The FY2021 appropriations process continues to march on in the House, for now, with two more bills slated for committee action today. This afternoon, the Appropriations Committee is scheduled to take up the Labor-HHS-Education and Energy and Water Development bills.
Labor-HHS-Education
As part of the overall level of $47 billion for NIH, the Labor-HHS-Education bill would fund:
- HIV/AIDS Research at $3.1 billion
- Alzheimer’s research at $2.9 billion
In addition, AHRQ would be funded at $343 million
Health Resources and Service Administration (HRSA) Title VII health professions and Title VIII nursing programs would be funded at $512.5 million and $270.0 million, respectively.
The Labor-HHS report also includes the following language with respect to the reporting of foreign gifts that meet certain criteria:
Disclosure of Foreign Gifts and Contracts.—The Committee reminds colleges and universities receiving Federal funds that section 117 of the HEA requires institutions to disclose certain gifts from or contracts with foreign entities and that the Department makes such information publicly available on its website. The Committee directs the Department to work with institutions to improve the reporting process. Disclosure requirements increase transparency and help protect our national security and academic integrity.
In addition to the funding levels for the programs we reported on last week, the House bill would also fund Title VI International Education programs at $80.3 million (an increase of $4.2 million), GAANN at $24.0 million (an increase of $1 million), and the Institute of Education Sciences at $630.5 million (an increase of $7 million).
Energy and Water
The Energy and Water Development bill under consideration today calls for $2.85 billion for the Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EER&E) programs, an increase of $58 million. Within EER&E, renewable energy programs would see a cut of $4 million and would be supported at $638 million.
The bill calls for ARPA-E to be funded at $1.02 billion, which represents an increase of $35 million.
The Office of Science would see $7.05 billion under this bill, an increase of $50 million. Following programs within Science would be funded in the following manner:
- Advanced Scientific Computing– $1.02 billion (+$35 million)
- Basic Energy Sciences– $2.24 billion (+$29 million)
- Biological and Environmental Research– $760 million (+$10 million)
- Fusion– $680 million (+$9 million)
- High Energy Physics– $1.08 billion (+$5 million)
- Nuclear Physics– $715 million (+$2 million)