By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
NRCS Texas Announces 'Notice of Funding Opportunity' for $1M in Conservation Innovation Grants
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
NRCS Missouri Announces Accelerated Funding through the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP)– St. Louis Urban Hub Initiative
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
FY23 IRA-CSP batching period now open
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
NRCS Announces Additional Conservation Funding Opportunities for Maryland Farmers and Landowners
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
United Kingdom (Includes England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales): Foreign Audit Report
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
USDA Encourages Rice Farmers to Prepare for new Rice Production Program
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
.S. Senators Tom Carper, Chris Coons, and Congresswoman Lisa Blunt Rochester (all D-Del.) announced the award of $11.3 million by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to upgrade essential water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure in Delaware.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chairman of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, released the following statement on an updated internal memorandum from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) reaffirming the Biden administration’s policy priorities and the rights of states to select the projects they pursue with highway formula funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senators Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Ranking Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, and John Thune (R-S.D.), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, and Broadband, today released the following joint statement ahead of the March 9th expiration of the Federal Communications Commission’s spectrum auction authority:
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Starting today, chip producers can apply for $39 billion in manufacturing incentives established under the Cantwell-led CHIPS & Science Act
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee approved a joint resolution to overturn the Biden Administration’s new waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, a bill to promote the development of energy infrastructure and ensure water quality under Clean Water Act Section 401, a package of General Services Administration (GSA) resolutions that will save taxpayers over $382 million, and several other measures
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee Chairman Troy Nehls (R-TX) today led all Republican Members of the Committee in writing to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan requesting information on EPA’s decision-making process and actions following the February 3, 2023, train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), Ranking Member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), Chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure (T&I) Committee, released the below joint statement after the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) released a substantially revised replacement of its December 2021 policy memorandum which attempted to enact a wish list of policies intentionally negotiated out of the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced that the full Committee will hold a markup at 10:00 a.m. EST on Tuesday, February 28, 2023, in 2167 Rayburn House Office Building.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
In the final act of the 117th Congress, the Senate has passed (68-29) the Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations package containing all 12 appropriations measures, as well as $47 billion in emergency funding to support Ukraine’s valiant efforts to repulse Russian invaders and bring the conflict to an end and $38 billion in much-needed emergency disaster assistance.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
The Fiscal Year 2023 (FY23) omnibus appropriations package containing all 12 appropriations measures was filed today in the U.S. Senate.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to make permanent the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s (FEMA) National Risk Index (NRI) – an online tool that utilizes data to identify communities that are most vulnerable to natural disasters – has been signed into law.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Thom Tillis (R-NC) to help protect the health and safety of firefighters and emergency responders from PFAS exposure has been signed into law.
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
U.S. Senator Gary Peters (D-MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, joined Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell to announce a new funding opportunity for a program to help states establish low cost revolving loan funds for local governments to carry out mitigation projects that reduce natural disaster risk
By Press release submission | Mar 2, 2023
Following calls from U.S. Senator Gary Peters (MI), Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program (NSGP) will receive $305 million in the upcoming government spending bill to meet the needs of houses of worship and other nonprofit organizations that want to secure their facilities against potential terrorist attacks
