Obama administration cuts BIA budget request by 4.5 percent

Monday, February 14, 2011  

The Interior Department has posted detailed documents for its fiscal year 2012 budget request.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs request is $2.5 billion. That's $118.9 million, or 4.5 percent, below current levels.

Major cuts are coming in construction ($120 million reduction), road maintenance ($26 million reduction) and post secondary programs ($66.4 million reduction) and in community and economic development ($10 million reduction).

Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is discussing the budget on a conference call this afternoon.

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