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This is How the Bryan Administration Plans to Spend $547 Million Provided to Territory Through the American Rescue Plan Act

The Bryan administration sent top officials from a number of government departments and agencies to face questions from lawmakers during a Committee on Disaster Recovery and Infrastructure hearing Wednesday. The goal of the hearing was to learn of the administration's plans for $547 million allocated to the USVI as part of the $1.9 trillion coronavirus-aid relief package, known as the American Rescue Plan Act, or ARPA, signed into law by President Biden on March 11, 2021.  In total, the USVI has been allocated $746 million since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, including funding from two Covid-aid packages signed into law under former President Donald Trump (the $2.2 trillion CARES Act in March 2020 and $900 billion through another measure in December 2020). Additional funding came from two measures under President Biden in March 2021: ARPA and the $900 billion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act signed into law on Nov. 15, 2021.  Relative to ARPA, Office of Management and Budg...