<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252">
<style type="text/css" style="display:none;"><!-- P {margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;} --></style>
</head>
<body dir="ltr">
<div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-size:14pt;color:#000000;font-family:Georgia,serif;" dir="ltr">
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span></b></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">(1)</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Federal
Funding for Science</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">Since the start of Fiscal Year 2018 on October 1, 2017, Congress has been unable
to jump start funding for federal agencies – that is, until the wee hours of the morning on Friday, Feb. 9</span><sup><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">.
At that time, Congress was able to pass a short-term spending bill that also put into place the markers needed to finalize the FY 2018 appropriations bills and move onto FY 2019 appropriations hearings. </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:
"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Continuing
Resolution Passes; Government Closes and Reopens</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;
font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Early
on Feb. 9</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">,
Congress passed a 5</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121"> Continuing
Resolution (CR) to keep the government funded through March 23</span><sup><span style="font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">rd</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">.
To get there, funding for the government lapsed for about six hours after midnight, but then the Senate and subsequently the House passed the measure. The big news is that the CR included a budget deal to raise the caps on spending, providing appropriators
top-line numbers that they can use to wrap up appropriations bills for the current fiscal year. Appropriators have stated that they will need a month to get the omnibus spending bill together, once they know exactly how much they have to spend this fiscal
year. The CR also suspended the debt ceiling until March 2019, removing another hurdle this year.</span><span style="font-size:
13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Budget
Caps Lifted for Two Years</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">While
getting the CR passed was big news, getting a budget deal to raise the spending caps was even bigger. Reaching an agreement across the aisle on spending caps was one of the major sticking points (beyond DACA) to finalizing the spending bill for FY 2018. Even
better, the budget deal provides top-line spending numbers for both FY 2018 and FY 2019, meaning that it should be easier to write the appropriations bills next fiscal year. Spending caps were raised for defense by $80B and $85B in FY18 and FY19, respectively.
Non-defense caps were raised by $63B and $68B over the next two years.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Wrapping
Up FY 2018 Appropriations</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Now
that an overall spending number is known for FY 2018, appropriators will work will work on an omnibus bill and urge leadership to get it passed before the current CR expires on March 23</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">rd</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">.
If Congress can pass the omnibus by that time, federal agencies will then know what they can spend for the current fiscal year and will adjust their spending accordingly. In most years, a budget deal would be enough for appropriators to finalize the FY 2018
spending bills. However, reports have emerged that a “side agreement” among Congressional leaders was also reached, and it focuses on how new nondefense funding should be spent (infrastructure improvements, opiod epidemic, etc). Using the higher budget caps,
appropriators will have to sort out the details regarding what the side agreement means for getting an omnibus spending bill passed.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">President’s
Budget Request for FY 2019 Appropriations</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">As
Congressional appropriators work on an omnibus bill for FY 2018, the President’s budget request for FY 2019 (which begins later this year on October 1, 2018) was delivered to Capitol Hill on Monday, Feb 12</span><sup><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">th</span></sup><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">.
I am sorting through the details of the President’s request and will share highlights with you soon. Regardless of what’s in the President’s request, however, Congress makes its own decisions about spending, and last year, they ignored many of the proposed
cuts requested by the White House.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121"> </span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:Symbol;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">·</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><i><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">Starting
FY 2019 Appropriations Process</span></i><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Courier New";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121">o</span><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">This
is always a busy time of the year on Capitol Hill, and this year is no exception. Soon the appropriators will begin their hearings on FY 2019 appropriations, although their schedule and number of witnesses may be condensed to accommodate a shorter time frame
in which to get the bills passed, given that FY 2018 is still in the works and they will definitely want to use the August recess for campaigning in advance of the mid-term elections in November.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">
<o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">(2)</span></b><span style="font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#212121"> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#212121">FABBS
Blog Launched</span></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#212121"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="background-image: initial; background-"><span style="font-family:"Cambria",serif;
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;
color:#212121">In an effort to provide the community a place to exchange information and updates
on various topics, we recently launched a blog space. The first article provided an update on the clinical trials issue. A second blog post will be posted soon. It will address the delay in implementation of the Common Rule and whether there is any reason
for the behavioral and brain science community to be concerned. We’ll share the link in our upcoming newsletter. You can sign up to receive the monthly e-newsletter at <a href="http://fabbs.org/" target="_blank" id="LPlnk82310" previewremoved="true"><span style="color:blue">fabbs.org</span></a>.</span></p>
<div id="LPBorder_GT_15185475274620.23800927013404838" style="margin-bottom: 20px; overflow: auto; width: 100%; text-indent: 0px;">
<table id="LPContainer_15185475274580.8335168546327447" role="presentation" cellspacing="0" style="width: 90%; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); position: relative; overflow: auto; padding-top: 20px; padding-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; border-top: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200); border-bottom: 1px dotted rgb(200, 200, 200);">
<tbody>
<tr valign="top" style="border-spacing: 0px;">
<td id="ImageCell_15185475274590.12703673579628294" colspan="1" style="width: 250px; position: relative; display: table-cell; padding-right: 20px;">
<div id="LPImageContainer_15185475274590.6528209961924296" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); height: 140px; position: relative; margin: auto; display: table; width: 250px;">
<a id="LPImageAnchor_15185475274590.8178134505566699" href="http://fabbs.org/" target="_blank" style="display: table-cell; text-align: center;"><img id="LPThumbnailImageID_15185475274600.5434465849166639" width="250" height="140" style="display: inline-block; max-width: 250px; max-height: 250px; height: 140px; width: 250px; border-width: 0px; vertical-align: bottom;" src="http://fabbs.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/banner-1.jpg"></a></div>
</td>
<td id="TextCell_15185475274600.6518103874782477" colspan="2" style="vertical-align: top; position: relative; padding: 0px; display: table-cell;">
<div id="LPRemovePreviewContainer_15185475274600.591638145395488"></div>
<div id="LPTitle_15185475274600.35309140990257704" style="top: 0px; color: rgb(54, 159, 71); font-weight: 400; font-size: 21px; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_light, "Segoe UI Light", "Segoe WP Light", "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 21px;">
<a id="LPUrlAnchor_15185475274610.43587179271280085" href="http://fabbs.org/" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none;">FABBS – Federation of Associations in Behavioral & Brain ...</a></div>
<div id="LPMetadata_15185475274610.1294368593450299" style="margin: 10px 0px 16px; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 14px;">
fabbs.org</div>
<div id="LPDescription_15185475274610.8883135642105022" style="display: block; color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-weight: 400; font-family: wf_segoe-ui_normal, "Segoe UI", "Segoe WP", Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 20px; max-height: 100px; overflow: hidden;">
FABBS is a coalition of scientific societies that share an interest in advancing the sciences of mind, brain, and behavior. We communicate the importance and ...</div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
</div>
<p style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Georgia, serif;">
<br>
</p>
</div>
</body>
</html>