FY2026 Appropriations

FY2026 Appropriations

This year, the Senate Appropriations Committee is accepting Congressionally Directed Spending requests. The Senate Appropriations Committee will consider senators’ requests while writing the annual spending bill. Projects listed represent those that have been submitted as of May 30th and are not guaranteed to be funded. All projects are listed in alphabetical order by subcommittee. Between now and June 6th, the page will be updated as additional subcommittee submissions are made.

FY 2026 Homeland Security Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

Signed Financial Certification Letter stating Senator Cantwell and the Senator's family have no financial interests pertaining to any bill available HERE.

The following projects are listed in alphabetical order:

Dike Road Emergency Access and Flood Control

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: The Kalispel Tribe 
  • Project Purpose: To improve flood control and restore emergency access on Dike Road.
  • Project Location: Pend Oreille, WA
  • Amount Requested: $717,000

 

Hoquiam Emergency Operations Center and Tsunami Assembly Area Facility

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Hoquiam 
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new tsunami assembly and community Emergency Operation Center building.
  • Project Location: Hoquiam, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Kittitas County Emergency Operations Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Kittitas County 
  • Project Purpose: To construct an Emergency Operations Center in Kittitas
  • County.
  • Project Location: Kittitas County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,800,000

 

Northwest Service Area Grid Resiliency Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cowlitz PUD (Cowlitz PUD #1)
  • Project Purpose: To relocate and underground electric distribution lines in the Ryderwood area.
  • Project Location: Cowlitz County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,750,000

 

Seattle Waterfront Elliott Bay Seawall Project, Phase 2

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Seattle
  • Project Purpose: To plan for the second phase of replacing a vulnerable seawall in downtown Seattle.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Vancouver Fire Department Emergency Communications Infrastructure

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Vancouver (Vancouver #2) 
  • Project Purpose: To upgrade an emergency operations center with backup communications infrastructure.
  • Project Location: Vancouver, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Well 9 Seismic Resiliency Water Transmission Main Design

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Sammamish Plateau Water and Sewer District 
  • Project Purpose: To design a redundant water transmission, allowing the water district to continue to deliver water to customers in the event of a catastrophic seismic event.
  • Project Location: Sammamish, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Yakima Valley Emergency Management Dedicated Emergency Operation Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Yakima Valley Emergency Management
  • Project Purpose: To establish and construct an Emergency Operation Center in Yakima County.
  • Project Location: Yakima County WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

FY 2026 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

Signed Financial Certification Letter stating Senator Cantwell and the Senator's family have no financial interests pertaining to any bill available HERE. 

The following projects are listed in alphabetical order:

Advancing Rural Surgical Services Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Skyline Health (Klickitat County Public Hospital District No. 2)
  • Project Purpose: To renovate Klickitat County’s surgical center.
  • Project Location: White Salmon, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Astria Toppenish Hospital Emergency Department Modernization Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Astria Toppenish Hospital
  • Project Purpose: To modernidze Astoria Toppenish Hospital’s emergency department.
  • Project Location: Toppenish, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,100,000

 

Childcare Facility and Library

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Republic
  • Project Purpose: To construct a library and childcare center.
  • Project Location: Ferry County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Community Park Upgrades and Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Town of Bucoda
  • Project Purpose: To update the public facilities at Bucoda’s Volunteer Park.
  • Project Location: Thurston County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $525,000

 

Community Recreation Center 

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Suak-Suittle Indian Tribe
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new community center for educational classes, physical health programs, and community resources.
  • Project Location: Skagit, WA
  • Amount Requested: $500,000

 

FISH Food Pantry Renovation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: FISH
  • Project Purpose: To renovate the Ellensburg food pantry facility
  • Project Location: Ellensburg, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,622,463

 

Installation of a Fixed MRI

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Ocean Beach Hospital and Medical Clinics
  • Project Purpose: To permanently install magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
  • Project Location: Ilwaco, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,250,000

 

Island County Recycling and Reuse Station

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: 
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new recycling and reuse station.
  • Project Location: Island County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,800,000

 

Jamie’s Place Elder Care and Housing Expansion Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Methow Valley Family Home Center Association dba Jamie’s Place
  • Project Purpose: To increase the capacity of Jamie’s Place and create a caregiver training hub.
  • Project Location: Winthrop, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,400,000

 

Jefferson Healthcare Patient Imaging Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Jefferson Healthcare (Jefferson County Public Hospital District No. 2)
  • Project Purpose: To create a new clinic that will offer diagnostic imaging.
  • Project Location: Port Townsend, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,625,000

 

Leavenworth Osborn School Adaptive Reuse Project for New Library and Community Space

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Leavenworth
  • Project Purpose: To relocate the current library to a larger, more accessible location
  • Project Location: Chelan County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Lopez Food Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lopez Food Center
  • Project Purpose: To construct a food bank.
  • Project Location: Lopez Island, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

McKay Senior Living Community Kitchen Renovation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Public Hospital District #4 of Grant County d/b/a McKay Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center
  • Project Purpose: To construct kitchen updates in the existing skilled nursing facility.
  • Project Location: Grant County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $510,000

NEW Health Regional Workforce Development Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: NEW Health Programs Association
  • Project Purpose: To construct the Regional Workforce Development Center to expand the current health services and integrated clinical and nonclinical workforce training programs.
  • Project Location: Chewelah, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,900,000

 

Odessa Healthcare Emergency Department Modernization and Rural Health Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lincoln County Public Hospital District #1
  • Project Purpose: To modernize Odessa's rural Emergency Department (ED).
  • Project Location: Odessa, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,850,000

 

Patient Imaging Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Garfield County Hospital District
  • Project Purpose: To modernize the medical imaging program.
  • Project Location: Pomeroy, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,900,000

 

Quinault Indian Nation Fish Truck

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Quinault Indian Nation
  • Project Purpose: To purchase a Fish Truck.
  • Project Location: Grays Harbor, WA
  • Amount Requested: $281,250

Relief for the Rural Health Workforce Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Coulee Medical County 
  • Project Purpose: To provide safe, accessible housing for health care workers.
  • Project Location: Grant County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,100,000

 

RiverCom911 Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) Facility Construction

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: RiverCom911
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new RiverCom Public Safety Answering Point facility.
  • Project Location: Douglas County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Rural Food and Education Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: GoodRoots Northwest
  • Project Purpose: To construct a food-safe operational hub for food distribution, educational classes, and food storage.
  • Project Location: Pierce County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $900,000

Selah Civic Center Renovation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Selah
  • Project Purpose: To renovate the existing civic center.
  • Project Location: Yakima County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Skamania Courthouse Rehabilitation Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Skamania County
  • Project Purpose: To modernize the Skamania County Courthouse’s infrastructure.
  • Project Location: Stevenson, WA
  • Amount Requested: $937,500

 

Snoqualmie Valley Health HUB – Expanding Access to Rural Healthcare

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Snoqualmie Valley Health (King County Public Hospital District #4)
  • Project Purpose: To construct an ambulatory center and expand the specialty care clinics.
  • Project Location: Snoqualmie, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Stanwood Police Station

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Stanwood 
  • Project Purpose: To establish a new building for the police department and council chambers.
  • Project Location: Stanwood, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,200,000

 

TriState Health Ensuring Senior Access to Healthcare – Family Medicine Residency Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: TriState Health
  • Project Purpose: To renovate and improve the clinic’s infrastructure and create a new Family Medicine Residency Program.
  • Project Location: Asotin, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

FY 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

Signed Financial Certification Letter stating Senator Cantwell and the Senator's family have no financial interests pertaining to any bill available HERE.

The following projects are listed in alphabetical order:

Artificial Intelligence Center of Excellence (WWU #2)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Western Washington University
  • Project Purpose: To establish an AI Center of Excellence at Western Washington University.
  • Project Location: Bellingham, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,823,000

 

Center for Materials Research (Gonzaga #1)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Gonzaga University
  • Project Purpose: To purchase equipment for Gonzaga University’s new Center for Materials Research through the Advanced Aerospace Materials Manufacturing Center Regional Tech Hub.
  • Project Location: Spokane, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Clayton Beach Shoreline and Eelgrass Restoration Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Foundation 
  • Project Purpose: To support final design and implementation of the Clayton Beach Shoreline and Eelgrass Restoration Project.
  • Project Location: Whatcom County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,111,833

 

Cowlitz Public Safety Cruiser Replacement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cowlitz Indian Tribe
  • Project Purpose: To fund the replacement of the Cowlitz Tribal Police Department’s (CTPD) police cruisers.
  • Project Location: Clark County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,600,000

 

Deschutes Estuary Restoration and 5th Ave Dam Removal Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington Department of Enterprise Services (DES)
  • Project Purpose: To support final design and permitting for the Deschutes Estuary Restoration and 5th Ave Dam Removal Project.
  • Project Location: Olympia, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Expanding Secure, Comprehensive Services for Victims of Sexual Assault

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County dba Rebuilding Hope
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase and installation of security and service equipment for the Sexual Assault Center of Pierce County (Rebuilding Hope).
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $475,000

 

Innovative Sub-THz Testbeds for Advanced Research in Engineering, Science, and Agriculture (WSU #2)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State University
  • Project Purpose: To establish at Sub-Tetrahertz Testbed at Washington State University.
  • Project Location: Pullman, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,800,000

 

Mobile Incident Command Vehicle

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Federal Way
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase of a Mobile Incident Command Vehicle and related equipment.
  • Project Location: Federal Way, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,250,000

National Semiconductor Crystal Growth Center (WSU #1)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State University
  • Project Purpose: To purchase new equipment for crystal growth at Washington State University’s Institute of Materials Research.
  • Project Location: Pullman, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Police Officer Safety Equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Camas
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase of a drug identification scanner and protective evidence device for the City of Camas.
  • Project Location: Camas, WA
  • Amount Requested: $70,000

 

Police Safety Technology

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Battle Ground
  • Project Purpose: To fund the replacement of outdated safety technology and purchase additional equipment.
  • Project Location: Battle Ground, WA
  • Amount Requested: $681,000

 

Public Safety Technology

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Longview
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase of portable and vehicle police radios.
  • Project Location: Longview, WA
  • Amount Requested: $963,000

 

Puyallup Police Department Designated Crisis Responder (DCR) Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Puyallup 
  • Project Purpose: To fund the contracted hiring of a healthcare provider to serve as the Puyallup Police Department’s Designated Crisis Responder (DCR).
  • Project Location: Puyallup, WA
  • Amount Requested: $267,000

 

Real-time Southern resident orca hydrophone location tracking for commercial mariners

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Maritime Blue
  • Project Purpose: Support a coalition of stakeholders to install hydrophone networks in Puget Sound to detect and track Southern resident orcas and provide data to commercial vessel operators voluntarily working to reduce underwater noise pollution and physical disturbance in the vicinity of this endangered species.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $482,000

 

Seattle Additive Manufacturing Lab & Community Experiential Learning Space (Northeasetern #1)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northeastern University 
  • Project Purpose: To purchase additive manufacturing equipment for Northeastern University’s Seattle Advanced Manufacturing and Community Experiential Learning Laboratory.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,279,000

 

Seattle Waterfront Sea Level Rise Vulnerability Assessment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: The Port of Seattle
  • Project Purpose: Conduct a joint vulnerability assessment to understand impacts of sea level rise on the Seattle Waterfront, resulting in a document that will identify and prioritize shared sea level rise resilience and mitigation needs to reduce risk to the community, businesses, tribes, and other stakeholders.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Services for Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Survivors

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: YWCA Clark County
  • Project Purpose: To fund the hiring of staff to increase YWCA Clark County’s ability to provide legal, medical and general advocacy to survivors of sexual assault.
  • Project Location: Clark County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $750,000

 

Shannon Point Marine Center Research Vessel (WWU #3)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Western Washington University
  • Project Purpose: To support Western Washington University’s acquisition of a new scientific research vessel to support the mission of the Shannon Point Marine Center. 
  • Project Location: Anacortes, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,490,000

 

Southern Resident Killer Whale Consortium

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Oceans Initiative
  • Project Purpose: To fund the formation of the Southern Resident Killer Whale Consortium for the collaborative research and monitoring of the population.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $950,000

 

Spokane Mobile Alternative Response Teams

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Spokane
  • Project Purpose: To fund expansion of the Spokane Mobile Alternative Response Teams (SMART).
  • Project Location: City of Spokane 
  • Amount Requested: $1,250,00

 

Titlow Lagoon Restoration

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma
  • Project Purpose: To fund the design and permitting phases for the Titlow Lagoon Restoration Project.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Fish Passage Preliminary Engineering and Design

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Upper Skagit Indian Tribe Fish Passage Preliminary Engineering and Design
  • Project Purpose: To fund preliminary engineering and design for fish passage in the Upper Skagit River.
  • Project Location: Sedro-Woolley, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

UW Bothell Innovation Hall Equipment (UW #3)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington
  • Project Purpose: To acquire new equipment for the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building.
  • Project Location: Bothell, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

UW Cold Lab

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: Purchase and installation of cold lab equipment.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

UW Interdisciplinary Engineering Building Equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington
  • Project Purpose: To acquire new equipment for the University of Washington’s Interdisciplinary Engineering Building.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

UW Tacoma AI & Cybersecurity Laboratory (UW #4)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington
  • Project Purpose: To purchase equipment for a new AI and cybersecurity laboratory in the University of Washington’s Information Assurance and Networking laboratory in Tacoma, Washington. 
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $750,000

 

WA ICAC Child Exploitation Investigation Support Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Seattle
  • Project Purpose: To purchase digital software and infrastructure to support, store, and manage sensitive child sexual abuse material that is maintained as evidence in police investigations.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $857,000

 

Washington State Quantum Standards Development and Research Initiative

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Commerce
  • Project Purpose: To support the Washington State Department of Commerce in establishing a collaborative quantum computing initiative across public, private, and academic institutions. 
  • Project Location: Thurston, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,870,000

 

Whitworth University for Engineering Education Equipment (Whitworth #1)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Whitworth University 
  • Project Purpose: To purchase equipment for Whitworth University’s new semiconductor engineering cleanroom.
  • Project Location: Spokane, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Yakima Valley Local Crime Laboratory -YVCOG

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Yakima Valley Local Crime Lab - YVCog
  • Project Purpose: To fund the expansion of forensic services at the Yakima Valley Local Crime Laboratory (YVLCL).
  • Project Location: Yakima County, WA
  • Amount Requested: $961,000

 

Youth Opioid Prevention and Behavioral Health Pilot Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Ferndale
  • Project Purpose: To fund operations and staffing for a municipal youth opioid prevention program.
  • Project Location: Ferndale, WA
  • Amount Requested: $250,000