Summary of 2014 Omnibus: Interior and Environment

Summary of 2014 Omnibus: Interior and Environment

The following press release was published by the U.S. Department of HCA on Jan. 15, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

2013 enacted level: $29.8 billion

2014 Committee mark: $24.3 billion

2014 Omnibus: $30.1 billion

· $3.938 billion for wildland fire, which is $417 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $4.4 billion for the Indian Health Service, which is $78 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $2.5 billion for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which is $18 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $8.2 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which is $143 million less than the 2013 enacted level and $299 million more than the post-sequester level.

o A total of $2.35 billion for the Clean Water and Safe Drinking Water Funds, which is $4.7 million less than 2013 enacted levels but $119 million more than the post-sequester level.

· $2.6 billion for the National Park Service, which is $29 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $1.1 billion for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), which is $7 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $1.4 billion for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which is $32 million less than the 2013 enacted level but $45 million more than the post-sequester level.

· $2.4 billion for the U.S. Forest Service (non-fire), which is $52 million more than the 2013 enacted level.

· $146 million each for the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Humanities, which is equal to their 2013 enacted levels.

· The final agreement rejects egregious policy riders contained in the House bill, including (1) prohibiting regulation of greenhouse gas emissions from electric utilities; and (2) prohibiting EPA from changing or supplementing guidance or rules clarifying Federal jurisdiction of the Clean Water Act.

Source: U.S. Department of HCA

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