18 Mar Congressionally Directed Spending Guidance for the 117th Congress in Budget and Appropriations, Government Reform
Resources and Guides
General Support Resources
- BPC Dataset: Congressionally Directed Spending in FY22
- GAO Congressionally Directed Spending Tracker
- PopVox/BPC Guide: Guidance for Congressional Offices
- PopVox Blog: House vs. Senate FY23 Member-Directed Spending
- PopVox/BPC PowerPoint: House Community Project Funding
- PopVox Blog: Eight Steps to Vetting Community Project Funding Requests from Eligible Nonprofit Organizations
- PopVox Guide: Community Project Funding Program: Organization Vetting Checklist (printable version here)
- PopVox/BPC Resource Guide for Requestors
- List of Eligible Accounts with Sample Projects for FY22
- PopVox/BPC Resource Guide for Journalists: Reporting on Earmarks
Senate Committees: Guidance and Resources
- All Pending Senate Congressionally Directed Spending Requests
- Appropriations: Full Committee Guidance on FY23 Appropriations Requests and Congressionally Directed Spending
House Committees: Guidance and Resources
- All House FY22 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests
- PopVox Event Recap for House Staff: Navigating Earmarks in FY23
- Appropriations: Full Committee Guidance on FY23 Community Project Funding
- Appropriations: Reform Fact Sheet
- Appropriations: Member Financial Disclosure Template
- Appropriations: Full Committee Dear Colleague
A BPC/AEI Discussion — Reforming and Restructuring Earmarks: What is the Path Forward?
- Panel Discussion Video
- Presentation Shown on Panel I on T&I Earmarks
- Presentation Shown on Panel I on FY22 Earmarking
- Presentation Shown on Panel II on Ways to Responsibly Reinstate Earmarks
Best Practices Examples — House and Senate
- Early, thorough constituent outreach, including creating a community-facing guide: Rep. Schrier (D-WA)
- Constituent- friendly website for requests: Sen. Coons (D-DE)
- Constituent-friendly website for requests: Sen. Graham (R-SC)
- Proactive process for getting community feedback: Rep. Pappas (D-NH)
- Potential model for soliciting requests on specific district priorities: Rep. Simpson (R-ID)
