

• U.S. Geological Survey (895.5 million, down
  2.6)
• Geologic Division down 4.7
• Mineral resources program down 25
• Advanced National Seismic System down 50
• Water Resources Division down 3.4
• Water Resource Research Institutes eliminated
• Toxic Substances Hydrology program down 20
• National Mapping Division down 9.6
• Biological Resources Division down 0.6

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Geoscience-Related Programs in the Presidents FY
2004 Request

• NASA Office of Earth Science (1.6 billion, down
  10)
• NOAA up 6
• Department of Energy
• Fossil Energy (519 million, down 16.4)
• Natural Gas RD down 43
• Petroleum RD down 65
• Nuclear Waste Disposal up 37
• Basic Energy Sciences down 1.4 (Geoscience
  Program flat)
• NSF Geosciences Directorate (688 million, up
  0.04)
• EarthScope in MRE Request -- 45 million

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Congressional Budget ResolutionWill there be
enough to restore funding again this year?

• 2.2 trillion budget resolution
• Resolution allows for 784.4 billion in
  discretionary spending compared to last years
  792 billion spending level.
• Function 250 general science and space account
  (NASA, NSF, and DOE Science) is set at 23.9
  billion, which would accommodate a 324 million
  increase for NSF and a 100 million increase for
  energy science above the presidentially requested
  levels
• Function 270 energy supply research is set at
  2.6 billion
• Function 300 the majority of activities at the
  Department of the Interior is set at 29.3
  billion

So what does this mean for the 302(b) allocations?
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Whats being done?

• National Science Foundation
• Ehlers/Smith Dear Colleague Letter
• Coalition for NSF Exhibition
• Testimony
• Department of Energy
• Energy Sciences Coalition
• Comprehensive Energy Legislation
• Testimony
• Engage PTTC, IPAMS, other groups on DOE oil/gas
  RD
• U.S. Geological Survey
• Testimony
• Coalition underway

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Learn more www.agiweb.org/gap

• Congressional Action on Fiscal Year 2004
  Appropriations
• Action Alert Congressional Signatures Needed for
  NSF Support Letter (5-15-03)
• FY2004 Appropriations Hearing Summaries (4-11-03)
  
• President's Fiscal Year 2004 Budget Request
• Geotimes Political Scene Geosciences Again Look
  to Congress to Restore Cuts (w/ Margaret Baker
  4/03)
• Special Update President's FY 2004 Budget
  Request NASA, NOAA, Smithsonian EPA (3-31-03)
• Special Update The President's Request
  Department of Energy (2-25-03)
• Special Update The President's Request National
  Science Foundation (2-13-03)
• Special Update The President's Request U.S.
  Geological Survey (2-13-03)
• Congressional Action on Fiscal Year 2003
  Appropriations
• Special Update Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriations
  Process Finally Over! (3-3-03)
• Overview of Fiscal Year 2003 Geoscience
  Appropriations (1-17-03)
• Geotimes Political Scene Following the Budget
  Process (3/96) (includes flow chart of budget
  process)
• Additional Information from the 107th Congress