"2024 Community Project Funding & Spending Requests" - S 2 EP 11
It's March Madness my Citizen Legislators and I’m not talking about the NCAA Men’s and Women’s basketball tournament. March Madness for those who work in politics are filling out and submitting FY 2024 appropriations requests, community project funding requests and congressionally directed spending requests.
Let me break this all down for you, my Citizen Legislators. House Republicans made several changes to the Fiscal Year 2024 appropriations process.
According to the House Appropriations Committee Fiscal Year 2024 Guidance, Members can submit programmatic, language, and project requests as follows:
Programmatic requests: Members may request specific funding levels for agencies and programs funded in the twelve appropriations bills.
Language requests: Members may request bill language or report language directing or encouraging specific actions by federal agencies.
Community Project Funding requests: Members may request funding for specific projects in their communities, so long as the projects have a federal nexus and meet other requirements established by federal law, House Rules, and the Committee to ensure only high quality projects are requested and funded.
Guidance for Community Project Funding is available here.
The Community Project Funding accounts list is available here.
A template for the Member Financial Disclosure Certification and Federal Nexus Statement is available here.
Cap on Overall Funding: The total amount for Community Project Funding in House appropriations bills will not exceed one half of one percent of discretionary spending.
Cap on Member Requests: Members may submit a maximum of 15 requests across bills.
Federal Nexus Requirement: In order to ensure a federal nexus exists for each funded project, the Committee will only fund projects that are tied to a federal authorization law. Members must include a written statement describing the federal nexus for each Community Project Funding request. Subcommittee guidance will include example language Members can use to make the required statement.
Ban on For-Profit Recipients: Project funding may not be directed to for-profit recipients. Members may request funding for State, local, or tribal governmental grantees and certain eligible non-profits, as allowed under federal law and subcommittee guidance.
House Appropriations Subcommittees not accepting community project funding requests: Defense; Financial Services and General Government: Labor, Health and Human Services, Education; Legislative Branch; and State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs.
Letters of Support: Provide letters of support from third-party(s) expressing support for the community project funding requests.
Fiscal Year 2024 House Appropriations Community Project Funding Eligible Accounts
Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Department of Agriculture–Farm Production and Conservation Programs
Natural Resources Conservation Service (Conservation Operations)
Department of Agriculture–Research, Education, and Economics
Agricultural Research Service (Buildings and Facilities)
Department of Agriculture–Rural Development
Rural Housing Service (Community Facilities)
Rural Utilities Service (ReConnect Program)
Rural Utilities Service (Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants)
Rural Utilities Service (Rural Water and Waste Disposal Grants)
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Department of Commerce
NIST—Scientific and Technical Research
NOAA—Coastal Zone Management
Department of Justice
COPS Technology and Equipment
Byrne Justice
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Safety, Security, and Mission Services
Energy and Water Development
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)
Investigations
Construction
Mississippi River and Tributaries
Operation and Maintenance
Department of the Interior/Bureau of Reclamation
Water and Related Resources
Homeland Security
Federal Emergency Management Agency
Federal Assistance—Emergency Ops. Centers
Federal Assistance—Pre-Disaster Mitigation
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Environmental Protection Agency
STAG—Clean Water State Revolving Fund
STAG—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Army
Army National Guard
Army Reserve
Navy & Marine Corps
Navy Reserve
Air Force and Space Force
Air National Guard
Air Force Reserve
DoD, Defense-Wide
Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies
Department of Housing and Urban Development
CDBG – Economic Development Initiatives
Department of Transportation
Airport Improvement Program
Highway Infrastructure Projects
Transit Infrastructure Projects
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
Port Infrastructure Development Program
