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This Week: Secretary Haaland leads the U.S. presidential delegation to the inauguration of Santiago Peña as President of Paraguay; BLM announces $18 million in funding for shovel-ready projects on the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act; it's the launch of a new program to electrify homes in Tribal communities; $50 million is on the way over the next five years for infrastructure and drought mitigation in the Upper Colorado River Basin; Department leaders are on the road this month to highlight investments from the Great American Outdoors Act; OSMRE awards $100,000 to repair a Pennsylvania watershed; and we're going north for our social media Picture of the Week!
Secretary Haaland Leads U.S. Inauguration Delegation to Paraguay
 Secretary Haaland this week led the U.S. presidential delegation to the inauguration of Santiago Peña as President of Paraguay.
Administration Marks First Anniversary of Inflation Reduction Act
 This week marks the one-year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act. Among the historic investments being implemented at Interior, the Bureau of Land Management announced more than $18 million in funding to support 39 shovel-ready restoration and resilience projects in 10 states.
Interior Launches New Initiative for Tribal Electrification
 Interior this week announced the launch of a new program and $72.5 million in funding through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to help Tribal communities electrify homes.
 Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation announced $50 million over the next five years to improve key water infrastructure and enhance drought-related data collection across the Upper Colorado River Basin.
 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Deputy Director Siva Sundaresan visited Crab Orchard National Wildlife Refuge in Marion, Illinois, and Dale Bumpers White River National Wildlife Refuge in Saint Charles, Arkansas, to highlight the success and importance of GAOA funding across the National Wildlife Refuge System.
 The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement this week awarded $100,000 to restore the Pennsylvania watersheds at Dunkard Creek in Dunkard Township.
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