Rounds Issues Statement Following Senate’s Passage of Appropriations Package

Rounds secured $41.5 million in funding for projects in South Dakota
WASHINGTON– U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, issued a statement following the Senate’s passage of a package of three appropriations bills for Fiscal Year (FY) 2026. The legislation, which included Interior, Environment and Related Agencies (Interior), Energy and Water Development (EWD) and Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS), passed the Senate on Thursday afternoon.
“I’m pleased that the Senate has passed our second appropriations package for FY2026,”said Rounds. “This appropriations package reduces the cost of running these agencies by $2 billion compared to what a continuing resolution with current funding levels would have been. Our ‘minibus’ appropriations package includes several wins for programs in South Dakota. I’m particularly glad to have secured funding for projects across the state, from rural water development to tribal construction projects to law enforcement security upgrades. It also funds programming at the Sanford Underground Research Facility, a world-class underground laboratory outside of Lead.
“We’ve now passed half of our required appropriations measures for FY2026. The work we do within the Senate Appropriations Committee is an example of what we can accomplish when we work together. The Senate continues to work our way through the regular order appropriations process, which we’ve returned to under the leadership of Majority Leader John Thune and Appropriations Committee Chair Susan Collins. I look forward to continuing to work with my colleagues to fund the rest of government ahead of January 30.”
Rounds has served on the Senate Committee on Appropriations since January 2025. He serves on sixsubcommittees, including Interior and EWD. Read a list of Rounds’ wins in the appropriations bills below:
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