1. ESCOP Budget and Legislative Committee Darrell Nelson, Chair LeRoy Daugherty, Chair-Designate Daryl Lund, Executive Vice Chair

2. Charge to the Committee develop annual justifications for federal budget priorities for ESS/ESCOP recommend appropriate science and technology programs that are linked to multi-state and national research initiatives provide input into legislation affecting research

3. Committee Membership 2 each Region (NC, NE, S, W, ARD) 1 ED as Exec Vice Chair 2 CSREES 1 ARS 1 each CROPS 99, FAIR 2002 1 each NASULGC Bd Human Sci, Nat Res, Vet Med 1 NAPFSC 1 CARET 1 each ACOP, ECOP, ICOP 1 NASULGC Staff

4. Current Activities Budget Related Develop ESS/ESCOP recommendations for the FY 06 Budget Participate in discussions with CSREES re: budget Participate in BAC/BRT activities Legislation Related Interact with the BAA Farm Bill Committee on ESS/ESCOP priorities Track legislation affecting research funding Interact with the Council on Government Affairs

5. Mechanism for setting budget priorities Call to all ESCOP standing committees for priorities Call to each region for budget priorities Examine guidance from OMB, OSTP, CSREES Develop preliminary priorities including budget Present to ESCOP Executive Committee Present modified list to ESS membership Develop consensus and present to BAA BAC

6. Primary CategoryRankSub CategoryRank Environment1 Water Quality and Quantity1 Invasive Species2 Global Climate Change3 Food, Nutrition and Health2 Food Safety1 Obesity/consumer behavior2 Functional foods/nutraceuticals3 Genomics3 Plant systems1 Animal systems 2 Microbial genomics Rural Community Vitality/Economic Development 4 Land use policy1 Biobased products2 Entrepreneurship and Leadership3 Homeland Security 5 Facility and personnel security1 Energy security2 Risk Assessment3 Rapid detection of threat agents4 Facilities6

7. Environment: Provide a framework for understanding and addressing issues of water quality and quantity, invasive species and global climate change. Food, Nutrition and Health: Develop systems to obtain data on the health and behavior of consumers, conduct research on the biological and physiological basis of long term disease including obesity, and develop the knowledge base on the etiology of food safety. Genomics: Develop understanding of the structure and function of genes, the products of genes (proteins), and the products of proteins (metabolites) in plants, animals, microbes, insects, and humans. Rural Community Vitality/Economic Development: Provide agriculturally-based systems for development of entrepreneurial activity that is sustainable, rooted in locality, environmentally sound and based on participatory, inclusive community planning. Homeland Security: Develop the knowledge base for teaching facility and personnel security, for long-term energy sources, for risk assessment and for rapid detection of threat agents. Facilities: Provide for facilities as stated in section 1485 of the 2002 Farm Bill- authorizes up to $10M per year awarded to each experiment station on a competitive basis with required matching funds (77 units (SAES and ARD) at $10M each amounts to $250M per year for three years).

8. ESCOP Priorities for CSREES Budget increase in Hatch appropriations, and increase for the National Research Initiative (NRI).