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As a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, Sinema advanced $69,008,000 for key Arizona priorities in the annual appropriations legislation

WASHINGTON - Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema advanced critical Arizona priorities in this year's annual appropriations bills, which cleared the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee with broad bipartisan support.

"I ensured our bipartisan appropriations legislation invests in Arizona priorities to secure our water future, raise wildland firefighter pay, support Tribal communities, and much more. I will continue working with my colleagues on both sides of the aisle and Arizona communities to get things done for our state," said Sinema, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Sinema joined the powerful U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations where she is securing Arizona priorities and helping bring Democrats and Republicans together to find common ground. The role of the Senate Appropriations Committee is defined by the U.S. Constitution, which requires "appropriations made by law" prior to the expenditure of any money from the federal treasury. The Committee writes the legislation that allocates federal funds to the numerous government agencies, departments, and organizations on an annual basis.

See below for a breakdown of funding for Arizona projects and priorities included in the Fiscal Year 2025 Appropriations Bills:

Recipient
Project Name
Amount
Project Purpose
The Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy
The Sandra Day O'Connor Institute for American Democracy for the O'Connor House Conservation, Save America's Treasures
$100,000
This project will support essential conservation repairs and maintenance to preserve the historic O'Connor House, the adobe home of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Yuma Crossing
National Heritage
Area
Yuma Crossing National Heritage Area for Exterior Restoration of Historic Yuma
City Hall, Save America's Treasures
$398,000
This project will restore the exterior of the 103-year-old historic Yuma city hall building, including restoration of the exterior facade and replacement of the windows and front entry door to improve energy efficiency and to return this local landmark back to its original historic look.
City of Safford
City of Safford for Water Storage Tank
$1,500,000
Due to the high elevation of the Safford Regional Airport, fire protection and service are provided by pump only. This funding supports the city's designs for a 200,000-gallon storage tank and fire pump to assist with adequate fire protection to support growth and meet fire protection standards.
City of Show Low
City of Show Low for Savage Sewer Phase 2
$1,920,000
The Savage Sewer Main Line serves as one of Show Low's larger sewer transmission lines. The project will replace the main to meet current capacity needs.
Page Utility
Enterprises
City of Page for Water
Treatment Plant Project
$3,000,000
Funds will be used for construction of the water treatment plant expansion. Upgrades will increase capacity from 3.3 mgd to 6.6 mgd, providing the capability for water to be supplied to the City of Page and Navajo Tribal Village of LeChee during peak demands.
Town of Parker
Town of Parker for Wastewater Project
$2,082,000
The purpose of this project is to renew and expand wastewater treatment capacity for the Colorado River Indian Tribes (CRIT) and the Town of Parker in La Paz County, Arizona, mitigating sanitation issues and preventing the discharge of untreated wastewater into the Colorado River.
Town of Patagonia
Town of Patagonia for Water
Line Upgrades
$900,000
Funds will be used to replace 1965 water service lines that are at end of life.
Tri City Regional
Sanitary District of
Gila County, Arizona
Tri-City Regional Sanitary District of
Gila County for II Gravity Main Project
$3,000,000
This project is a critical infrastructure, sanitary sewer and economic development project that will construct a sanitary sewer system for residents of the District.
Flagstaff Pulliam Airport
Terminal Expansion, Accessibility and Drainage Improvements
$1,200,000
The Flagstaff Airport Terminal Expansion, Accessibility and Drainage Improvements project will provide design work for terminal expansion and accessibility improvements, as well as design and construct apron drainage improvements at the terminal.
City of Buckeye
Arizona State Route 85 and Broadway Road Improvements
$4,000,000
The Arizona State Route 85 - a crucial north-south state highway linking Interstate 8 (I-8) and Interstate 10 (I-10) in the western part of the Phoenix Metropolitan area - and Baseline Road project aims to enhance roadway infrastructure and implement advanced transportation technologies for increased safety, reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries, diminished congestion, and lower transportation and greenhouse emissions.
City of Buckeye
Arizona State Route 85 and Southern Avenue Improvements
$4,000,000
The Arizona State Route 85 and Southern Avenue project aims to enhance roadway infrastructure and implement advanced transportation technologies for increased safety, reduced traffic-related fatalities and injuries, diminished congestion, and lower transportation and greenhouse emissions.
Arizona Department of Transportation
Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry Connector Road
$20,000,000
Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry Connector Road - This project will construct a connector road between the new Douglas Commercial Land Port of Entry and State Route 80. The Port of Entry project was fully funded in the IIJA, but additional funding is needed to construct the connector road.
City of Flagstaff
Flagstaff Amtrak Station Platform Improvements
$3,850,000
The Flagstaff Amtrak Station Platform improvements will provide enhanced ADA accessibility, drainage mitigation, and improved safety and operational components for passenger boarding and coordination between freight and passenger rail on the BNSF Railway Southern Transcontinental main line.
Northern Arizona Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority, Mountain Line
Electric Bus On-Route Charging Infrastructure
$1,950,000
Funding to support on-route charging infrastructure for Mountain Line's electric fleet to improve electric bus performance and resiliency.
Dishchiibikoh (Cibecue) Community School
Cibecue Teacher Housing Construction
$1,300,000
Cibecue Teacher Housing Construction - This project will construct teacher housing for the Cibecue Community School to address the recruitment and retention challenges the school is facing due to its remote location on the White Mountain Apache reservation.
City of Phoenix
Emergency Shelter & Workforce Development Center
$1,050,000
Emergency Shelter & Workforce Development Center - This project will construct an emergency shelter that will provide training and skills development programs to people experiencing homelessness.
Flagstaff Shelter Services
Non-Congregate Shelter Improvements
$3,000,000
Flagstaff Shelter Services has purchased two blighted motels to serve as much needed non-congregate shelter for individuals and families experiencing homelessness in northern Arizona.
Native American Connections Inc
Owl River Transitional Housing
$1,000,000
New construction of 45 townhomes to serve as Emergency Shelter and Affordable/Transitional Housing with wraparound services for Homeless Families.
Town of Taylor, AZ
Taylor Community Center
$1,500,000
Taylor Community Center - This project will construct a new community center for the Town of Taylor. The Town owns the land, and this will enable the construction of a multi-use community facility.
Yavapai Family Advocacy Center - A Program of Prevent Child Abuse Arizona
Yavapai Family Advocacy Center Verde Valley
$419,000
To provide victim-centered, trauma-informed support, advocacy, and services to children and families in the Verde Valley. To offer a warm, safe environment for victims of sexual and physical violence to begin to heal and receive the justice they deserve.
Alpine Fire District
Alpine Fire District Emergency Response Vehicle
$140,000
Funding will be used for a new first due response vehicle that will respond to every call/incident (EMS, Structure Fire, Wildland Fire, and Rescue) in their 1,680 square mile response area.
Mohave Valley Fire District
Mohave Valley Fire District Radios
$174,000
The purpose of the mobile and handheld radio project is to design and develop portable communication devices capable of transmitting and receiving audio signals over various frequencies, providing reliable communication solutions for individuals and organizations in remote or mobile environments.
Gila County
Tonto Basin Fire Station Remodel
$132,000
This project provides ADA compliant housing for disabled veterans visiting the Pleasant Valley Veterans Retreat in Young, which was repurposed by Gila County from the former Tonto National Forest Fire Station.
Town of Clarkdale
Clarkdale Police Station
$132,000
This project will provide new doors and double-pane windows to the Clarkdale Police Station. The building was built in 1918 and is long overdue for repairs to stop leaks and enhance safety and quality of life for our police officers.
Town of Superior
Superior Fire Engine
$691,000
This project supports the procurement and implementation of a Pierce Enforcer Pumper Type I engine for the Superior Fire Department.
Arouet Foundation
Arouet Comprehensive Reentry Workforce Program
$600,000
Address workforce access gaps in women impacted by the justice system through a wraparound model that begins while these individuals are still incarcerated.
Axiom Community of Recovery
Substance Use Disorder Services for Veterans and At-Risk Homeless
$400,000
To deliver substance use disorder evidence-based treatment to veterans and at-risk homeless individuals in a peer support setting.
Barrow Neurological Institute
Barrow Neuroimaging Innovation Center Infrastructure
$700,000
The Barrow Neurological Institute Neuroimaging Innovation Center is a multidisciplinary research center seeking to acquire infrastructure capable of conducting research into complex neurological diseases.
Circle the City
Circle the City Pharmacy Equipment
$340,000
Given that medication adherence is the foundation for addressing patients' chronic and acute health conditions and a huge unmet need for individuals experiencing homelessness, CTC is opening its first onsite pharmacy to improve access to life-saving medications and education.
Creighton University Health Sciences - Phoenix Campus
Healthcare Leadership and Workforce Readiness Initiative
$1,000,000
In response to evolving healthcare needs in Phoenix, Creighton University is establishing the Center for Healthcare Leadership and Workforce Readiness to provide healthcare training, workforce development programming, and facilitation of partnerships with healthcare employers for upskilling learners.
Florence Crittenton Services of Arizona
Behavioral Health Campus Tenant Improvement
$500,000
This request is to fund tenant improvement in our behavioral health campuses serving girls and young women ages 10-21 located in Phoenix and Scottsdale.
Friendly House, Inc.
Launching Innovative Education, Outreach, and Resources for Immigrants, Refugees, and underserved populations at Friendly House in Phoenix
$1,000,000
This initiative will expand and increase Friendly House (FH) services to impact the growing number of immigrants and refugees in Greater Phoenix including veteran populations seeking language skills, citizenship, education, and workforce training.
Maricopa County Special Health Care District dba Valleywise Health
Valleywise Health Hybrid Operating Room
$755,000
Valleywise Health is seeking support for the acquisition of critical equipment for a new, state-of-the-art Hybrid Operating Room (OR) at the Valleywise Health Medical Center in Phoenix, Arizona.
Mariposa Community Health Center, Inc.
Mariposa Rio Rico Clinic Renovation and Expansion
$1,500,000
The Rio Rico Clinic Renovation and Expansion project will create a comprehensive healthcare hub that integrates primary care, dental, radiology, and mental health services under one roof.
Phoenix Children's
Phoenix Children's Bridge Clinic
$1,500,000
To renovate Phoenix Children's Ambulatory Building, which will house an expanded Bridge Clinic to treat patients with acute mental and behavioral health conditions post-discharge. This renovated facility will allow for the expansion of behavioral health workforce training programs.
TGen
The Arizona Epidemiology and Pathogen Intelligence Center
$1,500,000
TGen has been at the forefront of protecting public health by tracking and analyzing pathogen breakouts within our healthcare system. While this work has saved many lives, it isn't well known and the goal of this request is to expand this life saving work to benefit the entire state.
Tucson Children's Museum, Inc.
Education and Workforce Development - Science Park at Tucson Children's Museum
$1,000,000
Tucson Children's Museum is expanding, adding an additional building and outdoor Science Park to the existing museum, to create a museum campus to meet the growing need. We are requesting funds for Phase III, the development of the Science Park, which will include interactive components for STEAM.
Tucson Medical Center
Tucson Medical Center Emergency Department Renovation
$1,500,000
The redesign of the TMC Emergency Department will improve patient experience and patient safety for patients from throughout Arizona. The TMC Emergency Department was designed and built more than 30 years ago and is inefficient to accommodate our growing volume and increasing acuity of patients.
Yuma Regional Medical Center
Enhancing the Capabilities of the Clinical Diagnostics Laboratory - Yuma, AZ
$880,000
Yuma Regional Medical Center respectfully requests $880,000 from the Health Resources and Services Administration Health Care Facilities and Equipment account to purchase an automation system for its microbiology and infectious disease molecular diagnostics laboratory in Yuma, AZ.
Bullhead City Fire Department
Bullhead Fire Ambulance
$351,000
The Bullhead City Fire Department is in need of a 4-wheel drive ambulance to help support the overwhelming demand for wildland responses in the state. This project will allow us to deploy our fire department personnel and resources to complex wildfire incidents throughout the state.
Central Arizona Fire and Medical Authority
CAFMA Emergency Medical Transportation
$788,000
CAFMA has received notification that we are being granted a Certificate of Necessity (Operating License) to provide emergency ambulance transportation service. This project will facilitate the necessary apparatus and equipment to provide the service.
City of Nogales
Ambulance Replacement
$550,000
Replace ambulances that have exceeded their life expectancy.
Desert Hills Fire District
EKG Heart Monitors & Chest Compression Systems
$224,000
The Desert Hills Fire District is requesting to replace our two antiquated EKG Heart Monitor/Defibrillators with new technology, which are used daily on medical calls during patient care. As part of the request, the district is also requesting two CPR Chest Compression Systems.
Mohave Community College
Advanced Manufacturing Training Center
$2,500,000
Mohave Community College's (MCC) proposed Advanced Manufacturing Training Center (AMTC) will provide students the exposure to hands-on learning, inspire and guide students to careers in advanced manufacturing.
Northern Arizona University
Grant Proposal for the Expansion of Virtual Reality (VR) Simulation Program
$150,000
Northern Arizona University College of Nursing (NAU CON) seeks $150,000 in grant funding to significantly expand its Virtual Reality (VR) Simulation program for nurse education and training across its four campus locations in Flagstaff, Phoenix, Tucson, and Yuma.
Verde Valley Fire District
Verde Valley Fire District Ambulance for Emergency Medical Services
$361,000
This CDS project request is to secure funding to purchase a new ambulance for the Fire District. This ambulance will be replacing a 16-year-old ambulance that no longer meets the safety standards for EMS providers rendering patient care in the ambulance.
Yavapai Regional Medical Centers
Virtually Integrated Care Improves Patient Outcomes and Supports Healthcare Workforce
$228,000
To improve patient outcomes and support healthcare workforce through innovative technology. The program will provide additional accessibility to an underserved rural area.
LISC Phoenix
Arizona Early Childhood Business Support Initiative
$1,000,000
LISC Phoenix's proposed statewide technical assistance program aims to provide significant support to early childhood education businesses across Arizona.
Coconino County
Coconino County Digital Transformation
$150,000
Coconino County is seeking funds to hire up to two employees to digitize historic records for the Coconino County Board of Supervisors. The acquisition of additional staff would provide the needed support to scan documents, converting bound books and loose papers into permanent electronic records.
Women's Business Center (MAC), YWCA of Southern Arizona
Southern Arizona Rural Small Business Service Delivery and Job Creation Plan
$1,000,000
YWCA Southern Arizona, through its SBA Women's Business Center, seeks to implement a scalable Rural Small Business Service Delivery Plan that will significantly expand and deepen small business development opportunities for rural women and minority-owned business owners.
SEED SPOT
The Arizona Capital Readiness Project
$300,000
SEED SPOT's Arizona Capital Readiness Project aims to accelerate access to entrepreneurial opportunity for underrepresented entrepreneurs in Arizona, with a specific focus on Black, Latino, and women-owned businesses in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area.
Pima County
Summerhaven Public Safety Radio Coverage
$1,500,000
Expand public safety communications infrastructure in Summerhaven to address the poor radio coverage for first responders caused by the Catalina Mountains and the topography of the region.
Camp Verde
Repeaters for Dispatch at Verde Lakes Project
$70,000
To provide a simulcast repeater in the Verde Lakes area of Camp Verde to link into the current system and provide increased coverage and eliminate dead zones. This increased connectivity is vital for public safety, police response, and community integration.
City of El Mirage
Police Command Vehicle
$1,500,000
To provide a new Police Department Command Vehicle.
Snowflake Taylor Police Department
Mobile Command/Evidence Vehicle
$579,000
To provide a new mobile evidence vehicle support with command, communications, evidence processing/storage and shelter needs for the Law Enforcement Officers while processing crime scenes.
Nogales Police
Department
Police Department Incident Command Response
Vehicles
$436,000
This project will equip the Nogales Police Department with five new Incident Command Response vehicles. These vehicles will replace existing and outdated response vehicles in order to have a better respond to critical incidents as well as and continue collaboration on border security.
Coconino County Sheriff's Office
Sheriff's Office Public Safety Interoperability Communications
$2,230,000
To increase joint communication of our interoperability communication system. This project will complete the last two phases of bringing the system to P25 digital, simulcast, and voting, and the purchase of mobile and portable radios will enable for multi-jurisdictional communication between first responders.
La Paz County Sheriff's Office
County Regional SWAT Team - SWAT Ambulance Project
$448,000
This project will provide an ambulance dedicated to the La Paz County Regional SWAT Team and used by the SWAT Team's Paramedic-certified Team members. This vehicle will enable them to provide immediate paramedic care to any injured victim, suspect and/or SWAT Team and first responder personnel.
Town of Wellton Police Department
Public Safety Vehicles to Upgrade Police Department Fleet
$305,000
To purchase public safety vehicles to enhance the safety, reliability, and modernization of Town of Wellton Police Department Fleet. The police department's current vehicles are reaching their end of life and will need to be replaced.
Pima County Sheriff's Department
Pima County Sheriff's Department Training Facility Upgrade
$1,350,000
Pima County Sheriff's Department Training Facility Upgrades - This project will upgrade the facilities at the Pima Regional Training Center to improve training opportunities for the Sheriff's Department and other law enforcement agencies that train at the facility.
Maricopa Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District
Western Rural Water, AZ, NV, MT, ID, NM, UT & WY (Arizona Environmental Infrastructure, AZ) (Maricopa-Stanfield Irrigation and Drainage District Wells); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
$2,450,000
This project will drill three wells and install associated conveyance pipelines. This will allow delivery of roughly 3,890AF of water annually to replace water from wells that currently utilize the Santa Rosa Canal to meet commitments made to the Ak-Chin Indian Community.
City of Globe
McCormick Wash Diversion Tunnel, Globe AZ; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
$50,000
These funds will support the McCormick Wash Project. This project was constructed by the mining interest in 1924 to divert water and protect the City of Globe from flooding.
Flood Control District of Maricopa County
ATM Agua Fria Trilby Wash, McMicken FRM, AZ; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
$500,000
The McMicken Dam is aging and requires extensive rehabilitation to ensure that Luke Air Force Base's military readiness is maintained, and Arizona families are safe and secure. These funds will support this project.
Ak-Chin Indian Community
Ak-Chin Indian Community Comprehensive Watershed System Conservation Project Plan, AZ; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
$100,000
This feasibility study will provide an overarching comprehensive plan to develop projects that will protect and manage water resources throughout the Ak-Chin Indian Community.
University of Arizona
Modular Teaching and Learning Extractive Metallurgy and Recycling Pilot Facility, AZ; University of Arizona.
$1,000,000
These funds will support a University of Arizona bench-scale plant project that can be expanded in the future, allowing for reconfiguration and the application of practically any type of processing or recycling technique.