The EB-5 Piece of the Omnibus Spending Bill Is Settled
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The Capitol
WASHINGTON, DC—The road to extending the EB-5 program has been a long and winding, not to mention occasionally rocky one, but an end is finally in sight.
The measure will either be extended under a Continuing Resolution on Friday, when spending authority expires. Or, in the unlikely event that Congress does finish its business by Dec. 11 (Speaker of the House Paul Ryan says Congress will need some more time) the EB-5 measure will be part of the Omnibus spending package.
Either way it is passing.
The first question that comes to mind, of course, ‘what does it say?’ The second is, ‘how do you know?’ Let’s start with question No. 2…
