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Special Federal Budget Issue: Department of the Interior
The total FY 2006 budget request for the Department of Interior, as reported in its Budget in Brief, is $14.958 billion, down 6.7 percent from FY 2005. The discretionary budget appropriation request is $10.76 billion, 1 percent less than FY05. There are two research-related items of potential interest:
- Oil Spill Research Program - $7 million (no change) to support oil pollution research and other duties related to oil spill prevention. The program is run within the Minerals Management Service.
- U.S. Geological Survey - $934.3 million ($1.95 million decrease) to provide reliable scientific information to: describe and understand the Earth, minimize the loss of life and property from natural disasters, assist others in managing water, biological and other natural resource; and, enhance and protect the quality of life. Biological research would receive a $1.2 million increase for ecological systems mapping and research projects in the Great Lakes, Glen Canyon and regarding invasive plants.