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<br />Program Funding <br /> <br />In Fiscal Years 1994, 1995, and 1996, the Colorado River Basin states urged Congress to <br />, provide Reclamation, the BLM, and the USDA with adequate funds to implement the authorized <br />N::. salinity control program. Table 1-1 is a summary of the Forum' s funding recommendations and <br />C> the federal appropriations for Fiscal Years 1994, 1995 and 1996. <br />00 <br />-..:i <br /> <br />Table 1-1 <br />Summary of Program Funding <br />(by Federal Fiscal Years) <br /> <br />AGENCY/DEPARTMENT 1994 1995 1996 <br /> Fororn Appropriation Forum Appropriation Fonam Appropriation <br /> Recommendation Recommendation Recornmendation <br />Bureau of Reclamation $32 800 000 $32 962 000 $22 126 000 $12 S40 000 $18 600 000 $8 205 000 <br />Bureau of Land Mana2cment $6 980 000 $800 000 $3 395 000 $800 000 $3 957 000 $800 000 <br />Dooartment of Agriculture $18 400 000 $13783000 $15 900 000 $4 500 000 $15 900 000 $2681 000 <br /> <br />The success of the federal/state cooperative Colorado River Basin salinity control program <br />is contingent upon sufficient funding to allow the plan of implementation to proceed as scheduled. <br />Prior to 1994, funding for the salinity control program for the USDA and USBR programs was <br />sufficient to maintain the scheduled salinity removal goals of the implementation plan. Since that <br />time, the USBR and USDA programs were and are in transition (described in Chapter 4) and have <br />not received sufficient funding to meet the target goals for salinity removal set by the Forum. The <br />fact that the numeric criteria have not been exceeded during this time is principally due to <br />favorable hydrology. The Forum is concerned that with a return to normal hydrology, federal <br />funding levels are insufficient to meet the current target goals set to avoid exceeding the numeric <br />criteria in the future. <br /> <br />1-5 <br />