Sources: AAAS, Center for Biological Diversity, ClimateWire, Department of = Agriculture, Department of Energy, Energy and Environment Daily, E&E News P= M, Environmental Protection Agency, Greenwire, the Hill, House Appropriatio= ns Committee, House Science, Space and Technology Committee, National Wildl= ife Federation, US Fish and Wildlife Service, the White House APPROPRIATIONS: HOUSE CJS BILL CUTS SCIENCE INVESTMENT On July 9, the House Appropriations Committee released its Commerce, Justic= e and Science and Related Agencies Appropriations Act of Fiscal Year (FY) 2= 014, which includes funding for the Department of Justice, Department of Co= mmerce and several key science agencies for the coming fiscal year. In total, the CJS bill includes $47.4 billion for FY 2014, $2.8 billion bel= ow the FY 2013 enacted level and $350 million below FY 2013 when accounting= for implementation of sequestration. House Republicans have been drafting = legislation under the assumption that sequestration will continue through F= iscal Year 2014. Coupled with the fact that they are simultaneously seeking= to boost Department of Defense spending, non-defense discretionary spendin= g programs are set to undergo even further spending declines if their bills= are enacted. For the first time in years, the National Science Foundation (NSF) would se= e a significant reduction in funding under the bill compare to the enacted = level in the previous fiscal year. NSF would receive $7 billion in FY 2014,= $259 million below the enacted level in 2013 pre-sequestration and $631 mi= llion below the president's budget request. Other key science agencies und= er the jurisdiction of the bill include: * National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration: $4.9 billion, $89 millio= n below the FY 2013 enacted level. * National Aeronautics and Space Administration: $16.6 billion, $928 millio= n below the FY 2013 enacted level. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration cut of $89 million is n= ine percent below the FY 2013 enacted amount. Funding would be maintained f= or the agency's weather and satellite programs. The Joint Polar Satellite S= ystem would receive $824 million in FY 2014 and the Geostationary Operation= al Environmental Satellite program would receive $955 million. Research and= fisheries management programs are expected to bear the burden of the cuts. For additional information on the bill, click here:
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