Senate Appropriations Subcommittee Unveils Funding Bill for Interior, EPA for Fiscal 2015

摘要

A Senate Appropriations subcommittee Aug. 1 released a $30.7 billion spending bill for fiscal year 2015 for the Interior Department, the Environmental Protection Agency and related agencies. The total was $500 million higher than the House version. The Interior Department would receive $10.62 billion, up from the $10.53 billion enacted for 2014. The EPA would receive $8.18 billion, almost the same as the $8.2 billion enacted level for the agency. The Senate bill differs substantially from the House bill in not providing a large increase for wildfire fighting. Instead, the bill was accompanied by remarks to encourage innovation in changing the way the federal government funds wildfire fighting.