The Bush administration’s increase in U.S. Energy Department funds for nonproliferation programs in fiscal 2003 will include $384 million for fissile material disposition, $235 million for material protection, control and accounting and $133 million for arms control programs, according to a report by the Russian-American Nuclear Security Advisory Council.

Bush administration officials have said they will propose funding for Energy Department nonproliferation programs, including programs in Russia, at a higher level for fiscal 2003 than for the previous year (see GSN, Jan. 9). The administration was expected to propose about $1.04 billion for Energy nonproliferation programs in fiscal 2003, compared to a proposal for $750 million in fiscal 2002.

Although for fiscal 2002 the administration had proposed to cut nonproliferation funds from the previous year’s budgets for both the Energy and Defense departments — cuts of $100 million and $40 million, respectively — Congress restored most of that funding (see GSN, Dec. 10, 2001).  Lawmakers also allocated $226 million for Energy nonproliferation programs (see GSN, Dec. 20, 2001) as part of an overall $40 billion emergency supplemental package approved after Sept. 11 (RANSAC report, Jan. 9).

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