SCIENTIFIC NOTES AND NEWS 



MATTERS OF SCIENTIFIC INTEREST IN CONGRESS^ 



The Agricultural Appropriation Bill for 1920-21 (H. R. 12,272) 

 passed the House on February 14, and passed the Senate, with amend- 

 ments, on March 26. Three conferences were necessar}' before the 

 final agreement was reached on May 29. The bill was approved on 

 May 31 as Public Law No. 234. 



The Department of Agriculture, which receives, according to Dr. 

 Rosa's figures recently published in this Journal,- 63 per cent of the 

 Federal Government's appropriations for "research, education and 

 development," is granted $31,475,368 by this Act. The bureaus which 

 are devoted entirely or in part to scientific work receive the following 

 appropriations, stated in round numbers: 



Weather Bureau 1.9 million 



Bureau of Animal Industry 5.5 million 



Bureau of Plant Industry 2.8 million 



Forest Service 59 million 



Bureau of Chemistry 1.3 million 



Bureau of Soils 0.5 million 



Bureau of Entomology 1 . i million 



Bureau of Biological Survey 0.8 million 



States Relations Service 4.9 million 



Bureau of Public Roads 0.5 million 



Bureau of Markets 2.5 million 



The Sundry Civil Bill for 1920-21 (H. R. 13,870) passed the House 

 on May 11, and the Senate on May 26 (with amendments); the con- 

 ference report was agreed to on June 2 and the bill became Public 

 Law No. 246, on June 5. This Act includes appropriations for the 

 Public Health Service, National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, 

 Smithsonian Institution, Geological Sur\'ey, Bureau of Mines, Recla- 

 mation Service, Coast and Geodetic Survey, Bureau of Fisheries, 

 and Bureau of Standards. 



The Public Health Service receives approximately 8.6 million, 

 including 0.3 million for "investigations of diseases of man and con- 

 ditions influencing the propagation and spread thereof," and $45,000 

 for the maintenance of the Hygienic Laboratory. 



The National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics receives 0.2 

 million for research in the field of aeronautics. 



The Smithsonian Institution receives approximately 0.75 million, 

 including $44,000 for ethnological researches, $13,000 for the Astro- 

 physical Obsenatory, and $80,000 for additional land for the National 

 Zoological Park. 



* Continued from page 400, 

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