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handle is hein.crs/crsuntaajvn0001 and id is 1 raw text is: Order Code RS22064 Updated June 24, 2005 CRS Report for Congress Received through the CRS Web Environmental Protection Agency: FY2006 Appropriations Highlights David Bearden and Robert Esworthy Resources, Science, and Industry Division As passed by the House, the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies appropriations bill for FY2006 (H.R. 2361, H.Rept. 109-80) would provide $7.71 billion for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), plus $100 million in unobligated funds rescinded from past appropriations. The Senate Appropriations Committee recommended $7.88 billion for EPA in reporting its version of the bill (S.Rept. 109-80), plus $58 million in similarly rescinded funds. Both amounts are more than the request of $7.52 billion, but are less than the FY2005 appropriation of $8.03 billion.1 Among individual programs, both versions of H.R. 2361 reflect decreases and increases throughout the various EPA appropriations accounts when compared to the President's FY2006 request and the FY2005 funding levels. Considerable debate has focused on funding for the State and Tribal Assistance Grants (STAG) account, particularly the adequacy of funding for assistance to states and communities for State Revolving Funds (SRFs). These funds provide loans to communities for water infrastructure, such as sewage treatment plants and projects needed to meet drinking water standards. Including the use of rescinded funds noted above, the House-passed bill would provide $850 million for the clean water SRF, and the Senate- reported bill would provide a higher amount of $1.10 billion, primarily by reducing funding for other activities. The Administration's request would have reduced funding for the clean water SRF from $1.09 billion in FY2005 to $730 million in FY2006. The amount in both bills for the drinking water SRF is the same as requested, $850 million, and is similar to the FY2005 appropriation. Other prominent issues of debate include the adequacy of funding for the cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program, the cleanup and redevelopment of certain commercial and industrial sites referred to as Brownfields, EPA's homeland security activities, and congressional project priorities or earmarks. The following table displays H.R. 2361, the FY2006 request, and the appropriations for FY2004 and FY2005 by the eight EPA appropriations accounts. (For a detailed discussion, see CRS Report RL32856, Environmental Protection Agency: Appropriations for FY2006.) Congressional Research Service + The Library of Congress 1 The Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2005 (P.L. 108-447) provided $8.09 billion for EPA, less an across-the-board rescission of 0.8%.

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