20 Boebert Legislative Priorities Signed Into Law

20 of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s legislative priorities were signed into law as part of the final six bills in the consolidated appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2024.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert stated, “I worked hard with the House Appropriations Committee to ensure that 20 of Colorado and my legislative priorities were included in these must-pass bills that were  signed into law.”

Background:

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert successfully worked with the House Committee on Appropriations to secure the aforementioned 20 appropriations requests into public law as part of the final six bills in the consolidated appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2024. Ranking Member Granger’s letter to Congresswoman Boebert detailing these legislative victories can be found here.

Also in March of 2024, twenty-five other of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s legislative priorities were signed into law as part of the first six bills in the consolidated appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2024. In December of 2022, twenty-two of Congresswoman Lauren Boebert’s legislative priorities were signed into law in H.R. 2617, the consolidated appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2023. In March of 2022, nine of Congresswoman Boebert's appropriations requests for Colorado were signed into law as part of the appropriations package for Fiscal Year 2022. In total, Rep. Boebert has passed 76 legislative appropriations initiatives into law and also the Pueblo Jobs Act into law. 10 of her appropriations victories signed into law secured over $20 million for important water and infrastructure projects in Colorado through Boebert Community Project Funding requests.

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's 20 Legislative Priorities Signed into Law Include:

Defense
1. Language included in the bill regarding a prohibition on the use of Government Travel Charge Cards for gaming or adult entertainment.
2. Fully funds the President's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for cartridges and cart actuated devices for the Marine Corps.
3. 86 F-35s, including an increase of three additional F-35As above the request.
4. Fully funds the budget request for F135 engine core upgrades.
5. Fully funds the President's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for F135 engine modernization for the F-35C.
6. Fully funds the President's Fiscal Year 2024 budget request for F135 engine modernization for the F-35B.
7. Fully funds the President’s budget request of $80 million in Procurement, Defense-Wide for Iron Dome.
8. Fully funds the President’s budget request of $80 million in Procurement, Defense-Wide for the Arrow Weapon System.
9. Fully funds the President’s budget request of $40 million in Procurement, Defense-Wide for Short Range Ballistic Missile Defense (SRBMD).
10. $300 million for U.S.-Israel missile defense Research, Development, Test and Evaluation cooperation.
11. $703 million for counter-narcotics support, including an additional $50,000,000 for programs to counter illicit fentanyl and synthetic opioids.
12. $306 million for the national guard counter-drug program.

Financial Services and General Government
1. Report language requiring the Office of Management and Budget to provide a status update on the completion of a COVID-19 expenditure report.

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
1. $1.9 billion for the health centers program in the Department of Health and Human Services.
2. $365 million for Rural Health in the Department of Health and Human Services.
3. $285 million for the Apprenticeship Grants program in the Department of Labor.
4. Report language related to Water and Wastewater System Operations Specialists Apprenticeships included in the Department of Labor.
5. $440 million for the Charter Schools program.

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
1. Report language included regarding opposition to the Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions (BDS) movement.