{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://boebert.house.gov/house-passes-boebert--water-shortage-amendments", "House Passes Boebert Western Water Shortage Amendments", "2023-10-26", "2023", "2023-10", "Republican", "House", "CO", "Lauren Boebert", "B000825", "boebert.house.gov", "boebert", "https://boebert.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Today, two of Congresswoman Boebert's Western water shortage amendments passed the House as part of the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act. These amendments redirect $5 million in funding to the Colorado River Storage Project to help address the severe water shortage in the West and also to increase water storage through improvements through the Colorado River Dam Fund.\n\nCongresswoman Lauren Boebert (CO-03) said, \u201cThe West is in the midst of a serious water crisis that can no longer be overlooked. Lower Basin States, including California and Nevada, have consistently breached the century-old Colorado River Compact, which established water allotments for each basin. As a consequence of their excessive use, Colorado and other basin states are in need of expanded water storage. My amendments reallocate funds to increase water storage through the Colorado River Dam Fund and also direct funding to the Colorado River Storage Project to address severe water shortages in the West.\u201d\n\nBackground:\n\nToday, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 4394, the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.\n\nCongresswoman Boebert played a key role in implementing measures to curtail government overreach and safeguard state water rights. This significant bill ends the Biden Administration's Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule, restoring control of historically non-federal waterways to the states and protecting ranchers, farmers, and municipal water supplies from federal seizure in the process.\n\nIn the 118th Congress, Congresswoman Boebert has been an extremely effective legislator, focusing on the needs of Colorado\u2019s Third Congressional District and delivering numerous legislative victories. Specifically, three of the Congresswoman\u2019s bills and 44 of her amendments have passed the House. She has also passed seven bills through the House Committee on Natural Resources and the House Committee on Administration. In addition, the Congresswoman has secured $19.7 million for important water and infrastructure projects in the Third District through Community Project Funding requests included in House Appropriations bills.\n\nCongresswoman Boebert successfully passed two amendments through the House of Representatives to H.R. 4394. These amendments include:\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 10 - Transfers $1 million from DOE\u2019s Departmental Administration Account to the Upper Colorado River Basin Development Fund for Colorado River Dam Fund to increase water storage.\n\nThis amendment is of significant importance as it directs $1 million from the DOE's budget to reinforce water storage in the Upper Colorado River Basin. By providing crucial support to the Colorado River Dam Fund, this amendment helps address the pressing need for increased water storage. The Wayne N. Aspinall Unit in Colorado (Blue Mesa, Crystal, and Morrow Point Dams) could benefit from this amendment.\n\nBoebert Amendment No. 11 - Transfers $4 million dollars from DOE\u2019s Departmental Administration Account to the Colorado River Storage Project to help combat water shortages in the West.\n\nThis amendment strengthens our capacity to mitigate the effects of the current Western water shortages, ultimately maintaining a more stable and sustainable water supply for the region.\n\nAddition Background Information courtesy of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies:\n\nThe Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies bill provides $57.958 billion in discretionary spending, which is $1.963 billion below the FY24 President\u2019s Budget Request. This bill aims to strengthen our national and energy security as well as cut wasteful government spending.\n\nSupports a strong national security by:\n\nProviding $19.114 billion for the modernization of the nation\u2019s nuclear weapons stockpile and infrastructure.\n\nProviding $1.946 billion for Naval Reactors to support the operational nuclear fleet.\n\nProviding $2.38 billion for Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation to reduce the danger of hostile nations or terrorist groups acquiring nuclear devices, radiological dispersal devices, weapons-usable material, and nuclear expertise.\n\nSupports energy security by:\n\nSupporting domestic uranium enrichment capabilities, including high-assay low- enriched uranium (HALEU) availability, which is essential to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign uranium sources to power current and future commercial nuclear reactors.\n\nProhibiting oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to be sold to any entity owned by or under the control or influence of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) or to any other entity that intends to export to China.\n\nProviding more than $200 million for the production of critical minerals.\n\nIt reins in wasteful Washington spending by:\n\nRescinding $5.58 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act.\n\nEliminating funding for unrelated climate change activities in the Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation, including electric vehicle procurement and \u201cclimate cops\u201d across the Corps.\n\nCutting more than $180 million for the Justice40 Initiative and prohibiting funds from being used to implement the initiative at the Department of Energy.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T00:49:26Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://boebert.house.gov/house-passes-boebert--water-shortage-amendments"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 200.99303498864174, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}