FDA budget
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
The agency would receive $1.79 bil. for salaries and expenses in Agriculture Appropriations under the 2005 omnibus spending bill (HR 4818), according to a confernce report approved by the House and Senate Nov. 20. The total is a $76 mil. increase over fiscal 2004, and falls $33 mil. short of the President's request. The Center for Drug Evaluation & Research is allotted $498.65 mil., including $15.63 mil. for the White Oak facility relocation. The Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition and related field activities receive $439.04 mil. under the bill. Government will operate on continuing resolution passed Nov. 24 while Congress completes debate...