Fiscal Year 2010 Funding for Cancer-Related Programs and Research

The fiscal year 2010 Labor-HHS-Education portion of the omnibus appropriations conference report funds the Colorectal Cancer Screening, Education and Outreach program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) at $45 million. This is a $6 million increase over fiscal year 2009 (14.3 percent increase).

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The conference report includes $74 billion for the Department of Health and Human Services – an increase of $6.3 billion or 8.5 percent over last year.

In addition to the $45 million in funding for colorectal cancer programs at the CDC, the conference report includes an increase of $30 million over fiscal year 2009 (8.8 percent increase) for CDC cancer prevention and control programs.

It includes $31 billion in funding for the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The funding for NIH is a $692 million increase over fiscal year 2009 (22.3 percent increase).

The funding for NIH includes $5.1 billion for the National Cancer Institute, a 2.8 percent increase over fiscal year 2009, and $212 million for the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities, a 2.7 percent increase over fiscal year 2009.

Bill text is available online along with the manager’s statement (this is the part of the bill that includes earmark funding).

This news article was originally posted on December 9th, 2009 and was accurate at the time of publication. Since then, information may have changed or links may now be outdated. Please call our Answer Line 1-877-427-2111 for the latest information, or talk to your doctor before making any medical decisions.

Posted by Catherine Knowles on December 9th, 2009
Tags: Appropriations, CDC, NCI, NIH