September 22, 2006

NIH Proposal Would Allow Annual Spending Increases of 5 Percent

By JEFFREY BRAINARD

Congress would authorize spending increases of up to 5 percent a year for the National Institutes of Health in draft legislation released in the U.S. House of Representatives last week.

But the long-awaited bill, which would set budget limits and management policy for the agency for three years, faces an uncertain future.

If the bill is enacted and Congressional appropriations committees provide the increases, it would end a period of flat budgets for the agency, the largest

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