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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaafli0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22386 Updated July 11, 2006 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Environmental Protection Agency: FY2007 Appropriations Highlights David M. Bearden and Robert Esworthy Resources, Science, and Industry Division As passed by the House on May 18, 2006, Title II of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for FY2007 (H.R. 5386, H.Rept. 109-465) would provide $7.58 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $7.53 billion for EPA in reporting its version of the bill (S.Rept. 109-275) on June 29, 2006. Both amounts are more than the President's request of $7.32 billion, but less than the FY2006 appropriation of $7.64 billion. Congress made an additional $80.0 million available to EPA in FY2006 by rescinding and redirecting previously appropriated agency funds that had not been obligated for certain activities. Including these funds, the total funding available to EPA in FY2006 was $7.72 billion. Accounting for this funding, there are larger differences between the amounts proposed for FY2007 and the FY2006 appropriation for EPA. Among individual activities, both the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved decreases and increases throughout EPA's eight appropriations accounts, when compared to the President's FY2007 request and the FY2006 appropriation. The following table indicates amounts by EPA's accounts, including the FY2006 appropriation, the FY2007 request, and action on H.R. 5386. This report will be updated to track further congressional action. Also see the EPA section in CRS Report RL33399, Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies: FY2007 Appropriations, coordinated by Carol Hardy-Vincent and Susan Boren. Proposed funding for selected activities in which there has been broad congressional interest are identified below. The House and the Senate Appropriations Committee approved the President's request to cut funding below FY2006 for state grants to support Clean Water State Revolving Funds (SRFs), and approved the President's request for a relatively small increase for state grants to support the Drinking Water SRFs. States use these funds to issue low-interest loans to communities for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects, respectively. As in prior years, the House and the Senate Appropriations Committee proposed additional funds for congressional priorities, often referred to as earmarks, for water infrastructure projects in specific communities. As in past requests, the President's FY2007 budget did not include funding for such projects. There also has been broad interest in funding for the cleanup of hazardous wastes at Superfund sites. The House, the Senate Appropriations Committee, and the President proposed roughly similar funding for the Superfund account, all of which are more than appropriated in FY2006. There also has been broad interest in funding for scientific Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress

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