PETER WELCH, Senator for Vermont

The U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has given each Member of Congress authority to request Congressionally Directed Spending projects for inclusion in the fiscal year 2024 appropriations bills. You may suggest a project for Senator Welch to nominate by filling out the survey linked HERE. This survey will be open until Thursday, March 16, 2023, at 11:59 pm. Unfortunately, no responses can be considered after that deadline.

Please review the important guidelines and eligibility information below before starting the survey. You cannot save the survey while filling it out so please have all information available before you open the survey. Community support for any submitted projects is critical for consideration, so please have any support documentation in PDF format and ready to submit as part of the survey. Projects submitted to the Appropriations Committee by Senator Welch will be posted on his website.


Below are links to the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittees’ Links to Congressionally Directed Spending project guidance documents. Applicants should review these guidance documents to identify the accounts in the appropriations bill for which Members of Congress may nominate Congressionally Directed Spending projects.

Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies
Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
Energy and Water Development
Financial Services and General Government
Homeland Security
Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies
Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies
Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies

You will be notified by April 30, 2023, if Senator Welch nominates your Congressionally Directed Spending project for consideration by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee. Nomination does not guarantee that the project will receive funding.