The Navajo Nation will benefit from nearly $3 million in the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act.

The bill provides about $1.9 million for improved electricity on the reservation, $700,000 for the Navajo-Gallup water supply project, about $238,000 for transportation and $123,000 for improved telecommunications service, Sen. Tom Udall (D-New Mexico) said.

Overall, Udall said the bill provides $12 million for tribes in New Mexico.

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Spending bill nets Navajo Nation $3 million (The Farmington Daily Times 3/18)

FY 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Act:
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