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Congressman Faleomavaega announced today that the Department of the Interior
was able to make the .38% cut in its overall budget without having to cut
either ASG’s operations funding or its CIP money.
“I want to thank Secretary Babbitt and officials in the Office of Insular
Affairs for their strong support of our federal funding,” said Faleomavaega.
“In this period during which ASG is making efforts to balance its budget,
it is welcome news that ASG will not also have to address a reduction in
this year’s federal funding.”
Under an omnibus appropriations bill passed by Congress last month, each
federal department’s budget was cut .38% from agreed to FY2000 levels,
but each Secretary was given discretion within his department to cut any
given program from zero to 15%.
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