Appropriations Requests

Thank you for expressing your interest in Appropriations requests for FY26! Please use this form if you would like to request that Congresswoman Budzinski cosign an appropriations letter, or if you would like Congresswoman Budzinski to submit a programmatic or report language request. The office of Congresswoman Budzinski will consider these submissions when determining our appropriations priorities for FY 2026.

IMPORTANT: This form is NOT for submitting requests for Community Project Funding, and any requests for Community Project Funding submitted through the FY26 appropriations programmatic request form will NOT be considered. 
 
Only one programmatic or language request is permitted per web form submission. You will not have an opportunity to edit or amend a request after submission. For more information on community project funding, please contact yusuf.nekzad@mail.house.gov and brian.zilm@mail.house.gov.

All appropriations requests must be submitted to our office one week prior to the relevant Subcommittee deadline. Current Rep. Budzinski deadlines can be found below.

• Agriculture: Friday, April 25, 2025.
• Commerce, Justice, Science: Friday, May 9, 2025.
• Defense: Friday, May 16, 2025.
• Energy & Water: Friday, April 25, 2025.
• Financial Services, General Government: Friday, May 9, 2025.
• Homeland Security: Friday, April 25, 2025.
• Interior: Friday, May 9, 2025.
• Labor, Health and Human Services, Education: Friday, May 16, 2025.
• Legislative Branch: Friday, April 25, 2025.
• Military Construction – Veterans Affairs: Friday, April 25, 2025.
• State, Foreign Operations: Friday, May 9, 2025.
• Transportation, Housing and Urban Development: Friday, May 16, 2025.

To complete this form, you will need the following information:

• Name of the requesting organization
• Address for the requesting organization
• Staff contact for the requesting organization
• Staff contact’s email address
• Staff contact’s phone number
• Appropriations subcommittee for the request
• Agency for the request
• Account for the request
• Name of the program or language request
• Funding level requested (for programmatic requests)
• Language requested (for language requests)
• Office circulating a Dear Colleague (for Dear Colleague sign-on requests)
• Email address for staff contact (for Dear Colleague sign-on requests)
• Deadline to sign the Dear Colleague (for Dear Colleague sign-on requests)
• Description of program or language request (for submissions without a Dear Colleague)