October 1, 1999

House Panel Finds More Money for the NIH, but Approves Cuts for Most Aid Programs

By STEPHEN BURD

Top Pell Grant would grow, but budget caps force declines in other funds for students

Under severe fiscal constraints, a House of Representatives appropriations panel approved a bill last week that would increase the fiscal-2000 budget of the National Institutes of Health by 9 per cent, to almost $17-billion, and raise the maximum Pell Grant by $150, to $3,275.

At the same time, the Senate passed a measure that included more money for the National Endowment for the Arts and the

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