"Appropriations: House Panel To Mark Up Interior-EPA Spending Bill"

"The House Interior and Environment Appropriations Subcommittee on Wednesday afternoon will mark up its fiscal 2018 spending bill for the Interior Department and U.S. EPA.

The legislation, which the committee will unveil tomorrow, is expected to diverge from the Trump administration's budget blueprint, which proposed steep cuts for various EPA and Interior programs popular with lawmakers and constituents.

The White House wants to slash EPA's budget by 31 percent and is seeking an approximate 13 percent cut overall for Interior in fiscal 2018. But Republican and Democratic appropriators in both chambers have said they are uncomfortable over a bevy of proposed cuts targeting a wide range of programs, from regional water cleanup initiatives to land acquisition and conservation efforts."

Kellie Lunney and Sean Reilly report for E&E Daily July 10, 2017.

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