FDA device-related FY 1999 appropriations
This article was originally published in The Gray Sheet
Executive Summary
Report adopted 25-19 by the House Appropriations Committee June 16 sets FY 1999 funding for salaries and expenses at $148.5 mil., up 3.5% from $143.5 mil. in FY 1998. A companion measure adopted by the Senate Appropriations Committee on June 11 freezes spending at the current level. Overall, the House bill increases FDA funding for salaries and expenses in FY 1999 by 1.6%, from $857.5 mil. to $871.5 mil., not including user fees. The legislation pending in the Senate keeps appropriations at the FY 1998 level, exclusive of an $82.9 mil. provision for rental fees to the General Services Administration for FDA facilities ("The Gray Sheet" June 15, p. 30)