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Subject: CONFERENCE REPORT: HOUSE AGREES TO NSF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES. -- ok what is the "

From: David Farber <farber@central.cis.upenn.edu>
Date: Fri, 2 Sep 1994 18:45:57 -0400

4. CONFERENCE REPORT: HOUSE AGREES TO NSF STRATEGIC INITIATIVES.
The VA/HUD/IA Appropriations Report was finally filed today (WN
19 Aug 94).  The usual hortatory language is missing, but six
strategic initiatives picked by the Senate are there (WN 15 Jul
94): $10M for advanced manufacturing; $10M civil infrastructure;
$5M for something called the human capital initiative; $6M for
human dimensions of global climate change research (your guess is
as good as mine); $2M for a center to support violence research;
and $1M for a national center for environmental research.