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GAITHERSBURG, MD-For fiscal year 2009, which ends on September 30, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has received $819 million in appropriations, an increase of 8.3% over the previous fiscal year. Funding for NIST was included in the FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act (Public Law 111-8) passed by Congress and signed by President Obama on March 11. These fiscal-year appropriations come in addition to the $610 million in funds that NIST is receiving as a result of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The total fiscal-year budget for NIST is broken down into three appropriations:
$472 million for scientific and technical research and services, which funds laboratory research and the Baldrige National Quality Program.
$172 million for construction of research facilities.
$175 million for industrial technology services, including $110 million for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership and $65 million for the Technology Innovation Program.
NIST has 30 days from the signing of the bill to submit a spending plan to Congress. The spending plan will provide further detail on how the funds in the various appropriation categories will be allocated.
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