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Dear Colleagues, As part of the continuing negotiations on the 2008 budget, the House of Representatives' Committee on Appropriations has released its Consolidated Appropriations amendments. You can read the full text of the House Amendments to Senate Amendment to H.R. 2764 - State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2008 (Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008) at: http://www.rules.house.gov/110_fy08_omni.htm High Energy Physics is included in Division C: Energy and Water. " High Energy Physics.-Funding under this heading in the amended bill includes $694,638,000 for High Energy Physics. Within funding for Proton Accelerator-Based Physics, no funds are provided for the NOvA activity in Tevatron Complex Improvements. Within Advanced Technology R&D, in the current constrained environment and without a Critical Decision 0 by the Department, only $15,000,000 is provided for International Linear Collider R&D and $5,455,000 for Superconducting RF R&D. " The full text can be found at: http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/omni/jes/jesdivc.pdf#page=79 Norman Graf