Eligible Accounts for Earmark Funding
This post is part of an ongoing partnership between the POPVOX Foundation and the Bipartisan Policy Center to provide resources for Congressional staff and constituents navigating the reinstated “earmarks” funding program.
If you are considering submitting request for Community Project Funding or Congressionally Directed Spending (aka “Earmarks”) in the FY23 appropriations cycle, it may be helpful to browse sample projects submitted in the last appropriation cycle. This list includes account descriptions and sample projects funded under each account for FY22. We expect that the list of eligible accounts will be similar for FY23, and will update this guide as information is released.
Many accounts are broad enough to handle a variety of very different projects, meaning that the sample projects we have chosen at random here may not reflect the entire scope of the account. Some projects may also be eligible under more than one account. We encourage all potential requestors to review our full guide to submitting an earmark request, and browse all funded projects from the House and Senate.
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PLEASE NOTE: sample projects are chosen at random to illustrate each account’s purpose; inclusion does not imply endorsement by the POPVOX Foundation or the Bipartisan Policy Center.
Army Corps of Engineers: Investigations
Army Corps of Engineers: Constructions
Army Corps of Engineers: Mississippi River and Tributaries
Army Corps of Engineers: Operation and Maintenance
Army Corps of Engineers: Water and Related Resources
Bureau of Reclamation: Water and Related Resources
Please see the posted lists of authorized projects under this subcommittee here.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Kaptur, City of Lorain Environmental Infrastructure
Description: This is an important use of taxpayer funds as it will eliminate a sanitary sewage overflows. By doing this, the health and wellness of the public will be protected from the introduction of raw, untreated sewage into the environment. Additionally, by increasing the capacity of the pump station and remodeling the existing retention basin, sewage will no longer back up in the sanitary lines causing backups in homes and potential for sewage to enter into residents households. This project promotes a major public health priority.
Amount requested/enacted: $3.375 million/$3.375 million
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Operation of Indian Programs, Special Initiatives
To invest in tribal communities, create economic opportunities, foster cultural heritage, promote efficient and effective tribal governance, and conserve natural resources
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Murkowski [R, AK], Domestic Violence Center Needs Assessment for Rural Alaska
Description: Funding is being requested for the Alaska Native Women’s Resource Center to work in partnership with the Bureau of Indian Affairs to assess where domestic violence shelters are necessary in rural Alaska.
Amount requested/enacted: $250,000/$250,000
Department of Defense: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Army
DOD: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Navy
DOD: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Air Force
DOD: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Space Force
DOD: Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation: Defense-Wide
Available in: House only FY23
Subcommittee: Defense
Sample FY22 project: Rep Ruppersberger [D, MD], National Trauma Research Repository Data Population Project
Description: The National Trauma Research Repository (NTRR) was built with the support of the Department of Defense and with a vision of a single central repository to house data from federally funded trauma clinical trials for further investigation. Now built and ready to accept data from both civilian and military trauma studies the NTRR can help surgeon scientists address some of the many gaps in medical knowledge without having to fund and run new clinical trials.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.9 million/1.9 million
Department of Education, Elementary and Secondary Education: Innovation and Improvement
For a broad spectrum of innovation and improvement projects for early childhood, elementary, and secondary education, including services, curricula development, acquisition of books/computers, training, arts education, full-service schools, early childhood education, etc. Special education services are also eligible, as are early intervention services for infants/toddlers, transition services, and postsecondary education services. Eligible grantees are state education agencies, school districts, colleges and universities, and other public and private nonprofit entities. Funding for individual schools is usually awarded to the school district. Can not be used for construction or renovation except in minor remodeling for tech upgrades; also can not be used for daycare and non-educational childcare.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Moran [R, KS], Garden City Community College, for a dual or concurrent enrollment program, including for equipment, technology upgrades, and professional development.
Description: Requested $1,000,000 on behalf of Garden City Community College to bolster technological infrastructure and increase rural high school participation in dual credit course offerings in Garden City, Kan.
Amount requested/enacted: $1 million/$1 million
Department of Education: Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
For improvement of access to and quality of post-secondary education, including hiring and training faculty, developing curricula, improving degree programs/teacher prep programs, partnerships with school districts, acquiring lab equipment, establishing research/training centers. Can not be used for construction/acquisition/renovation. Recipients may not restrict participants based on race, ethnicity, or gender. Any project that appears to target services toward a particular race, ethnicity, or gender must have a description that makes clear that it will be operated in a race/ethnicity-neutral and gender-neutral manner.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Rep Himes [D, CT], Housatonic Community College, Bridegeport, CT for an advanced manufacturing training program, including scholarships and equipment.
Description: For expansion of the advanced manufacturing training program, including reconfiguring and updating equipment and machines, increased instructional staff capacity, scholarship assistance, and assisting students with purchasing supplies not covered by financial aid. This investment will help Housatonic Community College leverage its local partnerships and successful degree programs to ensure that students have successful careers, help employers fill open positions, and strengthen Connecticut's manufacturing pipeline. These goals are consistent with Governor Lamont's 2020 Workforce Council Workforce Strategic Plan, which identified Housatonic Community College as a critical ally in expanding and strengthening Connecticut’s manufacturing sector.
Amount requested/enacted: $999,900/$1 million
Department of Education: Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research
Resources to assist state and other agencies in providing vocational rehabilitation and other services to individuals with disabilities to maximize their employment, independence, and integration into the community and the competitive labor market.
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Feinstein/Senator Padilla [D, CA], PRIDE Industries, to expand pre-employment transition services for individuals with disabilities.
Description: This pilot project would build on recent advances in virtual programs to provide vocational rehabilitation services during the pandemic. It would expand transition services like workplace readiness training and work-based learning experiences to students with disabilities in Northern California through a virtual platform. 200 students with disabilities would each receive up to 125 hours of training.
Amount requested/enacted: $500,000/$500,000
Department of Energy Accounts
Topics to be funded include: energy efficiency, renewable energy, sustainable transportation; cybersecurity, energy security, emergency response; electricity, energy storage; nuclear energy; fossil energy, carbon management, critical minerals.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Energy, Water and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Stabenow, Oakland University Cybersecurity Center
Description: Funding will be used to create a Cybersecurity Center to address cybersecurity threats to manufacturing businesses and the supply chain in Southeast Michigan. The project will benefit small to medium manufacturers, including those in the automotive, medical, and defense sectors. It will target manufacturers transitioning to Industry 4.0, the next phase in advanced manufacturing where digital and physical technologies converge.
Amount requested/enacted: $2 million/$2 million
Department of Homeland Security: Emergency Operations Center Grants
For projects that meet the Notice of Funding Opportunity for the Emergency Operations Center Grant Program, intended to support flexible, sustainable, secure, strategically located, and fully interoperable Emergency Operations Centers, focused on addressing identified deficiencies. Grants are available for construction or renovation of primary EOCs. Again, must be submitted with a letter from the appropriate state administrative agency.
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Homeland Security
Sample FY22 project: Rep Cartwright [R, PA], Shared West End Emergency Services Facility
Description: This request is for community project funding for Chestnuthill Township to build a new Shared Emergency Services Facility that will be multifaceted and centrally located within the community. The new building would serve as an all-in-one facility with space for the West End Volunteer Fire Company, West End Community Ambulance Association, and a Regional West End Emergency Operations Center (EOC) that would serve as the EOC for Chestnuthill, Jackson, Eldred, Ross, Polk and Hamilton Townships and provide an administrative backup location for the Monroe County Control Center (MCCC) as well as the Monroe County Office of Emergency Management (MCOEM). This facility will be centrally located in the Chestnuthill, Jackson, Eldred, Ross, Polk and Hamilton Region of Monroe County, more specifically in the Village of Brodheadsville, at the intersection of SR715 and Firehouse Lane. This project would provide a new and improved facility for ten emergency service organizations within Monroe County.
Amount requested/enacted: $2 million/$1 million
Department of Homeland Security: Pre-Disaster Mitigation Grants
For projects that meet the Notice of Funding Opportunity requirements for BRIC grants (Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities). Must have an appropriate letter of support from the state agency responsible for administering mitigation grants in the requestor’s state.
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Homeland Security
Sample FY22 project: Senator Cardin [D, MD], City of Rockville 6 Taft Court Emergency Power Generation
Description: I support $408,750 in Congressionally Directed Spending to provide the Federal Cost Share for the City of Rockville’s 6 Taft Court Emergency Power Generation project. The City of Rockville purchased and is renovating a building that will house the first dedicated Emergency Operations Center (EOC) in the history of the City and other critical city functions. In addition to the EOC, the new facility will be the home of critical city lifeline services to include the Department of Public Works and the City’s water utility and regional wastewater authority. Both components are critical community lifeline services. The new facility will allow for coordinated activities across city department in the event of critical incidents and disasters as well as serve as Continuity of Operations (COOP) relocation site for critical lifeline services and Continuity of Government (COG) functions housed in other city facilities. To ensure that critical lifeline services necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of Rockville residents is uninterrupted, this project proposes to install a 600kw Generator on-site at the facility. This project has received a written letter of support from the Maryland Emergency Management Administration (MEMA), Maryland’s State Administrative Agency (SAA) for the FEMA non-Disaster grant programs, that the project is eligible and meets the criteria established in the FY2020 Building Resilient Infrastructure and Communities (BRIC) Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). The project aligns with the Montgomery County Hazard Mitigation Plan, adopted by the City of Rockville, which calls for making improvements and updates to the Rockville maintenance and Emergency Operations facilities.
Amount requested/enacted: $408,750/$409,000
Department of Justice: Byrne Justice Assistance Grants
To assist state, local, and tribal law enforcement efforts to prevent crime, improve criminal justice, provide victims’ services, etc. Usually does not fund vehicles, construction, or renovation. Encourages community project funding to improve police-community relations.
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Bennet, Denver Police Department Community Based Crime Reduction Program
Description: This project will enable the Denver Police Department to work with community organizations to develop and implement a community oriented, place-based, and partnership-focused strategy to reduce crime, increase resident safety and involvement, and improve police-community relations.
Amount requested/enacted: $420,000/$420,000
Department of Justice: COPS Technology and Equipment
Funding will be provided for COPS Technology and Equipment (COPS Tech) community project grants for State, local, and tribal law enforcement to develop and acquire effective technologies and interoperable communications that assist in investigating, responding to, and preventing crime, provided that such equipment meets the applicable requirements of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Office of Law Enforcement Standards (OLES). This funding will allow recipients the opportunity to establish and enhance any of a variety of technical equipment and/or programs to encourage the continuation and enhancement of community policing efforts within their jurisdictions. These projects should help improve police effectiveness and the flow of information among law enforcement agencies, local government service providers, and the communities they serve.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Rep Amodei, City of West Wendover Police Interoperability Equipment (communications devices)
Description: This project is to purchase additional repeater antennae for the West Wendover Police Department. This will increase signal penetration while adding secure data transmission/communication capability to integrate the use of GIS and related law enforcement/emergency services information from Dispatch to personnel on the street via secure wireless data transmission. These upgrades would also interlink with future upgrades under consideration by Elko Dispatch, thus providing redundancy across Elko County.
Amount requested/enacted: $375,700/$376,000
Department of Labor, Employee Training Administration: Training and Employment Services
For projects that 1) provide direct services to individuals to enhance employment opportunities; 2) demonstrate linkage with State/local workforce investment systems, and 3) include evaluation. Note that equipment and curriculum development may be incidental to project funding but not the primary component. Can not be used for facility construction/renovation.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Raskin [D, MD] Frederick County Government, Frederick, MD for a mobile career center
Description: Frederick County will expand and extend the County’s existing workforce services to those who are challenged with inadequate access to technology and/or transportation under this project. The Mobile Career Center will offer computers, internet access, and a regular presence in areas of the county that are not able to engage in virtual services or have transportation barriers. Working with community nonprofits, it will also enhance services that are offered to residents in more rural communities. Unemployment and underemployment continue to be a challenge for many county residents. This project would be a valuable use of taxpayer funds because it will provide direct support to individuals seeking employment, including: re-employment assistance, career guidance, career planning, job training, and access to a variety of other resources and services that support successful employment.
Amount requested/enacted: $250,000/$250,000
Department of Transportation, Airport Improvement Program
For enhancing airport safety, capacity, security, and mitigating environmental concerns. Must be supported broadly by the community, administered by an airport/airport sponsor, and AIP eligible in accordance with USC 49 and FAA policy and guidance.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Cassidy [R, LA], Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport (BTR) Northwest Aviation Development Taxiway
Description: This project would enable Baton Rouge Airport to facilitate the development of the northside of the airport by completing the Northwest Aviation Development Taxiway.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.2 million/$5 million
Department of Transportation, Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
For rail capital projects eligible under section 22907 of title 49, US Code.
Available in: Senate Only FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Kelly [D, AZ], Northern Arizona Public Transportation Authority Bus Storage Phase 1- CDL Course
Description: Bus Storage Phase 1- CDL Course: Northern Arizona lacks adequate facilities to test and train drivers, hampering workforce and economic development. This funding would construct the first phase of a project to bring additional Commercial Drivers License (CDL) courses to Flagstaff, creating more job opportunities and improving public safety.
Amount requested/enacted: $2.59 million/$2.59 million
Department of Transportation, FAA Facilites and Equipment for terminal air traffic control facility replacement projects
Guidance not yet released
Available in: New for Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Department of Transportation, Highway Infrastructure Programs
For transit capital projects, for projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49, US Code.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Inhofe [R, OK], US-169 SW Ramp over I-244 in Tulsa
Description: This project would replace a fracture critical bridge. This project will reconstruct a major flyover fracture critical bridge at the I-244/US-169 interchange. An emergency repair project was recently completed as a result of a vehicular impact. During the repair project, additional issues were identified leading to the need for ODOT to expedite a bridge replacement for this facility. The project is included in the ODOT's Eight-year Construction Work Plan. This funding request would begin reconstruction of this critical bridge.
Amount requested/enacted: $10.6 million/$3.125 million
Department of Transportation, Transit Infrastructure Projects
Transit capital projects eligible under chapter 53 of title 49 of the United States Code.
Available in: New for House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
SIMILAR sample FY22 project: Rep Levin [D, CA], City of Carlsbad’s Carlsbad Barrio Street Lighting and Traffic Circles Project
Description: The City of Carlsbad is pursuing the Barrio Street Lighting and Traffic Circles Project to enhance safety, walkability and aesthetics within the Barrio neighborhood. The street lighting portion of the project will install 24-foot to 26-foot poles streetlight poles along street throughout the Barrio neighborhood to improve nighttime visibility for drivers, pedestrians, and bicyclists. Additionally, 13-foot pedestrian lighting will be installed throughout the Barrio neighborhood in order to specifically facilitate neighborhood walkability. The second component of the Project will install 6 traffic circles located throughout the Barrio neighborhood for traffic calming and beautification purposes.
Amount requested/enacted: $5,974,913/$5 million
Department of Transportation Planning, Research, and Development
For transportation research projects; for projects eligible under title 23 or title 49, US Code.
Available in: Senate Only FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample FY23 project: Senator Casey [D, PA], Study to Reestablish Passenger Rail Between Reading and Philadelphia
Description: To complete the necessary capacity and environmental study to review the available capacity and potential impacts of adding passenger rail service to the existing freight lines between Reading, Pennsylvania and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Amount requested/enacted: $750,000/$100,000
Department of Transportation, Transit Infrastructure Grants
Available in: Senate Only
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Senator Feinstein [D, CA], Long Beach Zero-Emission Bus Replacement Project
Description: This project will design and construct battery electric bus (BEB) charging infrastructure at the SamTrans South Bus Base in San Carlos, California addressing the need to support an all zero-emission fleet by 2038 - a goal adopted by the San Mateo County Transit District Board of Directors (SamTrans).
Amount requested/enacted: $2.5 million/$2 million
Environmental Protection Agency, Science and Technology Research: National Priorities
For high priority lines of research related to environmental quality and human health.
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY23 project: Senator Murkowski [R, AK], Alaska PFAS Remediation Facility Feasibility Study
Description: To review the feasibility of establishing PFAS treatment facilities across the State of Alaska, including mobile treatment systems.
Amount requested/enacted: $2 million/$2 million
EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants for Certain Water Infrastructure Projects
Primarily for STAG (State and Tribal Assistance Grants) infrastructure projects, including funding local wastewater and drinking infrastructure projects, to include construction/modification of sewage treatment plants and drinking water treatment plants. Only for projects that are publicly-owned or owned by a nonprofit. Minimum 20% cost share requirement for any project funded through a STAG infrastructure grant--be prepared to show how the 20% cost share will be obtained. Includes EPA Stag Clean Water and EPA STAG Drinking Water for the House.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Rep Bilirakis [R, FL], The City of Dade City for a wastewater treatment plant relocation and upgrade project
Description: This project involves the design and permitting of the city’s wastewater treatment plant relocation and upgrade. The existing wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) is located within the Historic Mickens-Harper neighborhood. The neighborhood is a historic Black community originally created in 1948 during segregation. In the 1950s, the City constructed a WWTP in the Mickens-Harper neighborhood. Understanding this is an issue of environmental justice, the City Commission made a commitment in 2012 to relocate the WWTP when its capacity needs to be expanded. Over the years, there has been tremendous community involvement and support for the relocation of the WWTP. On February 28, 2012, the City Commission adopted Ordinance 2012-01 stating the Commission’s commitment. At the February 9, 2021 City Commission meeting, the Commission reaffirmed their desire to right a wrong and relocate the WWTP. Along with environmental justice, this project will provide significant environmental benefits. The WWTP is adjacent to the Green Swamp, where the Withlacoochee River meets the Hillsborough River Watersheds and will provide significant environmental benefit. The WWTP will reduce nutrients in surface water that contribute to algae blooms and degradation of the ecosystem of the watersheds. Excess nutrients are a major contributor to water quality issues in Florida. The project will provide economic benefits and create 150 direct and indirect jobs through construction. Expanded capacity will allow for planned economic growth in the City allowing for additional indirect job growth. The economic impact, environmental benefits, and social justice equity of the proposed project uniquely qualify it as an appropriate and good use of taxpayer funding.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.75 million/$1.75 million
EPA State and Tribal Assistance Grants, STAG Infrastructure Grants
Primarily for STAG (State and Tribal Assistance Grants) infrastructure projects.
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
General Services Administration: Federal Buildings Fund, Construction and Acquisition
Funding for Public Buildings Service activities, providing workplaces for Federal agencies and their employees.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government
Sample FY22 project: Senator Collins [R, ME], Coburn Gore Land Port of Entry
Description: To provide needed updates to the existing land port of entry at Coburn Gore. The proposed improvements will help modernize the facility to meet today’s national security mission, trade and travel volume, and safety threats, including those related to the trafficking of heroin, fentanyl, opioid, and illegal narcotics. A 2018 GSA feasibility study determined the scope of the project, which includes a new facility on an expanded site providing outfitted configured canopies, inspection lanes and booths, a new outbound inspection lane, and a modernized, mission-capable main port building.
Amount requested/enacted: $93.84 million/$93.84 million
Health and Human Services: Administration for Children and Families
For projects in the following categories:
1) child abuse prevention: projects to improve the prevention, assessment, identification, and treatment of child abuse and neglect through research, model service improvement, information dissemination, and technical assistance. Projects must serve or target children and families who are at risk or who have experienced child abuse and neglect.
2) social services research and demonstration: projects to promote the ability of families to thrive through financial self-sufficiency in order to prevent and reduce poverty and to promote the healthy development and greater well-being of children and families. Projects can serve a diverse population including: low-income individuals, children, youth, families, individuals with developmental disabilities, and Native Americans.
Projects may not include construction or renovation of facilities.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Leahy [D, VT], Rutland County Parent Child Center, for training and skills development to improve the financial stability of families
Description: Funding will support an intensive workforce training, literacy and executive functioning skills development program for families in Rutland County with the twin goals of increasing financial security of families and addressing the region’s labor force shortage.
Amount requested/enacted: $176,000/$176,000
HHS: Administration for Community Living - Aging and Disability Services Programs
Community project funding may be used for projects to improve or create new opportunities for older adults, individuals of all ages with disabilities, and their eligible family caregivers, to live independently and participate fully in their communities. Generally, community project funding should focus on improving access to, or the quality of, education, health services, training, support services, and independent living services for older adults, individuals with disabilities, and eligible family caregivers. ACL community project funding cannot be used for construction or renovation of facilities.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Baldwin [D, WI], The Wisconsin Institute for Healthy Aging, for interventions to prevent falls among older adults
Description: To establish a statewide falls prevention center focused on implementing evidence-based interventions to reduce the risk of falls among older adults, including through increased fall risk screenings, a public and provider education campaign, and an online hub for falls prevention information and replicable interventions.
Amount requested/enacted: $523,000/$523,000
HHS: Health Resources and Services Administration
Health Facilities Construction and Equipment—grants to help with the cost of construction, renovation, or capital equipment for facilities for provision of health, mental health, or substance abuse services, training of health professionals, or medical research. Examples of eligible facilities include hospitals; health centers and clinics; skilled nursing facilities; mental health centers; facilities for schools of medicine, nursing or other health professions; and medical research laboratories.
Not for land/building acquisition, salaries, work previously completed, or general feasibility studies. Please note that health facilities are normally the only types of construction projects eligible for construction/renovation funding through this account.
(*note some changes to guidance on eligible projects in this account for FY23)
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Axne [R, IA], Primary Health Care, Inc., Des Moines, IA for facilities and equipment
Description: Primary Health Care, Inc. (PHC) is requesting the total amount of $100,000 to purchase new dental operatory equipment at the Bery Engebretsen Dental Clinic located at 2353 SE 14th Street, Des Moines, Iowa. The Bery Engebretsen Dental Clinic is 14 years old and outdated, with original finishes and equipment. In 2019 – prior to the onset of COVID-19 – the clinic saw 3,867 patients for a total of 8,282 visits. Bery Engebretsen Dental Clinic recently started the process of updating its approximately 7,000 square feet with new paint, flooring, and furniture in all common areas - front desk and reception, provider offices, breakroom, and restrooms - as well as installation of all-new sterilization equipment. Current operatory equipment is out-of-date and obsolete, and the costs for ongoing repairs are cost prohibitive.
Amount requested/enacted: $100,000/$100,000
HHS: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), Health Surveillance and Program Support
Community project funding through SAMHSA provides resources for substance use and/or mental health services — including prevention, harm reduction, treatment, or recovery support services. Projects may cover evidence-based treatment and harm reduction activities, crisis services, suicide prevention, recovery support services, screening and assessment, referral and access to treatment, educational materials, training on evidence-based practices, FDA-approved medication for treatment of opioid use disorders in combination with psychosocial services, support for hiring behavioral health providers, and limited indirect costs related to projects. Cannot be used for impatient treatment or hospital-based detox services, direct payments to individuals to enter or continue treatment, meals/food, research projects, or construction (except limited amounts of necessary renovation).
(*note changes to guidance for this account for FY23)
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Krishnamoorthi [D, IL], Access Community Health Network, Chicago, IL for behavioral health and supportive services
Description: Create a mobile crisis unit based on strong partnerships within the community designed to offer education, support, linkage to longer term services and crisis response. The crisis care mobile unit will be multifunctional and will respond to non-life threatening 911 calls for service. When not responding to 911 calls for service, the mobile care unit will be available to make connections with individuals in the community offering them support, information, referrals, linkage to services and education on a variety of mental health issues and concerns. The mobile crisis unit team will be comprised of a collaborative partnership within the community lead by a social worker from the Police Department. The multi-disciplinary team will promote the prevention and treatment of mental health and substance abuse disorders, including rehabilitation, outreach, and other support services. The Village of Schaumburg and the Schaumburg Police Department (SPD) will operate the mobile response unit in partnership with the Elk Grove Police Department (EGPD), the Start Here Addiction Rehabilitation and Education (SHARE) program, Foglia Treatment Center, the Kenneth Young Center and Live4Lali..
Amount requested/enacted: $335,000/$140,000
Housing and Urban Development: Economic Development Initiatives
EDI community project requests may be used for economic and community development activities, including land or site acquisition, demolition or rehabilitation of housing or facilities, construction and capital improvements of public facilities (including water and sewer facilities), and public services. Requests may also include planning and other activities consistent with the underlying authorization for the Community Development Block Grant program within HUD. EDI community project requests are not eligible for the reimbursement of expenses for activities already undertaken (including debt service or debt retirement).
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep DeSaulnier [D, CA], Just Transition Economic Revitalization Plan Project
Description: Community outreach and engagement, specialized studies, economic analysis, and staffing to develop a community-wide framework for green economic development in Contra Costa County as the community transitions away from its historically petroleum-based economic sector. The framework is expected to include workforce training and land uses to support green economy industries.
Amount requested/enacted: $750,000/$750,000
Land Management Agencies, Construction
Including BLM Construction, FWS Construction Projects (Line Item Construction), NPS Construction (Line Item Construction and Maintenance), and USFS (Capital Improvement and Maintenance, Facilities, Road and Trails).
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Hyde-Smith [R, MS], A community–based master recreation plan and recreational improvements at Lake Okhissa, Homochitto NF
Description: Support for the development and improvement of roads, trails, and recreational facilities on the Homochitto National Forest in the proximity of Lake Okhissa.
Amount requested/enacted: $1 million/$1 million
Land Management Agencies, Local Projects and Research
Including:
BLM, Management of Land and Resources, Habitat Management Priorities
Activities related to wildlife and aquatic habitat management
NPS, National Recreation and Preservation, Statutory and Contractual Aid
Activities relating to operating, managing, and preserving resources, including as authorized by law
FWS, Resource Management, Stewardship Priorities
Fish and aquatic conservation, habitat conservation, recovery, and restoration activities
USGS, Surveys Investigations and Research, Status and Trends
High priority and core science research, and ecosystem and water resources related activities.
Available in: Senate only FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Murkowski [R, AK], Alaska Earthquake Early Warning
Description: To aid the development of an early earthquake warning system.
Amount requested/enacted: $1 million/$1 million
Land and Water Conservation Fund, Federal Land Acquisitions
For acquisitions for the purpose of land conservation and the encouragement of outdoor recreation. Although third parties are often involved in coordinating land acquisition, please note that the project should be requested through the agency that would manage the land being acquired (BLM, Fish and Wildlife, NPS, or in USDA, the Forest Service).
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Warnock [D, GA], Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest land acquisition
Description: None provided.
Amount requested/enacted: $2.625 million/$2.625 million
Military Construction: Army and Army Reserve
Military Construction: Navy and Marine Corps, Navy Reserve
Military Construction: Air Force, Air Force Reserve
Military Construction: Defense-Wide Agencies (SOCOM, DLA, etc)
Military Construction: Army National Guard
Military Construction: Air National Guard
For projects on the Future Year Defense Program list; Unfunded Requirements or Unfunded Priorities lists, or cost-to-complete projects (have received funding previously but require additional funding for completion. Includes Planning and Design projects, Construction and Unspecified Minor Construction (equal to or less than $6mil) for Active or Reserve components. Some Reserve component projects require State funding match that must be verified before submission. Projects must be shovel-ready in FY23 for consideration. Planning and design funding can be requested for specific projects when they are not yet at 35 percent design and therefore ineligible for construction funding. The types of projects under this heading include improving facility resilience, study, planning, design, and architect and engineer services.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Tillis [R, NC], North Carolina: Maintenance Hangar: Planning and Design
Description: The purpose is to fund the DESIGN/BID/BUILD - DESIGN COST portion of the project to replace the crumbling maintenance hangar that house the Cobra and Huey helicopters at Marine Corps Air Station New River.
Amount requested/enacted: $13.3 million/$13.3 million
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) National Historical Publications and Records Commission
Projects that deal with records of non-Federal units of government, manuscripts, personal/family papers, organizational and business archives, collections of photographs/motion pictures/sound recordings/electronic records, and/or visual materials as unpublished architectural, cartographic, and engineering drawings; projects focus on collecting, describing, preserving, compiling, and publishing documentary sources significant for the United States; implementing solutions to long-term success of preserving these materials and making them accessible
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government
Sample FY23 project: Senator Blumenthal [D, CT], Connecticut State Library, “Planning to Preserve Connecticut’s Digital Government History.”
Description: This project will support the transfer of historically significant digital records from state agencies to a secure digital repository.
Amount requested/enacted: $948,000/$948,000
NARA Repair and Restoration
For the repair, alteration, and improvement of archives facilities, and to provide adequate storage for holdings.
Available in: Senate only FY23 [new account for FY23]
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government
NASA: Safety, Security, and Mission Services
For STEM education activities, scientific research, or other work supportive of NASA’s mission directorates and within the agency’s authorities. Not for building construction or renovation.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Cassidy [R, LA], National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Project (LSU)
Description: This project is for the purchase of equipment and STEM education and training for activities at the National Center for Advanced Manufacturing (NCAM).
Amount requested/enacted: $5 million/$5 million
National Park Service, Historic Preservation, Save America’s Treasures program
For projects that preserve historical and archaeological sites; most requests within the Save America’s Treasures (SAT) program; applicants must apply through grants.gov and meet all audit and Secretary of the Interior requirements.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Shaheen [D, NH], Concord Gasholder Building, National Register of Historic Places, Rehabilitation and Revitalization, Save America’s Treasures
Description: This project rescues, restores and revives the vacant Gasholder building in Concord, listed on the National Register of Historic Places (2018) and documented by the Historic American Engineering Record (1984). This distinctive 88' diameter brick structure with a wooden cupola is a visible and significant landmark in the capital city. This rare survivor is one of 14 known gasholders in the U.S. and is the only one to have its inner workings intact. Major roof damage nearly a decade ago caused water infiltration that has made the vacant and unused landmark extremely vulnerable.
Amount requested/enacted: $500,000/$500,000
National Park Service, Legacy Restoration Fund
[No awards in FY22]
Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), Conservation Operations
The Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) supports private landowners, conservation districts, and other organizations to conserve, maintain, and improve the Nation’s natural resources. Conservation Operations has four major program components: Conservation Technical Assistance, Soil Survey, Snow Survey and Water Supply Forecasting, and Plant Materials Centers. Examples of specific objectives include reduce soil erosion, improve soil health, enhance water supplies, improve water quality, increase wildlife habitat, and reduce damage caused by floods and other natural disasters. Due to the newness of the urban agriculture program, the subcommittee will not consider such proposals this year as part of CPFs in Conservation Operations. Members are strongly encouraged to provide details on the work to be done, including if the project will conduct surveys, investigations, or research, and if there is a plan to publish the results of any such work. Members should also describe any preventive measures to be taken, such as engineering operations, methods of cultivation, or changes in use of land.
Available in: House only in FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Whitehouse, African Alliance of Rhode Island
Description: Technical assistance for a beginning farmers initiative for immigrants in Rhode Island.
Amount requested/enacted: $84,000/$84,000
National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST): Construction of Research Facilities
This account funds the construction and renovation of research facilities, provided that such facilities will be used in a manner that is aligned with and supportive of the mission of NIST. The median award in this account was $10 million in FY 22, but this account was not open to community project funding in the House in FY 22. Note the Committee may consider lower project amounts for FY 23, and any caps will be determined after reviewing the full universe of requests. Given the expectation of limited resources and the large cost of research facilities, the Committee may not be able to fully fund all requests. While there are no guarantees, preference will be given to more modest requests.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Senator Blunt, Ozarks Health and Life Science Center
Description: The Ozarks Health and Life Science Center at Temple Hall at Missouri State University will house classrooms, labs, and offices to support STEM, health, and life sciences research and academic programs. Missouri State University’s enrollment in the sciences has grown from 1,000 to 2,400 since Temple Hall was constructed, including a doubling of the College of Natural and Applied Sciences’ graduate enrollment over the last 25 years. Additional space is needed to meet College of Natural and Applied Sciences’ educational and research needs.
Amount requested/enacted: $60 million/$20 million
NIST: Scientific and Technical Research Services
Funding must be for activities consistent with and supportive of NIST’s mission and within its authorities, such as STEM education activities, scientific research, or other activities that support American manufacturing and industry. The median award in this account for FY 22 was $1,250,000. Note the Committee may consider similar or higher project amounts for FY 23. Any caps will be determined after reviewing the full universe of requests, and while there are no guarantees, projects of a modest size are more likely to receive full funding. This account does not fund vehicles or building construction or renovation.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Senators Heinrich, Luján, New Mexico Decedent Image Database
Description: The University of New Mexico's (UNM) Decedent Image Database will improve the accuracy of identifying Native American decedents. Native Americans are disproportionately affected by the crisis of unidentified decedents. Identifying decedent remains can bring closure to families suffering through the trauma of a missing family member. However, current decedent databases often misclassify Native American decedents. UNM plans its research using up-to-date methods coupled with new resources and the Decedent Image Database to improve the accuracy of identifying Native American decedents. The New Mexico Decedent Image Database project has received support letters from the UNM Center for Native American Health, Northern Arizona University, Center for Health Equity Research, and UNM's Office of the Medical Investigator.
Amount requested/enacted: $374,000/$374,000
NOAA: Operations, Research, and Facilities
For research, demonstration, or educational projects performed by external partners, or prioritizing NOAA internal funds for geographically specific projects. Note that this does NOT include construction projects, or funding for the National Weather Service, Office of Marine and Aviation Operations, or Coastal Zone Management funds.
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Salazar [R, FL], Frost Museum of Science, National Center for Education and Conservation of Florida's Coral Reefs
Description: This project would create a new community-focused coral nursery and education center at the Frost Museum of Science, which would allow for research, education, and a conservation work to save Florida's Coral Reef. The proposed center would provide unique opportunities for continuous education, research and dissemination, and active field conservation of Florida's coral reefs, while connecting people to marine science, STEM based education, biodiversity and restoration.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.15 million/$1.15 million
Office of National Drug Control Policy
Account summary not yet released
Available in: Senate only FY23 [new account for FY23]
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government
Small Business Administration: Small Business Initiatives
To support small businesses through projects like entrepreneur training, workforce development, counseling, research, and construction or acquisition of facilities.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Financial Services and General Government
Sample FY22 project: Rep Ryan, Youngstown Edison Incubator Corporation Valley Internet of Things Initiative (VIOTI)
Description: The Youngstown Business Incubator’s (YBI) mission is to facilitate the creation of high-value businesses through collaborative partnerships that promote innovative technologies and long-term, sustainable employment opportunities, with a focus on information technology and advanced manufacturing. Primarily serving Youngstown and the Mahoning Valley, an area which has suffered decades of job and population losses, the YBI and its partners have successfully leveraged their entrepreneurial expertise and resources to help reimagine the economy of this once thriving industrial area. YBI is requesting $312,744 to launch and help coordinate task delivery through partners, such as BRITE Energy Innovators, of the Valley Internet of Things Initiative (VIOTI). This initiative will bring a number of area and statewide partners together to create and implement training and entrepreneurial support programs for Mahoning Valley and Ohio manufacturers, which will ultimately help to retain and re-shore jobs. This training and technical assistance will focus on the opportunity to utilize the power of electronics and real-time analysis to improve business operations and energy efficiency to ensure local manufactures and startups remain competitive on the global stage. A 2020 survey conducted by Youngstown State University that interviewed multiple sectors found that over seventy-five percent of local companies do not utilize real-time data and over fifty percent note that they did not have the expertise or training for adoption. This investment of public dollars will provide key assistance so local manufactures and startups can receive this necessary training to help make them more competitive, which will in turn help launch and pilot their products to grow their business and create jobs.
Amount requested/enacted: $312,744/$312,744
US Department of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service, Buildings, and Facilities
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) owns and operates laboratories and facilities across the United States. Many of these laboratories/facilities are decades old, have outlived their functional lifespan, and are badly in need of major repairs, renovation, or replacement. Facility requests must be for ARS-owned facilities or for facilities that will enhance ongoing ARS work. Requests can assist in the acquisition of land, construction, repair, improvement, extension, alteration, and purchase of fixed equipment or facilities as necessary to carry out the agricultural research programs of the Department of Agriculture. Requests for ARS-owned facilities will be given priority.
Available in: House and Senate for FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Bustos [D, IA] and Rep LaHood [R, IA]: Research Greenhouse, National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research (NCAUR)
Description: This project would initiate novel research programs to develop and utilize crops that improve the climate resilience and sustainability of food and energy production, foster new economic opportunities for rural communities and biomanufacturing industries, and enhance the safety and security of the food supply. This initiative has three major components developed in response to specific stakeholder and national needs focused on wheat and barley, sorghum, and industrial hemp.
Amount requested/enacted: $4.5 million/$4.5 million
USDA: Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), Salaries and Expenses
Project must meet environmental review requirements; while the entire account is open for CDS requests, the Subcommittee suggests that particular line items are most compatible, including field crop and rangeland ecosystems pests, pest detection, plant protection methods development, specialty crop pests, tree and wood pests, wildlife damage management, wildlife services methods development, veterinary diagnostics, and equine/cervid/small ruminant health. Several programs have matching requirements.
Available in: Senate only in FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Sen Schatz [D, HI], Maui Office of Economic Development
Description: Construction of 20,639-linear feet of 8-foot fencing, one entrance gate and 14 additional gates around the Kula Agricultural Park to prevent damage from feral pigs and axis deer.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.3 million/$600,000
USDA: Rural Development, Rural Community Facility Grants
Grants to purchase, construct, or improve essential community facilities, to purchase equipment, and pay other related project expenses. Essential community facilities include, but are not limited to, healthcare facilities, public facilities, public safety measures, educational services, or other community support services. Examples of eligible projects include medical or dental clinics, towns halls, courthouses, childcare centers, police or fire departments, public works vehicles, or distance learning equipment. Any project must serve a rural area as specified in 7 CFR 3570.53 (rural areas including cities, villages, townships and Federally Recognized Tribal lands with no more than 20,000 residents), and the Member’s request must demonstrate community support. Members should ensure that their request provides the fullest description of the project as possible. Submissions should include details on all proposed uses of funds, activities that will occur, timeline, and detailed information on the complete service territory, including median household income of the proposed project.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
SAMPLE FY22 PROJECT: Rep Hinson [R, IA]: Sunflower Child Development and Discovery Center
Project Description: The Sunflower Child Development Center is fundamental to the success of the economy in the four-county rural area it serves in Northeast Iowa. Funding for this project would enable the construction of a brand-new facility with over double its present capacity for childcare, a public educational STEM-focused space, and an indoor play space available for community use. It would serve as a refuge to working families located in a childcare desert. Sunflower is at maximum capacity for childcare and has more than 130 children sitting on the waitlist. This investment would be a valuable use of taxpayer dollars because it would revitalize the local economy, support early education and workforce development, improve overall community youth wellbeing, and catalyze growth in this rural area.
Amount requested/enacted: $200,000/$200,000
USDA: Rural Development, Distance Learning, Telemedicine, Broadband Grants
The Distance Learning and Telemedicine program (DLT) helps rural residents better utilize the enormous potential of modern telecommunications and the internet for education and healthcare, two critical components of economic and community development. The DLT program helps rural communities acquire the technology and training necessary to connect educational and medical professionals with students, teachers, and patients in rural areas. Grants may be used for audio and video equipment, broadband facilities that support distance learning or telemedicine (not actual broadband), computer hardware or network components/software, and acquisition of instructional programing. All requests are subject to all the regulations governing the program which can be found at 7 CFR Part 1734. The program requires a 15% match that cannot come from another federal source.
*Note: account name for the Senate is “Rural Development, Distance Learning, Telemedicine, and Broadband Grants.” Account name for the House is “Rural Utilities Service, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants.” Because most eligible projects will fall under both, we have combined them here.
Available in: House and Senate in FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Capito [R, WV], West Virginia University Distance Learning
Description: This project will investigate the use of telepresence systems to allow STEM instruction or teacher training in remotely located rural schools.
Amount requested/enacted: $328,000/$328,000
USDA: Rural Utilities Service, ReConnect Grants
ReConnect broadband pilot grants facilitate broadband deployment in rural areas. Grants funds can be used for the costs of construction, improvement, or acquisition of facilities and equipment needed to provide broadband service to rural areas without sufficient broadband access. The area must be rural and lack sufficient access to broadband service. A rural area is any area which is not located within a city, town, or incorporated area that has a population of greater than 20,000 inhabitants. Sufficient access to broadband is defined as greater than 90% of any rural area in which households have fixed, terrestrial broadband service delivering at least 25 Mbps downstream and 3 Mbps upstream. Mobile and satellite services will not be considered in making the determination of sufficient access to broadband. Stand-alone middle-mile projects are not eligible under the ReConnect Program. However, middle-mile facilities are eligible if they are needed to bring sufficient broadband service to all premises in the area. Members are strongly encouraged to include information in their requests, such as the number of households, businesses, or farms will be served in the area, what the performance of the service to be offered will be, and whether healthcare or educational facilities will be served.
Available in: House only FY22, House in FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Rep Schrier [D, WA], Chelan City Fiber Expansion Project
Description: The funding will be spent designing and building the fiber-based infrastructure to serve a minimum of 220 homes with the excess system capacity to meet new growth in the project area. The funds will cover the engineering design cost, project management, labor, inspections and construction, and all material and supplies, including fiber-optic cable, conduit and vault systems, splice cases, and patch panels. This remote area of Chelan does not have access to any high-speed broadband or cellular service. Residents need broadband for online education, telemedicine services, enhanced safety, and social and entertainment needs. However, without funding assistance, it is not feasible for Chelan PUD to expand broadband to this part of the County. A fiber-based infrastructure provides the most cost-effective and longest-lasting broadband solution possible. Fiber’s ability to deliver advancing services through offering speeds over 1-gigabit will keep pace with meeting current and future broadband needs.
Amount requested/enacted: $1,715,187/$1,286,390
US Forest Service: Certain State and Private Forestry Projects
For providing technical and financial assistance through the network of State Foresters to improve management, protection, and utilization of forests, including State fire assistance projects, urban/community forestry projects, and specific forest disease/pest treatment areas.
Available in: House and Senate FY23
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Rep LaMalfa [R, CA], Ponderosa West Grass Valley Defense Zone
Description: The funding would be used for a fuels reduction treatment project on 600 acres of private lands which are currently overgrown with dense vegetation that has not been treated in decades. The project would protect approximately 3,000 residents in the WUI communities of Lake Wildwood, Penn Valley, Rough and Ready, and the city of Grass Valley, as well as critical infrastructure for state commerce, such as State Highway 20, power and water infrastructure, and Nevada County facilities. Within one mile of the project, there are seven churches, 12 bridges, six schools, three fire stations, two government buildings, and four emergency shelter sites including the county fairgrounds. The area has not burned for over 100 years and fuels have been largely unmanaged and increase risk of wildfire. The primary vegetation type is brush and timber; other types include oak woodland with a minimal grass and moderate brush component.
Amount requested/enacted: $1.75 million/$750,000
US Forest Service: Resources and Analysis
To provide technical and financial assistance grants to non-federal forest landowners, including state, tribal, and local governments, for activities including forest health management, cooperative fire protection, wood innovation, and urban and community forestry. Requests should be part of the state’s Forest Action Plan or contribute to the plan’s goals.
Available in: House and Senate
Subcommittee: Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Sample project: Senators Wyden and Merkeley [D, OR], Willamette Valley Prescribed Fire Capacity
Description: This project addresses the need for increased prescribed fire capacity in fire-adapted ecosystems in the Willamette Valley.
Amount requested/enacted: $715,000/$500,000
Watershed Flood Prevention Operations (WFPO):
Helps units of federal, state, local, and tribal government protect and restore watersheds up to 250,000 acres. Project must contain benefits directly related to agriculture, including rural communities, that account for at least 20% of the total benefits of the project. Member must certify that program sponsor has contacted NRCS state office to verify the proposal meets all program requirements.
Available in: Senate only in FY23
Subcommittee: Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Sample FY22 project: Senator Moran [R, KS], Kickapoo Tribe Water Supply Project
Description: Requested $50,000 on behalf of the Kickapoo Tribe for technical assistance for the preliminary investigation report required as the initial planning step to determine the feasibility of a new water supply reservoir for the Kickapoo Tribe of Kansas in Brown County, Kan.
Amount requested/enacted: $50,000/$50,000
