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The House is scheduled to vote today on the Health and Human Services 1997 appropriations. Included in this bill is the recommendation for NIH, providing an increase of $819.6 million (6.9%) above last year's level which would bring NIH's overall budget to $12.747 billion. The funding approved by the Committee is $341 million more than the president requested. Included in this amount is $90 million toward the new NIH clinical center which is expected to cost $310 million. Included in this $12.7 billion is the funding for NINDS (National Institute for Neurological Disorders and Stroke)which is where Parkinson's research is done. It is important that this legislation pass with at least these increases. Please consider contacting your Congressman and urging his support of this bill. Before we can obtain the significant increases in Parkinson's research called for in the Udall Bill we must assure current funding levels. increase