阿拉斯加参议院利用高油价的盈余资金通过了373.5M美元的支出法案。 Alaska Senate passes $373.5M spending bill using surplus funds from high oil prices.

阿拉斯加参议院一致通过了一项3.735亿美元的补充支出法案,该法案从最初的50亿美元提案中削减,使用了州立预算储备金的资金。 The Alaska Senate unanimously passed a $373.5 million supplemental spending bill, scaled down from an initial half-billion-dollar proposal, using funds from the state’s Constitutional Budget Reserve. 该法案支持基础设施、风暴和野火救济, 并将近1.3亿美元返还高等教育投资基金。 The bill, which now heads to the House, supports infrastructure, storm and wildfire relief, and returns nearly $130 million to the Higher Education Investment Fund. 立法者引用中东紧张局势所驱动的意外高油价来降低国家的预期赤字,使规模较小的一揽子计划变得可行。 Lawmakers cited unexpectedly high oil prices—driven by Middle East tensions—as reducing the state’s projected deficit, making the smaller package feasible. 参议院的共和党领导人同意在关注支出增长问题上达成妥协,而众议院共和党人则敦促推迟投票,直到星期五公布新的收入预测。 Republican leaders in the Senate agreed to the compromise over concerns about spending growth, while House Republicans urge delaying a vote until a new revenue forecast is released Friday.