[20080130]RS22614_国家海洋和大气管理局（NOAA）：对2008财年预算和国会拨款的审查.pdf

Order Code RS22614Updated January 30, 2008The National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration (NOAA): A Review of theFY2008 Budget and CongressionalAppropriationsWayne A. MorrisseyInformation Research SpecialistKnowledge Services GroupSummaryCongress passed H.R. 2764 (amended), the Consolidated Appropriations Act ofFY2008 (P.L. 110-161). Division B, Title I of the law funded the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Administration (NOAA) in the Department of Commerce at almost $3.89billion. The House previously passed H.R. 3093, Commerce, Justice, Science, andRelated Agencies Appropriations for FY2008, and approved $3.95 billion for theagency. The Senate amended H.R. 3093 and approved $4.21 billion for NOAA.President Bush had requested $3.81 billion in discretionary appropriations for FY2008.For FY2007 the NOAA appropriation was authorized through a revised continuingresolution (P.L. 110-5), which funded most individual NOAA programs at the FY2006appropriation level. Further, a FY2007 emergency appropriation of $170.4 million wasprovided to NOAA for assisting in recovery from its 2005 Hurricane Katrina losses.The Presidents FY2008 budget prioritized NOAA satellite systems and requirements