FY2024 Appropriations

FY2024 Appropriations

For Fiscal Year 2024, 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 here represent those that have been submitted as of March 12, 2023 and are not guaranteed to be funded. All projects are listed in alphabetical order by subcommittee. Between now and April 27, 2023 this page will be updated as additional subcommittee submissions are made.

FY 2024 Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, 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:

 

Adams County Community and Wellness Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: East Adams Rural Healthcare 
  • Project Purpose: To establish a Community Health and Wellness Center in Adams County, a rural and underserved region.
  • Project Location: Adams Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $3,034,000

An Integrated Behavioral Health and Wellness Center for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Evergreen Treatment Services
  • Project Purpose: To modernize and expand services at the largest single-site opioid treatment program in King County.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,093,000

Astria Toppenish Hospital Behavioral Health Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Astria Toppenish Hospital 
  • Project Purpose: To expand Astria Toppenish Hospital’s civil commitment psychiatric unit.
  • Project Location: Yakima Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,750,000

Blue Schools Initiative

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northwest Maritime Center
  • Project Purpose: The Blue Schools Initiative is an effort to create national best practices for maritime education with the objective of increasing the recruitment and retention rates into the industry.
  • Project Location: Port Townsend, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,350,000

 

Book Up Summer

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Page Ahead Children’s Literacy Program
  • Project Purpose: K–2 students at majority low-income schools choose 12 new books from a special book fair at their school. Prior to the fair, students and families are invited to a literacy night at their school where they learn about the program. Informative materials for guardians are sent home with the books.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $300,000

 

Building Future Industry Workforce Leaders

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Latino Civic Alliance
  • Project Purpose: To provide a hub for workforce education and training for unemployed or underemployed BIPOC workers in the technology and aerospace workforce.
  • Project Location: Burien, WA
  • Amount Requested: $681,000

 

Building Future Industry Workforce Leaders

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Latino Civic Alliance
  • Project Purpose: To provide a hub for workforce education and training for unemployed or underemployed BIPOC workers in the technology and aerospace workforce.
  • Project Location: Burien, WA
  • Amount Requested: $681,000

 

Cancer Can’t -- Lodging Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cancer Can't 
  • Project Purpose: To build housing for cancer patients to reside, free of charge, while receiving treatment in Spokane.
  • Project Location: Spokane Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Center for Global Infectious Research at SCRI Biosafety Level 3 Containment Laboratory

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Seattle Children's Research Institute 
  • Project Purpose: To support Seattle Children’s Biosafety Level 3 Containment Laboratory that allows researchers to work on microbes and infectious agents that can cause serious or potentially lethal disease through inhalation.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $7,000,000

 

Children's Village Neurodevelopmental Center Expansion Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Multicare 
  • Project Purpose: To increase Multicare Children’s Village’s annual patient capacity to serve children with developmental disabilities.
  • Project Location: Yakima Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Clark College Center for Clean Energy

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Clark College 
  • Project Purpose: To expand Clark College’s Diesel and Automotive Technology Programs to support
  • Project Location: Clark, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $1,176,000

 

Compass Health Broadway Redevelopment Phase II Intensive Behavioral Health Facility, Everett WA

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Compass Health 
  • Project Purpose: "To redevelop Compass Health’s Everett campus so it can provide a continuum of behavioral healthcare, physical healthcare, and permanent supportive housing services.
  • Project Location: Snohomish Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Cowlitz Tribal Health Mobile Drug Treatment Services

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cowlitz Indian Tribe
  • Project Purpose: To establish a fully staffed mobile medical vehicle that will provide services at key locations in Clark, Cowlitz, and King Counties to ensure consistent access to care for patients who are homeless or otherwise unable to access clinic-based services.
  • Project Location: Cowlitz Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $686,000

 

Cybersecurity, Software Development, and Computer Science Hub at South Puget Sound Community College

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: South Puget Sound Community College 
  • Project Purpose: These funds will be used for instructional upgrades such as updates to computer systems and appliances, and hardware and software capabilities. Additionally, facilities upgrades will increase the amount of computer space, a computer lab, increased fiber cables, and various renovations and upgrades.
  • Project Location: Olympia, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Family Health Centers Okanogan County Dental Expansion Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Family Health Centers
  • Project Purpose: To create a new dental clinic in Okanogan County.
  • Project Location: Okanogan Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Free Clinic for SUD and Central Office Construction Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Blue Mountain Heart to Heart
  • Project Purpose: To expand access to low-barrier opioid treatment in southeast Washington.
  • Project Location: Walla Walla Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $850,000

 

Jefferson Healthcare Expanding Healthcare for Rural Seniors Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Jefferson County Public Hospital District No. 2, dba Jefferson Healthcare
  • Project Purpose: To expand specialty care for seniors in Jefferson County.
  • Project Location: Jefferson Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Lower Columbia College Vocational Equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lower Columbia College
  • Project Purpose: Funding will be used for equipment and technology upgrades for vocational training in industries such as welding and machining.
  • Project Location: Longview, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

NAPCA Multi-lingual Senior Assistance Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: National Asian Pacific Center on Aging
  • Project Purpose: To help AANHPI seniors with low English proficiency access health care and other public benefit programs.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Nursing Program Expansion/Remodel

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Saint Martin's University 
  • Project Purpose: To address the nursing shortage by expanding St. Martin’s University’s learning lab and classroom space for its nursing programs.
  • Project Location: Thurston Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,119,000

 

NWIC Science Education Equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northwest Indian College
  • Project Purpose: To equip the necessary STEM departments with a goal of recruiting and graduating more Indigenous students into the various scientific fields that advance Tribal communities.
  • Project Location: Bellingham, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,200,000

 

Pierce County Integrated Health Care Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Comprehensive Life Resources
  • Project Purpose: To build one location for vulnerable Pierce County residents to access behavioral health care, primary care, dental care, and pharmacy support.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Hope for Heroes Horsemanship Center
  • Project Purpose: To provide therapeutic horsemanship for veterans who are struggling with PTSD and related mental health conditions.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $85,000

 

School of Engineering & Applied Science – Integrated Science and Engineering Facility

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Gonzaga Univeristy 
  • Project Purpose: Funding requested by this application would provide needed state-of-the-art equipment to academic departments housed within the Bollier Center, to enable Gonzaga to expand its research and teaching capabilities through innovative, flexible spaces for students in high-demand fields.
  • Project Location: Spokane, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,846,000

 

School-Based Health Centers for Four High Schools in Edmonds School District

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Edmonds School District 
  • Project Purpose: To expand school-based health care in four high schools in the Edmonds School District.
  • Project Location: Snohomish Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,541,000

 

Seattle IT Job Training for Thriving Wages

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Per Scholas
  • Project Purpose: To expand Per Scholas Seattle’s IT Job Training program from 20-30 participants to 80 participants and help more low-to-moderate income job seekers gain in-demand skills to launch careers in the IT industry in Seattle.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $300,000

 

Summit Pacific Hospital Expansion

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Grays Harbor County Public Hospital District No. 1 dba. Summit Pacific Medical Center 
  • Project Purpose: To expand Summit Pacific Medical Center so it can better meet the needs of its rural region.
  • Project Location: Grays Harbor Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Therapeutic Preschool Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: YWCA Clark County 
  • Project Purpose: To support the YWCA Clark County preschool in its transition to become a therapeutic preschool serving vulnerable children aged 2.5-5. 
  • Project Location: Clark Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $475,000

 

Three Rivers Recovery Housing

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Benton County
  • Project Purpose: To expand Benton County’s existing recovery treatment center to help residents achieve permanent sobriety.
  • Project Location: Benton Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,900,000

 

UW Bothell Native American Business Degree

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To create an accredited Business degree and parallel online certificate program to allow working professionals on reservations to refine their skills and help address their tribe’s economic development aspirations.
  • Project Location: Bothell, WA
  • Amount Requested: $500,000

 

UW BSL-3 Critical Infrastructure Enhancement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To expand the University of Washington’s Biosafety Level-3 facility to support research into lethal human pathogens.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,500,000

 

UW Interdisciplinary Engineering Building Equipment Request

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To equip and make fully usable the UW Interdisciplinary Engineering Building (IEB), currently under construction. The funding would support necessary technology, equipment and furnishings and associated design and project management costs.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $7,000,000

 

UW Nursing Digital Innovation Hub

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To build a Digital Innovation Hub at the University of Washington that will facilitate scientific risk-taking across the university and improve human health using digital health technologies.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $975,000

 

UW Tacoma Interprofessional Health Workforce Education Center 

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington Tacoma 
  • Project Purpose: To support an interdisciplinary model that will address the nursing shortage and expand access to nurses in Washington state.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,775,000

 

Walla Walla Community College: Establish a Farm to Fork Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Walla Walla Community College
  • Project Purpose: The Farm to Fork Center will transform the agricultural, agricultural sciences, natural sciences, and culinary arts departments to create fully integrated coursework.
  • Project Location: Walla Walla, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

WWU - Advanced technology laboratory and research equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Western Washington University 
  • Project Purpose: WWU is seeking federal funding for the advanced technology equipment needed to ensure the facility is equipped to support hands-on learning and expand opportunities for undergraduate research and industry collaboration.
  • Project Location: Bellingham, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,425,000

 

YMCA of SW WA’s Enhanced Community Health through ADA Upgrades and Safety Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: YMCA of Southwest Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To make more of YMCA of Southwest Washington’s facilities ADA-accessible.
  • Project Location: Cowlitz Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $670,000

 

FY 2024 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:

Fairchild International Airport Fuel Resiliency Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Port Angeles 
  • Project Purpose: To provide fuel resiliency infrastructure to support the Port’s Fairchild International Airport’s (CLM) fuel storage capacity and minimize fuel supply chain disruptions during emergencies.
  • Project Location: Port Angeles, WA
  • Amount Requested:  $375,000

 

Mobile Command

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Pierce County Department of Emergency Management
  • Project Purpose: To replace an existing mobile command vehicle.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,250,000

 

Port of Longview Portable Backup Generators

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Longview
  • Project Purpose: Longview, WA
  • Project Location: To purchase and install two portable generators with five docking stations to maintain all Port operations on a temporary basis during emergencies.
  • Amount Requested: $273,000

 

Whatcom Facility Dispatch Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Bellingham 
  • Project Purpose: To design and construct a new Whatcom dispatch facility.
  • Project Location: Whatcom Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Yakima County Gap to Gap Protection Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Yakima County 
  • Project Purpose: To set back levees in order to remove the regulatory floodplain designation from an area of land along SR 24 which has not fully developed due to the floodplain designation.
  • Project Location: Yakima, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

FY 2024 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, 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:

5022 MLK

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Habitat for Humanity Seattle-King and Kittitas County 
  • Project Purpose: To construct a 58-unit condominium that will be permanently affordable to low-income homebuyers in Seattle’s Columbia City neighborhood.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $6,000,000

 

Adams County Canal Bridges Preliminary Engineering and Design

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To fund the preliminary engineering of five (5) Adams County Bridges requiring reconstruction.
  • Project Location: Adams County, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $1,700,000

Aircraft Parking Apron Project, Spokane International Airport

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Spokane Airport Board 
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for the expansion of an existing aircraft parking apron.
  • Project Location: Spokane, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Airport Station Area Pedestrian Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To complete construction funding for multimodal safety improvements in the City of SeaTac. 
  • Project Location: Seattle-Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,500,000

Bradley Road Safety Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To provide construction funding to construct Bradley Road Complete Street Improvements.
  • Project Location: Lynden, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

Brownfield Road Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Habitat for Humanity of Clallam County
  • Project Purpose: To construct infrastructure for 42 affordable workforce homes in Clallam County.
  • Project Location: Sequim, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Cham Community Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cham Refugees Community
  • Project Purpose: To construct a multipurpose Cham Community Center to provide a multigenerational service hub with holistic, culturally sensitive services.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $2,250,000

 

College Street Corridor Safety Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for multimodal safety improvements on the principal arterial through Lacey.
  • Project Location: Lacey, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Cora Whitley Family Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center 
  • Project Purpose: To construct the Cora Whitely Family Center, a childcare facility that will replace the Multicultural Child and Family Hope Center’s current facility and add at least 100 childcare slots.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Crown Park Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Camas
  • Project Purpose: To construct accessible recreational features at Crown Park in Camas, WA.
  • Project Location: Camas, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Digital Equity for Affordable Housing

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Bellevue
  • Project Purpose: Digital Equity for Affordable Housing
  • Project Location: Bellevue, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Downtown Civic & Community Space

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Federal Way
  • Project Purpose: To construct a civic and community center in downtown Federal Way to host events and services for community groups.
  • Project Location: King
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Duplex Housing for Essential Workers on the Makah Reservation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Makah Indian Tribe
  • Project Purpose: To construct six duplexes on the Makah Reservation for essential workers.
  • Project Location: Neah Bay, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,750,000

 

Everett Link Extension Project Development

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Central Puget Sound Transit Authority
  • Project Purpose: To provide the funding needed to complete project development, including early engineering and community/stakeholder engagement, conducting the NEPA environmental process for issuance of the Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Record of Decision.
  • Project Location: Everett, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Everett Point Industrial Center (EPIC) Green Bridge Plan

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support the development of a corridor and bridge plan to establish a new access point for the Everett Point Industrial Center.
  • Project Location: Everett, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,040,000

 

Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Phase 2

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To complete funding for planning work of the Fishing Wars Memorial Bridge Phase 2 project.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

General Aviation Terminal Building Modernization, Pangborn Memorial Airport

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Chelan Douglas Regional Port Authority 
  • Project Purpose: To modernize the general aviation terminal at Pangborn Memorial Airport.
  • Project Location: East Wenatchee, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $3,096,000

 

Heights Infrastructure Investment Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for infrastructure elements necessary for the development of a new economic district in Vancouver.
  • Project Location: Vancouver, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Highway 12 Bridge Replacement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support pre-construction costs for the replacement of the Highway 12 Bridge.
  • Project Location: Waitsburg, WA
  • Amount Requested: $6,688,000

 

IACS Community Center Improvement Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Indian American Community Services
  • Project Purpose: To renovate the newly acquired IACS Community Center building in Kent, WA.
  • Project Location: Kent, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,395,000

 

James Center North (Aviva Crossing) Infrastructure

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Tacoma Housing Authority
  • Project Purpose: To construct storm water detention and sanitary sewer mains to support affordable housing construction. 
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Kalama Crossing-Pedestrian Overpass

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Kalama
  • Project Purpose: To replace the Kalama Crossing pedestrian overpass with a safer, ADA accessible pedestrian overpass.
  • Project Location: Kalama, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Lummi Nation - Elevate Slater Rd

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lummi Nation – Lummi Indian Business Council 
  • Project Purpose: To complete funding to flood proof 1,900 linear feet of Slater Road by raiding the roadbed by twelve feet. 
  • Project Location: Bellingham, WA
  • Amount Requested: $8,000,000

 

Makah Passage Alternative Access Route

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To provide funding for the creation of an alternative access and evacuation route on an existing primitive road for the Makah Indian Tribe.
  • Project Location: Neah Bay, WA
  • Amount Requested: $8,825,000

 

Mary's Place

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Mary's Place Seattle 
  • Project Purpose: To rebuild an aging emergency shelter to provide safe shelter and services for up to 70 families with children experiencing homelessness.
  • Project Location: Burien, WA
  • Amount Requested: $8,000,000

 

Mount Vernon Library Commons Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Mount Vernon
  • Project Purpose: To construct Mount Vernon Library Commons, including a children’s center, a teen/young adult STEM center, a community technology center, and community meeting rooms.
  • Project Location: Mount Vernon, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

PAWS Community Support Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Progressive Animal Welfare Society
  • Project Purpose: To renovate the PAWS Lynnwood facility to accommodate a veterinary clinic and a food and supply pantry that will serve low-income families with pets.
  • Project Location: Lynnwood, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Pearl Street Veterans Housing

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: HopeSource
  • Project Purpose: To construct 12 units of affordable rental units dedicated to low-income senior veterans in Kittitas County.
  • Project Location: Ellensburg, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Phase II - Snohomish County Intermodal Facility Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Snohomish County 
  • Project Purpose: To complete funding for Snohomish County’s Intermodal Facility Improvements project, increasing rail capacity at the facility.
  • Project Location: Everett, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Port of Warden Truck Access/Bypass Road Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for an access/bypass road from Washington SR 170 to Port-owned industrial zoned properties in southwest Warden.  
  • Project Location: Warden, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League Remembrance Gallery

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Puyallup Valley Japanese American Citizens League
  • Project Purpose: To construct a Remembrance Gallery to honor the 7,600 individuals of Japanese descent who were imprisoned during WWII on the then Puyallup Fairgrounds. 
  • Project Location: Puyallup, WA
  • Amount Requested: $350,000

 

Rail Road Crossing Study

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Kennewick
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for an at-grade crossing rail study to improve safety and multimodal mobility in the City of Kennewick.
  • Project Location: Benton Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $249,000

 

Ridgefield YMCA

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: YMCA of the Columbia Willamette on behalf of the Clark County Family YMCA
  • Project Purpose: To construct a full-service YMCA family center in Ridgefield, WA.
  • Project Location: Ridgefield, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Riverside Park All-Inclusive Playground and ADA Enhancements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cowlitz County
  • Project Purpose: To construct an ADA accessible playground in Riverside Park.
  • Project Location: Cowlitz Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Salish Cultural and Recreation Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Salish School of Spokane
  • Project Purpose: To complete construction of a Native language community instruction space on the main floor of Salish Family Haven.
  • Project Location: Spokane, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,700,000

 

Scriber Place Affordable Housing for Homeless Students

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Housing Hope
  • Project Purpose: To construct 52 units of permanently affordable housing for families with children in the Edmonds School District who are experiencing homelessness.
  • Project Location: Snohomish
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Seattle Immigrant and Refugee Public Market

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: African Community Housing & Development
  • Project Purpose: To acquire land for a cooperatively owned public market that will serve immigrant and refugee small businesses in Seattle.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Segment E Bulkhead and Wharf

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Everett
  • Project Purpose: To construct an ADA accessible trail as a part of the Port of Everett’s expanded wharf.
  • Project Location: Snohomish
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Shelter Expansion and Site Preparation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Tacoma
  • Project Purpose: To purchase 75 micro-shelter units to support individuals transitioning to permanent supportive housing, as well as the demolition and preparation of a long-term location for the micro-shelters.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,800,000

 

Snohomish County Food and Farming Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Snohomish County
  • Project Purpose: To create a Food and Farming Center in Snohomish County that will provide resources for the processing, aggregation, and distribution of locally produced agricultural products.
  • Project Location: Snohomish Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

South Park Roadway and Drainage Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To support funding for a roadway drainage improvement project in South Park, Seattle.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

South Whidbey Transit Center Design-Build

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Island Transit
  • Project Purpose: To support planning, design, and construction of a new transit center on south Whidbey Island.
  • Project Location: Island Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000 

 

SR-530 & Smokey Point Blvd. Roundabout

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Stillaguamish Tribe
  • Project Purpose: To provide funding for the construction of a roundabout at the intersection of SR 530 and Smokey Point Boulevard.
  • Project Location: Snohomish Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,500,000

 

Thunderbird Nest

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Bellwether Housing
  • Project Purpose: To construct 192 affordable housing units for American Indian and Alaska Native families on North Seattle College’s campus.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Tri-Cities Airport FAA Air Traffic Control Tower Relocation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Pasco
  • Project Purpose: To support design and engineering costs for the relocation of the Tri-Cities FAA Air Traffic Control Tower.
  • Project Location: Franklin
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Tukwila Community Center HVAC Replacement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Tukwila
  • Project Purpose: To replace the aging HVAC system at the Tukwila Community Center with a new, fully electric system.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,100,000

 

Waterfront Park Seattle Construction

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Friends of Waterfront Seattle
  • Project Purpose: To construct facilities to support small business vendors and concessionaires in Waterfront Park in Seattle, WA.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Wellpinit Youth Center Rehabilitation and Children of the Sun Head Start Relocation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Spokane Tribe of Indians
  • Project Purpose: To rehabilitate the Wellpinit Youth Center to become a safe location for the Children of the Sun Head Start facility.
  • Project Location: Wellpinit, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

White Salmon Interstate Bridge Replacement -- Preliminary Engineering/Design

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To provide funding for preliminary engineering and design for the replacement of the White Salmon Interstate Bridge.
  • Project Location: Klickitat
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Whitman Scaling Facility

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Whitman 
  • Project Purpose: To build a Scaling Facility that will provide critical space and equipment for high-tech and life sciences research and businesses.
  • Project Location: Pullman, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Wind River Slide Reconstruction Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation Project Purpose: To reconstruct and stabilize Wind River Road for freight, residential, and visitor traffic accessing Carson, Washington. Project Location: Stevenson, WA Amount Requested: $3,280,000
  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State Department of Transportation 
  • Project Purpose: To reconstruct and stabilize Wind River Road for freight, residential, and visitor traffic accessing Carson, Washington.
  • Project Location: Stevenson, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,280,000

 

FY 2024 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:

Alternative Strategies to Address Public Safety

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Tacoma
  • Project Purpose: To provide personnel costs for the expansion of two alternative response programs to assist the Tacoma Police Department and improve public safety and community trust.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Bellevue Police Department Body-Worn Camera Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Bellevue
  • Project Purpose: To provide funding for the Bellevue Police Department’s new body-worn camera program.
  • Project Location: Bellevue, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $1,090,000

 

Center for Advanced Sustainment Technology & Networking (CAST-NET)

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
  • Project Purpose: CAST-Net strives to directly support Puget Sound Naval Shipyard’s (PSNS) efforts to modernize infrastructure and industrial processes by establishing a Digital Experimentation Center (DEC) near the PSNS in Bremerton, WA where industry and shipyard personnel can openly collaborate and share cutting-edge digital engineering tools to align with shipyard modernization goals.
  • Project Location: Bremerton, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Ecosystem Health Through Water Column Observation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Ecosystem Health Through Water Column Observation
  • Project Purpose: University of Washington
  • Project Location: To produce an operational, real-time ecosystem ocean profiling buoy network designed to aid understanding of climate and oceanographic changes that can and do impact coastal economies, cultures, and communities.
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Modernization and Expansion of the Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research Laboratory

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington State University 
  • Project Purpose: This proposal seeks to transition as much of the NIST-Cryogenic Hydrogen testing capabilities to WSU-HYPER as possible. Most recently, WSU-HYPER accepted the donation of a pressure-oscillating compressor from NIST-Boulder, however the compressor is too old to be efficiently utilized.
  • Project Location: Pullman, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Portable Mass Casualty Roadway Protection Barriers

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Vancouver
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase of portable mass casualty roadway protection.
  • Project Location: Vancouver, WA
  • Amount Requested: $400,000

 

Protecting Southern Resident Killer Whales from the Acoustic and Physical Impacts of Large Commercial Vessels

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Maritime Blue
  • Project Purpose: To create quiet foraging habitat for endangered Southern Resident killer whales with minimal impact to the maritime trade of Washington state.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $300,000

 

Public Safety Radio Communication System Modernization

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Skamania County Sheriff 
  • Project Purpose: To fund the purchase of equipment for the upgrade and replacement of Skamania County’s current public safety radio communication system.
  • Project Location: Skamania Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,859

 

Public Safety Regional Radio System

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Ferndale
  • Project Purpose: To upgrade the City of Ferndale’s public safety regional radio system. 
  • Project Location: Ferndale, WA
  • Amount Requested: $480,000

 

Rapid DNA System

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Whatcom County Sheriff Office
  • Project Purpose: For the Whatcom County Sheriff to purchase a Rapid DNA system, and to fund associated costs.
  • Project Location: Whatcom Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $434,000

 

SW Washington Legal Advocacy, Training, and Outreach Services for Domestic Violence Survivors

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: YWCA Clark County
  • Project Purpose: To fund salaries and benefits for staff providing legal advocacy, training, and outreach services for domestic violence survivors in Clark County.
  • Project Location: Clark Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $400,000

 

UW Advanced Nano & Quantum Systems

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington
  • Project Purpose: The University of Washington seeks to acquire four critical workhorse tools for carrying out research and product development at the Washington Nanofabrication Facility (WNF).
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,500,000

 

UW Molecular Analysis Facility (MAF) Instrumentation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington
  • Project Purpose: The University seeks to acquire an X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) instrument to quantify surface elements of samples and a Focused Ion Beam (FIB) instrument for site-specific imaging and etching of samples.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $2,800,000

 

UW Tacoma Milgard Lab Equipment

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington - Tacoma 
  • Project Purpose: "UW Tacoma is requesting equipment for new Mechanical and Civil Engineering Labs in their new building to enable the spaces to be fully operational to accelerate expanding cohorts in these high demand programs.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

West Coast Whale Conservation Plan NEPA

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife 
  • Project Purpose: To provide funding for NOAA or a contractor to conduct a NEPA review, analysis, and documentation required in order to approve and issue a Incidental Take Permit for reduced whale entanglements on the West Coast.
  • Project Location: Olympia, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Yakama Nation Drug and Fentanyl Taskforce

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
  • Project Purpose: To fund the pay of nine patrol officers for one year to implement a new Drug and Fentanyl Taskforce on the Yakima Reservation.
  • Project Location: Toppenish, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,028,000

 

FY 2024 Interior, Environment, 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:

Alternative Water Source Development Project Planning

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Town of Eatonville 
  • Project Purpose: The purpose of the project would be to equip the town with the information necessary to select an alternative water source and move forward with actions to solve the water source issues for the Town of Eatonville and the Mashel River.
  • Project Location: Eatonville, WA
  • Amount Requested: $624,000

 

Cascade Ave Utility Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Stevenson 
  • Project Purpose: The project will replace an undersized sewer line and an aging waterline containing asbestos concrete in the city’s industrial area.
  • Project Location: Stevenson, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,485,000

 

Comprehensive Wastewater System Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Zillah 
  • Project Purpose: To upgrade the City of Zillah’s wastewater system infrastructure in order to prevent blockages, backups, and overflows that contribute to environmental and health hazards.
  • Project Location: Zillah, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,400,000

 

Dedicated Fill Line to Water Reservoir

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Longview 
  • Project Purpose: To stabilize water pressures and dissolved oxygen levels, reduce cloudy water and chlorine dosage and reduce energy costs.
  • Project Location: Longview, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Division 7 Water Reservoir Replacement Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lake Whatcom Water and Sewer District
  • Project Purpose: The project replaces the existing reservoir with two appropriately sized reservoirs that meet current earthquake structural design standards, one of which would be outfitted with the ShakeAlert® early earthquake warning system that automatically closes valving in the event of an earthquake to preserve water supply. 
  • Project Location: Bellingham, WA
  • Amount Requested: $217,000

 

Drinking Water Well Construction

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of College Place
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new drinking water well in order to fully address the City of College Place’s water storage deficiency and achieve compliance with state requirements.
  • Project Location: College Place, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Extension of Water and Sewer to Underserved Areas of Yakima

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Yakima 
  • Project Purpose: This project will develop new water distribution mains, sanitary sewer collection mains, service lines to the existing right-of-way limits (property), associated improvements, and street surfacing repairs.
  • Project Location: Yakima, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,900,000

 

Fall City Business District Community Septic Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: King County Department of Local Services
  • Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to address a failing wastewater system by replacing multiple antiquated and failing on-site septic systems in Fall City, WA to protect groundwater quality in the surrounding area.
  • Project Location: Fall City, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Gooseberry Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Lummi Indian Reservation
  • Project Purpose: The purpose of the funds is to upgrade the Lummi Gooseberry Point WWTP, allowing the facility to process the required volume of wastewater, meet permit requirements, and eliminate bacterial contamination in an area used for recreational and subsistence harvesters of fish and shellfish.
  • Project Location: Whatcom Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $6,725,000

 

Grandview Road Sewer Extension

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Ferndale
  • Project Purpose: To extend sewer service to the Northwest portion of the City necessary to unlock over 500 acres of existing and future commercial, industrial, and residential land for private development.
  • Project Location: Ferndale, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Granite Falls WWTP Facility Upgrades

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Granite Falls
  • Project Purpose: This WWTP upgrade project will support the vitally important objective of improving the water quality in the Pilchuck River watershed.
  • Project Location: Granite Falls, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,800,000

 

Inchelium Community Water System Upgrade Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Inchelium Water District 
  • Project Purpose: The Inchelium Community Water System Upgrade Project will assist in updates to the town of Inchelium’s public water infrastructure system, located on the Colville Reservation, to provide drinking water to the community, where the water quality needs to be improved for public health.
  • Project Location: Inchelium, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

King County for Urban and Rural Forests

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: King County 
  • Project Purpose: To preserve and enhance the benefits provided by forests in King County by identifying important rural and urban forest strategies.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $750,000

 

Municipal Sewer Extension Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Lynden 
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new Sewer Pump Station and sewer force main to accommodate expected development.
  • Project Location: Lynden, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Port of Mattawa Wastewater Infrastructure Improvement Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Mattawa
  • Project Purpose: This project will provide upgrades to the wastewater system to provide for increased capacity and better treatment to allow for cleaner discharge water that can be used on crops while also recycling the wine and food processing waste in an environmentally sustainable manner.
  • Project Location: Mattawa, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Puget Island Water System Alternative

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: PUD #1 of Wahkiakum County
  • Project Purpose: To improve system reliability by developing an alternate water source for Puget Island.
  • Project Location: Puget Island, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Relocate Water Mainline - Green Cove Creek Culvert

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Public Utility District No. 1 of Thurston County 
  • Project Purpose: To construct a temporary water main for construction of a bridge and the subsequent construction of a permanent water line for the residents on the west side of Green Cove Creek.
  • Project Location: Olympia, WA
  • Amount Requested: $875,600

 

Ritzville Sewer Collection System Improvement Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Ritzville 
  • Project Purpose: To replace and modernize the City of Ritzville’s wastewater distribution network’s infrastructure.
  • Project Location: Ritzville, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,300,000

 

Ryderwood Drought Resiliency

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Cowlitz County
  • Project Purpose: To construct a new raw water reservoir and required piping to serve the Ryderwood area of Cowlitz County and improve drought resiliency.
  • Project Location: Ryderwood, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $1,600,000

 

Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe Water/Wastewater System Study And Design

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe
  • Project Purpose: This funding is for a feasibility study, planning, and design of a water/wastewater treatment system that will support homes and government buildings in the Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe’s new location.
  • Project Location: Tokeland, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,485,000

 

Ski Hill Dr Combined Sewer Separation

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Leavenworth 
  • Project Purpose: The City’s combined sanitary sewer and stormwater system along the greater Ski Hill Drive corridor is at high risk for wastewater entering the stormwater system. Funding will be used to separate these systems, reducing the amount of unnecessary stormwater flow to the City’s wastewater treatment plan
  • Project Location: Chelan, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

South Park Drainage Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Seattle
  • Project Purpose: Create a formal drainage system to address significant drainage and flooding issues in South Park.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Stormwater Quality Treatment and Infiltration Facility

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Renton
  • Project Purpose: To significantly enhance water quality while substantially reducing flood risks for a 245-acre sub-basin in the Renton Highlands. 
  • Project Location: Renton, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000

 

Underwood Water Reservoir Replacement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Public Utility District No. 1 of Skamania County 
  • Project Purpose: To provide necessary drinking water storage required to support existing customers in Skamania County through construction of a new, more resilient drinking water reservoir.
  • Project Location: Carson, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Wallace Heights Septic Elimination

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Clark Regional Wastewater District
  • Project Purpose: This request seeks to accelerate Clark Regional Wastewater District’s Septic Elimination Program (SEP) by eliminating septic systems in one a lower income service areas, which also is at the highest level of environmental concern.
  • Project Location: Vancouver, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,160,000

 

Washougal Wastewater Treatment Plant Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Washougal  
  • Project Purpose: This project would help ensure access to a clean and affordable wastewater treatment for the residents of Washougal and protect the Columbia River and the Steigerwald National Wildlife Refuge immediately adjacent to the project.
  • Project Location: Washougal, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Wastewater System Improvements

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Town of Winthrop 
  • Project Purpose: The Town of Winthrop’s Wastewater System Improvement Project replaces the failing main lift station and a portion of undersized collection system piping, protecting adjacent surface water quality by replacing the aging lift station located adjacent to the Methow River.
  • Project Location: Winthrop, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,984,000 

 

Water Supply Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Town of Washtucna
  • Project Purpose: The project will reduce the risk of contamination and water shortage by helping the town of Washtucna secure a clean drinking water source.
  • Project Location: Washtucna, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $965,000

 

Water Tank Seismic Replacement Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Covington Water District
  • Project Purpose: To replace two existing, seismically deficient drinking water source tanks with new tanks to ensure water quality and availability.
  • Project Location: Covington, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Woodcrest Community Water System Repair & Reconstruction

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Bothell 
  • Project Purpose: The purpose of this project is to bring the Woodcrest Community’s utilities up to current requirements, provide improved service and fire flow, reduce utility repairs and maintenance, and reduce potential impacts to health and environment.
  • Project Location: Bothell, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

WWTP Nitrogen Reduction

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Palouse 
  • Project Purpose: This project provides design of treatment plant improvements that will bring the Palouse Wastewater Treatment Plant into regulatory compliance with their NPDES permit and the Palouse River TMDL’s for temperature, nitrogen, pH, and DO, which will protect the water quality of the Palouse River.
  • Project Location: Palouse, WA 
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

FY 2024 Energy and Water Development 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:

C6 Forest to Farm Biochar Applied Research and Development (BARD) Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: C6 Forest to Farm
  • Project Purpose: Develop and operate a pilot biochar production plant in the U.S. Forest Service’s highest priority “fireshedâ€? in the Pacific Northwest.
  • Project Location: Chelan Co.,WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant Study

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Bureau of Reclamation 
  • Project Purpose:  To document the long-term issues at the John W. Keys III Pump-Generating Plant and define alternatives and a general strategy for meeting them, improve aquatic habitat, remove barriers, and reduce flood hazards.
  • Project Location: Grant Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $600,000

 

Lacey Regional Athletic Complex LED Light Conversion

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Lacy 
  • Project Purpose: To install 239 LED lights at the City of Lacey’s Regional Athletic Complex.
  • Project Location: Thurston Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $675,000

 

Lake Washington Ship Canal, WA

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Army Corps of Engineers
  • Project Purpose: To provide construction funding for Lake Washington Ship Canal Small Lock Emergency Closure System.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,500,000

 

Mason PUD No. 1 Grid Resiliency Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Mason Public Utility District Number One 
  • Project Purpose: To provide a redundant power feed to the north and south end substations for Mason PUD Number 1, which hardens the power grid and helps it be more resilient during storm and outage events.
  • Project Location: Mason Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Mt St. Helens Sediment Control

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Project Purpose: To provide the Army Corps of Engineers with necessary resources to conduct Mount Saint Helens sediment monitoring activities on the Cowlitz and Toutle Rivers.
  • Project Location: Cowlitz Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $600,000

 

Mud Mountain Dam, WA

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
  • Project Purpose: To ensure the Corps can conduct critical construction work on Mud Mountain Dam including improvements to drainage of Cascade Creek.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $9,700,000

 

North Horn Rapids Industrial Park: Transmission Connection

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Richland  
  • Project Purpose: To extend electrical service to the 1,641 acres of land transferred from the Hanford Nuclear Reservation to TRIDEC for use by the City of Richland, Energy Northwest, and the Port of Benton for the purposes of community reinvestment.
  • Project Location: Benton Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Pasco PWRF: Algae Nitrogen Removal for Wastewater Treatment and Biofuel

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Pasco 
  • Project Purpose: To reduce carbon emissions and nutrient pollution from the wastewater treatment processes by installing covered low-rate anaerobic digesters to convert volatile organic compounds into renewable natural gas and Biological Nitrogen Removal technology to remove nitrogen.
  • Project Location: Franklin Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Tacoma Harbor

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  • Project Purpose: To continue preconstruction engineering and design for Tacoma Harbor navigation improvements.
  • Project Location: Pierce Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,900,000

 

The Dalles Lock and Dam, WA & OR

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: U.S. Army Corp of Engineers
  • Project Purpose: This would continue funding for the creation of a Villages Development Plan.
  • Project Location: Multiple Locations along Columbia River, OR
  • Amount Requested: $9,700,000

 

University of Washington Tidal-Powered Ocean Observations

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: University of Washington 
  • Project Purpose: To develop continuous, tidal powered ocean and coastal observation technologies to improve data collection quality, enhance port and harbor security, and reduce environmental impacts.
  • Project Location: King Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Vancouver City Hall Energy Efficiency Upgrades

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Vancouver 
  • Project Purpose: To reduce the City of Vancouver’s municipal carbon emissions by increasing the energy efficiency of their City Hall complex.
  • Project Location: Clark Co., WA 
  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000

 

Whiskey Creek Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Kittitas Reclamation District
  • Project Purpose: To complete a reach-scale assessment of Whiskey Creek, which has been identified as having the highest potential for fish passage connecting the Yakima River and the Naneum and Wilson Creek watersheds, as part of the Yakima Basin Integrated Plan.
  • Project Location: Kittitas Co., WA
  • Amount Requested: $750,000

 

FY 2024 Agriculture and Rural Development 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:

Agricultural Innovation Campus at Watershed Business Park

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Skagit
  • Project Purpose: The Agricultural Innovation Campus at Watershed Business Park will provide space for agricultural research and innovation, expansion of WSU’s BreadLab, and support for both existing and new value-added agriculture businesses.
  • Project Location: Burlington, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,900,000

 

City of Elma Community Policing and Emergency Operations Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Elma 
  • Project Purpose: The construction of a new police station that advances the principles of community policing, fosters community engagement, and provides an Emergency Operations Center for Elma, Washington.
  • Project Location: Elma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,288,000

 

College Place Lions Park Community Center Replacement

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of College Place
  • Project Purpose: Construction of a new community center to support community health and educational workshops to communities in poverty.
  • Project Location: Walla Walla, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,632,000

 

Darrington Food Bank

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Darrington Food Bank Foundation
  • Project Purpose: The project would expand Darrington Food Bank’s storage facility and food distribution area.
  • Project Location: Darrington, WA
  • Amount Requested: $425,000

 

Ferndale Civic Campus

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Ferndale 
  • Project Purpose: Construction of a new Civic Campus that will include a new City Hall, municipal court, council chambers, public meeting space, and community service organization offices.
  • Project Location: Ferndale, WA
  • Amount Requested: $3,000,000

 

Glacier Peak Institute Facility

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Glacier Peak Institute
  • Project Purpose: Funding will support the research, purchase, construction and/or remodel of a facility to support Glacier Peak Institute’s work of providing hands-on STEM learning through the outdoors.
  • Project Location: Darrington, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Hoquiam West Fork Dam Removal and Drinking Water Supply Project

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: City of Hoquiam
  • Project Purpose: The purpose of the project is to provide a new, safe, reliable drinking water source for the residents and businesses of Hoquiam, WA. New water wells will be drilled and upgrades to the existing water treatment plant will be added to treat the new groundwater which will replace a surface water supply. 
  • Project Location: Grays Harbor, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Kittitas Regional Search & Rescue Operations and Emergency Management Communications

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: County of Kittitas
  • Project Purpose: Construction of a new Regional Search and Rescue and Emergency Operations Center that will serve as the Central Emergency Management Operations Headquarters for upper Kittitas County, as well as housing search and rescue functions.
  • Project Location: Kittitas, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

Nespelem Longhouse

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation 
  • Project Purpose: The Nespelem Community Longhouse Project design will provide a split space for cultural activities and emergency services or shelters.
  • Project Location: Okanogan, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

Port Angeles Waterfront Center Field Hall

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port Angeles Waterfront Center
  • Project Purpose: The field hall will provide Port Angeles with a community facility that offers a 500-seat auditorium and 300-seat meeting space.
  • Project Location: Clallam, WA
  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000

 

Quinault Boom Truck

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Quinault Indian Nation 
  • Project Purpose: The project would cover the cost to purchase a boom lift truck for the Quinault Indian Nation.
  • Project Location: Tahola, WA
  • Amount Requested: $180,000

 

Stanwood Art Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Stanwood Camano Arts Advocacy Commission
  • Project Purpose: Construction of a 10,000 sq ft art center in downtown Stanwood that will provide art classes and exposure to the arts for the community.
  • Project Location: Stanwood, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,751,000

 

Wilkeson Historical Town Hall

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Town of Wilkeson
  • Project Purpose: This project would complete the engineering and designs needed for construction and retrofits of the historic Wilkeson Town Hall. 
  • Project Location: Wilkeson, WA
  • Amount Requested: $923,000

 

FY 2024 Financial Services and General Government 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:

Maritime Innovation Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Port of Seattle
  • Project Purpose: To redevelop the Ship Supply Building at Fishermen’s Terminal into a Maritime Innovation Center with working space for incubators, accelerators, and anchor tenants along with event space.
  • Project Location: Seattle, WA
  • Amount Requested: $5,000,000

 

NWIRC Innovation Center Network - Arlington

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northwest Innovation Resource Center
  • Project Purpose: To renovate, equip, and staff NWIRC’s new Innovation Center in Arlington, Washington. This will provide space for entrepreneurs to receive supportive services and access manufacturing equipment.
  • Project Location: Arlington, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000

 

NWIRC Innovation Center Network – SWIFT Center

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Northwest Innovation Resource Center
  • Project Purpose: To renovate, equip, and staff NWIRC’s new Innovation Center in Sedro Woolley, Washington. This will provide space for entrepreneurs to receive supportive services and access manufacturing equipment.
  • Project Location: Sedro Woolley, WA
  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000

 

Pierce County Business Accelerator Program

  • Requested by: U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell, Washington state
  • Recipient Name: Tacoma, WA
  • Project Purpose: To expand the Pierce County Business Accelerator to provide six weeks of traditional business training, online business skills training in three new languages, and supportive services to program graduates.
  • Project Location: Tacoma, WA
  • Amount Requested: $2,500,000