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Read the text below which is entitled "Congress Caps another Disappointing Year" in order to answer question.
Congress Caps another Disappointing Year
Source: www.aaas.org 4th January 2006 (Adapted)
On December 30, nearly three months into the fiscal year,
President Bush signed the last two Fiscal Year 2006 appropriations bills
into law, bringing the FY 2006 appropriation process to a close. The
American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) estimates
that the federal Research & Development (R&D) portfolio totals
$134.8 billion in 2006, a $2.2 billion or 1.7 percent increase. But 97
percent of the increase goes to just two specific areas: defense weapons
development and human space exploration technologies. Funding for all
other federal R&D programs collectively will barely increase, and
will fall nearly 2 percent after adjusting for inflation. Leaving out
large federal investments in development, congressional appropriations
for basic and applied research total $57.0 billion, an increase of $1.0
billion or 1.8 percent over 2005. But NASA applied research on human
space flight technologies accounts for a majority of the increase,
leaving most agency research portfolios with modest increases falling
short of inflation, or cuts. Many flagship federal science agencies have
disappointing budgets in 2006.
The increases given to most agency research portfolios are said to have been
Outras questões do mesmo concurso: CGU / AFFC (CGU) / 2006 / Auditoria e Fiscalização / Geral
