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right to give this authority to meddle into the privacy of American citizens."
Representative Davis of Virginia countered that the ACS "is a new approach for
collecting accurate, timely information needed for critical government functions such
as funding highway planning, school lunch programs, and community block grants."
The Paul amendment was rejected by voice vote (Ibid., pp. H5292-H5293).
The Senate Appropriations Committee's recommended FY2005 funding amount
of $605.8 million for the Bureau ($174.3 million for salaries and expenses, and
$431.5 million for periodic programs) is $168.1 million less than the House
approved, $222.8 million short of the Administration's request, and $18.5 million
below the FY2004 level. The committee recommended $250.6 million for the 2010
census, $149.4 million less than the House approved. The committee directed that
not less than $82.3 million of the decennial census funding should be for the Master
Address File/Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing System
(MAF/TIGER). The Bureau relies on MAF/TIGER to produce address lists for,
among other uses, mailing census questionnaires. The committee also expressed
particular concern that the Bureau's reports on manufacturing as well as economic
and foreign trade statistics be maintained and released in a timely way.
National Telecommunications and Information
Administration9
For the FY2005 appropriations, congressional policymakers decided to
terminate funding for NTIA's Technologies Opportunities Program (TOP). All
current grants provided for this program will be administered until their expiration
at the end of the fiscal year. In FY2004, the TOP received $15 million in
appropriations. Regarding other components of the NTIA budget, for Salaries and
Expenses, Congress appropriated $17.4 million for FY2005; in FY2004 it was $14
million. For the Public Telecommunications Facilities, Planning and Construction,
Congress provided $21.7 million for FY2005; in FY2004 this was $22 million. The
total budget for NTIA in FY2005 is $39.1 million, compared to $51 million in
FY2004.
The NTIA is the executive branch's principal advisory office on domestic and
international telecommunications and information technology issues and policies.
It has as its mandate to provide greater access for all Americans to
telecommunications services; to support U.S. attempts to open foreign markets; toadvise on international telecommunications negotiations; to fund research grants for
new technologies and their applications; and to assist non-profit organizations
converting to digital transmission in the 21st century. The NTIA also manages
federal use of radio frequency spectrum domestically and internationally.
NTIA's overall budget has had three major components: Salaries and Expenses,
the Technology Opportunity Program (TOP), and the Public Telecommunications
Facilities, Planning and Construction (PTFPC) program. Salaries and Expenses
largely relate to administrative functions, maintaining domestic and international9 This section was written by Glenn McGloughlin, Specialist in Technology and
Telecommunications Policy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division.
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