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ALAWON Volume 5, Number 30
ISSN 1069-7799 May 20, 1996
American Library Association Washington Office Newsline
In this issue:
GAO REPORT ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AVAILABLE
TABLE OF FINAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FY96 APPROPRIATIONS
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GAO REPORT ON LIBRARY OF CONGRESS AVAILABLE
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FY 96 FINAL APPROPRIATIONS FOR FEDERAL LIBRARY
AND RELATED PROGRAMS (AMOUNTS IN THOUSANDS)
LIBRARY PROGRAMS FY 1995 FY 1996
Appropriations Appropriations
GPO Superintendent $ 32,207 $ 30,307
of Documents
Higher Education Act 11,416 5,500
II-B, library education (4,916) (2,500)
II-B, research and (6,500) (3,000)
demonstrations
Library of Congress 348,480 324,700
Library Services and 132,745 127,005
Construction Act
I, public library (83,227) (92,636)
services
II, public library (17,792) (16,369)
construction
III, interlibrary (23,700) (18,000)
cooperation
IV, Indian library Funded with 2% of total
services for LSCA I, II, and III
VI, library literacy 8,026 0
programs
National Agricultural Library 18,000 19,000
National Commission on 901 829
Libraries and Information Science
National Library of Medicine 127,997 141,439
(includes MLAA)
LIBRARY RELATED PROGRAMS
Adult Education and Literacy 278,943 259,592
ESEA title I, 7,217,824 7,218,647
Education for Disadvantaged
ESEA (I-B) Even Start (102,024) (102,024)
ESEA title II-A - 21,356 18,000
Eisenhower professional development
Federal activities
ESEA title II-B - 251,298 275,000
Eisenhower professional development
State grants
ESEA title III, 22,500 78,475
Education Technology
Star Schools - part B (25,000) (23,000)
ESEA title VI - Innovative 347,250 275,000
education program strategies,
State grants (formerly Ch. 2 -
school library resources eligible)
Education of Handicapped 2,998,812 3,000,000
Children (state grants)
Educational Research 86,200 56,600
Educational Statistics 48,153 46,227
Educational Assessment 32,752 32,637
Goals 2000 371,870 350,000
HEA title III, 229,656 194,846
Institutional Development
HEA title IV-C, 616,508 616,508
College Work-Study
HEA title VI, 59,073 56,151
International Education
Inexpensive Book Distribution 10,300 10,300
(RIF)
Institute of Museum Services 29,000* 21,000
NTIA Information 21,000* 21,500
Infrastructure Grants
National Archives & 195,000* 199,633
Records Administration
National Endowment 162,000 99,494
for the Arts
National Endowment 172,000 110,000
for the Humanities
National Historical 9,000* 5,000
Publications & Records Commission
Postsecondary Education 17,543 15,000
Improvement Fund
* sum is rounded to the nearest million
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