FY2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and
Related Agencies Appropriations: Fact Sheet
Nathan James
Analyst in Crime Policy
April 28, 2014
Congressional Research Service
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FY2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Fact Sheet

he annual Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (CJS) appropriations act
provides funding for agencies such as the Census Bureau; the U.S. Patent and Trademark
TOffice; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration; the National Institute of
Standards and Technology; the Federal Bureau of Investigation; the Bureau of Prisons; the Drug
Enforcement Administration; the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives; the
National Aeronautics and Space Administration; and the National Science Foundation; along with
funding for a variety of criminal justice assistance grant programs for state, local, and tribal
governments.
Table 1 shows the FY2014-enacted appropriations and the Administration’s FY2015 request for
CJS.
Table 1. CJS Appropriations, FY2014 and FY2015
Budget authority in millions of dollars
FY2015
FY2015
Departments and
FY2014
FY2015
House
Senate
FY2015
Related Agencies
Enacted
Request
Passed
Passed
Enacted
International Trade
$460.6
$497.3
Administration
Bureau of Industry and
101.5
110.5
Security
Economic Development
246.5
248.2
Administration
Minority Business
28.0
28.3
Development Agency
Economics and Statistics
99.0
111.0
Administration (excluding
Census)
Census
Bureau
945.0
1,211.4
National
46.0
51.0
Telecommunications and
Information Administration
U.S. Patent and Trademark
3,024.0
3,441.5
Office (USPTO)a
Offsetting Fee Receipts
-3,024.0
-3,441.5
(USPTO)
National Institute of
850.0
900.0
Standards and Technology
Scientific and Technical
(651.0)
(680.0)
Research and Services
Industrial Technology
(143.0)
(161.0)
Services
Construction of
(56.0)
(59.0)
Research Facilities
National Oceanic and
5,314.6
5,491.3
Atmospheric Administration
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FY2015 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations: Fact Sheet

FY2015
FY2015
Departments and
FY2014
FY2015
House
Senate
FY2015
Related Agencies
Enacted
Request
Passed
Passed
Enacted
Marine Mammal
3.3
3.4
Commission
Office of the U.S. Trade
52.6
56.2
Representative
State Justice Institute
4.9
5.1

Subtotal: Related
881.8
956.1
Agencies
CJS
Total
61,622.9
62,427.6
Source: The FY2014-enacted amounts were taken from the joint explanatory statement to accompany P.L. 113-
76, printed in the January 15, 2014, Congressional Record (pp. H507-H532). The FY2015 requested amounts were
taken from the appendix to the Budget of the United States Government, Fiscal Year 2015; U.S. Department of
Commerce, Budget in Brief Fiscal Year 2015; U.S. Department of Justice, Summary of Budget Authority by
Appropriation; National Aeronautics and Space Administration, FY2015 President’s Budget Request Summary; and
National Science Foundation, FY2015 Budget Request to Congress.
Notes: Amounts may not add to totals due to rounding. The amounts in Table 1 do not include any rescissions
of unobligated balances, nor do they reflect any scorekeeping adjustments. In addition, the amounts in Table 1
do not include any funding that CJS agencies and bureaus might receive under the proposed Opportunity,
Growth, and Security Initiative (OGSI).
a. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is fully funded by user fees. The fees col ected but not
obligated during the current fiscal year are available for obligation in the following fiscal year and do not
count toward the appropriation totals. Only newly appropriated funds count toward the annual
appropriation totals. Total figures for the Department of Commerce exclude the USPTO.
b. The amount for the Operations, Research, and Facilities account includes a transfer out for the Promote
and Develop Fund.
c. “Other Fishery Activities” includes funding for the Pacific Costal Salmon Recovery, the Fisherman’s
Contingency Fund, and Fisheries Disaster Assistance (FY2014 only), and along with the negative subsidy for
Fisheries Finance Program account.
d. “Other legal activities” includes accounts for the Antitrust Division, Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust
Fund, U.S. Trustee System Fund, Foreign Claims Settlement Commission, Fees and Expenses of Witnesses,
Community Relations Service, and the Asset Forfeiture Fund.

Author Contact Information
Nathan James
Analyst in Crime Policy
njames@crs.loc.gov, 7-0264

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