Agriculture approps
This article was originally published in The Tan Sheet
Executive Summary
FDA fiscal 2001 budget of $1.27 bil. set in House bill (HR 4461) passed by a 339-82 vote July 11. The level would mark a 7.6% increase over the agency's $1.08 bil. fiscal 2000 funding; the Administration proposed a 13.4% increase to $1.39 bil. (1"The Tan Sheet" Feb. 14, p. 11). Under HR 4461, the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) would receive $4.07 bil. in FY 2001