Budget surplus isn't translating into R&D windfall
| Autor: | Janice Long |
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| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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| Zdroj: | Chemical & Engineering News Archive. 76:50-52 |
| ISSN: | 2157-4936 0009-2347 |
| Popis: | Fiscal 1999 money bills are finally shaking loose in Congress. Appropriations bills are supposed to move from the House to the Senate, but this year the Senate—tired of the House's inability to agree on even preliminary spending targets— started the ball rolling. And along with the money bills, just as day follows night, come congressional earmarks-money set aside for specific research projects or facilities in someone's home state or district. So far, the Senate has approved fiscal 1999 budgets for a number of the major research support agencies, including the largest: the Departments of Defense, Agriculture, and Energy; the National Science Foundation; the National Aeronautics & Space Administration; and the Environmental Protection Agency. The Senate has taken a bite out of only one research budget, but it's a big chunk. Funding for DOD research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) programs would fall 4.7% to $36.1 billion. Fighting the overall downward trend, the Navy's RDT&E budget ... |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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