On March 15, President Biden signed into law the Fiscal Year 2022 (FY22) omnibus appropriations package, a broad $1.5 trillion spending bill that funds the government through the conclusion of the fiscal year (September 30, 2022).
The bill contains 12 separate appropriations measures for the annual funding of federal agencies and governmental programs, along with two emergency funding measures related to Ukrainian aid and COVID-19 resources.
“The sportfishing industry is thankful for the hard work to address sportfishing funding priorities by House and Senate appropriations leaders, including Sens. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii); and Reps. Dave Joyce (R-Ohio), Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.), Steve Palazzo (R-Miss.) and John Rutherford (R-Fla.) ,” said Mike Leonard, ASA’s vice president of Government Affairs. “While some others have complained that this spending bill doesn’t do enough for the environment, that clearly isn’t the case when it comes to the conservation priorities of the recreational fishing community. The funding and direction provided through this law can help ensure that fisheries remain abundant and more accessible into the future.”
Multiple funding measures in the bill help the nation’s recreational fishing industry, a $125 billion industry that supports over 825,000 American jobs. ASA worked with members of Congress to ensure that these measures were included.
Specific priorities in this bill for which ASA advocated include:
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