FY27 DOT - Community Project Funding Request

Instructions for this form: Fill out the “Background Information for All Community Project Funding Requests” segment, then fill out the linked application ONLY for the account that your Community Project Funding Request falls under.

For specialized instructions for each account, please see the guidance at these links:

Airport Improvement Program
Highway Infrastructure Projects
Transit Infrastructure Projects
Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements
Port Infrastructure Development Program

BACKGROUND INFORMATION FOR ALL COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING REQUESTS:

Name of Person Submitting*

Email of Person Submitting*

Project Title This should be a short name by which the project might be identified. The Project Title should clearly indicate how the funds will be used. *

Short Project Description (No more than 2,000 words please.) Please follow the following format: $1.5 million for the City of Alexandria to fund….high-level description of the project. Followed by supporting sentences that provide enough detail so that we understand how the funds will be used, but no more than three sentences total to describe what the funds will be used for. Please double check your description to be sure that the eligible activities described as being funded are eligible for the account you are submitting in. Look to the subcommittee guidance.*

Demonstration of Community Support: Letters of support from the community are required for the successful completion of a community funded project submission. Please email letters to kate.schisler@mail.house.gov and noah.simon@mail.house.gov. All community support letters should be combined into one pdf file. Community support letters should reference the project title, should not include a funding amount or the recipient to receive the funds, and should describe why the project has community support*

Amount Requested for FY27 This is how much are you requesting for. Please keep in mind the cost share requirements if the account you are submitting for has one. Projects above 500,000 and below 2 million are the recommended range for successfully submitted projects.*

Total Project Cost This is the full amount to complete the project. *

Ideal Amount for the Request. If the project is not arbitrarily capped, how much funding is the ideal amount to complete this project.

Minimum Amount. The minimum amount the project needs to be successful.

FY27 President's Budget Request Amount (If not included in the budget request, write 0.) *

FY26 Enacted Amount (If not enacted, write 0.)*

Can the project obligate all appropriated funds within 12 months after enactment?*

YesNo

Is the funding requested by a governmental or non-profit organization?*

Government

Non-profit

Other

None

Is the funding requested by a governmental or non-profit organization?* is a required field.

Recipient Point of Contact (This cannot be a lobbyist; this must be an individual employed by the grantee who will serve as a point of contact for the funding agency.)*

Recipient Phone Number*

Recipient Email Address*

In which congressional district(s) is the recipient located? Indicate State/District Code (SSDD)*

Recipient Legal Name*

Recipient Street Address*

Recipient City*

Recipient State*

Recipient Zip Code*

Is the Project Address the Same as Recipient Address?*

YesNo

If not, fill out the below:

Project Legal Name

Project Street Address

Project City

Project State

Project Zip Code

In which congressional district(s) is the project located? (Provide State/District Code (SSDD)

Explanation of the request must include purpose and why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds.

Please provide one paragraph including the purpose of the project and describing the project. This description should include overall objectives and how the funds will achieve those goals and a detailed budget breakdown for how the funding is expected to be spent (e.g. what types of items or services the funds will buy or how research dollars will be spent.)

Then please provide another paragraph describing why it is a valuable use of taxpayer funds. Please be sure to explain what problem the project is trying to solve. For example, if addressing affordable housing – it would be helpful to describe the state of unaffordable housing in that jurisdiction (ie the problem) and therefore why the project is needed.

Please also look closely at the subcommittee guidance. Funds should align with what is an eligible expenditure for that account, and the explanation of the request should match the federal nexus. Look to the committee guidance for the statute identified with the federal nexus and align this description with the eligible uses identified in the statute.

(No more than 2,000 words.) *

Is the recipient entity a non-profit organization as described under section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986?

Yes

Can this project spend a smaller amount of appropriated funds within 12 months of the enactment of the appropriations act?*

YesNo

If yes to the previous question, please provide any details that may be helpful for understanding the scalability of the project. Please be descriptive.

Are you are aware of another Member of Congress (House or Senate) making a request for this same project?*

YesNo

If yes, which Member?

Account*

Federal Aviation Administration/Grants in-Aid for Airports

Federal Highway Administration/Highway Infrastructure Programs

Federal Railroad Administration/Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements

Federal Transit Administration/Transit Infrastructure Grants

Maritime Administration/Port Infrastructure Development Program

Account* is a required field.

Address of Organization*

Federal Nexus *

Estimated Start Date (MM/DD/YYYY)*

Estimated End Date (MM/DD/YYYY)*

Request submitted to another subcommittee this fiscal year?*

YesNo

AIRPORT IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM:
If you are requesting funds under the Airport Improvement Program account, please click here to fill out the remainder of the application.

HIGHWAY INSFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS:
If you are requesting funds under the Highway Infrastructure Projects account, please click here to fill out the remainder of the application.

TRANSIT INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS:
If you are requesting funds under the Transit Infrastructure Projects account, please click here to fill out the remainder of the application.

CONSOLIDATED RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE AND SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS:
If you are requesting funds under the Consolidated Rail Infrastructure and Safety Improvements account, please click here to fill out the remainder of the application.

PORT INFRASTRUCUTRE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM:
If you are requesting funds under the Port Infrastructure Development Program account, please click here to fill out the remainder of the application.

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