House Panel Approves Mid-Year
Spending Bill
May 17, 2002- The House Appropriations Committee May
15 passed a $29.4 billion FY 2002 supplemental appropriation,
an increase of $1 billion over President Bush's request. The
bill includes $5.8 billion for homeland security; however,
none of these funds are targeted for the Department of Health
and Human Services.
The bill also includes $1 billion to avert an estimated
shortfall in the Pell Grant program caused by increased program
costs due to the economic downturn and the rise in the number
of individuals seeking postsecondary education. This amount
assures that all that students will able to receive the maximum
allowable grant of $4,000.
The committee approved the President's request for rescissions
of $30 million from the NIH buildings and facilities account
and $20 million from the Community Access Program at HRSA.
On May 14, appropriators and leaders in both the House and
Senate conceded that delays in completing the supplemental
will mean that work on the 13 regular annual appropriations
bills cannot begin until mid-June.
The full House is expected to consider the supplemental during
the week of May 20; the Senate will take up the measure after
the Memorial Day recess.
Information:
Dave Moore, Senior Director
AAMC Government Relations
dbmoore@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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