MI SCR0028

Memorializes Congress to fund the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University to its full scheduled appropriation level of $55 million for fiscal year 2013

Opposes the White House's proposed budget allocation of only $22 million for FRIB, which is less than half the amount needed to maintain the project's construction schedule

Argues that underfunding FRIB will increase overall project costs and delay completion, despite the project already being reduced by $500 million from its initial scope

Contrasts FRIB funding needs with the Department of Energy's $150 million request for the ITER fusion project in France, contending that American scientific interests would be better served by fully funding the domestic FRIB project

Directs copies of the resolution to be sent to the President of the U.S. Senate, Speaker of the House, and members of the Michigan congressional delegation