June 25, 2019

Today Representative Dina Titus of Nevada’s First Congressional District celebrated the passage of several of her key priorities that were included in a package of House funding bills. 

The spending package, H.R. 3055, is the second set of FY 2020 appropriations bills that the House has considered this year and it includes five FY 2020 spending bills: Commerce-Justice-Science, Agriculture-Rural Development-FDA, Interior-Environment, Military Construction-Veterans Affairs, and Transportation-Housing and Urban Development.

“Today the House passed legislation to prevent the VA from conducting cruel experiments on dogs and to protect wild horses from slaughter,” said Congresswoman Titus (NV-1). “While these successes are worth celebrating, I will continue to champion animal welfare in Congress because we have more work to do.

“At the same time, I am proud to have secured more funding to improve the infrastructure in and around Las Vegas. With this bill, we have also made important investments to aid the most vulnerable in our community and provide affordable housing.”

Congresswoman Titus was especially pleased to help secure funding for many of her key legislative priorities including: 

• Language authored by Congresswoman Titus to defund painful dog testing at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
• Language authored by Congresswoman Titus to protect healthy wild horses and burros under the care of the U.S. Forest Service from being slaughtered. 
• An amendment that for the first time prevents the Department of Justice from interfering in Nevada’s legal commercial cannabis industry. Current law only limits DOJ from interfering in state medical marijuana programs.
• $3.6 billion for Community Development Block Grants (CBDG), a $300 million increase from fiscal year 2019 level. CDBG has helped fund numerous projects in Clark County, including the Boys and Girls Club, Lutheran Social Service Resource Center, and the Shannon West Homeless Youth Center. President Trump’s budget would have eliminated this program.
• $1.75 billion for the HOME Investment Partnership Program to help fund construction for low-income households including veterans, persons with disabilities, and seniors. This is a $500 million increase from fiscal year 2019.
• $540 million for the U.S. Economic Development Administration to boost our nation’s infrastructure and assist low-income communities, an increase of $236 million above the fiscal year 2019 level. This increase was requested by Congresswoman Titus, who chairs the Subcommittee on Economic Development which oversees the EDA.