Tester Bill Will Correct Mistake Blocking Silver Bow & Deer Lodge Counties From Receiving Federal Funding In American Rescue Plan
December 09, 2022
December 09, 2022
WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022:
U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced a bill to ensure Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge counties are eligible for the American Rescue Plan's Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund. The two counties had been excluded from this funding by a recent Treasury Department announcement that these funds could not go to consolidated county-municipal governments.
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U.S. Senator Jon Tester today introduced a bill to ensure Butte-Silver Bow and Anaconda-Deer Lodge counties are eligible for the American Rescue Plan's Local Assistance and Tribal Consistency Fund. The two counties had been excluded from this funding by a recent Treasury Department announcement that these funds could not go to consolidated county-municipal governments.
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