House Rule 5.14 and Joint Rule 2.2 provide the full definition of what constitutes an appropriations project. Generally, an Appropriations Project is any appropriation or proviso to a specifically named:

The term “Appropriations Project” does NOT include an appropriation that:

A PECO project is not an Appropriations Project if it was:

In order for an Appropriations Project to be eligible to be funded in the House budget:

An Appropriations Project Request form and an attestation form must be completed, electronically submitted and published online in the manner and by the dates prescribed by the Speaker. The Appropriations Project Request may be for nonrecurring funds only and may not include more than one Appropriations Project.

A completed Appropriations Project Request form must be submitted through the Appropriations Project Request System by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 14, 2023. After the form is submitted, it will be reviewed by the Appropriations Committee staff. Once the review process is completed, a final draft of the Appropriations Project Request form will be generated for the sponsoring Member to review and publish on the House website. The deadline to publish an Appropriations Project Request form on the House website is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 9, 2024.

Only a Member of the House of Representatives can submit and publish a form.

The Appropriations Committee staff review each submitted Appropriations Project Request form for accuracy and completeness. Staff will make factual and technical corrections to the form including the project title, prior year funding, veto status, appropriate agency, spelling, and grammar. If substantive changes are recommended, staff will send the proposed changes to the sponsoring Member’s House e-mail address. Members will have three days to respond before any substantive changes are made to the form.

Contact the Appropriations Committee to make changes to a form that has been submitted but not published. Changes cannot be made to a form that has been published on the House website. Any requested change to a published form should be submitted as a correction with the attestation.

Contact the Appropriations Committee to transfer a form that has been submitted but not published. Transfers cannot be made after a form is published on the House website.

Contact the Appropriations Committee to withdraw a submitted or published form.

No. However, as with any budget issue which receives recurring funding in a fiscal year, such funding may be reduced or eliminated in a subsequent fiscal year. It is important to monitor the status of an Appropriations Project throughout the budget process.

An attestation is a signed verification under penalty of perjury that the information in an Appropriations Project Request form is true and accurate, that any inaccuracies will be promptly corrected, and that the organization or entity requesting funding consents to investigation of such information and any matter relevant thereto. An attestation must be completed, electronically submitted, and published for an Appropriations Project Request to be considered eligible for funding in the House General Appropriations Act.

The attestation form should be completed and electronically signed by the Principal Officer of the organization or entity for which an Appropriations Project Request form was submitted. “Principal Officer” means the individual who, regardless of title, has ultimate responsibility for implementing the decisions of the governing body of the organization or entity or for supervising the management, administration, or operation of the organization or entity.

The completed and signed attestation form must be sent to the sponsoring Member’s House e-mail address. The sponsoring Member must then submit the completed attestation form through the Appropriations Project Request System. Only PDF files may be submitted. Submitted attestation forms will be posted on the House website.

Any necessary corrections to a published form should be noted on the attestation form.

The sponsoring Member must submit the completed and signed attestation form through the Appropriations Project Request System by 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, January 16, 2024.

No. Only Appropriations Projects that received recurring funding in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act may continue to receive recurring funding.

No. Such a project may not receive more recurring funding than it received in the 2023-2024 General Appropriations Act. An Appropriations Project Request form can be submitted for an increase in funding; however, any additional funding would be nonrecurring.

No. It can only receive nonrecurring funding.

An Appropriations Project must be funded at 50 percent or more of the amount requested in the published Appropriations Project Request form in order to be included in the House General Appropriations Act. The 50 percent requirement does not apply to the conference report.

No. Matching funds are considered as part of the funding process, but they are not required in order for an Appropriations Project to be funded.

No. However, pursuant to Joint Rule 2.3(8), an Appropriations Project must be funded in either the House or Senate General Appropriations Act (or both) in order to be eligible for funding in the conference report.

No. An Appropriations Project that was not included in either chamber’s bill may not be included in the conference report.