An initial review of the conference report shows that it contains increases for a number of agencies and accounts of interest to UW.
For example, the bill would fund NSF at $8.075 billion, an increase of $308 million above the FY2018 level. Wtihin NSF, the bill would fund:
- Research and Related Activities at $6.52 billion
- Education and Human Resources at $910 million
- Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction at $295.7 million
With respect to NASA, the bill would appropriate $6.91 billion to the Science Mission Directorate while it would support the Space Technology Directorate at $926.9 million. The Aeronautics Directorate would receive $725 million under this bill.
We will provide additional updates.