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USGS Budget FY 2003
President's Budget Request (February 4, 2002)

Funding for the USGS is contained in the annual Interior and Related Agencies Appropriations Bill.

The table below displays the USGS funding at the Activity, Subactivity, and Program Element levels for Fiscal Year 2001 (Enacted), for Fiscal Year 2002 (Enacted), and Fiscal Year 2003 (Proposed by the Administration on February 4, 2002). Upon receipt of the President's Budget Request, major steps in the Congressional Appropriations process are shown below. Congressional action regarding the Fiscal Year 2003 Appropriation will be displayed as events occur.

  1. Separate markups by the Interior Appropriations Subcommittees in the House and in the Senate.

  2. Separate markups by the Full Appropriations Committees in the House and in the Senate.

  3. Separate passage of a bill by the House and The Senate

  4. Agreement by a Conference Committee consisting of House and Senate members to resolve their differences.

  5. Passage of this Conference agreement by both the House and Senate.

  6. Presentation of this House-Senate agreement to the President for his signature or veto.

(Dollars in Thousands)
 
FY 2001
Actual
FY 2002
Enacted
FY 2003
Request
    
           

MAPPING, REMOTE SENSING, AND GEOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS

          
Cooperative Topographic Mapping 81,481 81,067 80,940    
Land Remote Sensing 32,537 35,849 32,828    
Geographic Analysis and Monitoring  16,408 16,361 15,526    
           
TOTAL 130,426 133,277 129,294    
           
GEOLOGIC HAZ., RESOURCES, & PROC.          
Geologic Hazard Assessments          
  Earthquake Hazards 46,657 47,592 47,570    
  Volcano Hazards 17,925 19,164 18,157    
  Landslide Hazards 2,622 2,664 2,662    
  Global Seismographic Network 3,489 3,510 3,508    
  Geomagnetism   2,032   2,074 2,074    
Subtotal 72,725 75,004 73,971    
           
Geologic Landscape & Coastal Assessments          
  Earth Surface Dynamics 13,043 13,278 16,772    
  National Cooperative Geologic Mapping 26,180 26,546 20,553    
  Coastal and Marine Geology 35,152 38,149 35,892    
Subtotal 74,375 77,973 73,217    
           
Geologic Resource Assessments          
  Mineral Resources 54,491 55,695 52,119    
  Energy Resources 23,730 24,138 25,349    
Subtotal 78,221 79,833

77,468

    
           
TOTAL 225,321 232,810 224,656    
           
WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS          
Hydrologic Monitoring, Assessments & Research          
  Ground-Water Resources Program 5,342 5,421 6,422    
  National Water-Quality Assessment 62,134 63,096 57,321    
  Toxic Substances Hydrology 13,607 13,919 0    
  Hydrologic Research & Development 13,350 13,876 13,680    
  National Streamflow Information Program 15,9231 14,310 12,214    
  Hydrologic Networks and Analysis 25,811 24,886 23,852    
Subtotal 136,167 135,508 113,489    
           
Cooperative Water Program 62,741 64,318 64,339    
Water Resources Research Act Program   5,455 6,000 0    
           
TOTAL 204,363 205,826 177,828    
           
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH          
Biological Research and Monitoring 128,788 133,502 127,619    
Biological Information Management and Delivery 17,704 18,917 18,893    
Cooperative Research Units   14,077   13,970 13,969    
           
TOTAL 160,569 166,389 160,481    
           
SCIENCE SUPPORT          
Bureau Operations 72,7581 85,281 85,130    
Payments to the National Business Center     974    974    974    
           
TOTAL 73,732 86,255 86,104    
           
FACILITIES          
Rental Payments 55,591 63,071 66,727    
Operations & Maintenance 29,268 18,942 19,265    
Deferred Maintenance and Capital Improvement   4,380 7,432 2,983    
           
TOTAL 89,239 89,445 88,975    
           
Addt. CSRS/FEHBP Costs2 35,519 35,870 36,710    
           
SIR, TOTAL 919,169 949,872 904,048    

1 For FY 2001, the number shown for the National Streamflow Information Program includes $1,796K, and the number shown for Facilities includes $898K, for a one-time emergency supplemental to repair storm damage.

2 Administration proposal to fund employee retirement and health program costs within agency budget.

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