The U.S. Senate is still considering a $1.1 trillion bill to fund the government through next fall.
Among its Alaska items are $50 million for the missile defense system housed at Fort Greely and $3 million for the Kodiak spaceport.
It also has $10 million for sanitation in rural Alaska and another $10 million for the Denali Commission. It does not buy any new icebreakers, but it has $25 million for sonar mapping of the U.S. coastline, with emphasis on the Bering Straits and the Arctic.
The bill, though, zeroes out the Secure Rural Schools program. It paid $12 million last year to Alaska school districts, primarily in Southeast. Sen. Lisa Murkowski says she pleased the bill properly reimburses tribal health care providers for contract supports costs.
The Senate has to pass the bill in the coming days to avoid a government shutdown. It has until Wednesday night.
