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You are here: Home / Biological and Chemical Weapons / Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Funding for Bioweapons Prevention and Defense

April 15, 2008

Fiscal Year 2009 Federal Funding for Bioweapons Prevention and Defense

Since the 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States, the U.S. government has spent or allocated nearly $50 billion among 11 federal departments and agencies to address the threat of biological weapons. For Fiscal Year 2009 (FY2009), the Bush Administration proposes an additional $8.97 billion in bioweapons-related spending, approximately $2.5 billion (39%) more than the amount that Congress appropriated for FY2008. U.S. funding for bioweapons-related activities focuses primarily on research, development, and acquisition of medical countermeasures. Additionally, significant biodefense funding goes to purchasing protective equipment, enhancing medical surveillance and environmental detection of biological weapons agents, and improving state, local, and hospital preparedness. The increase in bioweapons related funding in FY2009 is primarily attributed to Project BioShield, a ten-year program to acquire medical countermeasures to biological, chemical, radiological and nuclear agents for civilian use, which will receive an additional $2.175 billion as a result of FY2004 legislation. However, a notable change in funding also appears in the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA) within the Department of Health and Human Services, which more than doubles in FY2009. Finally, funding for activities aimed at prevention has more than doubled since FY2007. Further strengthening of prevention efforts, including a commitment to broad cooperative international action, is essential for improving our nation’s security.

Table 1. Federal Funding for Bioweapons Prevention and Defense, by
Agency, FY2001 –
FY2009All figures are in $ millions.

Department/Agency FY01-FY06 Actual FY07 Actual FY08 Request FY08 Estimate FY09 Request FY01-FY09 Total
Agriculture 1,029 186 340 187 277 1,678
Commerce 15 4 4 4 4 27
Defense 7,009 1,447 1,674 1,677 1,723 11,856
Energy 160 7 5 8 7 182
Health and Human Services 19,280 4,063 4,151 3,999 4,171 31,513
Homeland Security 2,1677 354 366 387 403 3,311
Project BioShield 3,354 0 0 0 2,175 5,529
State 238 35 36 49 48 370
Veterans Affairs 59 1 0 0 0 60
Environmental Protection Agency 597 103 136 123 150 973
National Science Foundation 124 28 25 25 15 192
US Postal Service 1,265 0 0 0 0 1,265
Total 35,297 6,228 6,737 6,459 8.973 56,956
Total, excl. BioShield 31,943 6,228 6,737 6,459 6,798 51,427

Michele Zilka provided research assistance for this report.

Posted in: Biological and Chemical Weapons, Security Spending

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