Trump administration sued by 20 states for cutting disaster prevention grants
by Reuters from on (#6YPJ0)
Lawsuit claims Fema lacks power to cancel multibillion-dollar Bric program after it was approved by Congress
A group of 20 mostly Democratic-led US states filed a lawsuit on Wednesday seeking to block the Trump administration from terminating a multibillion-dollar grant program that funds infrastructure upgrades to protect against natural disasters.
The lawsuit filed in Boston federal court claims that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (Fema) lacked the power to cancel the Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities program in April after it was approved and funded by Congress.
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