Agency funding bill passes Congress
Congress passed a final spending package on Dec. 16 for Fiscal Year 2020, which includes increases for many natural resource agencies’ conservation and management ...
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Senate vote on Interior spending bill imminent
The Senate will vote this week on a package of four spending bills that includes Fiscal Year 2020 funding for the Department of the Interior and the Environmental ...
Continuing resolution passes as lawmakers hammer out funding bills
The Senate sent the president a continuing resolution to fund the government through Nov. 21 as the Sept. 30 end of the federal fiscal year approached. While the ...
House bill would increase wildlife funding, defund reorganization
As the Senate begins its process of drafting its Fiscal Year 2020 spending bills, the House is moving forward with its slate of appropriations bills and several are ...
House Interior appropriations bill clears first hurdle
The appropriations bill that includes programs in the Department of the Interior, U.S. Forest Service and the Environmental Protection Agency was advanced last week ...
House sets spending levels for 2020 budget
Top-level funding for programs in the U.S. Department of the Interior and related agencies would see an increase in Fiscal Year 2020 under spending caps approved ...
TWS submits testimony on agriculture appropriations
The Wildlife Society submitted written testimony to the House Interior Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug ...
White House proposal cuts funding for DOI, wildlife programs
The president’s recently released Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal would decrease funding for many important wildlife management and conservation programs. ...
Trump administration requests refuge funding increase
The Trump administration recently requested an increase in funding for national wildlife refuges for the Fiscal Year 2020 federal budget. This comes just weeks ...
Congress avoids shutdown and passes spending bill
Averting another government shutdown, Congress passed a $333 billion appropriations and border security package containing language to fund federal agencies ...