Blunt helps pass bill to fund agriculture programs, disaster assistance
The Fiscal Year 2012 Agriculture, Commerce/Justice/Science (CJS) and Transportation/Housing and Urban Development (THUD) appropriations bills passed by both houses of Congress earlier this month will contain funding for agriculture programs and disaster assistance efforts in Missouri, according to Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo.
“This bill was a bipartisan effort, and I am proud that it includes critical disaster aid and agriculture research investments for Missourians,” Blunt said in a news release. “As we work to spend taxpayer dollars as effectively as possible, this bipartisan legislation is an important step forward.”
The total amount of disaster funding appropriated through the bill for 2012 is $2.3 billion, which includes $400 million through the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program for disaster relief for the most impacted and distressed communities, according to the news release.
Blunt served as a member of the conference committee that developed the bill.