BES FY 2002 Budget Request

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The BES Budget Archives contain many past Budget Requests and Committee Reports.

Congressional Markups and Status of the Office of Science FY 2002 Budget

Executive Action: H.R. 2311 signed by the President and became Public Law No: 107-66 (11/12/01)

Continuing Resolutions: H.J.RES.70 signed by the President (10/31/01), kept government operating until 11/16/01;
H.J.RES.69 signed by the President (10/22/01), kept government operating until 10/31/01;
H.J.RES.68 signed by the President (10/12/01), kept government operating until 10/23/01;
H.J.RES.65 signed by the President (9/28/01), kept government operating until 10/16/01.

Conference: Conference Report on H.R. 2311 passes Senate by Yea-Nay Vote: 96-2 (11/1/00); Conference Report passes House by Yea-Nay Vote: 399-29 (11/01/00); Conference Report on H.R. 2311: 107-258 (10/31/00);

Full Report (2.95 MB; 161 pp.);

SC pages only (109 kb; 6 pp.); Senate conferees appointed (9/26/01); House conferees appointed (9/20/01)

Senate Appropriations: 7/19/01 H.R. 2311 as amended passes Senate by Yea-Nay Vote: 97-2; S.1171 and S. Rept. No. 107-39,

Full Report (260 kb; 173 pp.);

SC pages only (54 kb; 7 pp.); Opening Statement of Senator Reid at the Committee Markup (7/12/01)

House Appropriations: 6/28/01 H.R 2311 Passes House by Yea-Nay vote of 405-15, Press Release; House Report on H.R 2311: 107-112 (6/26/01);

Full Report (2.5 MB; 196 pp.);

SC pages only (0.1 MB; 7 pp.); Full Committee Markup: Press Release (6/25/01); Energy and Water Development Subcommittee Markup: Press Release (6/19/01)

Congressional Hearings involving the Office of Science FY 2002 Budget Request

Senate Authorization: Energy and Natural Resources Committee (schedule);
- Secretary of Energy Abraham testimony before the Committee (May 10, 2000)

House Appropriations: Energy and Water Development Subcommittee (May 10, 2001) 10:00 a.m.; 2362 Rayburn; DOE Offices of Science; Nuclear Energy; and Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
- Secretary of Energy Abraham testimony before the Subcommittee (May 2, 2000)

Senate Appropriations: Energy and Water Development Subcommittee (May 1, 2001) 10:00 a.m.; 124 Dirksen Building; Senator Domenici's Opening Statement; Dr. James Decker, Acting Director, Office of Science; Dr. Robert K. Dixon, Deputy Asst. Secretary, Office of Power Technologies; Mr. William Magwood, IV, Director, Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology.

House Authorization: Energy Subcommittee (April 26, 2001) 10:00 a.m.; 2318 Rayburn | Hearing Charter | Witness List | View Webcast (You may need to download free RealPlayer software.) | Dr. James F. Decker. Full Committee (April 25, 2001) 10:00 a.m.; 2318 Rayburn; Proposed R&D budgets for FY 2002; NSF; NASA; DOE Office of Science; NOAA | Hearing Charter | Witness List | View Webcast (You may need to download free RealPlayer software.) | Daniel Goldin | Rita R. Colwell | James Decker | Scott Gudes. Full Committee "Views and Estimates" 6.5 MB PDF file (March 21, 2001)
Related Hearing: Energy Subcommittee (May 17, 2001) 10:00 a.m.; 2318 Rayburn; Department of Energy Office of Science—Issues and Opportunities (SC Advisory Committee Chairs) | Hearing Charter | Witness List | SC Advisory Committee Chairs Panel | James Drake | Robert Richardson | Charles Shank | View Webcast (You may need to download free RealPlayer software.)

The President's FY 2002 Budget Request was transmitted to Congress on April 9, 2001, and covers the fiscal year beginning October 1, 2001. The FY 2002 Budget Request for BES (below) contains breakouts of the FY 2000, FY 2001 (estimate) and FY 2002 (request) Basic Energy Sciences (BES) budgets. The document describes in some detail the mission and goals of the BES program, FY 2000 accomplishments, the research activities and facilities operations that the BES program supports, performance measures, and the proposed future directions of the BES program.

The total BES FY 2002 Congressional budget request is for $1,004,705 thousand. The complete budget request can be downloaded to the right. The FY 2001, FY 2000, FY 1999, and FY 1998 BES budget requests are also available.

Click on the icon to download the FY 2002 BES Budget Request
PDF format (335 KB, 78 pages)

SC, Part 1 (SC Exec. Summary; High Energy and Nuclear Physics)	SC, Part 2 (Biological & Environmental Research; BES)	SC, Part 3 (CTR; MEL-FS; FES; Program Direction)
SC FY 2002 Budget Amendment (Transfers $10M to FES)

Click the 3 PDF icons above to download a Postscript Data Formatted (PDF) file of the Office of Science (SC) Congressional Budget Request for FY 2002. To view these files, you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader, free software. BES is one program within the Office of Science (formerly, the Office of Energy Research); the BES budget appears on pages 68-145 of the SC, Part 2 file; BES is also described in the Executive Summary by SC Director (Acting) James Decker that is provided above (SC, Part 1, pages 2 - 115)

The Department of Energy's FY 2002 budget request is summarized in the document, Budget Highlights, Fiscal Year 2002 Budget Request. The Office of Science programs appear on pages 29-37 of this PDF file. Other Department of Energy budget documents for FY 2002 can be downloaded from the Department's Chief Financial Officer website (click here for list of available files).