Congressionally Directed Spending Requests FY23: Agriculture and Rural Development
Signed Disclosure Letter Available HERE.
PROJECTS REQUESTED
Project City/County: Arch, New Mexico
Recipient: Arch Volunteer Fire Department, Roosevelt County
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Arch Volunteer Fire Department in Roosevelt County will purchase a new fire engine.
Project City/County: Belen, New Mexico
Recipient: City of Belen
Amount Requested: $761,000
Project Description and Explanation: The City of Belen will purchase a new Pumper Fire Truck.
Project City/County: Cuba, New Mexico
Recipient: Village of Cuba Volunteer Fire Department
Amount Requested: $550,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Village of Cuba Volunteer Fire Department will replace its aging fire engine pumper.
Project City/County: Deming, New Mexico
Recipient: City of Deming Fire Department
Amount Requested: $542,000
Project Description and Explanation: The City of Deming will replace an aging fire engine.
Project City/County: Hatch, New Mexico
Recipient: Hatch Valley Public Schools
Amount Requested: $200,000
Project Description and Explanation: Hatch Valley Public Schools will conduct a feasibility study, planning, and design for an animal science facility that would support student education in animal husbandry and create a veterinarian science training pipeline.
Project City/County: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Recipient: USDA-ARS Range Management Research Unit, NMSU
Amount Requested: $2,831,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Range Management Research Unit will make reparations and upgrades to its facilities.
Project City/County: Las Cruces, New Mexico
Recipient: USDA-ARS Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Lab
Amount Requested: $3,376,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Southwestern Cotton Ginning Research Laboratory will make reparations and upgrades to the facilities in its laboratory.
Project City/County: Reserve, New Mexico
Recipient: Village of Reserve
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Village of Reserve will construct a new fire station.
Project City/County: Rowe, New Mexico
Recipient: Rowe Volunteer Fire Department
Amount Requested: $450,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Rowe Volunteer Fire Department will purchase a new primary attack fire engine.
Project City/County: Silver City, New Mexico
Recipient: Western New Mexico University
Amount Requested: $500,000
Project Description and Explanation: Western New Mexico University will purchase distance learning hardware to expand its online learning programs.
Project City/County: Sundland Park, New Mexico
Recipient: Sundland Park Fire Department
Amount Requested: $2,200,000
Project Description and Explanation: The City of Sunland Park Fire Department will purchase a multi-purpose fire truck.
Project City/County: The region of northern New Mexico
Recipient: New Mexico Department of Game and Fish
Amount Requested: $250,000
Project Description and Explanation: The New Mexico Department of Game and Fish will restore riparian areas and perform other beaver-related conservation work in northern New Mexico.
Project City/County: Tulrosa, New Mexico
Recipient: Tularosa Volunteer Fire Department
Amount Requested: $300,000
Project Description and Explanation: The Tularosa Volunteer Fire Department will purchase a new Water Tender Fire Truck.
Project City/County: Village of Questa, New Mexico
Recipient: Village of Questa
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
Project Description and Explanation: This request would allow the Village of Questa to build a new fire station for increased fire responsiveness.