NSF and AmeriCorps Would Fare Better Under Senate's Spending Bill Than House's

The National Science Foundation and the AmeriCorps national-service program saw their gloomy budget prospects improve somewhat last week. The Senate Appropriations Committee approved a bill that granted President Clinton's fiscal-2000-budget request for the N.S.F. and made a small cut in AmeriCorps funds.

The committee's proposal differs from a comparable bill that the House of Representatives passed this month, which would eliminate AmeriCorps and give the N.S.F. and the National

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