1、CRS INSIGHT Prepared for Members and Committees of Congress INSIGHTINSIGHTi i U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Funding in the CARES Act (P.L. 116-136) Robert Esworthy Specialist in Environmental Policy April 13, 2020 Enacted March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CAR
2、ES) Act (P.L. 116-136) provides supplemental appropriations for the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies, which includes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Title VII in Division B provides a total of $7.23 million within four of EPAs 10 appropriations accounts to
3、 “prevent, prepare for, and respond to coronavirus, domestically or internationally.” The appropriation supplements EPAs total FY2020 enacted appropriations of $9.36 billion included in the Further Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2020 (P.L. 116-94, Division D, Title II) enacted December 19, 2019, a
4、nd $304.0 million supplemental appropriations included in Title IX of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement Implementation Act (P.L. 116-113), enacted January 29, 2020. A portion of the funding provided in the CARES act is to be used for “necessary expenses for cleaning and disinfecting equipmen
