Washington, DC - The U.S. Senate today approved H.R. 2996, the Fiscal Year 2010 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations bill by a vote of 77 to 21.
The bill helps communities and public lands by focusing on 5 priority areas:
· Water infrastructure and environmental protection
· Firefighting and fuels reduction on federal lands
· Bolstering our public land management agencies
· Protecting public lands through the Land and Water Conservation Fund
· Helping the most vulnerable in Indian Country
