The next item on the agenda for the House Appropriations Committee is its FY2019 Interior spending bill, with the committee scheduled to take it up tomorrow, Tuesday, May 22.
Among the agencies that the bill funds is the U.S Geological Survey (USGS), which in turn supports a number of programs of interest to the University of Washington. For example, the bill would instruct the USGS to support the Earthquake Early Warning system on the West Coast at a total of $21.1 million, with $16.1 million dedicated to the continued development of the system and $5 million for its capital infrastructure needs.
The legislation would dedicate $19.29 million for the Cooperative Research Units (CRUs), another USGS program, which represents an increase of $1.9 million. The increase would be dedicated to filling the number of vacancies across the country at participating universities. The CRUs were proposed for elimination by the Administration.
The newly renamed Climate Adaptation Science Centers program would be level-funded at $25.3 million. The Administration is seeking a cut of more than $12 million to the program.
A copy of the bill report is available here.