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Congress approves major boost in Great Lakes funding Updated Dec 20, 2020; Posted Dec 20, 2020 Large waves on Lake Michigan batter the south pier at Grand Haven State Park in Grand Haven, Michigan on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share Ten months after being approved in U.S. House with heavy bipartisan support, the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Act has passed the Senate and is headed for President Donald Trump’s desk. The bipartisan bill would reauthorize the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative set to expire at the end of FY 2021 for another five years, upping current funding levels of $300M to $375M in 2022 and then increasing funds by an additional $25M per year until hitting $475M in 2026.

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