What s New: Science Policy Updates

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1 What s New: Science Policy Updates Back to Basics Webinar Series 25 May Jun-17 2

2 Roadmap Speaker Introductions Funding Update Recent Legislation Upcoming Legislation 3 What You Can Do

3 Today s Speakers Elizabeth Landau Timia Crisp Brittany Webster Carissa Bunge 4

4 That s a Wrap for FY2017 Timia Crisp, Public Affairs Analyst 02-Jun-17 5

5 6 Types of Legislation Authorization Establishes and modifies federal programs Becomes law Budget Sets spending caps Does not become law Appropriations Allocates spending for federal programs Requires President's signature

6 Sources: Govtrack, H.R. 244: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017, May 4, Congress finishes FY2017 appropriations with passage of the omnibus spending bill H.R. 244: Consolidated Appropriations Act of Votes for Majority 218 Votes Needed to Pass Votes by Party Yea Nay Not Voting Republicans Democrats Total Votes by Party Yea Nay Not Voting Republicans Democrats Independents Total

7 Dollars (in thousands) How did science fare? Earth and Space Science Funding: FY Jun * NSF NASA NOAA USGS

8 Turning to FY2018 Timia Crisp, Public Affairs Analyst 02-Jun-17 9

9 Appropriations Process President sends budget proposal to congress House Appropriations Committee marks up bill and sends to House floor House considers, amends, and passes bill Senate Appropriations Committee marks up bill and sends to Senate floor White House signs or vetoes the bill House and Senate vote on final bill Joint Senate and House conference work out differences between two bills Senate considers, amends, and passes bill Source: National Journal Research, 2016.

10 Current Status of FY2018 Budget March April June June - September President releases preliminary budget request (Completed May 23) Senate passes budget resolution (Stalled) S H House passes budget resolution (Stalled) Congress passes combined budget resolution (April 15 statutory deadline indefinitely delayed) June Appropriations subcommittees draft bills x12 Subcommittees Hearings on President Trump s FY2018 budget (Likely delayed) Senate s 12 appropriations bills Senate Bills X X X X X X X X X X X X House Bills X X X X X X X X X X X X House s 12 appropriations bills Congress combines and passes 12 bills Combined X X X X X X X X X X X X Unfinished appropriations bills combined into omnibus bill (If delayed, Congress will pass another CR) Sources: National Journal research, 2017.

11 EPA (30%) NOAA (16%) USGS (15%) NSF(11%) DOE (9%) NASA (3%) President s Budget PROPOSED REDUCTIONS TO FEDERAL SCIENCE AGENCIES FY2017 AS BASELINE

12 % Change Dollars (in millions) EPA cut by 30% from FY2017 levels 0% -10% President s FY2018 Budget vs. FY2017 Overall S&T Comparison of President s FY2018 Budget & FY2017 Enacted $8, % -29% $10,000-30% -40% -50% -44% $8,000 $6,000 $ % -70% -80% -90% -100% $4,000 $2,000 $0 $5, Overall Pres. Budget S&T FY2017 $ Notable Provisions: Significant cuts to science and technology programs Proposed 25% cut to FTEs

13 % Change Dollars (in millions) DOE cut by 9% from FY2017 levels 0% President s FY2018 Budget: % Change from FY2017 ARPA-E Office of Science Overall Comparison of President s FY2018 Budget & FY2017 Enacted $28, $30, % -40% -17% -9% $40,000 $30,000 $20,000 $4, $5, $ % $10,000-80% -100% -108% $0 Overall Office of Science ARPA-E $ % President's Budget FY2017 Notable Provisions: Elimination of Advanced Research Project Agency energy (ARPA-E) Allocates $20 million in funds, but also eliminates $46 million Significant cuts to research programs, particularly climate and renewables Reduction in workforce

14 NASA cut by 3% from FY2017 levels NASA budget in millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest million: Program FY17 Omnibus FY18 President's Budget Request Percent Change FY18 Request vs FY17 Omnibus Overall $19, $19, % Overall Science $5, $5, % Earth Science $1, $1, % Planetary Science $1, $1, % Heliophysics $ $ % James Webb Space Telescope $ $ % Education $100 $ % Notable Provisions: Termination of 5 Earth science missions, including: PACE, OCO-3, RBI, DSCOVR Earth-viewing instruments, and CLARREO Pathfinder. The budget does provide funding for Landsat 9, and the accelerated FY 2021 launch. Full funding for a Jupiter flyby mission, the 2018 launch of InSight, the Mars 2020 Mission, and the Discovery Asteroid missions, Lucy and Psyche. The James Webb Space Telescope received a planned decrease in funding in preparation for it's launch in Full funding for the Solar Probe Plus and the Solar Orbiter Collaboration within Heliophysics. 15 Elimination of the NASA Education Office

15 NSF cut by 11% from FY2017 levels NSF budget in millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest million: Program FY17 Omnibus FY18 President's Budget Request Percent Change FY18 Request vs FY17 Omnibus Overall $7, $6, % Research & Related Activities $6, $5, % Education & Human Resources $ $ % Major Research Equipment & Facilities $ $ % National Science Board $4.37 $ % Office of Inspector General $15.20 $ % Agency Operations & Award Management $ $ % Notable Provisions: Geosciences Directorate received a 10.6% decrease in funding. Office of Polar Programs was removed from the Geosciences Directorate and restored to the Director's office. Estimated that the Geosciences Directorate will support 11,900 people or 689 less than in FY

16 NOAA cut by 16% from FY2017 levels NOAA budget in millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest million: Program FY17 Omnibus FY18 President's Budget Request Overall $5, , % National Ocean Service (NOS) $ $ % National Marine and Fisheries Service (NMFS) $ $ % Oceanic and Atmospheric Research (OAR) $ $ % OAR Climate Research Program $ $ % National Weather Service (NWS) $1, $1, % NESDIS $2, $1, % Mission Support $ $ % Office of Marine and Aviation Operations $ $ % Percent Change FY18 Request vs FY17 Omnibus Notable Provisions: OAR saw a 32 % cut, and the Climate Research program received a 19% cut in addition to the elimination of Arctic Research NOS received a 26% cut in the budget Elimination of the Sea Grant Program 18% cut in NOAA s Satellite Division, NESDIS, particularly for the Polar Follow-On Program and the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) Follow-on. 17

17 USGS cut by 15% from FY2017 levels USGS budget in millions of dollars, rounded to the nearest million: Program FY17 Omnibus FY18 President's Budget Request Overall $1, $ % Ecosystems $ $ % Climate & Land Use Change $ $ % Energy, Minerals, & Environmental Health $94.31 $ % Natural Hazards $ $ % Water Resources $ $ % Core Science Systems $ $ % Admin & Enterprise Information (Science Support) $ $ % Facilities $ $ % Percent Change FY18 Request vs FY17 Omnibus Notable Provisions: Largest cut came out of the Land Resources mission area, which also received a title change from its previous name, "Climate and Land Use Change". The budget request also would eliminate the program's climate research activities, including research into how land-use change is affecting global greenhouse gas emissions. Models or data sets tracking how landscapes, wildlife, and fisheries are being affected by climate change would be killed. Landsat 9 received an increase in funding, however, cuts to satellite operations would also reduce support for a land observation satellite that may follow Landsat The only portion of the USGS budget which would see an increase in the FY18 President's budget request was facilities, which received a bump of 12%.

18 Challenges for FY2018 Competing priorities The President s Budget vs. Congress priorities Don t fund defense at the expense of science Parity 19

19 Keeping Parity 20 SCIENCE IS ABOUT 1% OF TOTAL FEDERAL SPENDING

20 President s budget increases defense at expense of NDD Credit: Committee for Responsible Federal Budget 21

21 Legislation and Policy Update Carissa Bunge and Brittany Webster Public Affairs Specialists 02-Jun-17 22

22 How a Bill Becomes a Law Representative Introduces bill in the House Senator Introduces bill in the Senate House com m ittee/subcom m ittee Bill is debated and amended Simple majority needed to proceed Senate com m ittee/subcom m ittee Bill is debated and amended Simple majority needed to proceed House floor Bill is debated and amended Speaker must allow a floor vote Simple majority needed to pass Senate floor Bill is debated and amended 3/5 majority needed to end debate Simple majority needed to pass Final votes/conference com m ittee If both chambers pass an identical bill, the bill is sent directly to the president If each chamber passes a similar bill with some differences, a conference committee is formed to reach compromise and combine the bills President The president can sign bills that have been passed by both chambers into law The president can reject a bill with a veto; Congress can override a veto by passing the bill in each chamber with a 2/3 majority 23

23 Lots of Bills Introduced, Few Passed Number of Bills and Joint Resolutions By Stage of Consideration (113 th Congresses) Only 5% of bills introduced made it to the floor of either the House or Senate. 24 Sources: National Journal Research, 2016; Govtrack.us, 2015.

24 Relevant Authorization Bills Update New laws, bills in progress, and what might be introduced this Congress 02-Jun-17 25

25 26 New Laws that have Passed

26 Hazards Tsunami Warning, Education, and Research Act National Landslide Preparedness Act National Volcano Early Warning and Monitoring System Act Space Weather Research and Forecasting Act 27

27 Scientific Integrity Bills Preserving Data in Government Act Open, Public, Electronic, and Necessary (OPEN) Government Data Act Honest and Open New EPA Science Treatment (HONEST) Act 28

28 Looking Into Our Crystal Ball Preparedness and Risk Management for Extreme Weather Patterns Assuring Resilience and Effectiveness (PREPARE) Act National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) Flood Insurance Reauthorization Federal Funding Accountability for Sexual Harassers Act 29

29 The Administration Brittany Webster, Public Affairs Specialist 02-Jun-17 30

30 President May Exercise Executive Power to Act Around Congress Executive orders Cognitive power Federal rules President Congress Foreign policy powers Vetoes Recess appointments 31

31 Administration Memorandums Memorandum for the Secretary of State, the Attorney General, and the Secretary of Homeland Security Office of Management and Budget Memo Supplemental Questions for Visa Applicants Federal workforce reductions at agencies 32

32 What is AGU doing, and what can you do? Elizabeth Landau, Public Affairs Manager 02-Jun-17 33

33 What is AGU doing? 34

34 What you can do? AGU Science Policy Alerts Say Why #ScienceIsEssential AGU Science Policy Toolkits 35

35 Toolkits: sciencepolicy.agu.org 36

36 Step-by-step Instructions 37

37 Questions? 02-Jun-17 38

38 Remember: You can engage NOW! Sign up for Science Policy Alerts Follow us on Twitter Check out our toolkits Write your legislator through our Action Center Subscribe to the Sharing Science Network Share your experience with us Register for a webinar 39

39 Future Webinars District Visits (early Summer) Alternative Ways to Engage Legislators (Summer) Legislative Updates and the Role of Committees (Fall) 2017 Fall Meeting Science Policy Events: Sneak Peek (late Fall) 40

40 Thank you! Still want more? Sciencepolicy.agu.org Webinars.agu.org 41