Budget information

• Bureau:	U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
  Appropriation:	Surveys, Investigations and Research
  Activity:	Geologic Hazards, Resources, and Processes
  Subactivity:	Geologic Landscape and Coastal Assessments
  Line Item/ Program Element:	Earth Surface Dynamics
  Project:	Central Great Lakes Geologic Mapping

  
  
  

  FY1999	Initial funding for the Great Lake Geologic Mapping Coalition Project was proposed in the House and Senate conference report as follows: “Increases above the House* include $250,000 for the Hawaiian volcano program, $2,000,000 for minerals at risk, $500,000 for the Great Lakes mapping coalition project….” (Bold added). (Second paragraph under “United States Geological Survey – Surveys, Investigations and Research” the Congressional Record, Nov. 17, 1999, page H12371.)
  FY2000	Initial funding came as a $500,000 Congressional add-on increase to the USGS budget. The funding was originally added to the National Mapping Program, but subsequently reprogrammed, with the permission of the Subcommittee, to the Earth Surface Dynamics Program.
  FY2001	Funding added to the base of the USGS appropriation, Earth Surface Dynamics Program, at the discretion of the USGS, DOI, and OMB. (Page 145, “FY2001 Budget Justification of the USGS, Earth Surface Dynamics Program, specifically mentioned as the Great Lakes Mapping Coalition Project.”)
  FY2004-08	Funding occurred as a $500,000 line-item in the President’s budget.
  FY2009 AMOUNT REQUESTED	Restore the $500,000 that was removed from the FY2009 administration budget and increase the funding by $4.5 million to expedite priority geologic mapping in the Great Lakes states.

  
  
  * “House” referred to is the original House markup of the USGS budget, which did not contain any funding
  explicitly for the Coalition project.