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House committee grills commissioners on budget request.
Members of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on VA, HUD and Independent Agencies closely questioned CPSC's Chairman and two Commissioners at a hearing on Feb. 25 about whether the budget numbers in the President's request for Fiscal Year 2005 were adequate to support the work of the agency.
The current CPSC 2004 appropriation is $59.6 million, an increase of some $3 million over 2003. The White House budget request for the agency for FY 2005 is about $62.65 million, but with mandated pay increases and higher rental costs, an appropriation of that amount will just barely equal a "current services" budget, according to agency insiders.
Democrats on the House subcommittee raised questions related to the Commission's rejection of a product registration card petition by the Consumer Federation of America. (3)
Representative David E. Price (D-NC) pressed Chairman Hal Stratton on the issue, noting that Commissioner Thomas Moore had supported a modified version of the registration card rule. Questioning by Price and by Representative Alan B. Mollohan (D-WV) put the Commissioners on the defensive regarding alleged underfunding of the ...
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...Neil Baumgardner The Army's FY '04 budget request includes $19.9 billion for procurement...operations and maintenance accounts. The budget request includes $10.8 billion for procurement...Jan. 24). The Army's FY '04 budget request also includes a forecasted $225...
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- Newspaper article from: Helicopter News Baumgardner, Neil February 11, 2003 700+ words
...Neil Baumgardner The Army's FY '04 budget request includes $19.9 billion for procurement...operations and maintenance accounts. The budget request includes $10.8 billion for procurement...Jan. 24). The Army's FY '04 budget request also includes a forecasted $225...
