12/21/2022
$70 million for salmon, $3 million for bee-friendly highways and $3.6 million for the Michelle Obama trail: Some of the odd riders attached to the $1.7T omnibus bill
Democratic House Appropriator Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., who helped negotiate the bill with Sens. Richard Shelby, R-Ala. and Pat Leahy, D-Vt., boasted the funding bill ‘fulfills 98% of Democratic member requests in the House, with $5.4 billion for 3,213 Democratic projects.’Â
The House and Senate will take a final vote on the measure over Wednesday and Thursday and it’s expected to pass:Â
Here are some of the projects – big and small – that will be funded once the bill is signed:Â
$375 million for a new FBI building.
A fight broke out between the Maryland and Virginia delegations over where the new building, which will replace the aging J. Edgar Hoover building in D.C.Â
The chief of the General Services Administration will now talk with both sides and weigh the best location of the building.
However a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report suggests the project would cost over $1 billion.
$230 million for border security technology plus $1.56B in border processing funds that can’t be used for security.
This comes as Title 42 is expected to draw to a close and a fresh wave of migrants are expected to surge the southern border.
The $230 million can be used for ‘Procurement, Construction, and Improvements’ of border technologies but won’t be used for a wall since President Biden canceled that project.Â
The $1.56 billion cannot be used to ‘acquire, maintain, or extend border security technology and capabilities, except for technology and capabilities to improve Border Patrol 24 processing.’
The bill also offers $340 million for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for non-detention purposes.Â
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