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Strategic R&D Allocations Among U.S. National Goals 

 Arise from a Decentralized Process 



In recent years, the President's budget submission to Congress has included a 

 section that presents the budget requests for R&D from the individual departments 

 and agencies, as well as the total amount requested to support R&D in all of them. 

 However, this R&D "budget " does not result from any comprehensive examination 

 of all of the government s R&D spending. Instead, it simply presents together in 

 one place the outcomes of the negotiations among the individual departments and 

 agencies, the Office of Management Budget, and the President regarding their 

 separate budget plans. The departments and agencies operate under delegations of 

 autiiorit> from the Congress and seek to use their R&D funds to accomplish the 

 goals set out for them b\ Congress. Their performance is overseen by the individual 

 committees and subcommittees of jurisdiction. R&D programs and funding are the 

 responsibilit\ of numerous committees and subcommittees in both houses. Table 

 11.2 shows the \-i committees in the House and Senate that authorize the largest 

 R&D activities in major R&D agencies. Manx of the critical congressional decisions 

 about R&D are made in apjiropriations subcommittees. Figure 11.9 shows the por- 

 tions of the R&D budget allocated by ~ of the 13 appropriations .subcommittees in 

 each house. Figure II. 10 illustrates that 1-4 percent of federal discretionary spending 



TABI.F 11.2 .Vutliorization Committees with .Major R&D Programs 



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Dcparliiaiii cil 



AiiiicLiliiirc Ajinciiliua- ,\uriciilturc. Nuiriiion. and l-()rcstr>- 



CoiiiiiKixi. SciciKi- Commerce. Science, and Tr.m.sportation 



(ommerce 



DeleiiM- National Seciirit\ Armed Services 

 r.iKTi;\ 



Cirilidii Science Enerj;) and Natunil Resources 



Dcfciisf National Seciirit\ .\rmed Services 



lle.illli .mil Human Serxices Commerce Uibor and Human Resources 



Interior Resources Enerj;\ and Natur.il Resources 



Transportation Ininsportaiion Commerce. Science, and Transportation 



\eter.ins Aflairs \eterans Affairs \eterans 



Einiroiimental I'rotection .\i;enc\ science Environment and Public Works 

 National .\eronauiics and 



Space .\dministration Science Ciommerce. Science, and Transportation 



National Science foundation Science Libor and Human Resources 



Commerce. Science, and Tr.msportation 

 Oftke of Science .mil 



lechnolo.uv I'olicx Science Commerce, Science, and Transportation 



NOTE; Main .luthon/.ition iiirisdictions for R&l) projirams are spread over se\en committees each in 

 tile House and Senate. Some agencies R&l) programs are split between two or more committees 

 because changes in Congress ilo not alwaxs parallel those in the E.xecutive Branch. Tiiis table shows 

 onh main .luthon/ation iiirisiliciions and does not show all split authorities. 



