Omnibus deal cuts EPA spending, ends light bulb ban

Published January 14, 2014 5:00am ET



CORRECTION: This article has been corrected to reflect proposed spending for a safety review of Yucca Mountain. The spending bill ensures funds needed to complete a safety review of the proposed nuclear waste disposal site were not rescinded from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Republicans won several energy and environment concessions in the $1.012 trillion fiscal 2014 spending bill House and Senate lawmakers unveiled late Monday, though attempts to handicap a slew of Environmental Protection Agency regulations did not make it into the final version.

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