Legislative Update: President Trump Approves FY 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Act, Including $165 Million for ARC September 2018

Presidentially approved Fiscal Year 2019 Energy and Water Appropriations Act includes $165 million for ARC. This is the largest appropriation for ARC's nonhighway work in the agency's history.

The legislation includes:

• $73 million for ARC's base program.


• $50 million for the POWER program of special assistance to coal-impacted communities.


• $16 million for a program of workforce and industrial site development focused primarily on the automotive and aviation sectors in South and South Central Appalachia.


• $16 million for a program of basic infrastructure improvements in distressed counties in Central Appalachia.


• $10 million to continue a program of broadband deployment in distressed counties in Central Appalachia.

President Trump signed the bill into law (P.L. 115-244) on September 21, 2018.