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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />July 1, 2024 <br /> <br />Dear Mayor Gretchen Artig-Swomley, <br /> <br />This is to notify you of an update on your Community Project Funding (CPF) request for Phase 2 <br />of the Municipal Water Supply Project for the City of Gem Lake. Last week the House <br />Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies (Interior) met to markup the <br />Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) appropriations bill. Your project has been allocated $1,105,800 in the <br />House of Representatives’ FY25 Interior Appropriations bill, which is $3,382,200 below our <br />office’s original request for your project. I welcome the news that funding for this project has <br />been included to advance to the next step in the process, but the lower funding allocated by the <br />Majority Republicans reflects a missed opportunity to invest fully in the vision presented by the <br />City. The Republican Majority has departed from the equitable split of funding for community <br />projects that Democrats applied during the previous Congress. As a result, most CPF requests <br />from Democratic Members are being funded well below what was submitted for our <br />communities’ projects. <br /> <br />Please note that the inclusion of your request in this House bill is not a guarantee of funding . <br />The next step in the appropriations process for this legislation will be markup in the full <br />Appropriations Committee, which we anticipate will take place the week of July 8. The timeline <br />for the further steps of full House consideration and the eventual Conference Committee are still <br />unknown, and the overall outcome of all FY25 funding legislation remains uncertain. The point <br />of contact in my office for this request is Rebecca Taylor (Rebecca.Taylor@mail.house.gov; <br />202-657-7015). Feel free to reach out to her with any questions. She will continue to be in touch <br />with you throughout the process to keep you informed about the status of your request. <br /> <br />Congratulations on advancing to the next level in this process, and thank you for the work you <br />are doing and have envisioned in your project submission to improve Minnesota’s Fourth <br />District and the lives of those who call it home. <br /> <br />Sincerely, <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />Betty McCollum <br />Member of Congress