The National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility (NBAF) got one step closer to Congressional funding yesterday. when the full House Appropriations Committee approved $75 million in the FY2013 budget put forward by the Department of Homeland Security subcommittee.
In its first public hearing today in Washington , D.C. a new panel of the National Research Council will discuss alternatives for the National Bio and Agro -Defense Facility -- or NBAF.
With federal funding more at risk than ever for Manhattan’s National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, Kansas Governor Sam Brownback recently said the state could expect what he called “a fight” for the next five years.
