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FY 2006 President'´s Budget Request for USGS

USGS Budget FY 2006

President's Budget Request (August 25, 2005)

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 2004 (Actual), for Fiscal Year 2005 (Enacted), and Fiscal Year 2006 (Proposed Request by the Administration on February 7, 2005).  Upon receipt of the President's Budget Request, major steps in the Congressional Appropriations process are shown below.  Congressional action regarding the Fiscal Year 2006 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.

 
U.S. Geological Survey
FY 2006 Congressional Action
(Dollars in Thousands)
    FY 2006
Activity/Subactivity/Program Element FY 2005
Enacted1		 President´s
Budget		 House
Floor
Recomm.		 Senate
Floor
Recomm.		 Conf.
Bill
Recomm.5
MAPPING, REMOTE SENSING, AND GEOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATIONS          
Cooperative Topographic Mapping 71,393 71,882 71,882 71,882 69,550
Land Remote Sensing 32,730 46,396 46,396  40,396 46,175
Geographic Analysis and Monitoring 14,628 15,175 14,925  14,925 14,854
 
TOTAL 118,751 133,453 133,203 127,203 130,579
GEOLOGIC HAZ., RESOURCES, & PROC.          
Geologic Hazard Assessments          
Earthquake Hazards 46,898 51,337 51,337  51,337 51,094
Volcano Hazards 20,714 21,787 21,787 22,787 21,683
Landslide Hazards 3,043 3,088 3,088 3,088 3,073
Global Seismographic Network 3,335 3,972 3,972  3,972 3,953
Geomagnetism 1,989 2,025 2,025 2,025 2,015
 
Subtotal 75,979 82,209 82,209 83,209 81,818
 
Geologic Landscape & Coastal Assessments          
Earth Surface Dynamics 13,634 13,304 13,554 13,304 13,489
National Cooperative Geologic Mapping 25,162 25,488 25,488  25,488 25,367
Coastal and Marine Geology 37,457 38,436 39,684  37,524 39,682
 
Subtotal 76,253 77,228 78,726 76,316 78,538
 
Geologic Resource Assessment          
Mineral Resources 53,764 25,084 54,696 53,562 53,307
Energy Resources 23,250 23,615 23,615 24,115 24,000
 
Subtotal 77,014 48,699 78,311 77,677 77,307
 
TOTAL 229,246 208,136 239,246 237,202 237,663
WATER RESOURCES INVESTIGATIONS          
Hydrologic Monitoring, Assessments & Research          
Ground-Water Resources Program 6,998 7,417 7,417 7,747 8,108
National Water-Quality Assessment 61,645 63,132 63,132  63,132 62,831
Toxic Substances Hydrology 14,476 13,120 13,350  14,620 14,531 
Hydrologic Research & Development 15,997 14,428 15,278  14,428 14,757 
National Streamflow Information Program 13,814 14,152 14,152  14,152  14,085
Hydrologic Networks and Analysis 29,524 28,152 28,152  30,402 29,655
 
Subtotal 142,454 140,401 141,481 144,481 143,967
 
Cooperative Water Program 62,337 63,770 63,770 63,770 63,467
Water Resources Research Act Program 6,409 0 6,500 6,500  6,469
 
TOTAL 211,200 204,171 211,751 214,751 213,903
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH          
Biological Research and Monitoring 133,130 134,348 135,788 135,648 137,794
Biological Information Management & Delivery 23,999 24,149 24,149  24,149 24,034
Cooperative Research Units 14,570 14,428 14,828  14,483 14,812
 
TOTAL 171,699 172,925 174,765 174,280 176,640
ENTERPRISE INFORMATION          
Enterprise Information Security and Technology 22,714 25,237 25,237 25,237 25,117
Enterprise Information Resources 16,989 17,153 17,153  17,153 17,071
Federal Geographic Data Coordination 4,670 5,377 4,697  4,697 4,675
 
TOTAL 44,373 47,767 47,087 47,087 46,863
SCIENCE SUPPORT          
Bureau Operations 64,636 71,389 71,389 65,389 69,059
Payments to the National Business Center 948 948 948 948 943
 
TOTAL 65,584 72,337 72,337 66,337 70,002
FACILITIES          
Rental Payments 71,368 71,406 72,877 72,877 72,530
Operations & Maintenance 19,820 19,897 19,897  19,897 19,802
Deferred Maintenance & Capital Improvement 3,423 3,423 3,423  3,423 3,407
 
TOTAL 94,611 94,726 96,197 96,197 95,739
SIR, TOTAL 935,464 933,515 974,586 963,057 971,389
 

FY 2005 Supplemental (One-time Funding)2

 1,000        
FY 2005 Supplemental (One-time Funding)3 8,100
FY 2005 Supplemental (One-time Funding)4 1,436
SIR, TOTAL 946,000 933,515 974,586 963,057 971,389
1 Included in the FY 2005 Enacted column is:  Enacted funding ($949,921); USGS's share of a departmentwide vehicle streamlining reductions (-$278); Conference action across-the-board reduction
(-$5,635); and Omnibus Bill rescission (-$7,544).
2 This row displays the FY 2005 Emergency Supplemental funding (P.L. 108-324) received on a one-time basis to cover costs of hurricane damage (Water Resources Investigations budget activity at $707 and the Biological Research budget activity at $293). However anticipated funding for tsunami research ($8.1 million to the Geology budget activity) has not been included pending approval of apportionment documentation.
3 This row displays the FY 2005 Emergency Supplemental funding (P.L. 109-13) received on a one-time basis to cover costs of increased earthquake and tsunami detection ($8.1 million to the Geology budget activity).
4 This row depicts the FY 2005 appropriations transfer to USGS from USAID.
5 Included in the Conference Bill Recommendation (FY 2006 Enacted) column is:  Enacted funding ($976,035); Landsat Anomaly funding redirection; and Conference Action Across-the-Board Reduction (-$4,646).

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