Appropriations Request

Programmatic and Language Requests

Every year, Congressman Bera has the opportunity to advocate for overall funding of federal programs and grants that support California’s 6th District through the annual appropriations process. If your organization participates in any federally funded programs, Rep. Bera can advocate to maintain or increase the total funding for these grants.

For FY2026 programmatic and language requests, please click here to submit requests. If you have multiple requests, please submit a separate form for each request. Our office is accepting these requests on a rolling basis and will provide a deadline once we receive final guidance from the Appropriations Committee. Please note that these appropriations requests cannot guarantee funding for any specific entity or project and requests must comply with all current House rules.

Individual requests will only be accepted through this form. However, if you are asking Rep. Bera to join a multi-member letter requesting funding, please reach out to the relevant policy staffer to share this request.

Community Project Funding

Please be aware that the House Appropriations Committee may release additional guidelines for FY2026 Community Project Funding for eligible subcommittees so our office may update our guidelines accordingly.

Congressman Bera will have the opportunity to submit Community Project Funding requests to support highly qualified, local projects to the Appropriations Committee for consideration of direct federal funding. Each Member of Congress may be able to only submit 15 requests for Community Project Funding. Funding will be made available depending on the general appropriations process and we cannot guarantee that CPFs will be included in a final FY2026 bill or continuing resolution.

Please click here to submit a FY2026 Community Project Funding request to Congressman Bera’s office.

In the past, eligible recipients of Community Project Funding include state, local, and tribal governments; publicly owned entities (e.g. universities, public utility districts, etc.); and registered 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations. 

You can find Rep. Bera’s previous submissions below: 

FY2025 CPF requests
FY2024 CPF requests
FY2023 CPF requests
FY2022 CPF requests

The House Appropriations Committee has made general guidance available on their website. Additional subcommittee-specific guidance is still forthcoming. We encourage that you review the Appropriations Committee’s guidance from last year’s process for a general guideline for possible projects – we will also be updating the new guidance from the Committee as soon as it becomes available:

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration (Ag): Additional Guidance

Commerce, Justice, Science (CJS): Additional Guidance

Energy and Water (E&W): Additional Guidance

Homeland Security: Additional Guidance

Interior and Environment: Additional Guidance

Military Construction, Veterans Affairs (MilConVA): Additional Guidance

Transportation and Housing and Urban Development (THUD):

Department of Housing and Urban Development

• Economic Development Initiatives

Department of Transportation

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

Deadlines to submit requests to Congressman Bera’s office are as follows:

*All deadlines 6:00 p.m. PT