NATCHEZ — A $1.1 trillion dollar spending bill awaiting President Donald Trump’s signature will allow the expansion of Natchez National Historical Park and increasing funding for Mississippi River programs as well as Alcorn State University.

The Senate passed a bipartisan $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that would keep the government running through September — putting off, for now, battles over Trump’s U.S.-Mexico border wall and his promised military buildup.

Of importance to the Miss-Lou is the language in the bill that would permit the National Park Service to accept land donations and purchase privately owned land at the Forks of the Road, once the second-largest slave market in the country.

If the bill becomes law, the park service could initiate the process of acquiring land owned by the City of Natchez, likely through donation, and purchasing privately owned land at the site.

The park service completed a boundary adjustment study that looked at adding the Forks of the Road site to the park in 2010 and has been awaiting action from Congress since then.

Officials have said the inclusion of the Forks of the Road in the park will be an important step in the development of the interpretation and storytelling of the site’s history.

The spending bill also includes $244.6 million for historically black colleges and universities, or HBCUs, which is level with fiscal year 2016.

The bill also includes a $7.5 million increase for master’s programs at HBCUs, with Alcorn to benefit from the funding.

The bill includes $25 million for the Delta Regional Authority, with a directive that the DRA allocate not less than $10 million of the available funds towards flood control, basic public infrastructure and transportation improvements, as well as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers funding for river projects.

The lopsided, 79-18 Senate vote sends the huge bill to the White House in plenty of time to avert a midnight Friday shutdown deadline.

Negotiators on the bill dropped Trump’s demands for a down payment on his oft-promised wall along the U.S.-Mexico border, but his signature would buy five months of funding stability while lawmakers argue over the wall and over Trump’s demands for a huge military buildup matched by cuts to popular domestic programs and foreign aid accounts.

The House passed the measure Wednesday on a big bipartisan vote, though 103 of the chamber’s conservative Republicans opposed the bill.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.