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Funding requests for Homeland Security R&D
>From another listing I belong to. It is always useful
to see how your money is being allocated:
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FYI
The American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science
Policy News
Number 126: September 29, 2003
Final FY 2004 Homeland Security Funding Bill Approved
The House and Senate have both approved a final
version of the FY 2004 appropriations bill for the
Department of Homeland Security (H.R. 2555). As
recommended by House and Senate appropriators, the
amount provided within the Science and Technology
Directorate for Research, Development, Acquisition,
and Operations would be increased by more than 50
percent over the FY 2003 appropriation.
The bill would provide $874.0 million for Research,
Development, Acquisition, and Operations. This is
$322.1 million (58.4%) greater than the FY 2003
funding level of $551.9 million, and $70.6 million
(8.8%) more than President Bush requested for fiscal
year 2004. Accompanying the bill is a conference
report (H. Rept. 108-280) which provides additional
details of the conference committee's recommendations.
The report language pertaining to Research,
Development, Acquisition, and Operations is provided
below. Some paragraphs have been combined in the
interest of space.
"RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, ACQUISITION, AND OPERATIONS:
The conferees agree to provide $874,000,000 for
research, development, acquisition, and operations
instead of $900,360,000 as proposed by the House and
$866,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
recommendation includes the use of $68,000,000 of
prior year unobligated funds that will remain
available for use in fiscal year 2004. All funding for
federal salaries and expenses has been moved from the
individual programs, as proposed by the House, and is
provided in the management and administration account.
Funds in this account are available until expended, as
proposed by the Senate.
"The conferees are concerned that research and
development is being conducted independently by each
of the Department's legacy components leading to
duplicative research activities, wasted funds, and
lack of appropriate management oversight. The
Department is directed to consolidate all Departmental
research and development funding within the science
and technology programs in the fiscal year 2005 budget
request.
"BIOLOGICAL COUNTERMEASURES: The conference agreement
includes $198,500,000 and the use of $68,000,000 of
prior year unobligated funds that will remain
available for use in fiscal year 2004. This funding
level supports the budget request for the individual
programs within biological countermeasures with the
following exceptions: $18,500,000 is transferred to
management and administration for federal salaries and
expenses; an additional $15,000,000 is provided for
the urban monitoring program; signatures and bioassays
is reduced by $5,000,000; and $88,000,000 for
construction of the National Biodefense Analysis and
Countermeasures Center is funded as a separate
program.
"NUCLEAR AND RADIOLOGICAL COUNTERMEASURES: The
conference agreement includes $127,000,000. This
supports the budget request with the following
exceptions: $7,000,000 is transferred to management
and administration for federal salaries and expenses,
and sensor research and development is reduced by
$3,000,000.
"CHEMICAL AND HIGH EXPLOSIVES COUNTERMEASURES: The
conference agreement includes $52,000,000 for chemical
countermeasures and $9,500,000 for high explosives
countermeasures, as proposed by the House.
"THREAT AND VULNERABILITY, TESTING AND ASSESSMENT:
The conference agreement includes $93,500,000. This
supports the budget request with the following
exceptions: $4,500,000 is transferred to management
and administration for federal salaries and expenses;
cybersecurity is increased by $11,000,000; and the
remaining programs are reduced by a total of
$3,000,000.
"CONVENTIONAL MISSIONS IN SUPPORT OF DHS: The
conference agreement includes $34,000,000, allocated
as follows: $25,000,000 for border and transportation
security; $2,000,000 for the Secret Service; and
$10,000,000 for emergency preparedness and response.
Funding of $3,000,000 is transferred to management and
administration for federal salaries and expenses.
"RAPID PROTOTYPING PROGRAM/TECHNICAL SUPPORT WORKING
GROUP: The conference agreement includes $75,000,000,
an increase of $45,000,000 over the budget request of
$30,000,000. The conferees encourage Science and
Technology to evaluate information sharing proposals
between the law enforcement and intelligence
communities.
"STANDARDS/STATE AND LOCAL PROGRAM: The conference
agreement includes $39,000,000, as proposed by the
House, which transfers $15,000,000 for development of
standards from the Office for Domestic Preparedness
(ODP). The conferees expect all standards development
in the Department to be done by Science and
Technology. Working with the public and private
sectors, Science and Technology will develop a network
of security certification laboratories to provide a
consistent level of assurance in the effectiveness of
homeland security technologies, systems, and
equipment, and allow state and local governments to
make better informed decisions on equipment needs. The
conferees direct Science and Technology to continue
the standards program established by ODP in
coordination with the National Institute of Standards
and Technology (NIST), consistent with the fiscal year
2003 budget directive and the 5-year plan for
development with NIST. The conferees support House
language regarding search and rescue robotics
certification and expect the Department to develop
standards and criteria for search and robotics
certification. In preparing the report requested by
the House on narrowbanding, Science and Technology is
directed to consult with the Department of Commerce,
the National Telecommunications and Information
Administration, the Department of Justice, the
Department of Treasury, and major organizations that
support state and local public safety agencies. The
conferees support incorporation by SAFECOM of Project
25 technical standards where applicable, and encourage
continued involvement of the user community in
development and implementation of standards such as
those being developed by Project 25 which allow for
backward compatibility with existing digital and
analog systems and provide for interoperability in
future systems.
"EMERGING THREATS: The conferees agree to provide
$21,000,000 as proposed by the House.
"CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE PROTECTION: The conferees
agree to provide $66,500,000, of which $60,000,000 is
provided for research, development, testing, and
evaluation of an anti-missile device for commercial
aircraft. Funding of $500,000 is transferred to
management and administration for federal salaries and
expenses.
"UNIVERSITY PROGRAM/HOMELAND SECURITY FELLOWSHIP
PROGRAMS: The conferees agree to provide $70,000,000,
an increase of $60,000,000 over the budget request of
$10,000,000, to establish a university-based system to
enhance the nation's homeland security efforts. The
conferees encourage the Department to consider all
colleges and universities that meet the requirements
of 6 U.S.C. 188 in the selection of university-based
centers, including historically black colleges and
universities, tribal colleges, Hispanic-serving
institutions, and Alaskan Native-serving institutions.
"NATIONAL BIODEFENSE ANALYSIS AND COUNTERMEASURES
CENTER: The conferees agree to provide $88,000,000 to
initiate construction of a National Biodefense
Analysis and Countermeasures Center that is to be the
principal Department of Homeland Security component of
the Fort Detrick Interagency Biodefense Campus in
Maryland."
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Audrey T. Leath
Media and Government Relations Division
The American Institute of Physics
fyi@aip.org www.aip.org/gov
(301) 209-3094
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