{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=595", "First Fiscal Year 2022 Federal Funding Measure Approved by Case's Appropriations Committee Targets Nation's Small Businesses", "2021-07-01", "2021", "2021-07", "Democrat", "House", "HI", "Ed Case", "C001055", "case.house.gov", "case", "https://case.house.gov/news/documentquery.aspx?DocumentTypeID=27&Page=25", "scraper", "(Washington, DC) \u2013 Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) today announced approval by his House Committee on Appropriations of the first of twelve measures to fund the federal government in Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 (beginning October 1, 2021).\n\nThe FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill funds various government programs to assist the country continue its path to recovery through support for small and minority businesses.\n\nIt is also the first federal funding bill since 2011 which includes specific Member of Congress requests to fund specific deserving projects in Members\u2019 districts.\n\n\u201cCOVID-19 created an economic crisis with profound impacts on Hawaii\u2019s small businesses, which are the lifeblood of our state,\u201d said Case, a member since 2019 of the Appropriations Committee, with jurisdiction over some $1.5 trillion in annual federal spending. \u201cMy Committee is further investing in the federal programs and partners that are critical to the continued survival of small businesses nationwide and here in our Hawai\u2018i.\u201d\n\nThe bill includes Case\u2019s request, under Member-designated Community Project Funding (CPF), of $500,000 for the Institute for Native Pacific Education and Culture (INPEACE) Small Business Incubator Project at Leeward Community College.\n\n\u201cINPEACE\u2019s Leeward Community Small Business Incubator Project will provide critical assistance to small businesses and entrepreneurs directly in their community so they do not have to transit across the island to obtain key services. With support from the Committee, INPEACE can expand its current business development program capacity, which primarily services Native Hawaiian and veteran communities, to meet the growing needs of our Leeward community.\n\n\u201cCPF requests are submitted by individual Members and are for specific projects and purposes in our respective districts,\u201d explained Case. \u201cCPF requests are only for state and local governments or non-profits organizations. These projects must have demonstrated community support, must be fully disclosed, and they are subject to audit by the independent Government Accountability Office.\u201d Case\u2019s disclosures are here: https://case.house.gov/media/funding-disclosures.htm.\n\nTo help our small businesses nationwide, the bill provides $1 billion for the Small Business Administration (SBA), an increase of $111.9 million above the current year\u2019s funding level. This includes an increase of $51.8 million for Entrepreneurial Development Programs that provide small businesses with quality training, counseling and access to resources. The bill also provided $330 million for Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs), an increase of $60 million above the current funding levels. CDFIs are specialized community based financial institutions that promote economic development by providing financial products and services to people and communities underserved by traditional financial institutions, particularly in low-income and minority communities.\n\nThe Appropriations Committee also approved several Case requests for funding for federal programs and services important for the State of Hawai\u2019i, including:\n\n\u00b7 An average 2.7% pay raise for federal employees, matching the request from the Biden administration;\n\n\u00b7 $21.5 million for the Native American Community Development Financial Institution Assistance Program;\n\n\u00b7 $3 million for the Native American Outreach Program;\n\n\u00b7 $3 million for the Historically Underutilized Business Zones Program;\n\n\u00b7 $26 million for the Women\u2019s Business Centers Program;\n\n\u00b7 $25 million for the Healthy Food Financing Initiative;\n\n\u00b7 $140 million for Small Business Development Centers;\n\n\u00b7 $110 million for the Drug-Free Communities Program;\n\n\u00b7 $20 million for the State Trade Expansion Program;\n\n\u00b7 $7 million for the Regional Innovate Clusters Program;\n\n\u00b7 $300 million for the High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas Program; and\n\n\u00b7 $41 million for the Microloan Technical Assistance Program.\n\nThe measure includes the following further Case requests:\n\n\u00b7 Requires the Consumer Product Safety Commission to investigate the importation and shipment of illegal aerial fireworks and develop recommendations for stopping it,\n\n\u00b7 Extends Hawaii\u2019s long-standing fourth temporary judgeship,\n\n\u00b7 Requests the United States Postal Service to coordinate with the United States Department of Agriculture to better combat endangered species trafficking and in combating the spread of invasive species,\n\n\u00b7 Demands the Federal Trade Commission investigate the inequalities in interstate commerce in Hawai\u2018i compared to the mainland,\n\n\u00b7 Directs the National Personnel Records Center to quickly address its unacceptable backlog of veterans\u2019 requests for records that they need to receive the benefits they deserve, and\n\n\u00b7 Instructs the Election Assistance Commission to review the lessons learned from the 2020 elections and make recommendations to state governments on best practices to improve the administration of vote-by-mail and expand access to the ballot.\n\nCase\u2019s Appropriations Committee is responsible for allocating funding to federal government agencies, departments and organizations on an annual basis through twelve separate bills.\n\nThe Committee\u2019s FY 2022 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill passed on Tuesday funds the U.S. Treasury, federal courts and various independent agencies including the SBA, Federal Communications Commission and the Office of Personnel Management. The discretionary funding level is $29.1 billion, an increase of $4.8 billion over the 2021 enacted level.\n\nThe bill now moves on to the full House of Representatives for consideration.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T20:03:51Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://case.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=595"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4509749598801136, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}