APPROPRIATIONS & NDAA
Continuing Resolution - December 11 End Date Likely
ECA Staff | 9/21/2020
The end of the Federal fiscal year (September 30) is rapidly approaching and the only option for the federal government to remain operating, a continuing resolution (CR), is ever more likely. We have nine days before a potential government shut down if a CR is not passed.
House Democrats today introduced a stopgap spending measure to keep the government open through Dec. 11 that would also extend the surface transportation authorization for one year.
Fiscal 2020 appropriations, as well as the current surface transportation authorization, will expire at the end of the month absent an extension. The text of the legislation, H.R. 8319, is available here. The bill does not include any
extension of the payroll support program created by the CARES Act, which also expires at the end of the month. The House is expected to vote on the continuing resolution this week.
In addition, the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) is unlikely to pass prior to September 30 due to a large number of open issues between the House and Senate (including related to NNSA). Last week the chairs of the House and Senate Armed Services Committees casted doubt on if negotiations on the NDAA will formally begin this month. The compromise bill will likely not be finalized until after
the election (which would include being after the start of the new fiscal year).
Both chambers have passed their own versions of the bill, HR 6395 and S 4049. The bill must be reconciled in a joint conference committee.
After the November 3 election ECA and Environmental Council of States have planned a post-election virtual meeting on November 12. There is no cost to participate. The meeting information is listed at http://www.energyca.org/events
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PLUTONIUM SETTLEMENT
$525M from plutonium settlement must go to SRS neighbors, say Aiken commissioners
Aiken Standard | 9/18/2020
Leaders in the greater Aiken community have formally demanded that roughly $525 million of the landmark $600 million Savannah River Site plutonium settlement be given to the region they describe as most affected by – and dedicated to – long-term plutonium storage and nuclear operations: Aiken, Allendale and Barnwell counties.
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