Legislative Update: ARC Receives Level Funding in FY 2005 Federal Budget November 2004

On November 20, 2004, the U.S. House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate completed action on the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2005, which provides $66 million in fiscal year 2005 funding for ARC's nonhighway program. This is the amount requested in the president's budget. ARC's appropriation is subject to an across-the-board reduction of .83 percent affecting all non-defense, non-homeland security programs. The bill will now go to the White House for the president's signature.