"The House Appropriations Committee proposed funding increases for the Interior Department and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday, but at slightly lower levels than those proposed by the Biden administration for Interior.

The draft proposal for fiscal 2022 includes $15.6 billion in Interior discretionary funding, $2.3 billion more than that enacted in fiscal 2021 but $240 million less than the White House requested.

The draft proposal would also appropriate $11.34 billion for the EPA, up $2.11 billion from the enacted fiscal 2021 level and $110.8 million above the White House request."

Zack Budryk reports for The Hill June 28, 2021. [2]

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