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TECHNOLOGY ADMINISTRATION
FY 1998 APPROPRIATIONS SUMMARY

(All figures are in millions of dollars)
  FY 1997 Approps FY 1998 Request FY 1998 Auth House FY 1998 Approps House (b) FY 1998 Auth Senate (as intro'd) FY 1998 Approps Senate (e)
Final FY 1998
Approps
(f,g)
OFFICE OF THE UNDER SECRETARY FOR TECHNOLOGY/OFFICE OF TECHNOLOGY POLICY
Salaries and Expenses (S+E)
US/OTP 7.0 9.2 7.0 8.5

9.2

8.8 8.5
US-Israel S&T External Grant Fund 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0

0.0

0.0 0.0
S+E Total 9.5 9.2 7.0 8.5 9.2 8.8 8.5
NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY
Scientific and Technical Research and Services (STRS)
Laboratory Programs
265.0 271.6 278.6 278.8 N/A 273.9 273.9 (h)
Baldrige National Quality Program (BNQP)
3.0 5.3 4.1 4.1 N/A 3.0 3.0
STRS Total 268.0 276.9 282.7 276.9(c) 278.3 276.9 276.9 (h)
Industrial Technology Services (ITS)
Advanced Technology Program (ATP)
225.0 275.6 185.1 185.1 198.0 200.0 192.5
  -7.0 (a)
Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP)
95.0 123.4 117.8 113.5 111.0 111.0 113.5
ITS Total 313.0 399.0 302.9 298.6 309.0 311.0 306.0
Construction of Research Facilities (CRF) 0.0 16.7 16.7 111.1 (d) 16.7 16.0 95.0(d)
  -16.0 (a)
Total NIST 565.0 692.6 602.3 686.6 604.0 603.9 677.9 (h)

(a) Rescissions from unobligated balances.
(b) Passed House on 9/30/97 by a vote of 227-199.
(c) STRS total reflects a proposed $6.0 million reduction as part of the offsets to provide additional funding to the Legal Services Corporation.
(d) A portion of these funds are available contingent upon the submission of a plan for expenditure.
(e) Passed Senate on 7/29/97 by a vote of 99-0.
(f) Conference Report passed both House (by a vote of 282-110) and Senate (by unanimous consent) on 11/13/97.
(g) President Clinton signed appropriation on 11/26/97.
(h) On 12/1/97, President Clinton line-item vetoed $5.0 million for natural resources and environmental research at Montana State University.
If veto holds, amounts marked will be reduced.

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Last updated : June 15, 1998