Senate Appropriators Seek FY20 EPA Funding Boost, Limit Riders

Correction Appended Senate appropriators are advancing an EPA fiscal year 2020 spending bill that would boost funding for the agency by $161 million over current spending levels, a first step toward reaching a conference with House lawmakers on the measure, though the Senate bill provides EPA with $500 million less than the House version. At a Sept. 24 markup, the Senate Appropriations interior subcommittee approved a bill that provides EPA with $9 billion in FY20 while also keeping controversial...