1) 'What Happens If the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) Lapses?' by Diane P. Horn. There are a lot of links in this two-pager CRS Insight report so it's good to read this online - click on the title above.
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Not a good thought during the Atlantic hurricane season!
This Insight provides a short overview of what would happen if the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) were not to be reauthorized by September 30, 2020, and allowed to lapse.
2) 'Proposed Supplemental Funding for Bureau of Reclamation Projects' by Charles V. Stern. There are a lot of links in this two-pager CRS Insight report so it's good to read this online - click on the title above.
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From the report:
The House Appropriations Committee’s reported version of the FY2021 Energy and Water Development appropriations bill (H.R. 7613) includes $3 billion in emergency supplemental funding for the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation). This is in addition to the bill’s regular FY2021 funding for Reclamation of $1.636 billion. Reclamation owns and operates hundreds of large dams and water diversion structures in the 17 conterminous states west of the Mississippi River. Congress created Reclamation in the Reclamation Act of 1902, which authorized the Secretary of the Interior to construct irrigation works in western states. Background on Reclamation is available here.
Over the past five years, Congress has appropriated to Reclamation an average of approximately $1.4 billion per year. In contrast to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Reclamation has not built many new projects over the past few decades and has not received significant supplemental funding since the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (P.L. 111-5). Most of its expenditures are typically to maintain existing projects. Recently, Congress has supported some new Reclamation construction efforts. In Section 4007 of the Water Infrastructure Improvements for the Nation Act (WIIN; P.L. 114-322), Congress provided Reclamation with its first significant new water storage project construction authority in almost 50 years. Congress had appropriated $469 million for this authority through FY2020. Congress has also directed Reclamation to participate in construction of congressionally approved Indian water rights settlements. In addition to approximately $100 million per year in discretionary funding for these projects, Congress approved mandatory funding of $120 million per year for them from FY2020 to FY2029.
More money for Reclamation!
Enjoy!
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." - Edmund Burke
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