美國眾議院預算委員會開始扭轉過去幾年來在保護環境與自然資源計畫上削減預算的立場，環保人士23日則盛讚委員會及主席，南卡羅萊納州民主黨議員斯普雷特（John Spratt）對於此預算案的決議。
預算委員會22日通過2008年會計年度的眾議院預算決議，將提供總計314億美元的專款，作為2008年會計年度環境與自然資源計畫之使用，而斯普雷特預算案也將在2012年達到政府收支平衡。
該預算將支持全面性的能源立法，以增進再生能源的應用、促進能源自主、增加保育基金，同時駁回布希政府在環境計畫方面減少預算的安排，另外也提供新基金用以協助受卡崔娜颶風重創的海灣社區重建家園。
Environmentalists today praised the House Budget Committee and its chairman John Spratt, a South Carolina Democrat, for beginning to reverse years of budget cuts to programs that protect the environment and natural resources.
The House Budget Resolution for Fiscal Year 2008, passed late last night by the budget panel, would provide a total appropriated level of $31.4 billion for environment and natural resource programs for FY 2008. The Spratt budget resolution would balance the budget by 2012.
The Spratt budget accommodates comprehensive energy legislation promoting renewable energy, moving toward energy independence, increases conservation funding, and rejects administration cuts in environmental programs. It also provides new funding to assist Gulf communities and rebuild housing in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.
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