U.S. Representative Mark Amodei announced the securing of all 15 Community Project Funding requests submitted to the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations for Nevada’s Second District. The requests will now be forwarded to the House floor, the Senate, and hopefully included in the Fiscal Year 2023 Federal Budget.
Of the 15 projects, four of them were proposed by and for our local Lahontan Valley community.
The Western Nevada College proposed project will support the development of permanent instructional training space for its rural nursing cohort at the Fallon Campus, estimated to cost $2M.
Churchill County’s $4M Coleman Road Connector project would fund the construction of a new road, including a 125ft bridge across the Carson River, to provide safer roadways and improved access to central commercial areas.
The City of Fallon has two proposals for the FY23 budget.
Approval of the New River Feeders project will fund the installation of two additional power circuits in the New River Substation to ensure reliable and equitable access to public power utilities, at a proposed cost of $879,835.
Their second project, at $4,369,300, will support the installation of a volute dewatering press at the Wastewater Treatment Plant to more effectively process the biosolids generated from the treatment processes allowing the City of Fallon to eliminate some of its lagoons and to effectively manage and operate the plant.
Representative Amodei (R-NV) stated, “I applaud the Nevada entities that have successfully adhered to the strict guidelines provided by the U.S. House Committee on Appropriations to achieve the inclusion of 15 separate Community Project Funding requests in the FY23 federal spending bill to secure a combined total of $32,249,135 for Northern Nevada. As a member of the Appropriations Committee, I was proud to advocate for and advance funding for critical projects in Nevada’s Second Congressional District, including funds for law enforcement efficiency, wastewater treatment, airport improvements, intersection safety, highway infrastructure advancements, small businesses development, medical school training equipment, and economic revitalization. The Appropriations Committee will now move forward to pass these measures on the House floor. I look forward to continuing our work with the U.S. Senate via the eventual conference process to ensure that the final FY23 funding bills are better as a whole, while including these important priorities.
“And for the pro-transparency crowd, a friendly reminder that these are not the outdated “earmarks” full of pet projects and pork, but funds for vital community projects. The entities requesting funding for these projects, state and local governments or eligible non-profit entities, have gone through a rigorous process to demonstrate clear community support and prove the specific intent of the funds and benefit to the local area. Further, Members of Congress cannot have any financial interests in the projects, and the requests must be made publicly available online before they are considered by the Committee.
“What this process represents is 100% focus on Nevada’s Second District, 100% participation in Appropriations Committee procedures, 100% entity due diligence, and 100% staff attention to detail, so naturally, with this strong team effort, we successfully were able to secure 100% of the Community Project Funding requests submitted to the Committee.
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