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Impact of the Elections

Impact of the Elections. David Applegate American Geological Institute National Research Council Committee on Earth Resources November 2002. Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte. The Big Ch an ge. Old Chair: Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT). New Chair: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK). $. $.

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Impact of the Elections

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  1. Impact of the Elections David Applegate American Geological Institute National Research Council Committee on Earth Resources November 2002

  2. SenateEnvironment& PublicWorksCmte TheBigChange Old Chair: Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT) New Chair: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

  3. $ $ FY 2003 Appropriations $ $ Details atwww.agiweb.org/gap

  4. Presidentially Requested Transfers: The Two-Sided Problem • Programs to NSF • NOAA Sea Grant ($57 million) • USGS Toxic Substance Hydrology ($10 million) • EPA Environmental Education ($9 million) • NSF Geosciences Directorate w/o Transfers • As a whole ( +1.2% NOT +13.4%) • Earth Sciences Division ( +3.6% NOT +21.2%) • Ocean Sciences Division ( -2% NOT +13.5%) • Atmospheric Sciences Division ( +4% NOT +8.4%) Both House and Senate Reject Transfers, Boost GEO Base Programs by 15% (House) and 12% (Senate)

  5. EarthScope Poised to become first-ever Earth science project funded through the NSF’s Major Research Equipment account. President’s FY 2003 budget request: $35 million Senate Appropriations Committee: $20 million House Appropriations Committee: $40 million First installment of 5-year, $200 million program

  6. Geoscience-Related Programs in the President’s FY 2003 Request • U.S. Geological Survey ($867.3 million, down 5%) • Geologic Division down 3.5% • Cut to Geologic Mapping (-$6 million) • Water Resources Division down 14% • Cut/Transfer Toxic Substances Hydrology (-$14 million) and Water Resource Research Institutes (-$6 million) • Cuts to NAWQA (-$6 million), Streamgage Network (-$2 million) • National Mapping Division down 3% • Biological Resources Division down 3.5% • NASA Office of Earth Science ($1.6 billion, up 0.2%) • NOAA down 1.5% The good news: Congress put it back The bad news: FY 2004 could be worse

  7. House Appropriations Committee “House Republicans voted Thursday to grant the GOP Steering Committee the right to veto the selection of the powerful "cardinals" who rule the Appropriations Committee's 13 subcommittees, giving the Republican leadership and the White House a leg up in controlling domestic spending heading into next year's FY '04 budget process. “The vote effectively means the House GOP leadership, led by Speaker Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) and Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas), will be able to determine who fills the coveted cardinal slots, turning aside the Appropriations Committee chairman's traditional right to appoint the cardinals without oversight.” E&E Daily, 11-15-02 • Open slots: • Interior & Related Agencies • Energy & Water

  8. Senate Appropriations Committee “Stevens has had some well-publicized clashes with the director of the Office of Management and Budget, with Stevens at one time saying that Director Mitchell Daniels could best defuse a spending conflict by going home to Indiana.”  AIP FYI New Chair: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Old Chair: Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

  9. Energy and the Earth Sciences Nuclear Fossil Fuels Hydropower Geothermal

  10. New Mexico Senate Energy & Natural Resources Cmte New Chair: Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM) Old Chair: Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

  11. Comprehensive Energy Bill – Issues in Play • Electricity deregulation • Renewable portfolio standards • Climate • Ethanol • ANWR • Taxes 3 Options…

  12. Geoscience & National Security

  13. Homeland Security – Geoscience Role? • Proposed Department of Homeland Security • Would swallow all or part of 22 federal agencies • 170,000 employees, $35-42 billion budget • Emergency Preparedness & Response Directorate • FEMA and other preparedness offices • Science & Technology Directorate • Identify R&D needs, coordinate research, advise Secretary • National Construction Safety Team Act of 2002 • Response to WTC investigation • NTSB approach; applies to all building disasters • Blueprint for all-hazards approach

  14. Congressional Natural Hazards Caucus Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK) Co-Chairs Sen. John Edwards (D-NC) Senator Akaka of Hawaii Senator Boxer of California Senator Breaux of Louisiana Senator Byrd of West Virginia Senator Cantwell of Washington Senator Cleland of Georgia Senator Cochran of Mississippi Senator Conrad of North Dakota Senator Dorgan of North Dakota Senator Feinstein of California Senator Graham of Florida Senator Inouye of Hawaii Senator Murkowski of Alaska Senator Schumer of New York Senator Torricelli of New Jersey Senator Wyden of Oregon

  15. For more information www.agiweb.org/gap

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