July 29, 2024

Senate Appropriations Committee Advances Spending Bills With Illinois Priorities Secured By Durbin, Duckworth

The package includes, Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; & Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for Fiscal Year 2025

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, and U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) announced that the Senate Appropriations Committee advanced funding bills for Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies for Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25).  Durbin and Duckworth worked to secure various priorities for Illinois in these four appropriations bills, both through Congressionally Directed Spending requests and through the programmatic appropriations process. 

“Bipartisan efforts are necessary to get many meaningful things done in Washington.  And right now, one of the most pressing items requiring a bipartisan effort is passing appropriations bills that fund the government for the next fiscal year,” said Durbin.  “Last week, the Senate Appropriations Committee took the first step to advance these bills which will benefit families, communities, and the economy in Illinois.  I look forward to taking up the remaining bills as soon as possible.”

“Our state and our nation are stronger when we invest in our communities and families—and that’s what these bipartisan funding bills do,” Duckworth said. “I’m proud I was able to help secure critical support for projects throughout Illinois that help improve our state’s infrastructure, clean up our water, improve accessibility and more.”

These funding bills include the following Illinois priorities secured by Congressionally Directed Spending requests:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

  • Community School Initiative, Urbana: $262,000 to Urbana School District 116 to help fund the development of a community school initiative in Urbana School District 116.
  • Emergency Operation Communications, Kane County: $200,000 to Kane County to help upgrade and modernize transportation and emergency operation communications for Kane County.
  • Equipment upgrades, Kane County: $1 million to the Kane County Coroner’s Office to update equipment of the Kane County Forensic Laboratory.  Acquisition of new equipment would enable more rapid generation of leads in investigations, the streamlining of obtaining information related to pending cases, and the ability to determine cause of death in a timely manner for grieving families. 
  • Equipment Upgrades, Oak Park: $170,000 to the Oak Park Police Department to improve training of police officers through acquisition and use of a virtual training simulator.  This simulator would place police officers in real-world scenarios focusing on de-escalation, less lethal options, community engagement, and officer wellness with a goal of increased positive outcomes. 
  • Gun Violence Injury Registry, Illinois: $1.7 million to Rush University System for Health to build, develop and maintain a gun violence injury registry in partnership with the Chicago Department of Public Health, University of Chicago Medicine and other Chicagoland hospitals and regional trauma centers.  This project aims to prevent and break the cycle of violence by utilizing hospital injury data to improve service delivery coordination and interrupt instances of perpetrating or falling victim to violence.
  • Law Enforcement Training, Aurora: $128,000 to City of Aurora to fund crisis intervention training for law enforcement in Aurora.
  • Police and Community Violence Intervention Initiative, Chicago: $600,000 to the University of Chicago Crime Lab to expand a training program focused on violence reduction and building community trust through the Community Safety Leadership Academies.  This program brings together data and behavioral science insights of academics and practitioners with real-world success in reducing violence, improving public trust, and building leadership capacity. 
  • Reentry Initiative, Sangamon County: $300,000 to SING (Shifting Into New Gear Reentry Program) to expand a reentry program that facilitates connections for ex-offenders to employment, social and peer support, and counseling in order to reduce reincarcerations in the community.
  • Springfield Police Department Equipment Upgrades, Springfield: $750,000 to the City of Springfield to procure a new mobile command center for the Springfield Police Department.  The Department needs to replace an outdated command center with a vehicle with updated technology. 
  • Youth Mentoring Initiative, Chicago: $250,000 to the Save One Life Foundation for a community intervention and prevention program for youth in Northern Illinois.  This program will provide peer mentoring, support, and pair youth participants with credible messenger mentors, facilitate networking, and increase access to youth wrap around resources in the community. 
  • Youth Violence Prevention Project for Chicago, Chicago: $1 million to Youth Advocate Programs, Inc, to expand a juvenile justice program serving at-risk youth in Cook County to increase access to programming tailored to youth who are no longer consistently attending school and those who are already in contact with the justice system. 
  • Quantum Workforce Education, Palatine: $500,000 to William Rainey Harper College to help fund the development of a quantum workforce education and training network at William Rainey Harper College.
  • Recidivism Reduction, Chicago: $100,000 to Defy Ventures to help fund additional programming and training dedicated to Defy Ventures’ efforts to reduce recidivism in Illinois.
  • Technology Upgrades, Charleston: $580,000 to Eastern Illinois University to fund new technology and equipment upgrades for the Eastern Illinois University Student Security Operations Center.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

  • City of Chester, Chester: $1.334 million to the City of Chester to help fund the Route 150 water main replacement.
  • City of Markham, Markham: $1.516 million to the City of Markham to help fund water system infrastructure improvements.
  • Infrastructure Improvements, Lockport: $250,000 to the Bonnie Brae Forest Manor Sanitary District to fund water main infrastructure improvement projects.
  • Lead Service Line Replacements, Chicago: $2 million to the City of Chicago to replace more than 200 lead service lines.  Chicago has more lead service lines than any other municipality in the country and the majority of properties in Chicago receive their water from lead service lines. 
  • Lead Service Line Replacements, Macomb: $1 million to the City of Macomb to replace lead service lines in various locations throughout the city. 
  • Stormwater and Flooding Mitigation Project, Carbondale: $1.5 million for the City of Carbondale to replace storm sewer piping.  Failing pipes cause frequent flooding during significant rain events and are causing pavement failures on an arterial city street that is heavily traversed. 
  • PFAS Remediation, Rockford: $1 million to Winnebago County to help fund water infrastructure upgrades to address PFAS contamination in Rockford.
  • Wastewater Improvements, Cahokia Heights: $1 million to Cahokia Heights to help fund sanitary infrastructure improvements in Cahokia Heights.
  • Wastewater Improvements, Paris: $500,000 to the City of Paris to help fund wastewater treatments plant upgrades.
  • Water Main Extension, Winnebago County: $600,000 to Winnebago County to extend a water main.
  • Water Main Improvements, Park Forest: $2 million to the Village of Park Forest to replace a water main. 
  • Water Main Replacement, Springfield: $900,000 to the City of Springfield to replace a water main on South Seventh Street in downtown Springfield.  The water main is nearly 100 years old and serves the historic downtown Springfield area, including Lincoln’s Home National Historic Site Visitor Center, the Illinois State Police Memorial Park, Springfield Clinic, and the Elijah Iles House. 
  • Well Reconstruction and PFAS Treatment, Machesney Park: $1.5 million to North Park Public Water District for the reconstruction of Roscoe and Machesney Park’s well to accommodate treatment for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).  This funding will ensure continued access to a reliable source of safe, plentiful, and affordable drinking water for the communities of Machesney Park and Roscoe.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

  • Accessibility Upgrades, Chicago: $750,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago to help fund accessibility upgrades at the Boys and Girls Club True Value in Little Village.
  • Affordable Housing, Collinsville: $1 million to the Illinois Facilities Fund to help expand affordable housing units in Collinsville.
  • Affordable Housing, Joliet: $1 million to Volunteers of America Illinois to help fund the expansion of Hope Manor Village Joliet’s housing development initiative.
  • Capital Improvements, Chicago: $500,000 to Boys & Girls Clubs of Chicago to make capital improvements at the Bartlett J. McCartin Boys & Girls Club in the Bridgeport neighborhood of Chicago.  Improvements include overhauling the currently unusable locker rooms to create modern locker rooms with an adjoining fitness room and renovating the art room to create a space foryouth to participate in visual arts and STEM activities. 
  • City of Marseilles, Marseilles: $1.46 million to the City of Marseilles to help fund the Sycamore Street Bridge rehabilitation.
  • Construction of the National Institute for Advanced Manufacturing, Chicago: $2.5 million to Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) to fund construction of a facility to serve as the National Institute for Advanced Manufacturing (NIAM).  The NIAM on IIT’s Bronzeville Campus will train more than 4,000 students in advanced manufacturing fields through in-person instruction and online curricula.
  • Environmental Justice Institute, Chicago: $400,000 to People for Community Recovery to help fund the development of the Hazel M. Johnson Institute for Sustainability and Environmental Justice.
  • Equipment Upgrades, Chicago: $722,000 to Navy Pier Inc. to upgrade the Pier’s surveillance apparatus to ensure the safety of the Pier’s eight million annual guests as well as the 68 businesses that operate there, with 2,800 employees.
  • Facilities Improvements, Equipment and Technology Upgrades, Carbondale:  $500,000 to Southern Illinois University’s (SIU) Center for Teaching Excellence to revitalize learning spaces at the SIU campus and community colleges throughout Southern Illinois.
  • Fire Truck, North Chicago: $1 million to the City of North Chicago to purchase a new fire truck, as the City’s current fire truck has exceeded its useful life by nearly 10 years.
  • Food Security Project, Hamilton: $2.5 million to the City of Hamilton to establish a rural health village to address food insecurities in the region, in partnership with Memorial Hospital.  The village will offer meal subscription/prescription programming, home-delivered meals, and more. 
  • Infrastructure Developments, Chicago: $1.6 million to North Lawndale Catalyst Impact Initiative, Inc. to help fund infrastructure developments in Chicagos’ North Lawndale community.
  • Infrastructure Updates, Mascoutah: $4 million to MidAmerica St. Louis Airport to help fund infrastructure upgrades at airport.
  • Land Remediation, Will County: $3 million to the State of Illinois, in coordination with the State of Michigan, to remediate 3.6 acres of land on the bank of the channel of the Des Plaines River needed for construction of the Brandon Road Lock and Dam Interbasin Project.
  • Power and Equipment Upgrades, Normal: $2.8 million to Connect Transit to acquire and install solar panels, a battery energy storage system, and related equipment.  These upgrades would ensure that electric vehicles are available for service even in the event of an electrical outage, and that excess solar energy can provide clean and renewable power to other parts of the community.
  • Station Improvements, Macomb: $134,000 to the City of Macomb to make improvements to Macomb’s Amtrak Station, including HVAC upgrades, electrical work, and painting.
  • Track Reconstruction Design, Chicago: $2 million to Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) to fund design of track reconstruction of CTA's Blue Line Forest Park Branch from Western Avenue to Lathrop Avenue, a roughly 6.5-mile section of the line.  This reconstruction is needed to improve safety and on-time performance of the Forest Park Branch.
  • Trail Extension, Normal: $1.9 million to the Town of Normal to fund engineering and construction of a trail connection.  This will close a gap in pedestrian and bicycle accommodations between the existing Constitution Trail network and major employers located in west Normal, and promote safe multimodal travel by separating pedestrians and cyclists from motor vehicles.
  • Transit Improvements; Vermilion County, Williamson County, and Jackson County: $3.71 million to the Illinois Department of Transportation to fulfill ongoing transit needs, including vehicle and equipment purchases, maintenance, and other improvements for transit agencies serving Carbondale, Marion, and Danville.
  • Transitional Shelter, Chicago: $1.4 million to BEDS Plus, Inc. to help fund the expansion of transitional shelter services at BEDS Plus Inc. 
  • Unhoused Population Support, Carbondale: $1.5 million to the City of Carbondale to help fund the development of a new homeless center facility in Carbondale.
  • Workforce Accelerator Program, Chicago: $1 million to the North Lawndale Employment Network to transform a vacant lot across the street from the North Lawndale Employment Center’s workforce development campus into a pavilion offering an agricultural and environmental workforce accelerator program.
  • Youth Mentoring, Springfield: $1 million to The Outlet Mentoring Program to help fund the development of a youth mentoring center in Springfield.

These funding bills include additional Illinois priorities through the programmatic appropriations process:

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Department of Commerce

  • Coastal Zone Management Grants: $83 million to support grants to states with approved coastal zone management plans for the protection, restoration, and enhancement of coastal zone areas, including those in the Great Lakes region.  This program is essential to the economic and ecological importance of our coastlines and Great Lakes shorelines and supports state and local efforts to address critical management issues such as coastal hazards, habitat, and water quality.
  • Regional Climate Centers: $6.1 million for centers that provide climate information to a wide range of stakeholders, including government agencies, farmers, water resource managers, businesses, emergency managers, and the public.
  • Economic Development Assistance Programs: $410 million to provide grants to states, localities, non-profit organizations, and others to create jobs in economically challenged areas.
  • Sale and Export of Tobacco Programs: Includes longstanding bill language prohibiting the use of federal funds to promote the sale or export of tobacco products, or to seek the reduction/removal of foreign restrictions on tobacco marketing.

Department of Justice (DOJ)

  • Bureau of Prisons (BOP): $8.492 billion for the administration and operation of federal correctional institutions and $290 million for buildings, repairs and maintenance.
  • First Step Act: $409.5 million for DOJ to implement the First Step Act, including increasing residential reentry center capacity; increasing availability of medication-assisted drug treatment; creating and maintaining programming within BOP facilities; improving, implementing, validating, and maintaining the risk and needs assessment system; and evaluating and providing evidence-based recidivism reduction programs and productive activities.
  • Violence Against Women Prevention and Prosecution Programs: $739.5 million for grants, contracts, cooperative agreements, and other assistance for the prevention and prosecution of violence against women.
  • Community Violence Intervention Initiative: $55 million to provide grants to support evidence-based community violence intervention programs.  Includes report language encouraging DOJ to develop a grant opportunity for an accredited research university that delivers educational programs addressing the needs of next generation community violence interrupters leaders and law enforcement.
  • Project Safe Neighborhoods-Trauma-informed Care: $20 million to provide grants to support evidence-based, data-driven, trauma-informed, and focused intervention, deterrence, and prevention initiatives aimed at reducing violence.
  • Children Exposed to Violence: $10 million for a grant program championed by Durbin to provide trauma-informed supports for children experiencing trauma, which has resulted in awards to Lurie Children’s Hospital, University of Chicago, and the City of Rockford.
  • Civil Rights Violations in State and Local Prisons and Jails: Includes report language to investigate and address violations of the Civil Rights of Institutionalized Persons Act.
  • Combating Hate Crimes: $25 million for grants to State, local, and Tribal law enforcement to conduct outreach and training on hate crimes and to investigate and prosecute hate crimes; $10 million for grants to prevent hate crimes through conflict resolution and community empowerment and education; and $10 million for programs combating hate crimes authorized by the Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act.
  • Community Relations Service: $25 million to address community conflicts and tensions arising from differences of race, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, and disability.
  • Crime Victims Fund (CVF): Includes report language addressing concerns about the solvency of the CVF and directing the Department to continue advising litigating components of the availability of the CVF as a repository for fines, fees, and other penalties to ensure the health of the CVF and its ability to support compensation to and services for survivors of crime.
    • Specifically directs the Department to submit an updated plan, within 90 days of enactment, to establish a system to track payments from concluded cases that may result in deposits into the CVF.
    • Sets the annual obligation cap at $1.9 billion.
  • Missing and Exploited Children Program: $107 million to support the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program, the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, and the AMBER Alert system.
  • Legal Orientation Program: $29 million to provide basic legal information for individuals in immigration detention.
  • Prosecutor and Public Defender Student Loan Repayment: $5 million to provide student loan repayment assistance for state and local prosecutors and public defenders.
  • Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF): $1.69 billion to support ATF, for training state and local law enforcement agencies, and for the provision of laboratory assistance to state and local law enforcement agencies.
  • Investigation and Prosecution of Human Rights Crimes: Includes report language supporting the War Crimes Accountability Team’s efforts to respond to the ongoing atrocities occurring during Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the added responsibilities of the Criminal Division to prosecute war criminals under Durbin’s Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act enacted by Congress in 2022.  The language recommends funding at no less than FY24 levels and directs the Department to report on all investigations of human rights offenses within 120 days of passage.
  • Environment and Natural Resources Division: Includes report language supporting the Environment and Natural Resources Division’s authority to negotiate Supplemental Environmental Projects.
  • Tobacco: Includes report language expressing concern about the lack of DOJ-initiated injunctions against unauthorized e-cigarette manufacturers.  The language directs DOJ to report to Congress on the Task Force’s enforcement activities, including against manufacturers with pending applications, and to identify additional needed authorities. 

NASA

  • Science Directorate: $7.69 billion to fund the innovative work of more than 10,000 scientists at universities, industry, and government laboratories in Illinois and across the United States through competitive research grants and mission-critical technology development and support. 
  • Space Technology: $1.18 billion to fund space technology research and development, including new innovative propulsion systems to explore deep space and compete with increasingly aggressive Chinese space endeavors. 
  • Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM): $143.5 million to support several key programs, including the Minority University Research and Education Project; Space Grant, which funds education and research projects through a national network of university-based consortia; and Next Gen STEM, which provides competitive awards for informal educational institutions and sustains a national network of museums and science centers.

National Science Foundation

  • Scientific Research: $9.55 billion to support basic science research and the activities of the NSF Technology Directorate.  This achieves the 5% real growth target of Durbin’s American Innovation Act.
  • National Artificial Intelligence Research Resource (NAIRR): $30 million to support the NAIRR pilot program, which brings together government, nonprofit, and industry partners to give researchers access to powerful computing systems for the development of advanced AI.  The University of Illinois plays a leading role in this pilot.  The bill also includes report language requiring a briefing to the Committee on the progress of NAIRR within 90 days of enactment.
  • Diversity in STEM: Includes report language that supports the participation of underrepresented communities in STEM fields and funding for key broadening participation programs at NSF.
  • Astronomy Facilities: Includes report language supporting the Extremely Large Telescope program as it prepares for construction of two ground-based telescopes, including the Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT).  The GMT will be constructed in part by Ingersoll tools in Rockford and supported scientifically by the University of Chicago.

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Bureau of Land Management (BLM)

  • Plant Conservation Activities: $20.6 million and includes report language supporting BLM’s continued support of the Seed Strategy, interagency Native Plant Materials Development Program, the Seeds of Success program, the Plant Conservation Alliance, and regional native plant materials development programs.

·         Urban and Community Forestry (Chicago Region Trees Initiative): Includes report language prioritizing multi-organizational collaborations to support conservation and offset climate change for urban and community forestry grants.

·         Migratory Bird Management Program, Incidental Take: Includes report language supporting an incidental take authorization program for the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, which will help bird species that are experiencing population decline.

National Park Service

  • New Philadelphia National Historic Site: Includes report language directing the National Park Service to ensure park operation begin in a reasonable timeframe for the newly established New Philadelphia site.

U.S. Geological Service

  • Environmental Health Program: $33.1 million, which includes report language setting aside $1 million for addressing PFAS contamination in the Great Lakes.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

  • Clean Water State Revolving Funds (CWSRF): $1.6 billion to provide critical investments that create jobs, repair crumbling wastewater infrastructure, and protect public health and environmental quality.  Ten percent of CWSRF may be used as grants to address lead exposure.
  • Drinking Water State Revolving Funds (DWSRF): $1.26 billion to help water systems and states to ensure clean and safe drinking water is reliably delivered to communities. Fourteen percent of DWSRF may be used as grants to address lead exposure.
  • EPA Compliance: $109 million to enable EPA and co-regulators to undertake inspections and other monitoring activities to determine if regulated entities are complying with environmental statutes as well as applicable regulations and permit conditions.
  • EPA Enforcement: $383 million to ensure consistent and fair enforcement of all major environmental statutes and numerous regulations implementing each of those statutes.  Includes report language supporting EPA in addressing PFAS contamination through National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives and incorporating Supplemental Environmental Projects in settlements.
  • Bubbly Creek: Includes report language on the inclusion of the restoration Bubbly Creek in EPA’s Lakewide Management Plan and directs EPA to maximize its partnerships and resources to facilitate restoration.
  • Great Lakes Restoration Initiative (GLRI): $371 million, which includes report language to allow funds from the program to be used for projects in the Chicago River Watershed.  Congress established the GLRI to provide funding to states, tribes, local governments, and federal agencies to protect the Great Lakes.  The program has provided $4 billion since 2010 to fund projects that restore habitat, fight invasive species, clean up toxic pollution, and reduce pollution runoff. 
  • Lake Explorer II Support Vessel Decommission: Includes language regarding the importance of EPA replacing the Great Lakes research vessel Lake Explorer II so the agency may continue uninterrupted water quality and biological monitoring of the Great Lakes.
  • Coal Combustion Residual Permit Program: Includes language dedicating $9 million for federal and state permitting programs for coal combustion residuals.

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

Department of Transportation (DOT)

  • Capital Investment Grants (CIG): $2.3 billion for grants to fund the extension and improvements of existing transit systems.  This amount would fully fund the projects in the CIG pipeline, including Chicago Transit Authority’s (CTA) Red Line Extension Project.
  • Amtrak: $2.6 billion in nationwide funding to support Amtrak operations, with $1.6 billion for the National Network.
  • RAISE Grants: $550 million to fund innovative transportation projects that will create jobs and have a significant impact on the nation, a region, or a metropolitan area.
  • Passenger Rail Grant Programs: The two rail grant programs were reauthorized in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) and are now funded at historic levels. 
    • Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) Grants:  $300 million for the CRISI program.
    • Fed-State: $100 million for the Federal-State Partnership for Intercity Passenger Rail.
  • Midwest Rail Commission Study: Includes report language directing DOT and Federal Railroad Administration (FRA), in coordination with Amtrak, to study and provide recommendations on any federal resources necessary to establish a federally authorized, annually appropriated Midwest rail commission, to focus on developing a long-term delivery strategy of priority projects.
  • FRA Rail Research & Development Center of Excellence (COE): Supports the FRA’s intent to use $2.5 million of their overall research and development funding for the FRA COE, which the Senators established in IIJA and secured funding for in FY22, FY23, and FY24.  The COE is hosted at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
  • Chicago O’Hare International Airport: Includes report language encouraging the Secretary and FAA to coordinate partnerships between airports and airlines, to the extent permissible under current law, to ensure funding commitments are met and that they adequately capitalize on prior or ongoing federal investments. 
  • Blocked Crossings Causes & Solutions Identification: Includes report language directing the FRA to include in its annual report potential solutions and best practices to improve safety, mobility, and emergency response capabilities at highway-rail crossings.  This would require the FRA to consider technology’s potential role in detecting the highest risk areas and to explore what role train length plays in blocked crossings, among other measures.
  • Emergency Response Blocked Crossing Reports: Includes report language urging the FRA to require states receiving railroad safety funding to require first responders to report verified blocked crossing incidents to the FRA’s blocked crossings portal, which Durbin established through previous appropriations legislation.  It also directs the FRA to continue working with stakeholders to identify root causes of blocked crossings and identify meaningful solutions.
  • Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): $21.8 billion for the FAA including $13.6 billion for FAA operations and $3.6 billion for facilities and equipment.  This funding will allow the FAA to hire 2,000 additional air traffic controllers, replace outdated equipment, improve the aircraft certification process, improve hazardous materials transport oversight, and more.
  • Airport Improvement Program: $4.3 billion for airport improvement grants. 
  • Digital Alert Technologies: Includes report language urging the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to deploy digital alert technologies, with local law enforcement, that can provide up-to-date information about dynamic road conditions to drivers.
  • Automated Track Inspections: No less than $20.5 million to support the FRA’s fleet of advanced inspection vehicles that accompany its field inspectors to validate the railroads’ inspection programs and advance research priorities, with a special emphasis on routes transporting passengers and hazardous materials.
  • Grants-in-Aid for Airports: $520 million for grants-in-aid for airports which pays for capital improvements at the nation’s airports, including investments that emphasize capacity development, safety improvements, and security needs.  Of this amount, $70 million is included for a new grant program to help airports dispose of PFAS in firefighting foam and replace it with safer solutions.

Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

  • HEAL Initiative Pilot Program: $5 million to support efforts underway between HUD and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to provide direct technical assistance to communities leveraging programs like Medicaid to cover and provide housing-related supportive services and behavioral healthcare.
  • Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes: $345 million to provide funding to state and local governments to develop cost-effective ways to reduce lead-based paint hazards.
  • Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS (HOPWA): $524 million to help cities and states address the housing crisis facing people living with HIV/AIDS.
  • Homeless Assistance Grants: $4.3 billion to provide funding to state and local governments for emergency shelters, rapid re-housing, permanent supportive housing, and other crisis response programs. 
  • Housing Counseling: $57.5 million to enable housing counseling organizations to provide foreclosure prevention counseling, mortgage counseling before and after purchase, rental counseling, homelessness prevention counseling, and fair housing education.
  • Fair Housing and Equal Opportunity (FHEO): $86.4 million to provide resources to nonprofit fair housing organizations that tackle discrimination and predatory lending and ensure that our nation’s fair housing laws are enforced. 
  • Community Development Block Grant (CDBG): $3.3 billion to provide states and localities with resources to meet the needs of low-income communities, including housing rehabilitation, supportive services, public improvements, and economic development projects.
  • Home Investment Partnerships Program (HOME): $1.4 billion to provide state and local governments the funding necessary to provide affordable housing in low-income communities.
  • Public Housing Capital and Operating Funds: $3.2 billion for Capital Funds and $5.3 billion for Operating Funds.  This includes $30 million for emergency capital needs; $10 million for safety and security measures, with report language about supporting repairs, disasters, and security improvements to public housing; and $65 million for lead remediation grants. 
  • Section 8 Tenant-Based Rental Assistance: $35.2 billion in funding.  This also includes $300 million for new Tenant Protection Vouchers, $15 million to expand the HUD-VASH program, and $30 million for the Family Unification Program.
  • Self-Help Homeownership Opportunity Program (SHOP) and Rural Capacity Building Program (RCB): $13 million for SHOP and $5 million for RCB to support affordable housing in rural communities.
  • Section 4 Capacity Building Program: $47 million to partner with national nonprofit community development organizations to provide education, training, and financial support to local community development corporations across the country.
  • Choice Neighborhoods Program: $100 million to provide funding for the transformation, rehabilitation, and replacement of distressed public and HUD-assisted housing, as well as support forcommunities working to revitalize neighborhoods of concentrated poverty. 
  • Family Self-Sufficiency (FSS) Program: $145.5 million to provide funding for an asset-building program to serve more households, both within already-established Public Housing and Housing Choice Voucher FSS Programs.
  • Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation (NeighborWorks): $168 million to create opportunities for Americans to live in affordable and safe homes by providing community development organizations in all fifty states with financial resources and counseling services.

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