March 10, 2009
On Tuesday, March 10, 2009, almost six months after the beginning of the Fiscal Year, the Senate approved the $410 billion omnibus appropriations bill for FY 2009, sending it to the president for his signature. The Senate approved the bill on a voice vote after voting 62–35 to cut off debate. The House passed the bill February 25, 2009, by a vote of 245–178, with eight not voting.
The U.S. National Science Foundation received a total of $6.49 billion for FY 2009.
Please see the table below for details. Numbers are presented in millions of dollars.
|
NSF Account |
FY 2008 Current Plan ($) |
FY 2009 Request ($) |
FY 2009 Final ($) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Research and Related Activities1 |
4,821.47 |
5,593.99 |
5,183.10 |
|
22.50 |
||
| Education and Human Resources |
725.60 |
790.41 |
845.26 |
|
40.00 |
||
| Major Research Equipment and Facilities Construction |
220.74 |
147.51 |
152.01 |
| Agency Operations and Award Management |
281.79 |
305.06 |
294.00 |
| Office of Inspector General |
11.43 |
13.10 |
12.00 |
| Office of the National Science Board |
3.97 |
4.03 |
4.03 |
| Rescission required under P.L. 110-1612 |
-33.00 |
||
| Total |
$6,094.50 |
$6,854.10 |
$6,490.40 |
1 Funding for EPSCoR was transferred to the research and related activities appropriation in FY 2008. It was previously funded with the education and human resources appropriation.
2 P.L. 110-161 required the rescission of $33 million from prior year unobligated balances.
Totals may not add due to rounding.