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Funding for Agriculture Research Center More Precarious After Senate Committee Vote
Funding for the J. Phil Campbell Sr. Natural Resource Conservation Center outside Watkinsville officially comes to an end on Sept. 30, and long-term prospects for the facility are bleak at best.
Funding for the on Government Station Road outside Watkinsville officially comes to an end on Sept. 30, and long-term prospects for the facility are bleak at best.
Congress has not agreed on an agricultural appropriations bill for fiscal year 2012, which starts on Oct. 1.
Passage of a continuing resolution that would extend the funding for all federal agencies, including the Agricultural Research Service (ARS), is now hung up in the political stalemate between the House and Senate in Washington.
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Without such a resolution, the Campbell Center, part of ARS, would shut down with other non-essential federal agencies on Sept. 30.
Even with a continuing resolution, the Center is in deep trouble. President Obama, the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee have all called for defunding the Center.
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