Capital Loop - April 17, 2017

Senate introduces bill to tackle childhood trauma

The Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Families Act (S.774) would establish a federal task force to identify and evaluate best practices and fund their dissemination and implementation. Read more

 

Three bipartisan letters in support of PILT sent to appropriations leaders and White House OMB

The letters articulated how important Payments in Lieu of Taxes is to offset tax-exempt federal lands. Sixty-two percent of counties have federal public lands, and even though counties cannot collect property taxes on federal land, they still must provide critical services for county residents and millions of public lands visitors every year. Read more

House members send bipartisan CDBG letter to appropriators with 164 co-sponsors

The letter urges House Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Appropriations Committee leadership to support $3.3 billion in funding for the Community Development Block Grant in Fiscal Year (FY) 2018. The Trump administration’s “skinny” budget proposed to eliminate funding for CDBG in FY 2018. Read more