On February 2, President Obama unveiled his annual budget request for Fiscal Year 2016, which will begin on October 1, 2015. The $4 trillion proposal represents the president’s vision and agenda for the next year. However, Congress is solely responsible for passing an annual budget and the president’s request, which was immediately panned by the Republican majority, is not in any way binding. The House and Senate Budget Committees will set forth their respective budget resolutions in April. NSPE will be actively tracking the appropriations process as it continues and monitor for funding issues that may impact professional engineers.