[Elecraft] WWV PETITION — send to ARRL

[Paul Stoetzer]

Remember that Congress has completely rejected the President's budget
and has generally set funding levels far higher than requested,
especially for agencies involved in science and research, like NIST.

In this case, the House and Senate appropriations bills have funding
levels for this account that are nearly $150 million higher than NIST
requested. That makes a shutdown of WWV services unlike in FY 2019 as
they won't need to make cuts to deal with a reduced budget.

Specifically, while NIST requested $573,429,000 for Scientific and
Technical Research and Services in FY 2019, the House Commerce,
Justice, and Science appropriations bill gives them $720,000,000
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/5952/text).
The Senate version of the legislation gives them $724,500,000
(https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/3072/text).

It's certainly worth it to make our voices heard that we want these
services to continue, but there is little actual danger of them being
shut down over the next year.

73,

Paul, N8HM
On Mon, Aug 20, 2018 at 10:29 AM Nate Bargmann <n0nb at n0nb.us> wrote:
>
> * On 2018 20 Aug 08:59 -0500, John Altman wrote:
> > The ARRL has MORE than a 100,000 members!
> >
> > I have forwarded the petition to the ARRL for membership action.
>
> The League is already well aware of this per Midwest Division Director
> Rod, K0DAS, who spoke at the Kansas Convention yesterday.  He said that
> right now the understanding is that the House and the Senate have both
> passed budget bills and that the bill is in the budget reconciliation
> committee.  They [HQ] are looking at which of those committee members
> they can work with on this.
>
> My humble suggestion is that anyone whose senators or representatives
> are on the budget reconciliation committee to contact them.
>
> 73, Nate, N0NB
>
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