{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=C3BD2340-FDA6-40BA-8F06-F9FADC4EE0F2", "Fischer Advances Over $13 Million for Nebraska Water Infrastructure Projects", "2024-07-29", "2024", "2024-07", "Republican", "Senate", "NE", "Deb Fischer", "F000463", "www.fischer.senate.gov", "fischer", "https://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/press-releases", "scraper", "U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, announced today that she secured over $13 million for critical Nebraska water infrastructure priorities in the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act.\n\nThe bill, which must still be voted upon by the Senate and House, was advanced Thursday by the Senate Appropriations Committee.\n\n\u201cWater infrastructure is absolutely essential to modern life. This funding will help update aging water infrastructure in Nebraska's communities and improve their water treatment capabilities. I will continue to support this bill through to final passage to bring this critical funding home to Nebraska,\u201dsaid Senator Fischer.\n\nAdditional details on the provisions secured by Senator Fischer are listed below:\n\nInterior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act:\n\nNebraska Bill Highlights\n\nSantee Sioux Nation\n\nProject Name: Santee Sioux Nation Water System Capacity and Infrastructure Improvements\n\nProject Description: The improvements would address the tribe\u2019s concerns about the quality of their drinking water.\n\nProject Location: Santee, NE\n\nAppropriated Amount: $8,250,000\n\nMiddle Niobrara NRD\n\nProject Name: Long Pine Creek Watershed (LPCW) Watershed & Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO) Plan-EA Project Design and Implementation\n\nProject Location: Valentine, NE\n\nAppropriated Amount: $1,400,000\n\nCity of McCook\n\nProject Name: McCook WTP Media Replacement and Vessel Repair\n\nAppropriated Amount: $1,000,000\n\nVillage of Valparaiso\n\nProject Name: Valparaiso Sewer Rehabilitation\n\nProject Description: This project would decrease wastewater flowing through the sewer lines.\n\nAppropriated Amount: $225,000\n\nCity of Genoa\n\nProject Name: New Well & Transmission Line\n\nAppropriated Amount: $350,000\n\nVillage of Ong\n\nProject Name: Lagoon System Replacement\n\nAppropriated Amount: $100,000\n\nVillage of Oakdale\n\nProject Name: Oakdale Well and water system improvements\n\nAppropriated Amount: $150,000\n\nVillage of Greeley\n\nProject Name: Greeley Wastewater Improvements\n\nProject Description: The improvements consist of constructing a retention lagoon, lift station, and sanitary sewer extensions.\n\nAppropriated Amount: $1,300,000\n\nVillage of Shelby\n\nProject Name: Shelby Lagoon Improvements\n\nProject Description: The improvements consist of constructing an additional lagoon cell and repairing existing lagoons.\n\nAppropriated Amount: $600,000\n\nVillage of Farwell\n\nProject Name: Farwell Municipal Water System Improvements\n\nProject Description: The improvements consist of constructing a sanitary water storage facility and replacing an aging well.\n\nAppropriated Amount: $508,000\n\nAdditional Measures:\n\nSenator Fischer also secured language in the FY25 Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act to:\n\n\u2022 Direct the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to provide additional economic analysis of the impact of their wastewater rule for meat and poultry processors.\n\n\u2022 Limit the EPA\u2019s authority to require reporting of greenhouse gases from livestock emissions.\n\n\u2022 Increase funding for the Bureau of Indian Affairs\u2019 criminal investigations and police services account.\n\n\u2022 Increase funding for the Bureau of Indian Education Construction Account.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T18:32:29Z"]], "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://www.fischer.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/news?ID=C3BD2340-FDA6-40BA-8F06-F9FADC4EE0F2"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.4022740069776773, "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"}