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7/21/2019 Oceanic Budget Questions

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Questions and Question Tags: OceanographicBudgeting

1. Imagine you are going to interview the head of the NOAA (National

Oceanic and Atmospheric Association) about their budget. Come up with

eight uestions using these words.

!o"..# $hen".# $here".# %ow

long".#%ow much"".# $ho"".# $hat""..#

$hy""".#

&. 'o as uestions more politely in nglish* an indirect uestion can be

more useful than direct uestions. %ow would you +nd out the

information below.

1. ,udget for -esearch and acilities %ow """"""""""""""""""""..# Could you tell me """"""""""""""""#

&. -eduction in Climate -esearch ,udget %ow """"""""""""""""""""...# I/d lie to now"""""""""""""""""..#

0. Number of months for ecution of iscal 2ear & %ow""""""""""""""""""""".# $ould you mind telling me""""""""""..#

3. 4erson who signed o5 on the ,udget $ho"""""""""""""""""""""# !o you now"""""""""""""""".#

6. Amount of money for 7arine Auaculture 4rogram %ow""""""""""""""""""""".# I/d also lie to now""""""""""""""".#

8. !i5erence between -euested ,udget and Actual ,udget %ow""""""""""""""""""""""""..# Can you tell me""""""""""""""""""""#

9. 7ethod of staying under budget $hat:%ow""""""""""""""""""""..# $ould you mind telling me""""""""""""..#

0. $e can also use ;tag uestions< to verify and chec information.

Complete these sentences with the correct tag. 1. 'his year/s budget isn/t very high* """"".#&. !on/t spend all of it on supercomputing* ""..#0. ,uilding new facilities can be epensive* """"..#3. $e shouldn/t spend so much money on procurement*""""#6. 'here/s no point in saving any of the money*"""".#8. 'hat euipment was a bargain* """"..#




9. =taying under budget must be di>cult* """""#?. 2ou had to +nd creative solutions* """"..#@. $e/ve nearly +nished checing everything* """..#1.Bet/s eep up the good wor* """..#

FY 2016 Budget Activity=enate

On June 11, the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations passed the Commerce-Justice-Science

(CJS) bill through Committee. The Senate bill has et to be debated on the Senate !loor, "here it

could be amended.




#or $OAA%s Oceanic and Atmospheric &esearch (OA&), the Senate bill included a total o! '*.1

million, "hich includes '+*. million !or OA& Operations, &esearch and #acilities (O&#) and '.1

million !or OA& rocurement, Ac/uisition and Construction (AC). O&# is '0.* million belo" the# 1* re/uest, '+. million abo2e the # 1 enacted le2el, and '*.+ million abo2e the 3ouse

4ar5. The AC recommendation !or research supercomputing is '.+ million belo" the # 1*

re/uest le2el and '*.6 million abo2e the # 1 enacted le2el.

The Senate bill includes a ' million decrease !rom # 1 !or Climate &esearch (-' million !rom

Climate Competiti2e &esearch). The $ational 7ntegrated 8rought 7n!ormation Sstem ($787S) is

!unded at the # 1* re/uest le2el o! '1+. million. The bill pro2ides a slight increase o2er #

1 le2els !or 9eather and Air Chemistr &esearch (:'.6 million !or U.S. 9eather &esearch

rogram, :'+ thousand !or Tornado Se2ere Storm &esearch;hased Arra &adar), but

recommends '*. million less than the # 1* resident%s budget re/uest, and '0.+ million lessthan "as recommended b the 3ouse. The bill pro2ides a total o! '16<.6 million !or Ocean, Coastal

and =reat >a5es &esearch, "hich is '6.* million abo2e the # 1 enacted, '*.6 million belo"

the # 1* re/uest, and '<. million abo2e the 3ouse 4ar5. This includes increases !or

>aboratories and Cooperati2e 7nstitutes (:' million !rom #1), the Sea =rant 4arine A/uaculture

rogram (:'. million !rom #1) and 7ntegrated Ocean Acidi!ication (:'. million). 7t includes

decreases !or Ocean ?@ploration and &esearch (-'.6 million !rom #1) and Sustained Ocean

Obser2ations and 4onitoring (-'<* thousand).

%ouse

On June +, the U.S. 3ouse o! &epresentati2es passed the # 1* Commerce-Justice-Science(CJS) appropriations bill, 3.&. 60.

#or $OAA%s Oceanic and Atmospheric &esearch (OA&), the 3ouse-passed bill includes a total o!

'+.6 million !or operations, research and !acilities (O&#) and '.+6< !or procurement,

ac/uisition and construction (AC). O&# is '. million belo" the # 1 spend plan and '+.<

million belo" the #iscal ear (#) 1* re/uest. The AC recommendation is e/ual to the re/uest

le2el and '<. million abo2e the # 1 spend plan le2el.

The 3ouse passed CJS bill includes a '+ million decrease in OA& Climate &esearch !rom #

1 (-' million in Climate Competiti2e &esearch and -'1 million in >abs and Cooperati2e

7nstitutes). 7t also decreases !unding !rom the # 1 enacted le2els !or marine a/uaculture

"ithin the $ational Sea =rant College rogram (-'.4), Oceans, Coastal, and =reat >a5es

research !or >aboratories and Cooperati2e 7nstitutes (-'4), and Sustained Ocean Obser2ations

and 4onitoring (-'1.+ million). The bill pro2ides increases to Ocean ?@ploration and &esearch ('

million) and supports the resident%s Budget re/uested increase o! '< million !or high-per!ormance

computers. 7n addition, this bill pro2ides increases to OA& 9eather and Air Chemistr &esearch

('1 million !or >aboratories and Cooperati2e 7nstitutes and ' million to the U.S. 9eather

&esearch rogram). art o! this "eather research increase ('1 million) "as made possible 2ia




redirection o! !unds !rom $OAA corporate head/uarters, an impact that "ould be !elt across the

agenc.

As part o! this legislation, an amendment "as passed on the 3ouse !loor that prohibits, the use o!

!unds to implement the United States =lobal Climate &esearch rogramDs $ational Climate Assessment, the 7ntergo2ernmental &eport, the United $ationDs Agenda 1 sustainable

de2elopment plan, or the 4a 1+ Technical Update o! the Social Cost o! Carbon !or &egulator

7mpact Analsis under ?@ecuti2e Order 10**.E (3.A48T.++*)

The Senate Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and &elated

Agencies, is scheduled to begin mar5ing up their 2ersion o! the # 1* appropriations bill on

9ednesda, June 1 at 1+ p.m. ?astern time.

Craig 4c>ean, OA& Assistant Administrator, holds /uarterl constituent update calls. 7! ou "ould

li5e to be added to the list !or !uture calls, please email oar.constituentsnoaa.gov.

President's FY 2016 Budget RequestOn #ebruar , resident Obama issued his proposed # 1* budget !or $OAA, "hich totals

nearl '* billion supports in2estments in our priorities (1) communit and economic resilience, ()

e2ol2ing the $ational 9eather Ser2ice, (+) obser2ational in!rastructure, and () organiFational

e@cellence. $OAA re/uests a total o! '6 million to support the continued and enhanced

operations o! OA&, an increase o! '*.6 million abo2e the # 1 enacted. ou can !ind more

detailed in!ormation in the NOAA 2 &18 ,lue ,oo, OA- %ighlights, and this table o! OA-

budget activity from 213D218.

Craig 4c>ean, OA& Assistant Administrator, "ill hold an OA& Update call !rom +- pm ?T on June1. 7! ou "ould li5e to Goin the call, please email oar.constituentsnoaa.gov.

FY 2015 BudgetOn 8ecember 1*, resident Obama signed 3.&. 0+, !unding most o! the go2ernment, including

'. billion !or $OAA, !or the remainder o! #1. The bill is no" ublic >a" 11+-+.

> 11+-+ pro2ides OA& !unding o! '+.<4 !or Operations, &esearch and #acilities (O&#), "hich

is '1*.4 abo2e the #1 enacted le2el o! '1*.4 and '1.<4 belo" the # 1 re/uest o!

'0.04. #or OA& rocurement, Ac/uisition and Construction (AC), the bill pro2ides '1+.4,

"hich is '+4 abo2e the # 1 enacted le2el o! '1.4 and the same as the # 1 re/uest o!'1+.4.

Budget Process9e recei2e man /uestions about the timing o! the budget process. The timeline belo" is intended

as a guide to help e@plain the process !rom budget !ormulation to e@ecution.

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