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| https://sablan.house.gov/100m-marianas-recovery | $100M+ for Marianas recovery | 2018-12-23 | 2018 | 2018-12 | Democrat | House | MP | Gregorio Sablan | S001177 | sablan.house.gov | legacy | $100M+ for Marianas recovery Dec 23, 2018 There is at least $100 million for the Marianas inlegislation passed by the House on Thursday nightthe first time ever for our islands to be included in special disaster relief above and beyond what FEMA provides. The bill's fate in the Senate is undecided, as we go to press, because it includes a controversial $5 billion President Trump has demanded for a border wall. Incoming Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi gave meher pledge of supportfor Marianas recovery a few days after Yutu struck, as did the incoming Chairman of the Appropriations Committee Nita Lowey, whenshe called on November 10. Since then, I have worked with appropriators on both sides of the aisle to ensure that any help for U.S. areas hit by natural disasters this year includes the Marianas. What's in the bill Much ofwhat I asked for in my formal request on November 26is in the bill: $1.1 billion for community development block grants is available to the Marianas as one of the areas most impacted by a disaster in 2018. The money can be used for long-term recovery efforts, restoration of infrastructure and housing, economic revitalization, or as a local match for other federal grants. $56 million for solid waste for the Marianas, enough for new sanitary landfills on Rota and Tinian and to open a new cell at the existing Marpi landfill on Saipan. A $20 million territorial set-aside for highway repairs. $2 million to the Marianas for additional technical assistance from the Office of Insular Affairs. $8.5 million for the Marianas Nutrition Assistance Program, or food stamps. $300 million for grants from the Economic Development Administration for relief, recovery, and restoration from typhoons Mangkhut and Yutu, hurricanes Florence, Michael, and Lane, and other natural disasters. Other funding I requested and the bill makes the Marianas eligible for includes: School and college restart: $50 million Public transportation: $10.5 million Head Start: $25 million Community health centers: $7.5 million National Parks: $128 million Watershed and flood protection: $125 million Crop loss and reforestation: $1.3 billion Legal Services Corporation: $5 million for local branches, like Micronesian Legal Services, that aided typhoon survivors. What comes next? Whether this bill is enacted now or dies because of the controversial wall funding, there will certainly be disaster assistance taken up in the new Congress. And what the House approved on Thursday will be the basis for any future legislation. The task now is to increase fundingparticularly for food stampsand make even more programs available to us. We already have a very good start. My thanks to Appropriations Chairman Rodney Frelinghuysen, Ranking Member Nita Lowey, and all the Members who are helping me with typhoon recovery. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |