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Thank you for your interest in submitting a project for consideration by our office for the FY26 cycle of Congressionally Directed Spending.

Creating an Account: To submit a Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) request, please create an account using this website. You will be able to save your application and return to it before submitting. If you need assistance, please contact our office.

For all submissions, please title the application with the project name - recipient entity name. All required fields must be completed for consideration. Entities are not permitted to submit more than 5 requests per potential recipient. 

The following application must be submitted to our office to be considered for Congressionally Directed Spending. Please note that, to be complete, an application must include 4 letters of support from Ohioans or Ohio organizations. These letters should show evidence of community support and engagement for the project. These are uploaded through the "Complete Checklist" portion of your application. 

Please note that this application form is for FY 2026 Congressionally Directed Spending Projects only, and not for FY26 programmatic or report language appropriations requests. If you wish to submit a programmatic appropriations request, please use our separate FY26 Programmatic Appropriations Request Form

All applications are due by 6:00 PM on April 18, 2025. Please email appropriations@husted.senate.gov with any questions. Late requests will not be considered. Please be aware that deadlines may be extended or shortened without notice.