Current StatusOn December 26, 2007, President Bush signed the "Consolidated
Appropriations Act, 2008" [P.L.
110-161], which includes funding for all of the regular Fiscal Year (FY) 2008
appropriations bills except for defense. For NIH, the consolidated appropriation
act provides $29.229 billion, an increase of $329 million (1.1 percent) over FY
2007. This includes a $196 million increase from 2007 to 2008 in the transfer
from NIH to the Global HIV/AIDS Fund, which results in a program level for NIH
of $28.942 billion, an increase of $133 million (0.46 percent) over FY 2007. The
omnibus provides $194 million for the Title VII health professions training programs,
a $9.2 million (5 percent) increase over FY 2007. On February 4, President
Bush sent his (FY) 2009 budget to Congress. The $3.1 trillion spending plan, proposes
to increase discretionary spending (i.e., programs that receive funding through
annual appropriations legislation) by $46.2 billion (4.9 percent) over FY 2008.
But, as in the past several years, the Administration would direct almost all
of this increase toward "security funding," proposing $594.5 billion
for defense, homeland security, and international affairs, an increase of $44.9
billion (8.2 percent) over FY 2008. All other discretionary programs would receive
$393 billion, an increase of $1.3 billion (0.3 percent). The Department of Health
and Human Services would be cut by $2.2 billion (3.1 percent) to $68.5 billion.
The President's budget proposes to freeze NIH funding at the FY 2008 level and
to eliminate all Title VII health professions funding. More>>
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