Congress approves major boost in Great Lakes funding
Updated Dec 20, 2020;
Posted Dec 20, 2020
Large waves on Lake Michigan batter the south pier at Grand Haven State Park in Grand Haven, Michigan on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com
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Ten months after being approved in U.S. House with heavy bipartisan support, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act has passed the Senate and is headed for President Donald Trump’s desk.
The bipartisan bill would reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative set to expire at the end of FY 2021 for another five years, upping current funding levels of $300M to $375M in 2022 and then increasing funds by an additional $25M per year until hitting $475M in 2026.
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Senate sends Great Lakes cleanup bill to Trump
The bill, which passed the House in February, now heads to President Donald Trump’s desk.
It extends for another five years funding for waterways and related habitat cleanup that was set to expire in 2021. The legislation also boosts the authorized funding level for the program from $300 million to $375 million in the 2022 fiscal year and increases funding by $25 million a year until it reaches $475 million in 2026.
“In Michigan, this program has helped clean up contamination, restore wetlands and fight invasive species, but there is much more to be done,” said Sen. Debbie Stabenow, who co-authored the bill creating the program in 2010 and applauded Sunday’s passage.
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