NIH funding
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Senate Appropriations Committee approves FY 2001 Labor/HHS funding in unanimous vote May 11. Agency is provided with $20.5 bil., $2.7 bil. over FY 2000 and $1.7 bil. over President Clinton's request. The House version sets $18.8 bil. budget for NIH in FY 2001, a $1 bil. increase over FY 2000; House approps were in line with the president's request