U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced the Department is extending the application deadline for funding to expand access to high-speed internet for millions of rural Americans nationwide.
Norcross Applauds Passage of Comprehensive Government Funding Package July 29, 2021, 8:44 pm | in
Norcross Applauds Passage of Comprehensive Government Funding Package
WASHINGTON, DC – Today, U.S. Congressman Donald Norcross (NJ-01) voted to pass H.R. 4502, a package of seven government funding bills, focused on investing in America. The transformative investments in the bill will create good-paying American jobs, grow opportunity for middle class and small businesses and provide a lifeline for working families.
The investments created through this bill would greatly benefit the communities in South Jersey. Specifically, New Jersey’s First Congressional District would receive $290,000 in additional Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) funds for job training in the district, $36.9 million in additional funding for schools and an additional $22.8 million in funding for veterans’ health care.
WateReuse Association Applauds Passage Of Drinking Water And Wastewater Infrastructure Act Of 2021
Today, the United States Senate voted to adopt S. 914, the Drinking Water and Wastewater Infrastructure Act of 2021, which will make major investments in water recycling programs and resources, and help communities across the country adopt water reuse as a resource management tool.
The legislation contains a number of top WateReuse Association policy priorities, including reauthorization of the Alternative Water Source Grants Pilot Program, which authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to grant up to $25M per year to state, interstate, and intrastate water resource development agencies to engineer, design, construct, and test water reuse projects throughout the country.