The Environmental Protection Agency would receive a $952.4 million increase in fiscal 2020 under
The bill would provide the EPA, Interior Department, and other land management agencies with a combined $35.8 billion, according to a news release from the Senate Appropriations Committee.
The discretionary total would be $248 million more than the fiscal 2019 level and $5.46 billion more than the president’s budget request, according to a news release from committee Democrats.
Comparisons don’t reflect $2.09 billion in disaster appropriations provided to the EPA, Interior Department, and related agencies in fiscal 2019.
The measure would adjust the ...