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9/8/03

LEGISLATIVE ALERT ON NIH FUNDING--URGE YOUR REPRESENTATIVE TO SIGN ON 'DEAR
COLLEAGUE' LETTER

Senators Arlen Specter (R-PA), Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Diane Feinstein (D-CA) will be offering an amendment to the NIH bill to increase its funding by $1.5 billion, bringing total NIH funding increases to $2.5 billion in FY 2004. This increase will create funding discrepancies between the House and Senate Labor, Health and Human Services Appropriations bills. Such differences mean that House and Senate leaders must meet in conference to resolve the discrepancies.

A 'Dear Colleague' letter is being circulated by Reps. Lois Capps (D-CA), Chris Bell (D-TX), Mark Foley (R-FL) and Jim Leach (R-IA), to urge the conferees to support a 8-10 percent increase in the FY 2004 budget, when they meet to iron out differences. Please contact your Representative today to ask them to sign on to the 'Dear Colleague' letter, in support of 8-10 percent increases for NIH in FY 2004. This effort is extremely important, as grants and future funding for science at NIH are in danger!