With a deadline looming, Congress Sept. 30 approved a spending package that temporarily averted a shutdown of most federal agencies, including many construction programs, and provides nearly $29 billion in emergency funds to help states recover and rebuild after Hurricane Ida and other natural disasters.
Final congressional action on the legislation came with the House’s approval on a 254-175 vote. The action came just hours before the midnight end of the 2021 fiscal year, when the funding was due to lapse.
