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AAAS Resolution:
On the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Emergency Deficit Reduction Act of 1985
Whereas the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Emergency Deficit Reduction Act of 1985 has set maximum and allowable deficit levels on a declining basis from 1986 to 1991, and
Whereas if deficit targets are not met by other means, then spending reductions are to be achieved through cancellation of budget authority using a process called sequestration, and
Whereas quality and meritorious basic scientific research is dependent upon support from the Federal Government, and
Whereas investment in basic research is vital to the growth, security, and development of the United States and the advancement of the peoples of the world,
Be it therefore resolved that the American Association for the Advancement of Science urges the Congress and the President, in order to avoid endangering funding for basic research, to find suitable means for meeting the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings deficit targets without triggering sequestration. [Adopted by the AAAS Council, May 29, 1986.]
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