FY26 Appropriations Guidance

I look forward to working with you to increase federal investments in New Mexico’s 1^st Congressional District. Constituents and advocacy groups can make appropriations requests in two ways. 

Programmatic and Language Requests 

A programmatic request asks the House Appropriations Committee for a specific funding level for a program or activity. A language request asks federal agencies to take a specific action in a specific area or study the effect of a potential policy change. 

Programmatic Request Example: Provide $25,000,000 in the Environmental Protection Agency’s Environmental Programs and Management account for the Grassroots Rural and Small Community Water Systems Assistance. 

Language Request Example: “The Committee encourages the Department to study the impact of expanded broadband on rural healthcare access.” 

To submit a programmatic or language request, please complete this form.

Community Project Funding  

Republicans removed FY25 Community Project Funding from the year-long Continuing Resolution. Because of the extraordinary time and effort our community spent putting together FY25 requests, our office will prioritize our FY25 picks and will not be opening up submissions for additional FY26 CPF requests. You can find the FY26 guidance here.  

Community Project Funding (CPF), also known as Congressionally Directed Spending in the Senate, are specific local community project requests by governmental or other eligible non-profit entities. Projects similar to CPFs have been called “earmarks” in the past, though the request and vetting process for these projects have changed significantly. Please note that this is a highly competitive process, and all requests will be subject to considerable scrutiny.   

You can find all previous CPF requests made by Rep. Stansbury here. 

If you have any questions or need further assistance, please contact StansburySubmissions@mail.house.gov or call our office at (202) 225-6316.