► President’s FY 2009 budget: $3.1 trillion (FY 08 = $2.9 trillion)

► Provides $987.6 billion in discretionary budget authority (excluding emergencies), a $46.2b (4.9%) increase over 2008 enacted level

► $44.9b (8.2%) increase for defense, homeland security activities Government-wide, and international affairs

► $1.3b (.3%) increase for domestic programs (this category includes funding for the National Institutes of Health) other than defense, homeland security activities Government-wide, and international affairs

• See Summary Tables of the President's FY 2009 budget (White House Office of Management and Budget)

► FY 2009 Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) budget, which funds NIH, is $737 billion, an increase of $29 billion over FY 2008

• The total HHS discretionary budget (which does not include funding for mandatory programs such as Medicare or Medicaid) is $68.5 billion.

► The FY 2009 NIH budget is “flat” (no increase or decrease over the FY 2008 budget): $29.23 billion in total discretionary spending authority. The NIH program level is $29.465 billion (also “flat”).

► On Thursday, March 6, the House Budget Committee approved a $3 trillion Budget Resolution for FY 2009 (H.Con.Res.312) by a vote of 22 – 16

• includes $22 billion more in spending for non-defense domestic discretionary programs than the President requested
   

• increases funding for health programs under Function 550, which includes funding for NIH, by $4.5 billion over FY 2008 ($3.1 billion increase over the President’s request)

   

• No specific increase for NIH

► On Thursday, March 13, the House of Representatives passed this Budget Resolution by a vote of 212 – 207

• See how your Representative voted

Senate Budget Resolution 

► On Thursday, March 6, the Senate Budget Committee approved a $3 trillion Budget Resolution for FY 2009 (S. Con. Res. 70)  by a vote of 12 – 10

• Includes $18 billion more in spending for non-defense domestic discretionary programs than the President requested
   
• Increases budget by $400 million (adjusted for inflation), and $950 million over the President’s request, for a total NIH budget of $30 billion

► On Friday, March 14, the Senate passed this Budget Resolution by a vote of 51 – 44

• See how your Senator voted
   

Conference Agreement 

►  On May 20, House-Senate negotiators approved a conference agreement on the FY 2009 budget resolution, which includes:

•  Approximately $21 billion more in spending for non-defense domestic discretionary programs than the President requested
   
• $59.7 billion for health programs under Function 550, which includes funding for NIH ($5.2 billion increase over the President’s request)
   
• No specific increase for NIH

►  On June 4, the Senate approved this final Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) by a vote of 48 to 45

►  On June 5, the House approved this final Budget Resolution (S. Con. Res. 70) by a vote of 214 to 210

►  See Reports from the House Budget Committee on the final Budget Resolution