Fiscal Year 2001 Appropriation

January 12, 2001

The final budget action of the 106th Congress, signed into law by the president on December 21, 2001, included a $1 billion across-the-board cut in 12 of the 13 appropriations bills. For the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF), this amounts to a $9.74 million, or 0.22%, reduction in its $4.426 billion appropriation.

Please see the table below for details. Numbers are presented in millions of dollars.

NSF Account	FY 2000 Level ($)	FY 2001 Request ($)	FY 2001 Enacted ($)	0.22% FY 2001 Rescission ($)	Net FY 2001 Plan ($)
Research and Related Activities	2,958.46	3,540.68	3,350.00	- 7.37	3,342.63
Education and Human Resources	690.87	729.01	787.35	- 1.73	785.62
Major Research Equipment	93.50	138.54	121.60	-0.27	121.33
Salaries and Expenses	148.90	157.89	160.89	-0.35	160.54
Office of Inspector General	5.45	6.28	6.28	-0.01	6.27
Total	$3,897.18	$4,572.40	$4,426.12	-$9.74	$4,416.38

_{Totals may not add due to rounding.}