Number: RS22064
Title: Environmental Protection Agency: FY2006 Appropriations Highlights
Authors: David Bearden and Robert Esworthy, Resources, Science, and Industry Division 
Abstract: At the end of its first session, the 109th Congress enacted a government-wide rescission in Section 3801 of Title III of the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for FY2006 (P.L. 109-148, H.R. 2863). This rescission reduced FY2006 funding for EPA and all other federal agencies by 1%, except for the Department of Veterans Affairs, and excluded "emergency" spending. P.L. 109-148 also reallocated $8 million in emergency funds to EPA for responding to leaking underground tanks in areas affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. The Administration had recommended a $15 million reallocation for this purpose in October 2005. The law did not include the $166 million rescission for the clean water SRF that the Administration also had proposed in October.
Pages: 2
Date: January 20, 2006