New Mexico Nuclear Labs Funded at Current Levels in Stopgap Funding Resolution

U.S. nuclear weapon laboratories in New Mexico could earn a short-term funding reprieve in Congress approves a continuing resolution on government spending before the fiscal year expires this month, the Associated Press reported today (see GSN, July 19).

Lawmakers have so far failed to pass any of the 12 annual spending bills that fund U.S. agencies and departments, creating the likelihood that current spending levels will be extended until mid-November, according to AP.

Concern over security lapses at Los Alamos National Laboratory led House legislators earlier this year to cut $350 million from the laboratory’s existing $2.2 billion budget (see GSN, Aug. 13).  Senate lawmakers left the current funding levels, AP reported, and the difference still needs to be resolved (Associated Press/Las Cruces Sun-News, Sept. 26).

Back to top
About Newswire  |  Contact National Journal  |  Re-Use Guidelines © Copyright 2008 by National Journal Group, Inc. The material in this section is produced independently for NTI by National Journal Group, Inc. Any reproduction or retransmission, in whole or in part, is a violation of federal law and is strictly prohibited without the consent of the National Journal Group, Inc. All rights reserved.