118th Congress
Members urge Secretary Buttigieg to update federal standards for the use and maintenance of wayside defect detectors
The House Committee on Appropriations announced it will be accepting Community Project Funding (CPF) requests from Members. This is in addition to the standard programmatic and language-based requests. Each Member is limited to no more than 15 Community Project Funding requests across all eligible subcommittees for Fiscal Year 2024 and there is no guarantee that all requested projects will be funded. The FY2024 CPF process has a limited scope with combined earmarks capped at 1% of all discretionary spending and eligible accounts restricted to those listed in the table below.
Congressman Announces Arrival of Marcus Garza As His New Chief of Staff
Ranking Member Johnson's Opening Statement
Thank you, Chairman. I share the grave concerns of my colleagues about the Chinese government’s theft of the intellectual property of our nation’s innovators. We know that the scale of China’s IP theft is enormous, that it hurts our inventors’ ability to compete and succeed, and that we need to improve our laws and policies to—not only protect America’s intellectual property from the Chinese government—but also to mitigate the damage already done.
Congress is kicking off the 118th session by revamping talks around the direction of our nation’s immigration policy that addresses visa reform, border security and a much-needed permanent legislative solution for Dreamers.
Officials stated that recently secured funding to expand English as a Second Language (ESL) programs through Georgia State University in Clarkston for 400 resettled refugees from Afghanistan will have a far-reaching positive effect for the community.
Wellroot Family Services is set to receive $1.2 million in funding that Rep. Hank Johnson (GA-4) secured as part of the 2023 community project funding appropriations.