The House Committee on Appropriations announced that Members of Congress were allowed to submit up to 10 community funding requests. Congressman Hoyer received many requests, some of which were not eligible under the criteria established by Committee.
All requests submitted by Congressman Hoyer to the Appropriations Committee are posted below. Members will be required to certify that neither they nor their immediate family have a financial interest in the requests made.
- Applicant: Bowie State University
Description: The funding would be used for the Institute that will focus on restorative justice and practices and will train staff, faculty, and community members.
Amount: $750,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: City of Bowie
Description: The funding would be used to replace one mile of tuberculated cast iron water main. These funds would support design, construction, replacement meters, and related costs for the impacted pipes.
Amount: $2,000,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: College of Southern Maryland
Description: The funding would be used for to purchase new equipment to reflect current professional practice and standards in equipment.
Amount: $552,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: Historic Sotterly, 44300 Sotterley Lane, Hollywood, MD 20636
Description: The funding would be used to address critical restoration and deferred maintenance in order to preserve its irreplaceable structures and allow it to continue as educational and cultural resource.
Amount: $750,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: Lifestyles of Maryland
Description: The funding would be used to finance part of Phase 2 of the Southern Crossing project that includes the renovation and furnishings for 27 units of short term housing.
Amount: $160,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: Prince George's County Department of Health
Description: The funding would be used for to the Prince George’s County Health Department (PGCHD) to build a school-based pediatric telehealth network to connect students in 100 Prince George’s County public schools to critical somatic and mental health care.
Amount: $5,100,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: Prince George's County Fire & EMS Department
Description: The funding would be used for to purchase water tanks for rural parts of the County that do not have an adequate water supply for use by the fire department.
Amount: $1,800,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: St. Mary's College of Maryland, 47645 College Dr, St Mary's City, MD 20686
Description: The funding would be used to acquire a research vessel and associated equipment to support its roll-out of a new Marine Sciences program. The addition of a research vessel will enable SMCM students and faculty to pursue educational and research activities related to the rapidly changing global environment linked to climate change.
Amount: $900,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: St. Mary's County
Description: The funding would be used for to dredge St. Patrick’s Creek which hasn’t been dredged since 1987.
Amount: $700,000
Certification Letter
- Applicant: MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
Description: The funding would be used for to upgrade the behavioral health unit at the hospital.
Amount: $925,000
Certification Letter