Hurricane Sandy Bill Would Dole Out Emergency Funds to US Government Agencies

摘要

In response to the damages caused by Superstorm Sandy, the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee in December introduced the Sandy Emergency Supplemental bill, which includes $60.4 billion in discretionary spending. The bill would grant NOAA $482 million: $6.2 million to repair and replace damaged ocean-observing and coastal-monitoring technologies; $10 million to repair weather-forecasting capabilities and infrastructure; $150 million to evaluate, stabilize and restore coastal ecosystems; $56.8 million for mapping, charting, damage assessment, and marine debris coordination and remediation; and $150 million for necessary expenses related to fishery disasters.