ISTOCK, ISAK55A US Senate subcommittee approved a funding bill on June 12 that includes budget improvements for space and science research in 2019. Further, the House Appropriations Committee drafted a spending bill for 2019 that boosts funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH).
The Senate Appropriations panel has allotted $21.3 billion for NASA, more than $500 million above the enacted amount for fiscal year 2018 and $1.43 billion above President Donald Trump’s requested budget, according to Science. If this bill is passed, the National Science Foundation would get $8.1 billion, which is $301 million above the last fiscal year’s enacted level and $597 million beyond the President’s request.
The House’s spending bill released on June 14 for the NIH grants the agency $38.3 billion, which is $1.25 billion more than the previous fiscal year and $4.1 billion above that requested by Trump. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would receive $7.6 billion, down $663 million from the 2018 fiscal year, but still $2 billion higher than the ...
