*Excerpt from E&E Daily -- BUDGET: White House proposal gives ax to 
fossil fuel tax breaks, some Interior programs
(whole article available at http://www.eenews.net/eed/)
*

*[snipped]*

The administration's budget would zero out funding for dozens of federal 
programs. Among them are the "Save America's Treasures" and "Preserve 
America" grant programs at the National Park Service. President Clinton 
initiated the Treasures program in 1998 as an effort to mark the 
millennium by directing federal and private funding to projects to 
protect cultural resources such as historic structures, collections, 
artwork, maps and journals.

The Save America's Treasures program has funded more than 700 projects 
across the country and internationally. It helped pay to restore the 
American flag that inspired the "Star Spangled Banner" for the 
Smithsonian Museum of Natural History, the Benjamin Franklin House in 
London, England, and projects at the Washington Monument and a Frank 
Lloyd Wright house in Pennsylvania. To date, the program has raised more 
than $350 million in federal and private funds, according to its Web site.

*[snipped]
*

*Schedule:* The Senate Budget Committee hearing is tomorrow at 10 a.m. 
in 608 Dirksen. The House Budget Committee hearing is tomorrow at 2 p.m. 
in 210 Cannon. The Senate Finance Committee hearing is Thursday, Feb. 4, 
at 10 a.m. in 215 Dirksen.

*Witness:* Office of Management and Budget Director Peter Orszag.
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You might want to phone up your Representative or Senator about this. 
~deb

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