Dear Colleagues,
The House Appropriations Committee has released details of the
American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009.
A summary of this bill can be found at:
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/PressSummary01-15-09.pdf
The Executive Summary contains the following section:
"
Transform our Economy with Science and Technology:
We need to put scientists to work looking for the next great
discovery, ...
* $10 billion for science facilities, research, and instrumentation.
...
"
The following paragraphs are excerpted from the body of the summary:
"
Scientific Research
* National Science Foundation: $3 billion, including $2 billion for
expanding employment opportunities in fundamental science and
engineering to meet environmental challenges and to improve global
economic competitiveness, $400 million to build major research
facilities that perform cutting edge science, $300 million for major
research equipment shared by institutions of higher education and
other scientists, $200 million to repair and modernize science and
engineering research facilities at the nation's institutions of
higher education and other science labs, and $100 million is also
included to improve instruction in science, math and engineering.
...
* Department of Energy: $1.9 billion for basic research into the
physical sciences including high-energy physics, nuclear physics,
and fusion energy sciences and improvements to DOE laboratories
and scientific facilities. $400 million is for the Advanced
Research Project Agency - Energy to support high-risk, high-payoff
research into energy sources and energy efficiency.
...
"
The full Bill text can be found at:
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryBill01-15-09.pdf
The Report can be found at:
http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/RecoveryReport01-15-09.pdf
Norman Graf
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