Peters and Portman Bill to Protect Communities from Future Changes to Metropolitan Area Standards Passes Senate
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Senate has passed bipartisan legislation authored by U.S. Senators Gary Peters (D-MI) and Rob Portman (R-OH), Chairman and Ranking Member of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, to help protect communities across the country from possible consequences that may occur by changing the population threshold for metropolitan areas. Communities in Michigan, Ohio, and across the United States count on this designation for federal funding that goes toward...