Congress on August Recess Leaving Many Federal Budget Questions to Resolve
Members of the House and Senate are on recess for the month of August, having left many questions about the fiscal year (FY) 2024 budget unanswered, promising a busy and contentious September.
The Senate will reconvene on September 5th and …
Congress Deliberating Budget Levels, Funding for Science at Stake
The fiscal year 2024 (FY24) appropriations process is in full swing on Capitol Hill. Appropriations subcommittees are busy with hearings featuring testimony from leadership of Federal agencies, including several of particular interest to FABBS members, the National Science Foundation (NSF) …
Biden’s FY24 Budget Prioritizes NSF and ARPA-H Funding
Fiscal Year 23 Budget Includes Increases for Science
FABBS commends the House and Senate for coming together and passing the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2023. The overdue omnibus provides 10.3 percent increase in R&D funding over FY 2022 including for federal agencies supporting behavioral and brain sciences: Institute …
Congress Works to Wrap up FY 23 Budget and Settle Committee Leadership for the 118th
At the time of writing, all eyes were on the Senate to approve the House-passed continuing resolution (CR) to keep the government open until December 23rd*. Having reached a bipartisan agreement on topline spending numbers earlier this week, Appropriators have said …
Work Begins on Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Budget
May 12, 2022
After significant delays in passing government funding legislation for Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22), Congressional appropriators are now busy crafting FY23 spending bills. Bipartisan meetings have already begun, and leaders have expressed optimism that Congress will complete work …
