9TH District Congressman Bill Keating has advanced two amendments with local significance to be included in the Fiscal Year 2018 budget.
The two amendments address concerns about flood insurance premiums and tick-borne diseases.
In July, Keating introduced the Community Flood Insurance Savings Act aimed at providing resources so individual towns and municipalities with areas at elevated risk of flood can form regional partnerships and share the cost of flood mitigation.
The Congressman’s Tick-Borne Diseases amendment will provide one million dollars for the CDC to distribute tick-borne disease education and prevention materials in high risk areas.
Keating says both amendments were passed with bi-partisan support and are included in the full legislation that is under consideration by the full House this week.