The House Appropriations Committee released its fiscal 2019 energy and water spending bill Sunday that includes sizable increases for national defense nuclear weapons activities, the Army Corps of Engineers’ infrastructure priorities, and the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.
The bill provides a $1.5 billion increase over fiscal 2018 levels, and an $8 billion increase in Trump’s fiscal 2019 request.
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