After the markup and release of appropriations bills from the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, the Northeast-Midwest Institute prepares fact sheets highlighting their impacts on key regional programs. Listed below are the fact sheets from the upcoming fiscal year.
Additionally, NEMWI tracks historical funding of key regional programs in the tables below and compares the funding levels of previous fiscal years with the latest Presidential budget request and appropriations bills for the upcoming fiscal year.
FY 2018 Appropriations Fact Sheets
House Energy and Water Development Appropriations Fact Sheet | July 12, 2017
House Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fact Sheet | July 17, 2017
House Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fact Sheet | July 19, 2017
Pending: House Labor, Health and Human Services, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fact Sheet
Pending: House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Fact Sheet
Historical Funding for Key Regional Programs
| Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturing Extension Partnership | 130 | 130 | 130 | 6* | 100 |
| Trade Adjustment Assistance for Firms | 12.5 | 13 | 13 | 0 | N/A |
| Coastal Zone Management Act (grants only) | 71.2 | 75 | 85 | 0 | 45 |
| Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory | 9.8 | 10.5 | N/A | N/A | |
| National Sea Grant College Program | 62.8 | 64 | 63 | 0 | 63 |
*The budget requests $6 million to effectuate the discontinuation of federal funding for the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership
| Energy and Water Development, and Related Agencies (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability | 147.3 | 206 | 230 | 27 | 218.5 |
| Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy | 1923.9 | 2073 | 2090 | 125.9 | 1104 |
| Weatherization Assistance Program | 193 | 215 | 225 | 0 | 225 |
| State Energy Program | 50 | 50 | 50 | 0 | 50 |
| Energy Information Administration | 117 | 122 | 122 | 118 | 118 |
| Advanced Manufacturing Office | 200 | 228.5 | 150.5 | N/A | 102 |
| Building Technologies Program | 172 | 200.5 | 199.14 | 107 | 91.4 |
| Dispersal Barrier & Interbasin Study (Chicago Shipping & Sanitary Canal) | 29 | 30 | 12 | N/A | 16.7 |
| Environmental Management Program Upper Mississippi River | 33.2 | 19.8 | 20 | N/A | 33.17 |
| Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund | 1107 | 1254 | 1300 | 965 | 1340 |
| Inland Waterway Trust Fund | N/A | N/A | N/A | 60 | |
| Great Lakes & Mississippi River Interbasin Study (GLMRIS) | 0.5 | 1 | N/A | 1.85 | 1.85 |
| Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EPA Brownfield Projects (assessment / cleanup) | 80 | 80 | 80 | 69 | 90 |
| EPA Categorical Grants (Sec 128, Brownfields) | 47.7 | 47.7 | 171 | 33.36 | 47.7 |
| Clean Water State Revolving Fund | 1449 | 1394 | 1394 | 1394 | 1144 |
| Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | 906.9 | 863.3 | 863 | 863 | 863 |
| Great Lakes Restoration Initiative | 300 | 300 | 300 | 0 | 300 |
| BEACH Grants | 9.5 | 9.5 | N/A | N/A | 9.5 |
| National Cooperative Geologic Mapping Program | 24.4 | 24.4 | N/A | 22.28 | 24.4 |
| Great Lakes Science Center | 8.5 | 8.53 | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Chesapeake Bay Program | 73 | 73 | 73 | 0 | 72 |
| Section 106 Water Pollution Control | 230.8 | 230.8 | 230.8 | 12.47 | 230.8 |
| National Estuary Program Grants | 16.8 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 26.7 |
| Land & Water Conservation Fund (Depts. of Interior & Agriculture) | 306 | 450 | 400 | 26 | 275 |
| Water Availability and Use Science | 40.9 | 42.1 | 45 | 30.4 | 42.1 |
| Groundwater & Streamflow Information | 69.7 | 71.5 | 72.67 | 68.16 | 73.2 |
| National Water Quality | 94.1 | 92.8 | 90.53 | 74.47 | 89 |
| Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill (Pending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Low Income Home Energy Assist. Prog. (Block Grant) | 3390 | 3390 | 3390 | 0 | |
| LIHEAP Contingency | 0 | 0 | N/A | 0 |
| State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill (Pending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Lakes Fishery Commission | 25 | 24.6 | 24.8 | 21 | |
| International Joint Commission Great Lakes Region | 7.7 | 7.5 | N/A | N/A |
| Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies (figures in millions of dollars) | FY 15 | FY 16 | FY 17 | FY 18 President's Request | FY 18 House Bill (Pending) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CDBG Formula Grants | 3000 | 3000 | 3000 | 0 | |
| Section 108 Loan Guarantees | 0 | N/A | 300 | N/A | |
| HOME Investment Partnerships Program | 900 | 950 | 950 | 0 | |
| Tenant-Based Rental Assistance | 19304 | 19629 | 20292 | 20854 | |
| Choice Neighborhoods Initiative | 80 | 125 | 137.5 | 0 | |
| Neighborhood Reinvestment Corporation | 185 | 175 | 140 | 0 | |
| Transportation Planning, Research & Development | 6 | 8.5 | 12 | 17 | |
| St. Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation | 32 | 28.4 | 36.03 | 29 | |
| Amtrak (National Railroad Passenger Corporation) | 1390 | 1,390 | 1495 | 774 | |
| Federal Railroad Administration | 1626 | 1678 | 0.36 | 1 | |
| Federal Transit Administration (Does not include flex funding transfers from highway program) | 10887 | 11757 | 12414.5 | 11.22 |