On Monday, November 15, Congressman Joe Neguse attended the historic signing of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act at the White House. Neguse secured several key investments for wildfire management and climate resiliency in the bill, including his Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership proposal, upgrades to America’s power grid to help communities prepare for climate related natural disasters and an extension of the Secure Rural Schools program, a proposal Rep. Neguse has been pushing since he started in Congress.

“I’m thrilled to attend today’s historic signing ceremony for the Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act,” said Neguse. “This bill will provide considerable investments in Colorado families, our forests and our schools. I was proud to secure the inclusion of several critical climate resiliency priorities in the plan, including our proposal to formally authorize the Joint Chiefs Landscape Restoration Partnership program.

“This plan will create jobs, invest in Colorado’s roads and bridges and help prepare our communities for future climate-related disasters. We’re excited to deliver these crucial investments for Colorado.”

The Bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act includes the following Neguse-led proposals: • $5.75 billion for wildfire management to reduce the threat of wildfire, rehabilitate burn areas and support forest restoration; • $5 billion to prevent power outages and enhance the resilience of the electric grid, Congressman

Neguse’s Disaster Safe Power

Grid Act similarly aims to address power grid issues; • Rep. Neguse’s proposal to formally authorize the Joint

Chiefs Landscape Restoration

Partnership program; • Rep. Neguse’s proposal to extend the Secure Rural Schools program, to bring needed funding to Colorado’s mountain communities; and • $300 million for the Emergency

Watershed Protection Program, a federal program that is supporting watershed restoration efforts in the Cameron Peak and East Troublesome burn scars.