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June 24, 2013
Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology
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Contact: Lawrence Green
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FASEB Expresses Appreciation for the Senate Fiscal Year 2014 Spending Allocations
Bethesda, MD - The Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) is grateful to
the Senate Appropriations Committee for adopting fiscal year (FY) 2014 spending allocations that will
allow for sustained investments in research. “We sincerely appreciate Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski’s
(D-MD) leadership in advancing spending limits that make it possible to prevent additional cuts in the
budgets of key agencies including the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science
Foundation,” said FASEB President Judith Bond, PhD. “These allocations give the research community
much needed hope that the Senate will be able to provide NIH and NSF with the funding necessary to
prevent further harm to the research enterprise,” continued Bond.
The Senate allocations present a far better outlook for the nation’s science agencies than those approved
by the House last month. Under the House spending limits, funding for NIH could be cut by nearly 20
percent below the sequestration level, and NSF also faces more reductions. Additional cuts in NIH and
NSF funding will further erode the nation’s capacity for biomedical research and severely undermine
innovation and development.
FASEB is encouraged that approval of the spending allocations will facilitate a return to regular order
and urges the Appropriations Committees to pass the individual spending bills as quickly as possible.
The federal science agencies need completed appropriations bills in order to facilitate long term
planning. In addition, members of Congress must continue to work together to develop a deficit
reduction plan that replaces the destructive spending cuts imposed by sequestration.
FASEB is composed of 26 societies with more than 100,000 members, making it the largest coalition of
biomedical research associations in the United States. Its mission is to advance health and welfare by
promoting progress and education in biological and biomedical sciences through service to our
member societies and collaborative advocacy.