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Science 17 May 2002:
Vol. 296. no. 5571, p. 1213
DOI: 10.1126/science.296.5571.1213a

News of the Week

NSF REAUTHORIZATION:
Community Hails Bill to Double Budget

Jeffrey Mervis Science lobbyists have spent the past 4 years urging Congress to do for the National Science Foundation what it is doing for the National Institutes of Health: double its budget, now $4.8 billion, over 5 years. Last week, they achieved a symbolic victory when Representative Sherwood (Sherry) Boehlert (R-NY), chair of the House Committee on Science, introduced a bill (H.R. 4664) that aims to accomplish just that.

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