Republicans in the House are moving to cut as much as $1 dollar for every $6 dollars that are now slated to help restore the Chesapeake Bay
The Salisbury Daily Times reports that Virginia Congressman Bob Goodlatte has also authored a measure that would keep the Environmental Protection Agency from enforcing the cleanup plan.
The legislation has been approved along party lines but Eastern Shore Republican Andy Harris and 12 other Republicans voted against his amendment.
The 2010 legislation imposed a pollution diet on six states and the District of Columbia with the Environmental Protection Agency given the ability to impose penalties for not meeting the plan’s standards.
Earlier this year the Trump administration proposed cutting $73 million from the program.
The Daily Times reports that the budget was approved by the House and would go into effect in December cutting funding to $60 million.
