Some visitors to the site may want to know more about Congress and how the budget process works, or want more specific information about funding processes for forensic science and the current Congressional Appropriations Committees and process.
Congressional Budget Process Basics
These are the federal legislative subcommittees which are most likely to make funding recommendations for forensic science. If your Representative or one of your Senators is on these subcommittees, please take the time to write to them to tell them that funding labs is important to you. Click of the links below to learn more.
Senate Committee on Appropriations and the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, and Science