House Passes Schneider Priorities in Bipartisan Funding Bill Including Local Projects, Israel Relations Normalization Act

March 9, 2022

WASHINGTON— Today, the House of Representatives passed the Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Omnibus Funding Bill. The bill includes emergency funding for security and humanitarian needs for Ukraine, funding that will lower costs for families, and major bipartisan legislation. All ten of the Congressman's Community Project Funding (CPF) submissions were included in the legislation, as well as the Israel Relations Normalization Act.

"Today's bill makes clear this Congress's values: lowering costs for American families, protecting democracy in Ukraine against Russia, and promoting peace through normalization in the Middle East," said Brad Schneider. "Essential projects across Illinois will be put to work, making our communities stronger. These projects run the gamut from providing the hungry in our communities with food, to training workers for better-paying jobs, to preventing flooding in our streets. I am hopeful that we will quickly see this funding signed into law and we can get to work transforming our communities and generating economic growth."

The below CPF projects in Illinois's Tenth District will be funded at Congressman Schneider's request. These projects represent solutions to the district's largest problems and were carefully chosen from a field of more than 60 applicants:

Northern Illinois Food Bank distribution center, to double available space in the new food distribution center $750,000
College of Lake County, Grayslake, IL for a workforce development initiative related to manufacturing, including equipment, $900,000
Lake County Health Department & Community Health Center, Waukegan, IL for facilities and equipment, to double existing behavioral health services capacity, $1,000,000
Park Street Closure and Enhancement Project, to promote economic development in an underserved and historically challenged downtown $600,000
Wolf Road Sidewalk, City of Prospect Heights, to complete a pedestrian sidewalk serving 6000 residents of multifamily housing units, $1,126,734
Lake County Combined EOC, to construct a consolidated Emergency Operations Center, $1,000,000
Zion Stormwater Management Project, to prevent flooding, $720,435
Dady Slough Flood Storage and Wetland Enhancement Project, to manage stormwater and prevent flooding, $3,000,000
North Chicago Storm Sewer, to manage stormwater and prevent flooding, $7,796,558
Waukegan Carnegie Library Revitalization Project, to revitalize community and business space, $3,000,000

The spending package contains $1.5 trillion in discretionary resources to invest in the American people. Among its provisions, the bill provides for a variety of initiatives championed by Schneider, including:

The Israel Relations Normalization Act. Schneider is the lead sponsor of this bill.
An increase in funding for the Nuclear Closure Communities program at EDA, now funded at $16.5 million, which would support communities like Zion.
$10 million for CDC's Climate and Health Program.
$5 million for the FDA to address medical device shortages and supply chain vulnerabilities.
An increase in funding for the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, now funded at $348 million.
An extension to allow HSA-eligible HDHPs to cover telehealth benefits until Dec. 31,2022.

The text of the spending package, H.R. 2471, is available here. Explanatory statements are available here. A full summary of the 12 regular appropriations bills is here. A summary of the Ukraine supplemental is here and a one-page fact sheet is here. A one-page fact sheet is here.

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