Obama To Seek Modest EPA Funding Cut In FY13 With $8.3 Billion Budget

摘要

President Obama is expected to propose cutting EPA's budget to $8.3 billion in fiscal year 2013 — down roughly $100 million from its current $8.4 billion enacted funding level — says an agency source, a move likely to draw concern from EPA union officials and others who fear agency budget cuts are hampering core agency programs. Although the FY13 figure is a decrease of roughly 3 percent, Republican lawmakers are likely to seek much steeper cuts when they take up the agency's appropriations legislation.