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House and Senate Appropriations Committees Release FY2017 Energy and Water Appropriations Bills; Funding Provided for Federal-State Regional Commissions
The House and Senate Appropriations Committees took action this week on their versions of the fiscal year (FY) 2017 Energy and Water Appropriations bill. This bill includes funding for federal-state regional commissions. The House Energy and Water Appropriations Subcommittee approved...
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House Appropriations Subcommittee Approves FY2017 Agriculture Appropriations Bill; Includes Increases for Rural Development Programs
This week, the House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee approved its version of fiscal year (FY) 2017 Agriculture Appropriations bill. The bill totals $21.3 billion in discretionary funding, which is $451 million less than the FY2016 enacted level and $281 million below...
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Senate and House Appropriations Committees Take Action on 302(b) Subcommittee Allocations
The Senate Appropriations Committee approved fiscal year (FY) 2017 funding allocations for its 12 subcommittees this week. The House approved just one subcommittee allocation for the Military Construction-Veterans Affairs Subcommittee. 302(b) allocations provide the top-line spending level for each of...
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Older Americans Act Reauthorization Act Sent to President for Signature
This week, the Senate approved a House-amended version of the Older Americans Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 192). The bill reauthorizes aging programs for three years and includes reauthorization of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Area...
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Recording and Presentation Slides Now Available for “Economic Diversification in Coal-Reliant Regions” Webinar
The decline of the coal industry is having major ramifications in communities and regions across the country that have been historically reliant upon this energy source for jobs, a tax base, and sense of identity. In light of these changes,...
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House Budget Committee Approves FY2017 Budget Resolution
Last week, the House Budget Committee approved a fiscal year (FY) 2017 budget resolution that holds to the discretionary spending caps included in Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015. That budget deal includes a $30 billion increase for discretionary spending in...
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Overtime Rule Sent to White House Office of Management and Budget; Overtime Legislation Introduced in Congress
Last week, the U.S. Department of Labor’s (DOL) sent its proposed rule (published in July 2015) on changes to the salary threshold for overtime exempt workers to the White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) Office of Information and...
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House to Consider Older Americans Act Reauthorization This Week
The House is set to take up its version of legislation to reauthorize the Older Americans Act this week. The Senate approved the Older Americans Reauthorization Act of 2015 (S. 192) last July and the House version of the bill...
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House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Approves EDA Revolving Loan Fund Reform Language
Recently, the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee unanimously approved the bipartisan Public Buildings Reform and Savings Act of 2016 (https://www NULL.congress NULL.gov/114/bills/hr4487/BILLS-114hr4487ih NULL.pdf) (H.R. 4487). The bill includes language that authorizes the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) to release the...
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FY2017 EDA Funding Support Letters Circulating in House and Senate
Letters are circulating in both the House and Senate in support of robust funding for the U.S. Economic Development Administration (EDA) in fiscal year (FY) 2017. These letters, written to the leadership of the House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on...