Rep. Zinke’s Appropriations Requests Progress to Full Committee Markup

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - Today, the Office of Congressman Ryan Zinke announces the passage of the House Appropriations Transportation Housing and Urban Development (THUD) subcommittee bill for consideration before the entire House Appropriations Committee. 

The bill includes six of Rep. Zinke’s Community Project Funding requests to bring more than $31.5 million in funding directly to Montana communities. Rep. Zinke’s requests will now appear before the full House Appropriations Committee before passage onto the House Floor and be included in the joint funding package approved by the House and Senate, then signed by the President. 

Community Project Funding does not increase federal spending, the funding is allocated from previously authorized grant accounts. Allowing elected Members of Congress to direct grant funding brings accountability and transparency to a process that would otherwise be decided by unelected officials in the federal government.

Below is the list of Rep. Zinke’s THUD Appropriations requests included in the bill.

Community Project Funding Requests:

• $20,000,000 for the Blackfeet Nation Tribal Center Project.
• $5,000,000 for the Yellowstone National Park Bridge Consolidation Project.
• $3,315,000 for the Kalispell Two Mile Drainage Improvement Project.
• $1,000,000 for the Beaverhead County Bridge Rehabilitation Project.
• $1,000,000 for the Ravalli County Ricketts Road Improvement Project.
• $833,123 for the relocation of Powell County's New Central Maintenance Facility.

A summary of the bill is available here.
Bill text is available here. 

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