FY26 Appropriations Requests
Appropriations Request
As your Representative in Congress, I can submit federal program and funding priority recommendations to the Appropriations Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives that reflect the needs of our district.
There are three types of requests that you can submit to my office—Community Project Funding requests, programmatic requests, and language requests—listed in the order they appear on this webpage:
- FY26 Appropriations Programmatic and Language Requests
- FY26 Appropriations Community Project Funding (CPF)
The deadline for submissions is April 24, 2025
A Programmatic Appropriations Request is a type of funding request made to the U.S. Congress during the annual appropriations process. It refers to a request for Congress to allocate a specific amount of funding to an existing federal program—rather than creating a new program or directing funds to a specific project or recipient (which would be considered an "earmark").
A Community Project Funding Request is a type of funding request made to the U.S. Congress during the annual appropriations process. It refers to funding for a specific project, formerly called an "earmark." If you submitted a project request for FY25, you must resubmit for FY26 to be considered for funding. Congressman Carter can only select 15 projects for funding consideration. Projects that do not fit the House Appropriations guidance will not be considered.
Visit the House Appropriations Committee website for more information.
Please complete the form to the best of your ability with as much detail as possible. Your input and participation are very helpful in determining which programs are most important to you and to our communities.
My team may reach out for additional information to help understand or clarify your request, so please ensure your contact email and phone numbers are correct. While we cannot guarantee the outcome, we look forward to working with you to help serve our district.
It is important to note that the budgetary constraints currently facing the federal government limit the opportunities for programmatic funding. Submitting a request for funding does not guarantee that funding will be appropriated.
Transparency
The final 15 CPF requests selected and submitted by Congressman Carter to the Appropriations Committee will be posted on this page. Members will be required to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in the CPF requests made.
FY2026 Projects Requested
1. Project Sponsor : BioDistrict New Orleans
Address: 701 Loyola Ave #56181, New Orleans, LA 70113
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose: The renovation of the third floor of the Benson Tower to accommodate the new Xavier School of Medicine. Project involves converting the space into several classrooms, an auditorium/conference facility, and space for students and faculty to meet. The classrooms will be built out and furnished with state-of-the-art medical school teaching equipment.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
2. Project Sponsor: New Orleans Regional Planning Commission
Address: 10 Veterans Blvd, New Orleans, LA 70124
Amount Requested: $6,000,000
Purpose: The funding would be used for a "complete street" and traffic calming effort to enhance non-motorized, multimodal access to area residents.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
3. Project Sponsor: First 72+
Address: 2917 Perdido St. Suite 2260, New Orleans, LA 70119
Amount Requested: $4,500,000
Purpose: This project will provide reentry service for the populations serviced by the First 72+ (men impacted by the justice system) and Operation Rescue (women and girls impacted by the justice system), including access to mental health care, housing navigation, financial literacy, childcare, and workforce development.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
4. Project Sponsor: City of Westwego, LA
Address: 1100 4th Street Westwego, LA 70094
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose: Westwego Wastewater Treatment Plant Modernization project makes critical upgrades to the city’s existing wastewater treatment facilities to extend facilities useful life, lower operational costs, and support economic development.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
5. Project sponsor: Manning Family Children’s
Address: 200 Henry Clay Ave., New Orleans, LA 70118
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Purpose: Funding will support the Morgan Rae Center for Hope, Child Abuse Program. This project provides support services for child victims of abuse and witnesses to violence.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
6. Project Sponsor: United Way of Southeast Louisiana
Address: 2401 Canal St., New Orleans, LA 70119
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Purpose: The Safe Children Initiative Firearm Storage Program will distribute free biometric gun safes to gun owners across seven parishes in Southeast Louisiana, where accidental death from firearm misuse is consistently a leading cause of death for children.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
7. Project Sponsor: New Orleans Public Belt Railroad
Address: 4822 Tchoupitoulas St, New Orleans, LA 70115
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose: The Bywater Rail Relocation project mitigates a physical barrier within the Bywater community that is posed by the rail corridor and mitigates the risk of future highway-rail grade crossing accidents/incidents.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
8. Project Sponsor: Ascension Parish Government
Address: 615 E Worthey St, Gonzales, LA 70737
Amount Requested: $3,744,000
Purpose: The LA73-LA429 Intersection Improvement project will upgrade the intersection into a roundabout to mitigate traffic congestion and convert sidewalks into shared-use paths.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
9. Project Sponsor: Engaged Learning Strategies
Address: 610 Belle Terre Blvd, LaPlace, LA 70068
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Purpose: The "School-within-a-School" project will support a program to re-engage at-risk and disengaged middle school students through a turnkey, customizable, and comprehensive STEM-based curriculum. The project will help divert at-risk youth from the justice system.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
10. Project Sponsor: Louisiana Chamber of Commerce Foundation
Address: 2020 St. Charles Avenue, 5th Floor, New Orleans, LA 70130.
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Purpose: The Coastal and Fisheries Restoration Research and Equipment Initiative will fund Louisiana coastal erosion and fisheries restoration research and equipment.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
11. Project Sponsor: Housing Authority of New Orleans
Address: 4100 Touro Street, New Orleans, LA 70122
Amount: $5,000,000
Purpose: The Christopher Park Affordable Housing Redevelopment project will create 102 affordable housing units in a blighted area, improving housing affordability and availability for working class New Orleanians.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
12. Project Sponsor: Town of Lutcher
Address: 2500 Louisiana Avenue, Lutcher, LA 70071
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
Purpose: The King Avenue Road Rehabilitation Phase 3 is the final phase of the project, which will complete a new concrete roadway protecting the town’s main thoroughfare from flooding.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
13. Project Sponsor: Jefferson Parish Coroner’s Office
Address: 2018 8th Street, Harvey, LA 70058
Amount Requested: $3,100,000
Purpose: The Advanced Forensic Center Equipment project will purchase state-of-the-art forensic equipment for a new Advanced Forensic Center that Jefferson Parish and neighboring criminal justice organizations will utilize in the southeast Louisiana area.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
14. Project Sponsor: St. Bernard Parish Government
Address: 8201 W. Judge Perez Dr., Chalmette, LA 70043
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
Purpose: The St. Claude Avenue Culvert Drainage Improvements Project will complete drainage improvements to mitigate flooding for residents and industry in the Arabi community.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
15. Project Sponsor: City of Kenner
Address: 1610 Reverend Richmond Wilson Drive, Kenner, LA 70062.
Amount Requested: $4,305,800
Purpose: The Kenner Sewer/Wastewater Treatment Plant and Stabilization and Improvement Project makes upgrades the city’s sewer system to improve stormwater drainage and reliability for the area near MSY Airport.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE