| Capitol CornerCraig S. Brightup
Bush's budget proposal
On Feb. 4, the Bush administration formally released a proposal
for the fiscal year 2003 federal budget. The administration is
seeking $2.13 trillion in overall spending for the fiscal year,
which begins Oct. 1, and sent its budget request to Congress to
begin the appropriations process by which federal agencies and
programs are funded.
According to The Washington Post, Bush's budget would cut
funds for some youth job-training programs but would increase
funding for Job Corps by $73 million. NRCA is conducting a pilot
program with Job Corps in Callicoon, N.Y. (For more information
about the NRCA/Job Corps Roofing Training Program, see "Training
for skills and success," June 2001 issue, page 32, or visit
NRCA's Web site, www.nrca.net.)
Bush's budget would increase federal spending by 9 percent over
fiscal year 2002, but when defense, homeland security and economic
stimulus are removed from the budget formula, the growth figure
drops to 2 percent. This means many agencies and programs would see
their budgets cut, frozen or only grow slightly. For example, Bush
is seeking a reduction in Environmental Protection Agency spending
from $7.9 billion in 2002 to $7.6 billion in 2003. The Occupational
Safety and Health Administration's budget would be cut by 1.3
percent from the 2002...
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