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Senate Passes Disaster Bill with Flood Recovery Assistance
Nebraska Ag Connection - 05/24/2019

The U.S. Senate passed a disaster supplemental bill that included funding for Nebraska flood recovery. U.S. Senator Deb Fischer, who worked with her staff to include the state of Nebraska in the bill, applauded its passage and released the following statement:

"Today the U.S. Senate came together in a bipartisan manner and passed a disaster supplemental bill that includes significant relief for Nebraska. Our families, ag producers, communities, and military installations affected by the catastrophic flooding need assistance and that's why I fought hard for our state throughout this process. What we passed today is a critical first step to help Nebraskans rebuild and move forward in a positive direction. I hope the House will follow suit and pass this bill without delay."

Fischer worked to include the following provisions in the Senate-passed disaster bill that will help Nebraska:

Agriculture

- $3,005,442,000 for crop losses

- $435 million for the Emergency Watershed Protection Program in the Natural Resources Conservation Services

- $558 million for the "Emergency Conservation Program"

Economic Development

- $600 million for the Economic Development Assistance Program

Army Corps of Engineers

- $1 billion for the Flood Control and Coastal Emergencies account in the Corps of Engineers

Defense

- $670 million for the Air Force Operations and Maintenance in support of disaster relief and recovery

- $1 billion for Air Force Military Construction

- $42 million for National Guard Military Construction


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