WASHINGTON -- The following information was released by the Association of Public and Land-grant Universities (A۰P۰L۰U):
President Obama today signed legislation funding the federal government through April 8 while cutting another $6 billion from current discretionary spending.
The House passed the bill on Tuesday and the Senate ratified the measure on Friday. The sixth continuing resolution to fund the government since the new fiscal year began on October 1, 2010, the legislation gives the White House and Congress another three weeks to negotiate a spending plan for the remainder of the 2011 fiscal year, which ends September 30.
H.J.Res 48 reduces or terminates a total of 25 programs for a savings of $3.5 billion, including:
Climate Effects Network - Science Application (U.S. Geological Survey) = -$10.5 million. This program to "provide data for forecasting the effects of climate change" was not funded in the President's budget request.
Greenhouse Gas Cap and Trade Funding (EPA) = -$5 million. This funding was provided by the last Congress for the EPA to assist Congress in enacting the Cap and Trade legislation. This program was not funded in the President's budget request.
Public Telecommunications Facilities and Construction (Commerce Department = -$19 million. The mandated conversions of public television stations to digital broadcasting and other mandated conversion efforts are now completed and the funds are no longer necessary. This termination was requested in the President's budget request.
Career Pathways Innovation Fund (Labor Department) = -$125 million. This reduction was included in the President's budget request, as well as the Senate Democrats' most recent CR proposal. This discretionary funding is not necessary as the program received $500 million in mandatory funding provided in the "Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010."
Corporation for Public Broadcasting = -$50 million. The bill terminates the "Fiscal Stabilization Fund" which provides funding increases to public broadcasting stations to offset reduced public donations. The bill also terminates the "Radio Interconnection" project that was completed in 2010. These programs were also terminated in the President's budget request as well as the Senate Democrats' most recent CR proposal.
Internet Technology Funds (Social Security Administration) = -$200 million. The CR reduces carry-over funding for information technology and telecommunication activities. The funds in this account do not expire - essentially creating a "slush fund" which totaled over $825 million at the beginning of fiscal year 2011. The SSA budget requested use of only $200 million of this funding this year, and the reduction of $200 million in this bill leaves more than sufficient funding available. This reduction was also included in the Senate Democrats' recent CR proposal.
Brownfields Redevelopment (Housing and Urban Development Department) = -$17.5 million. All activities undertaken by this program are also eligible for funding through the Community Development Block Grant. No funds were requested for this program in the President's budget request.
The CR also eliminates $2.6 billion in earmark account funding that was automatically renewed in the CR approved by the previous Congress in December. In previous years, this funding would have gone to earmarked programs and projects. These earmark cuts include:
Agriculture
-$24 million - Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service - Salaries and Expenses
-$37 million - Natural Resources Conservation Service - Conservation Operations
-$30 million - Natural Resources Conservation Service - Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations
-$3 million - Rural Community Development Grants
-$3 million - National Center for Natural Products
-$3 million - Agricultural Pest Facility
-$10 million - Various Agricultural Grants
-$115 million - Agriculture Research Service
-$122 million - National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Research and Education
-$11 million - National Institute of Food and Agriculture - Extension
Commerce/Justice/Science
-$5 million - International Trade Administration - Operations and Administration
-$2 million - Minority Business Development
-$20 million -NIST - Scientific and Technology Research
-$47 million - NIST - Research Facility Construction
-$99 million - NOAA - Operations, Research, and Facilities
-$18 million - NOAA - Procurement Acquisition and Construction
-$185 million - State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance - Byrne projects
-$91 million - Juvenile Justice Programs
-$169 million - Community Oriented Policing Services - Technology projects
-$25 million - Community Oriented Policing Services - Methamphetamine projects
-$63 million - NASA - Cross Agency Support
Interior
-$7 million - U.S. Geological Survey - Surveys, Investigations, and Research
-$6 million - Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) - Science and Technology
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