Fiscal Year 2024 Member Request Guidance

To ensure every Member of Congress has an opportunity to participate in the annual appropriations process, Members may submit programmatic, language, and project requests to the Committee using the electronic portal available here. The electronic portal will open on Friday, March 10, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. EST. A full list of Member Request deadlines is available here.

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.
    • A list of submitted Community Project Funding requests for Fiscal Year 2024 is available here.

Subcommittee Dear Colleagues, Guidance, and Deadlines

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies

Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Defense

  • Dear Colleague 
  • Submission Deadline: Wednesday, March 29, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EST

Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies

Financial Services and General Government

Homeland Security

Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Legislative Branch

  • Dear Colleague
  • Submission Deadline: Friday, March 24, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EST

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies

State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

  • Dear Colleague
  • Submission Deadline: Friday, March 24, 2023, at 6:00 p.m. EST

Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

The deadlines to upload information regarding Community Project Funding to Members’ official websites are as follows:

  • Monday, April 10, 2023
    • Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
    • Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
  • Thursday, April 13, 2023
    • Homeland Security
  • Monday, April 17, 2023
    • Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
    • Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies
    • Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
    • Transportation, and Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies