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Dear Colleagues, Congressman David Obey, chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, introduced HR 1105, the FY 2009 omnibus appropriations act, yesterday. The continuing resolution expires March 6, so Congress is likely to act on this omnibus bill quickly. Full details can be found at: http://appropriations.house.gov/FY2009_consolidated.shtml High Energy Physics can be found at: http://appropriations.house.gov/pdf/2009_Con_Statement_DivC.pdf#page=79 viz. " High Energy Physics. -The bill provides $795,726,000 for this program. Within this amount, $27,766,000 is provided for the NuMI Off-Axis Neutrino Appearance Detector, a reduction of $9,234,000 from the request in recognition of funding provided in Public Law II 0-252, and $3,200,000 is provided for EXO 200 neutrinoless double beta decay experiments to complete construction in 2009. The control level is at the High Energy Physics level. " Note that Public Law 110-252 was the FY2008 Supplemental Appropriations Act. Accounting for that, the final amount is what was in President Bush's request. http://www.science.doe.gov/obp/FY_09_Budget/HEP.pdf President Obama is expected to announce his FY 2010 budget proposal this Thursday. Sincerely, Norman Graf