PDF versionThe main agency of concern to the geoscience community in the Energy, Water and Related Agencies appropriations bill is the Department of Energy (DOE). Programs of interest to the geosciences include those for renewable energy and activities within the Office of Science such as the Basic Energy Science program which has a geoscience division.
- Fiscal Year (FY) 2016 Energy, Water and Related Agnecies Appropriations Process
- FY 2015 Energy, Water and Related Agencies Appropriations Process
- Appropriations Homepage
Appropriations Process (millions of dollars)
| Account |
FY 14
Enacted |
FY 2015 Enacted
|
FY 16 President's Request
|
House
Action |
Senate Committee
Report |
FY 2016
Enacted |
Percent Change FY 15 Enacted - FY 16 Enacted
|
| Deparment of Energy |
27281
|
27916.8
|
29923.7
|
29012.1
|
29429.1
|
29717.3
|
6.4
|
| - Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy |
1913.4
|
1937
|
2723
|
1657.8
|
1950
|
2073
|
7
|
| -- Geothermal |
45.8
|
55
|
96
|
46
|
71
|
71
|
29
|
| -- Hydropower |
58.6
|
61
|
67
|
38.7
|
65
|
70
|
14.7
|
| -- Hydrogen & Fuel Cell Technology |
93
|
97
|
103
|
94.1
|
97
|
100.9
|
4
|
| -- Solar |
257.1
|
233
|
336.7
|
151.6
|
241.6
|
241.6
|
3.7
|
| -- Wind |
88.1
|
107
|
145.5
|
90.5
|
46
|
95.4
|
-10.8
|
| -- Bioenergy Technologies |
232.3
|
225
|
246
|
165.3
|
225
|
225
|
0
|
| - Fossil Energy R&D |
561.9
|
560.6
|
560
|
605
|
610
|
632
|
12.7
|
| -- Natural Gas Technologies |
20.6
|
25.1
|
44
|
21.2
|
43
|
43
|
71.3
|
| -- Unconvential Fossil Energy Technologies |
15
|
4.5
|
0
|
13
|
25.3
|
20.3
|
351
|
| -- Coal CCS Power Systems+ |
392.3
|
400
|
369.6
|
423.9
|
402
|
430
|
7.5
|
| -- Fossil Energy Environmental Restoration |
5.9
|
5.9
|
8.2
|
-
|
-
|
8
|
35.6
|
| - Office of Science |
5066.4
|
5067.7
|
5339.8
|
5100
|
5143.9
|
5350.2
|
5.6
|
| -- ARPA-E |
280
|
280
|
325
|
-
|
-
|
291
|
3.9
|
| -- Basic Energy Sciences |
1711.9
|
1733.2
|
1849.3
|
1770.3
|
1844.3
|
1849
|
6.7
|
| --- Chemical Sciences, Geosciences & Energy Biosciences |
323.2
|
314.2
|
321.9
|
306
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| -- Biological & Environmental Research |
609.7
|
592
|
612.4
|
538
|
610
|
609
|
2.9
|
| --- Climate Environmental Sciences^ |
297.9
|
292.1
|
318.1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| -- Workforce Development for Teachers & Scientists |
26.5
|
19.5
|
20.5
|
-
|
-
|
19.5
|
0
|
| - Environmental and Other Defense Activities |
5755
|
6206.5
|
6301.8
|
-
|
-
|
6066.2
|
-2.3
|
| -- Defense Environmental Clean-up |
5000
|
5453
|
5527.3
|
-
|
-
|
5289.7
|
-3
|
| -- Non-defense Environmental Clean-up |
231.7
|
246
|
220.2
|
229.2
|
244
|
255
|
3.6
|
| --- Uranium Enrichment D&D Funding |
598.6
|
625
|
542.3
|
625
|
614
|
673
|
7.7
|
| - Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| -- Nuclear Waste Disposal |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
| -- Defense Nuclear Waste Disposal |
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
^Voted out of committee; never considered by the full Senate.
Sources: FY 2016 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), FY 2016 Senate Energy and Water Development Appropriations Report, FY 2016 House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Report, FY 2016 DOE Budget Justification, FY 2015 Omnibus Spending Bill (Division D), FY 2015 House Energy, Water and Related Agencies Appropriations Report, FY 2014 Omnibus Bill, DOE FY 2015 Budget Request, DOE FY 2014 Budget Request, ARPA-E FY 2014 Budget Request, DOE FY 2012 Budget Table, Basic Energy Sciences FY 2014 Request, Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists FY 2014 Request, EERE Budget Formulation
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Contributed by Abigail Seadler, AGI Geoscience Policy Staff
Last updated March 3, 2015