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TSCRA Daily News Update, Sept. 26, 2008
House passes continuing budget resolution This week, Congress passed H.R. 2638 – the "Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance and Continuing Appropriations Act." The bill passed by a vote of 370-58, and included a continuing resolution for funding through March 2009. Included in the legislation is nearly $22 billion in disaster assistance funding, including $1.433 billion in United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Department of Interior funding. From this funding, $910 million is allocated between Interior and USDA for Wildland Fire Management – including emergency suppression and burnt land rehabilitation. USDA's Farm Service Agency was appropriated $115 million and the USDA Rural Development Disaster Assistance Grant and Loan programs were appropriated $150 million.
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