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Dear Colleagues, On June 19, the House, by a vote of 416 to 12, "agreed to the Senate amendments to the House amendments to the Senate amendment with an amendment..." On June 26, the Senate, by a vote of 92 to 6, passed a "Motion To Concur In House Amdts To Senate Amdt To House Amdt To Senate Amdt To H.R. 2642." The text of this supplemental funding bill can be found at: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.R.2642: On June 30, President Bush signed this bill. (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2008/06/20080630.html) A further House amendment relating to the supplemental appropriations bill contains an explanatory statement on these discretionary funds. The text pertaining to the science funding is as follows: "The amended bill includes an additional $62,500,000 for Science. The Department of Energy is instructed to utilize this funding to eliminate all furloughs and reductions in force which are a direct result of budgetary constraints. Workforce reductions which are a result of completed work or realignment of mission should proceed as planned. This funding is intended to maintain technical expertise and capability at the Office of Science, and may be used for National Laboratory Research and Development including research related to new neutrino initiatives. Funding for research efforts shall not be allocated until the Office of Science has fully funded all personnel requirements." The full text of that amendment can be found at: http://www.rules.house.gov/110/text/110_supp_pp_jes.pdf Norman Graf