Ciscomani Supports Passage of FY24 Appropriations Package, Secures $26 Million for AZ-06

WASHINGTON – U.S. Congressman Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), Arizona’s only member of the House Appropriations Committee, today supported the passage of the FY2024 appropriations package, securing $26 million for his district. It also included $45 million for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) VET-TEC program. Ciscomani’s bill to reauthorize this popular VA program passed the House in May of 2023. 

“From day one, I promised to use my position on the House Appropriations Committee to bring much-needed resources back to Arizona’s Sixth District while ensuring our taxpayer dollars were being spent responsibly,” said Congressman Ciscomani. “I am proud to say that this package makes good on that promise, securing $26 million for all five counties in our district. This bill not only supports a number of initiatives in Arizona but also reduces wasteful spending, supports our national defense, and rejects divisive policies in the federal government. Delivering these types of results is what I was sent to Congress to do and remains my top priority.” 

“Congressman Ciscomani has been a strong voice for his district’s priorities throughout the FY24 Appropriations process and that is reflected in the funding he’s secured for AZ-06,” said House Appropriations Committee Chairwoman Kay Granger (TX-12). “He serves an important role on the Appropriations Committee that allows him to prioritize his constituents and deliver meaningful solutions to Arizona.”

Co-chairs of Ciscomani’s Advisory Council, Dr. Eric Cornidez, Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, and former Pima County Supervisor Sharon Bronson praised Ciscomani’s work in a joint statement.

“As Arizona’s only member of the House Appropriations Committee, Congressman Juan Ciscomani has played a pivotal role in securing millions of federal dollars for our district and our state,” said Cornidez, Dannels, and Bronson. “This funding will have a meaningful, lasting impact on communities from Casa Grande to Tucson to Sierra Vista for generations to come. We appreciate Congressman Ciscomani’s tireless efforts to secure every last federal dollar for Arizona’s 6th Congressional District and we look forward to seeing these projects come to fruition thanks to these resources.”

Congressman Ciscomani secured the following for 13 of his Community Project Funding requests: 

• $14.5 million to five projects in the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development package: 
  • $2.7 million for the Pima JTED: Urban Workforce Development via Career and Technical Education (CTE). 
  • $3.79 million for the City of Sierra Vista for the Buffalo Soldier Trail (BST). 
  • $3.79 million for the City of Casa Grande for the Thornton Road Widening project. 
  • $1.3 million for the Graham County Gila River Linear Park and Trail project. 
  • $3 million for the Town of Sahuarita Campbell Ave Extension project. 
• $3.1 million benefitting three projects in the Agriculture, Rural Development, and Food and Drug Administration package:  
  • $859,000 for the Northern Cochise Community Hospital in Willcox. 
  • $274,000 for the Town of Duncan and Hunter Estates Drainage Mitigation and Design in Duncan. 
  • $2 million for the Town of Pima’s Volunteer Fire Department in Pima. 
• $3.5 million for two projects in the Interior and Environment package: 
  • $2.25 million to the City of Tucson for the Randolph Park PFAS Project. 
  • $1.25 million for the City of Tucson for Shirley C. Scott Southeast Houghton Area Recharge Project (SHARP) Expansion Project. 
• $3.57 million in the Commerce, Justice, and Science package:
  • $3.5 million for Pima County’s Wireless Integrated Network Radio Replacement. 
  • $70,000 for the Town of Marana for a 3D Scanner for Crime Scene Documentation.
• $1.8 million in the Energy and Water Development package for the Western Rural Water and the Central Arizona Irrigation and Drainage District. 

You can find a detailed description of each project here. 

Ciscomani also advocated for several other provisions that were successfully included in the package: 

• $45 million for the VA’s VET-TEC program. 
• Language directing the Department of Transportation to prioritize interstate projects in the intermountain west like the I-10.  
• $11.6 million for the Air National Guard’s new runway at the Tucson International Airport. 
• $5.2 million for the Coronado National Forest II project for the Land and Water Conservation Fund acquisition program.
• $2.7 billion in funding for programs, grants, and initiatives that will benefit AZ-06. You can find more details on these funds here.