FY 1999 Budget Request of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 


Summary of the FY 1999 NOAA

Budget Request

(Dollar amounts in thousands)

FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 1999 Increase/
Traditional Budget Structure Enacted Base Request (Decrease)
Operations, Research and Facilities (ORF)
National Ocean Service $234,145 $239,474 $243,408 $3,934
National Marine Fisheries Service 344,535 342,299 351,376 9,077
Oceanic and Atmospheric Research 277,741 272,366 251,217 (21,149)
National Weather Service 520,264 520,264 564,431 44,167
National Environmental Satellite, Data & Information Service 134,682 135,732 100,371 (35,361)
Program Support 70,870 70,870 68,550 (2,320)
Facilities 11,265 11,265 16,400 5,135
Fleet Maintenance and Planning 13,500 13,500 9,600 (3,900)
Subtotal ORF Programs $1,607,002 $1,605,770 $1,605,353 $(417)
Offset for Fee Collections 0 0 (22,281) (22,281)
Rescission/Recoveries from prior years/other (50,798) (29,496) (29,496) 0
Total Budget Authority (ORF) 1,556,204 1,576,274 1,553,576 (22,698)
Transfers (67,654) (67,095) (67,095) 0
Appropriation (general fund - net) - ORF 1,488,550 1,509,179 1,486,481 (22,698)
Offsetting Collections 3,000

0

0 0
Appropriations (with collections) - ORF 1,491,550 1,509,179 1,486,481 (22,698)
Procurement, Acquisition & Construction (PAC)
Weather Systems 132,781 132,781 90,592 (42,189)
Satellites 298,905 298,905 514,757 215,852
Construction 59,923 59,923 20,246 (39,677)
Recoveries from prior years 0 (4,000) (4,000) 0
Total Budget Authority (PAC) 491,609 487,609 621,595 133,986
Other Accounts - Budget Authority 7,097 6,397 3,233 (3,164)
Total NOAA Budget Authority 2,054,910 2,070,280 2,178,404 108,124
Mandatory Funds (61,698) (60,998) (61,734) (736)
Discretionary - Budget Authority 1,993,212 2,009,282 2,116,670 107,388
FY 1998 FY 1999 FY 1999 Increase/
Strategic Plan Goals - All Accounts Enacted Base Request (Decrease)
Advance Short-term Warning and Forecast Services $1,149,849 $1,146,389 $1,324,878 $178,489
Implement Seasonal to Interannual Climate Forecasts 105,915 103,765 105,424 1,659
Predict and Assess Decadal to Centennial Climate Change 88,162 87,702 86,922 (780)
Promote Safe Navigation 92,785 92,924 86,174 (6,750)
Build Sustainable Fisheries 360,168 358,336 327,891 (30,445)
Recover Protected Species 72,775 72,775 80,677 7,902
Sustain Healthy Coasts 242,290 248,121 227,715 (20,406)
Financing/Offsets (57,034) (39,732) (61,277) (21,545)
Total NOAA Budget Authority 2,054,910 2,070,280 2,178,404 108,124
Mandatory Funds (61,698) (60,998) (61,734) (736)
Discretionary - Budget Authority 1,993,212 2,009,282 2,116,670 107,388