Energy Interests Get Funding For Many, But Not All, Of Their Desired Projects in Federal Omnibus Budget Bill

SUGAR LAND, TEXAS--January 12, 2021--Written by John Egan for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Year-end "must pass" bills in Congress typically include funding for many pet congressional projects, but the $2.3 trillion omnibus budget and COVID-19 relief bill passed by Congress on December 21 and signed into law by President Donald Trump on December 27 was truly a Frankenstein monster. Weighing in at 5,593 pages, the longest bill ever passed by Congress, the bill included $900 billion in COVID-19 relief funds tacked on to a $1.4 trillion bill that funds government agencies through September 30, 2021. Within this article: Energy-related measures within the omnibus budget and COVID-19 relief bill