FDA budget
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
Agency would receive funding of $1.18 bil. and be allowed to collect $145.4 mil. in user fees under Senate Agriculture appropriations bill passed by voice vote Aug. 4. The bill (S 1233) provides total Ag funding of $68.1 bil. The Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition would receive $264.8 mil., while the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research would receive $309 mil. in funding for FY 2000. Both allocations fall below the House and the Clinton Administration's requests of $266 mil. and $316.8 mil., respectively. WIC would receive $4.04 bil. in funding for the year