Some Proposed Federal Cuts Announced

Yesterday, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) unveiled a partial list of cuts that will be included in the new Continuing Resolution. The current Continuing Resolution is set to expire on March 4.

No education programs are on the partial list, but the committee has proposed $6.6 billion in cuts to the Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education programs.  

  • Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies   -$30M
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy   -$899M
  • Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability   -$49M
  • Nuclear Energy   -$169M
  • Fossil Energy Research   -$31M
  • Clean Coal Technology   -$18M
  • Strategic Petroleum Reserve   -$15M
  • Energy Information Administration   -$34M
  • Office of Science   -$1.1B
  • Power Marketing Administrations   -$52
  • Department of Treasury   -$268M
  • Internal Revenue Service   -$593M
  • Treasury Forfeiture Fund   -$338M
  • GSA Federal Buildings Fund   -$1.7B
  • ONDCP   -$69M
  • International Trade Administration   -$93M
  • Economic Development Assistance   -$16M
  • Minority Business Development Agency   -$2M
  • National Institute of Standards and Technology   -$186M
  • NOAA   -$336M
  • National Drug Intelligence Center   -$11M
  • Law Enforcement Wireless Communications   -$52M
  • US Marshals Service   -$10M
  • FBI   -$74M
  • State and Local Law Enforcement Assistance   -$256M
  •  Juvenile Justice   -$2.3M
  • COPS   -$600M
  • NASA   -$379
  • NSF   -$139M
  • Legal Services Corporation   -$75M
  • EPA   -$1.6B
  • Food Safety and Inspection Services   -$53M
  • Farm Service Agency   -$201M
  • Agriculture Research   -$246M
  • Natural Resource Conservation Service   -$46M
  • Rural Development Programs   -$237M
  • WIC   -$758M
  • International Food Aid grants   -$544M
  • FDA   -$220
  • Land and Water Conservation Fund   -$348M
  • National Archives and Record Service   -$20M
  • DOE Loan Guarantee Authority   -$1.4B
  •  EPA ENERGY STAR   -$7.4M
  • EPA GHG Reporting Registry   -$9M
  • USGS   -$27M
  • EPA Cap and Trade Technical Assistance   -$5M
  • EPA State and Local Air Quality Management   -$25M
  • Fish and Wildlife Service   -$72M
  • Smithsonian   -$7.3M
  • National Park Service   -$51M
  • Clean Water State Revolving Fund   -$700M
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Fund   -$250M
  • EPA Brownfields   -$48M
  • Forest Service   -$38M
  • National Endowment for the Arts   -$6M
  • National Endowment for the Humanities   -$6M
  • Job Training Programs  -$2B
  • Community Health Centers  -$1.3B
  • Maternal and Child Health Block Grants  -$210M
  • Family Planning  -$327M
  • Poison Control Centers  -$27M
  • CDC   -$755M
  • NIH   -$1B
  • Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services   -$96M
  • LIHEAP Contingency fund   -$400M
  • Community Services Block Grant   -$405M
  • High Speed Rail   -$1B
  • FAA Next Gen   -$234M
  • Amtrak   -$224M
  • HUD Community Development Fund   -$530M

Congress will likely begin the FY2012 budget process soon after the President releases his budget request on Feb. 14. 

The U.S. Department of Education will hold a briefing on the President’s FY2012 Budget Request on Monday, Feb. 14  at noon eastern time. For the first time, the Department will broadcast the briefing online.