Community Project Funding Requests

The Republican House Majority leadership has not yet released information regarding Community Project Funding (CPF) Requests for Fiscal Year 2027. Forms to submit CPF Requests will be available here once the Appropriations Committee releases their guidance.

Because of this delay, my office has not yet established a deadline for CPF requests. We do not yet officially know how many projects each Member will be permitted to submit, what accounts will be eligible for CPFs, and what restrictions may be placed on the types of recipients or projects that will qualify. In the interim, please use the following guidance when considering potential projects. If you would like to submit an Appropriations request for program levels or bill language, see here.

To be considered for a CPF by my office, you must meet all three of the following requirements:

You must be:
- a state/local/tribal government,
- a public education institution, or
- an eligible non-profit allowed under federal law and subcommittee guidance;
  (Under previous House Republican guidance, ineligible entities have been memorials, museums, and commemoratives. Some specific accounts have had additional restrictions on nonprofits.)
Your project must be located in Minnesota's Fourth Congressional District (Double check here.)
Your project must have documented community support

Please reach out as soon as possible to discuss any potential projects. To schedule a meeting with my Washington, D.C. office, please email MN04DCScheduler@mail.house.gov and include a brief summary of the project and which account you are planning to submit for using the guidance below.

While we wait on official guidance from the House Republican Majority, please look to last year’s CPF Guidance for FY26 as an indication of possible requirements.

Last year, projects were accepted in the following subcommittee accounts:

Agriculture (Prior Year Guidance)

Rural Development, Community Facilities Grants
Rural Development, ReConnect Program
Rural Development, Distance Learning and Telemedicine Grants
Rural Development, Water and Waste Disposal Grants
Agricultural Research Service, Buildings and Facilities
Natural Resources Conservation Service, Conservation Operations

Commerce, Justice, Science (Prior Year Guidance)

Department of Commerce – National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) –Scientific and Technical Research
Department of Commerce – National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) –Coastal Zone Management
Department of Justice (DOJ) – Office of Justice Programs (OJP)–Byrne Justice Assistance Grants (Byrne JAG
Department of Justice (DOJ) – Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) – Technology and Equipment
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Safety, Security and Mission Services (SSMS

Energy and Water (Prior Year Guidance)

Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)—Investigations
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)—Construction
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)—Mississippi River and Tributaries
Army Corps of Engineers (Civil Works)—Operation and Maintenance
Department of the Interior – Bureau of Reclamation–Water and Related Resources

Homeland Security (Prior Year Guidance)