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Today, Congress passed a bipartisan $1.7 trillion bill that boosts domestic and defense spending
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Congress passes appropriations package including key county priorities
Today, Congress passed a bipartisan $1.7 trillion bill that boosts domestic and defense spending through most of 2023, investing in key county priorities and averting a government shutdown.
Among the bill's numerous investments in counties nationwide, NACo applauds the inclusion of the bipartisan State, Local Tribal, and Territorial Fiscal Recovery, Infrastructure, and
Disaster Relief Flexibility Act, also known as the Cornyn/Padilla proposal, as an amendment to the bill. NACo fiercely advocated for over a year for the passage of this provision, which
will grant additional flexibility to county governments in investing resources from the American Rescue Plan's Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund. The amendment will also
provide the U.S. Treasury with much-needed resources to assist counties in deploying recovery funds.
In addition to the inclusion of this proposal, other key county priorities that made it into the deal are:
* One year of full, mandatory funding for Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) for federal public lands counties
* Funding for direct county investments authorized by the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act, including $500 million for technology hubs and $200 million for the RECOMPETE pilot
* Reforms to the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy, providing access to Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program benefits for juveniles awaiting trial, for which NACo aggressively
advocated
* County mental health priorities, such as funding for the 988 crisis line and reauthorization of the Community Mental Health Services Block Grant program
* Permanent extension of the American Rescue Plan Act’s state option to provide 12 months of continuous Medicaid coverage for post-partum care
* $75 million for Election Security Grants to improve the administration of federal elections, enhance election technology and make security improvements as authorized by Help America
Vote Act (HAVA)
* Additional funding for the Clean Water State Revolving Fund and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
* One year reauthorization of the federal Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program
* A $100 million increase in funding for the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Rural Development programs, with funding now totaling $4 billion
* Funds the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT) at the highest level in history, including additional funds for direct, county-eligible RAISE grants
NACo will release a full analysis of all the programmatic funding in the omnibus appropriations bill in the coming days.
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