BES FY 2008 Budget Request

Congressional Markups and Status of the Office of Science FY 2008 Budget

Executive Action: President signed Consolidated Appropriations Act 2008, on December 26, 2007 (P.L. 110-161). Consolidated Appropriations: H.R 2764. the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008, was passed by the House, amendment H.R.110-497 (12/17/07), and Senate, S.Amend. (12/18/07); Joint Explanatory Statement to Accompany Consolidated Appropriations (House Amendment): SC pages only (0.1 MB; 9 pp) or Cong. Record ((0.4 MB; 7 pp) Continuing Resolutions: H.J.R. 72, was signed by the President (12/21/07), which kept DOE operating until 12/26/07 (P.L. 110-149). H.J.R. 69, was signed by the President (12/14/07), which kept DOE operating until 12/21/07 (P.L. 110-137). H.R. 3222, Div. B was signed by the President (11/13/07), which kept DOE operating until 12/14/07 (P.L. 110-116). H.J.R. 52 was signed by the President (9/29/07), which kept DOE operating until 11/16/07 (P.L. 110-92). Senate Appropriations: Senate Committee Report on H.R 2641: 110-127 (7/9/07); Full Report (0.6 MB; 220 pp); SC pages only (0.1 MB; 9 pp); Energy and Water Development Full Committee markup: Press Release (6/28/07); Subcommittee markup: Press Release (6/26/07) House Appropriations: House Report on H.R 2641: 110-185 (6/11/07) and Part 2, Congressional direction, (7/13/07) Full Reports (5.1 MB; 239 pp); SC pages only (0.3 MB; 14 pp); Energy and Water Development Full Committee markup: Press Release (6/6/07); Subcommittee markup: Press Release (5/23/07)
The President's FY 2008 Budget Request was transmitted to Congress on February 5, 2007. The FY 2008 Budget Request covers proposed funding for the Fiscal Year beginning October 1, 2007.
FY 2008 BES Budget Request PDF format (653 kb, 93 pages)	The total BES FY 2008 budget request is for $1,498,497,000. The complete BES portion of the budget request can be downloaded to the left. The BES Budget Archives contain past Budget Requests and Congressional Committee Reports.
Office of Science (SC) FY 2008 Budget Overview
Office of Management and Budget (OMB) OMB assesses BES as "Effective" using its Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) PART Long Term Measures and Annual Measures Office of Science PART documents
Other Department of Energy (DOE) budget documents for FY 2008 can be downloaded from DOE's Office of Budget web site here. More DOE budget documents back to FY 2000 are also available here. Some FY 2008 budget documents related to R&D are listed on the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) web site.