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Congressman McCarthy helped to secure the following provisions important to CA-23 in the Fiscal Year 2021 appropriations component of H.R. 133:

  • $4 million to support Valley Fever and other mycotic disease research at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
  • $9.3 million to build a new Army National Guard Vehicle Maintenance Shop in Bakersfield
  • $16.7 million to build a new Vehicle and Aerospace Ground Equipment Maintenance Facility at the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center
  • $40 million to build a new, state-of-the-art Flight Test Engineering Laboratory Complex at Edwards Air Force Base
  • $69.5 million to combat and suppress Citrus Greening Disease to protect Californiaโ€™s fresh citrus industry
  • $76 million to support Impact Aid Federal property payments for schools, like those in Sierra Sands Unified and Muroc Joint Unified School Districts, that serve military communities
  • $125 million for the Bureau of Prisons to modernize and repair facilities like the Taft Correctional Institution
  • $134 million to fund water storage infrastructure projects in California and the West authorized by the WIIN Act of 2016
  • $149 million for the Diesel Emission Reduction Act and Targeted Airshed Grant programs to clean up the air in the Central Valley
  • $206 million to repair subsidence on the Friant-Kern Canal to bring more water to Tulare and Kern County families and farmers.

Congressman McCarthy also supported the following provisions important to CA-23 in the COVID relief component of H.R. 133:

  • $28 billion in additional funding to support the development and purchase of vaccines, therapeutics, and tests and to make the vaccine available at no charge to all Americans
  • $15 billion to provide financial support for event venues, theaters, and museums impacted by COVID, which may assist entities like the Fox Theater and other local iconic institutions that have been shuttered
  • $13 billion to provide financial assistance to Americaโ€™s agricultural producers, which will help Kern, Tulare, and California farmers, ranchers, and workers 
  • Extension of the Paycheck Protection Program to help small business owners who have fought to keep their doors open and their employees on the payroll, as well as expansion of the Paycheck Protection Program to include eligibility for certain 501(c)(6) nonprofit organizations, and clarifying tax treatment related to PPP expenses so that our small businesses are not hit with an unexpected tax hike
  • Extension of the CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund spending deadline through December 31, 2021 to allow states and localities to use these funds to meet local pandemic needs
  • More resources for child care centers and K-12 schools to help them safely reopen 
  • Direct payments to American individuals and families of $600 per individual and child, phased out at certain income thresholds
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