Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernández strives to ensure that the federal government invests in the programs and policies that create opportunities for New Mexico's 3rd Congressional District and our nation. She welcomes constituents and advocacy groups to submit for consideration any programmatic, language, or community project funding requests they deem a priority for Fiscal Year 2026.
Programmatic request: a request to fund a specific program in the appropriations bill at a specified level.
Example: Provide $1,000,000,000 for the USDA ReConnect program.
Language request: a request to include specific bill or report language that does not direct funding to a particular entity but encourages, urges, or directs some type of action by an agency.
Example: The Committee encourages USDA to study the impact of expanded broadband on rural communities’ economic prosperity.
To submit a programmatic or language request, please complete this FORM. The deadline for submissions has been extended until April 18, 2025. Please note this form should not be used for Community Project Funding requests.
COMMUNITY PROJECT FUNDING:
Community Project Funding (CPF) request: a funding request for a specific governmental entity or non-profit organization to carry out a specific community project. For-profit entities are not eligible for funding.
CPF requests may only be made for certain types of projects. Those types are determined by the House Appropriations Committee. Each project account must meet the specified eligibility and/or matching requirements. This is a highly competitive process as our office can only select 15 requests for submission to the Appropriations Committee. The Committee will ultimately decide which projects move forward.
Further, during the FY25 CPF process, Congressional Republicans cut funding for all CPFs including the 15 projects Congresswoman Leger Fernández selected. Those projects will receive priority consideration for the FY26 CPF process. As a result, there will only be a few – if any – slots available for new projects. While our office will accept and review applications for new projects, please be aware that it is unlikely new projects will be selected.
The deadline to submit CPF requests to our office is April 18, 2025. Please note that this limited timeline is due to external deadlines that our office does not control.
You may submit CPF requests using the following links:
