Boebert's 25 Legislative Priorities Signed into Law

Twenty-five 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.

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

Background:

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert successfully worked with the House Committee on Appropriations to secure the aforementioned twenty-five appropriations requests into public law as part of the first 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.

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. 

Congresswoman Lauren Boebert's 25 Legislative Priorities Signed into Law Include:

In the Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related
Agencies Bill:
1. $5,000,000 to help build the Wolf Creek Reservoir. This important project will create 400,000 acre-feet of new water storage, generate $535 million in local spending, and create 360 new jobs.
2. $1,576,000 for the Huerfano County Water Storage Project which will be used to fortify the bank of Sheep Mountain Reservoir in Walsenburg and increase available water storage in Huerfano County.
3. Includes $910 million in loan authority for the Department of Agriculture's Rural Water and Waste Disposal Account.
4. Includes $21.82 million for the Department of Agriculture's Circuit Rider program.
5. Includes $7 million for the Farm Service Agency’s Grassroots Source Water Protection Program.

In the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Bill:
1. $1,750,000 for a new water treatment plant to treat and supply clean water to the City of Gunnison.
2. $2,053,000 for the Town of Silt water treatment plant improvement project that will improve the water capacity and quality of drinking water in Silt. 
3. Report language regarding invasive species on U.S. Forest Service lands.
4. Report language regarding the U.S. Forest Service’s report on salt cedar and Russian olive trees.
5. $28.72 million signed into law for the Bureau of Indian Affairs Indian Irrigation Fund to address the deferred maintenance backlog and increase water storage projects like the Southern Utes’ Pine River Indian Irrigation Project.
6. $1 million for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Wolf Livestock Loss Demonstration program.
7. Legislative provision signed into law prohibiting listing the greater sage-grouse as an endangered species. This will protect 173 million acres of land from being locked up from energy production, critical mineral production, grazing rights, and other multiple-use activities.
8. Fully funds the Payments in Lieu of Taxes (PILT) program.
9. $1 million for the cooperative landslide hazards and assessment competitive grant program to states and $4.52 million for landslide hazard data and science research at the United States Geological Survey.
10. $30.7 million for technical assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works assistance grants.
11. $25.5 million for technical assistance for Wastewater Treatment Works rural clean water technical assistance grants.
12. $42.91 million for the United States Geological Survey’s 3D Elevation Program.
13. Report language regarding the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s ecogrief program for employees.
14. Report language directing land management agencies to abide by the multiple use mandate when developing resource management plans, as well as coordinating and consulting with local communities, governments, and stakeholders.

In the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Bill:
1. $1.4 million for the South Bridge Project.
2. $2 million for the I-70 Interchange at 29 Road.
3. $1.5 million  for the Cottonwood Pass Blue Hill Project.
4. $1,547,000 for the U.S. Highway 160/East Bayfield Parkway new signalized intersection.
5. $1 million to the State of Colorado for Medal of Honor Boulevard Extension.
6. $2.2 million to the City of Craig for the Craig-South Distribution Line Improvement Project.