Senate FDA Funding Falls Far Below White House Request, Says OMB
The Senate agriculture appropriations bill for Fiscal Year 2016 falls far short of President Barack Obama’s budget request for the Food and Drug Administration, said Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan in a recent letter (here). “The bill…
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cuts funding for the [FDA] by $304 million in total resources, or 6 percent, below the President's Budget,” Donovan told Senate Appropriations Chairman Thad Cochran, R-Miss. “The bill does not include the requested budget authority or new user fees proposed to enhance FDA capacity during a critical implementation period for the bipartisan Food Safety Modernization Act.” The broader agriculture bill puts in place a permanent framework for sequestration funding. The Senate Appropriations Committee passed the legislation on July 16 with broad bipartisan support (here). Donovan recently rejected House FY16 funding for the Department of Homeland Security (see 1507140012), and criticized a Senate Commerce Department proposal (see 1506260009).