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

Impact of the Elections Impact of the Elections

David ApplegateAmerican Geological Institute

National Research CouncilCommittee on Earth Resources

November 2002

Senate Environment & Public Works Cmte

The Big Change

New Chair: Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-OK)

Old Chair: Sen. Jim Jeffords (I-VT)

FY 2003 AppropriationsFY 2003 Appropriations

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Request House Senate Final

USGS - Geology - Water

$867M 225M 178M

$928M 235M 138M

$927M 239M 209M

NOPE!

NSF - GEO

$5.1B 691M

$5.4B 701M

$5.3B 684M NOPE!

NASA - Earth Sci

$15B 1.6B

$15.3B 1.7B

$15.2B 1.6B NOPE!

DOE Fossil - Oil - Gas

$489M 35M 23M

$664M 55M 48M

$641M 48M 48M

NOPE!

Details at www.agiweb.org/gap

Presidentially Requested Transfers: Presidentially Requested Transfers: The Two-Sided ProblemThe 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)

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

EarthScopeEarthScopePoised to become first-Poised to become first-

ever Earth science project ever Earth science project funded through the NSF’s funded through the NSF’s

Major Research Major Research Equipment account.Equipment account.

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 backThe bad news: FY 2004 could be worse

House Appropriations CommitteeHouse 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

“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

Senate Appropriations CommitteeSenate Appropriations Committee

New Chair: Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Old Chair: Sen. Robert C. Byrd (D-WV)

Energy and the Earth SciencesEnergy and the Earth Sciences

Hydropower

Fossil Fuels

Geothermal

Nuclear

Senate Energy & Natural Resources CmteSenate Energy & Natural Resources CmteNew Mexico

New Chair: Sen. Pete Domenici (R-NM)

Old Chair: Sen. Jeff Bingaman (D-NM)

• Electricity deregulation– Renewable portfolio standards

• Climate

• Ethanol

• ANWR

• Taxes

3 Options…

Comprehensive Energy Bill – Issues in PlayComprehensive Energy Bill – Issues in Play

Geoscience & National SecurityGeoscience & National Security

• 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

Homeland Security – Geoscience Role?Homeland Security – Geoscience Role?

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

Congressional Natural Hazards CaucusCongressional Natural Hazards Caucus

Sen. John Edwards (D-NC)

Sen. Ted Stevens (R-AK)

Co-Chairs

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