New report highlights how President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is creating good-paying jobs, revitalizing infrastructure and growing the economy
Date: Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Contact: Interior_Press@ios.doi.gov
WASHINGTON — As the Biden-Harris administration marks the two-year anniversary of President Biden signing the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law today, the Department of the Interior released a new analysis that estimates that investments from the historic law supported on average 17,669 jobs and contributed an average of $2 billion to the economy each year.
The Department also released a two-year anniversary report, which highlights overall key successes, accomplishments and stories of personal impact as a result of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. To commemorate the President’s Investing in America agenda and highlight these economic contributions, Secretary Haaland this week is traveling to South Carolina and Iowa to highlight new investments to restore and conserve our nation’s lands and waters.
“The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is a historic down payment on ensuring that future generations have clean air, drinkable water, fertile soil, and an overall quality of life that is currently threatened by the worsening climate crisis,” said Secretary Deb Haaland. “Since President Biden signed the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law two years ago, we’ve been hard at work at the Interior Department to deliver these critical investments into the hands of American communities as quickly as we can, and we’re making tremendous progress in creating jobs, revitalizing economies, and bolstering climate resiliency.”
“At the Interior Department, we know that success in implementation of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is through frequent collaboration with federal, state, Tribal, local and labor leaders and their communities,” said Infrastructure Coordinator Winnie Stachelberg. “Over the last two years, we’ve worked to convene as many voices as we could to ensure these programs deliver for the American people. Today’s reports show that we are delivering real results as President Biden envisioned, creating good-paying jobs and growing the economy from the bottom up and middle out.”
President Biden’s Investing in America agenda is growing the American economy from the bottom up and middle out – from rebuilding our nation’s infrastructure, to driving over $600 billion in private sector manufacturing and clean energy investments in the United States, to creating good paying jobs and building a clean energy economy that will combat climate change and make our communities more resilient.
The Bipartisan Infrastructure Law contains an overall $28.1 billion over 15 years for the Department’s initiatives, including for combatting legacy pollution, restoring critical habitats, addressing the drought crisis, assisting with wildland fire management, and helping communities prepare for extreme weather events.
Since President Biden signed the law in November 2021, the Department has, among other milestones:
The economic report released today examines the direct, indirect and induced impact from the Department’s orphaned well program, abandoned mine land remediation program and water infrastructure program. These three Bipartisan Infrastructure programs were selected for initial research given the economic intent within the Law.
Industry Sector |
Jobs Supported |
Contributions to GDP |
||
Fiscal Year 2022 |
Fiscal Year 2023 |
Fiscal Year 2022 |
Fiscal Year 2023 |
|
Construction |
3,431 |
15,080 |
$357,153,606 |
$1,576,202,912 |
oil and gas well plugging operations |
3,332 |
226 |
$467,781,240 |
$31,850,536 |
Maintenance and repair construction |
2,255 |
1,823 |
$262,742,249 |
$213,265,100 |
Waste management and remediation services |
1,822 |
3,521 |
$224,805,182 |
$435,502,134 |
Employment and payroll of state government, other |
746 |
503 |
$79,510,472 |
$53,834,126 |
State Institutional Spending, Other |
432 |
0 |
$49,870,216 |
$0 |
Architectural, engineering, and related services |
348 |
705 |
$38,549,685 |
$78,287,370 |
Environmental and other technical consulting services |
135 |
854 |
$14,961,912 |
$94,891,654 |
Employment and payroll of federal government |
32 |
36 |
$5,037,205 |
$5,731,789 |
Office Administrative Services |
0 |
47 |
$0 |
$3,563,127 |
Management Consulting Services |
0 |
11 |
$0 |
$1,162,971 |
Computer Systems Design Support |
0 |
0 |
$0 |
$45,169 |
TOTAL |
12,534 |
22,805 |
$1,500,411,768 |
$2,494,336,889 |
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