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| https://haaland.house.gov/media/press-releases/haaland-priorities-new-mexico-working-families-climate-water-provisions | Haaland Priorities for New Mexico Working Families, Climate, Water Provisions in Appropriations Package | 2020-12-23 | 2020 | 2020-12 | Democrat | House | NM | Debra Haaland | H001080 | haaland.house.gov | legacy | Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Deb Haaland (NM-01) secured prioritiesforNew Mexico working families and climate provisions in the appropriations package that passed earlier this week. The year-end funding package passed the House Floor, with crucial investments in healthcare, education, jobs, and environmental protections. Haaland also votedforan urgent COVID-19 relief package that will keep families and communities across the country safe and healthy. The package sits on the President's desk for signature. Our funding bills reflect our priorities, and I'm proud that the appropriations package we passed this week includes important funding to increase access to health care, education, broadband internet and veterans benefits while combating climate change,said Congresswoman Deb Haaland, Vice Chair of the House Natural Resources Committee. The Consolidated Appropriations Actincludes investments to give working families a better chance at a better life, protect our nation, and uphold our values by specifically: Expanding access to housingby,forthe first time, providing $43.4 million in new targeted vouchers to reduce homelessness among families with children, individuals, the unsheltered, veterans, and survivors of domestic violence. Tackling food insecurity,with robust investments in WIC, child nutrition programs, and SNAP. Removing barriers to an affordable education, through the largest expansion of Pell Grant recipients in over a decade, reaching 500,000 new recipients, ensuring more than 1.5 million students will now receive the maximum benefit, and finally ending the ban preventing students who are incarcerated from receiving Pell Grants. Supporting Native communitiesthrough$6.23 billionforIndian Health Service and $7 millionforTribal nutrition programs, and$1 billion Tribal Broadband Connectivity Grants Expanding broadband internet accessforrural communities, with more than $730 million in the expansion of broadband service to provide economic development opportunities and improved education and healthcare services. Fightingfora more humane immigration approach,reducing fundingforICE's overly aggressive detention and removal activities by $431 million below the fiscal year 2020 level. Keeping our communities safeby providing $3.3 billionforstate and local preparedness grants, training and exercises, an increase of $131.4 million above the fiscal year 2020 level, including: $180 millionfornon-profit security grants, an increase of $90 million above the fiscal year 2020 level. Combating the gun violence epidemic,with $25 million split evenlyforfederal research at the CDC and NIH into our nation's gun violence epidemic. Supporting servicemembers and military familieswith funding above the President's budget requestforprograms directly impacting the quality of lifeforservice members, their families, and military communities, and by fully funding the 3.0 percent military pay raise, as well as securing $10 millionfora pilot Rent the Camo program to supply maternity uniforms to pregnant service members. Honoring our responsibilities to veterans,providing $90 billionforVA medical care, including funding to provide homelessness assistance, suicide prevention and outreach, and gender-specific care. Supporting New Mexico's Military Installations and National Labsby promoting technology transition from the labs into the market, supporting R&D on renewable energy microgridsforresilient electricity distribution systems, securing fundingforrenewable energy microgrids work at military bases including Kirtland AFB and fundingforresilient solar power satellite architectures. Celebrating diversityby establishing the Women's History Museum and the National Museum of the American Latino within the Smithsonian Institute. Haaland worked tirelessly to include provisions that would address climate change and protect public lands including: A prohibition on new oil and gas leasing near Chaco Canyon until the completion of a cultural resources investigation which receives $600,000 in the bill. $9.24 billion, a $180 million increase,forthe Environmental Protection Agency to ensure clean air and water and to hold polluters accountable. This funding level is the highest in ten years, and the second highest level of all time. $7.026 billionforDOE's Office of Science to support energy innovation of the future; $2.86 billionforEnergy Efficiency and Renewable Energy and $427 millionforARPA-E to support the development of clean, affordable, and secure energy; and $367.7 millionfora reliable, resilient electric grid. $2 billionforNASA Earth Science, including climate observing programs, an increase of $28.2 million above FY 2020, as well as $182 millionforNOAA Climate Research, $12.5 million above FY 2020. Language to promote clean energy transmission from theInterregional Transmission Planning Improvement Act In addition, the New Mexico delegation's Water Resources Development Act (WRDA) provisionsfor Army Corps of Engineers water projects nationwide: San Juan-Chama Project, Abiquiu Dam, New Mexico:Would remove the 200,000-acre-foot storage limitation at Abiquiu Reservoir and allowforadditional storage of either San-Juan Chama project or Rio Grande basin water if the entity requesting the storage acquires the necessary property interests to accommodate the storage. This provides immediate reliefforother pending water construction projects and will provide greater flexibilityforNew Mexico as it plansforthe future during a time of changing water supply. Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection:Reauthorizes the $310,684,000 Middle Rio Grande Flood Protection (Bernalillo to Belen) project to keep surrounding communities safe from major flooding events. Rio Grande, Environmental Management Program:Extends the authorization of the $26,151,000 Rio Grande, Environmental Management Program Reauthorization to 2029, which allowsforcooperative regional restoration projectsforbosque and other important habitat. This project helps protect key habitat and wildlife to reduce the needforendangered species listings and helps recharge groundwater. Tribal Partnership Program:Increases the per-project authorization levelforthe Corps' Tribal Partnership Program by an additional $6 million,fora total of $18.5 million, a program which has helped fund several flood control and environmental restoration projects in partnership with Tribal Governments in New Mexico. Project Consultation:Requires the Corps to update its policies on environmental justice considerations and directs the Corps to promote meaningful involvement with minority communities, economically disadvantaged communities, and Indian Tribes in carrying out water resources development projects. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |