Number: RL33294
Title: DOE Budget Earmarks: A Selective Look at Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy R&D Programs
Authors: Fred Sissine, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: This report defines an earmark as "funds set aside within an account for individual projects, locations, or institutions." In the FY2006 E&W appropriation law, earmarks were labeled as "congressionally directed projects" and most often appeared in the joint explanatory statement of the conference report. Accordingly, DOE budget request documents usually refer to earmarks as "congressionally directed activities" and often report on them in separate account lines under the functional energy area to which the earmarks are applied.
Pages: 8
Date: March 3, 2006