House Panel Approves VA-HUD
Appropriations
October 11, 2002-The House
Appropriations Committee Oct. 9 approved its version of
the FY 2003 VA-HUD and Independent Agencies Appropriations
bill. The as-yet-unnumbered bill includes significant increases
for veterans' medical care and research, as well as the National
Science Foundation (NSF).
Specifically, the committee-approved bill provides $23.9
billion for VA medical care, an increase of $2.5 billion over
the current year and the same level provided by the Senate
it its version of the bill [see Washington
Highlights, Aug. 2].
The committee also approved $405 million for VA medical and
prosthetics research, an increase of $34 million over FY 2002
and $5 million more than the Senate.
For the NSF, the committee provided $5.4 billion, an increase
of $614 million over the current year. This total includes
$4.15 billion for NSF research, an increase of $552 million.
Information:
Jonathan Fishburn, Director, Research, Education and Veterans' Legislative Affairs
AAMC Office of Governmental Relations
jfishburn@aamc.org
(202) 828-0525
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