Overview of FY 2003 Budget Request for Selected Programs

President Bush submitted his FY 2003 budget request to Congress on February 4. Based on the information available so far, below is a calculation of how funding for selected programs would change, from the FY 2002 appropriated level to the FY 2003 requested level. These calculations do not take into account inflation, nor changes in program content from one year to the next.

Further details on the requests for specific programs will be provided in subsequent FYIs. Keep in mind that proposed FY 2003 funding levels are likely to change throughout the appropriations process. It is now up to the House and Senate to take the request, and draft their own funding bills for these programs.