As we move forward with the FY27 appropriations process, I will not be using our limited number of community funding projects to send additional dollars to the Corps.
I will not use our limited community funding projects to send additional dollars to the Army Corps of Engineers in the FY27 appropriations process.
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Evidence
“As we move forward with the FY27 appropriations process, I will not be using our limited number of community funding projects to send additional dollars to the Corps. They have a failing record of performance, and my office will continue to demand accountability.”
The House Appropriations Committee’s FY27 Community Project Funding page says members must post every CPF request online; it lists Energy and Water FY27 posted tables, with the FY27 Energy and Water table posted separately and updated as of May 14, 2026.
The FY2026 community funding projects page lists multiple Army Corps of Engineers requests, including Houma Navigation Canal, Morganza to the Gulf, and South Central Coastal Louisiana Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction.
Higgins said: "I will not be using our limited number of community funding projects to send additional dollars to the Corps."
The committee opened its portal for FY27 programmatic, language, and Community Project Funding requests; Energy and Water CPF requests were due March 20, 2026, and members had to post CPF requests by April 17, 2026.
The committee page says members must post every CPF request online and lists Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies posted/final FY27 tables under projects included in House bills.
The page states it reflects the most up-to-date FY27 bill text and reports and lists Energy and Water Development items: H.R. 9022, H. Rept. 119-667, the bill report, and a CPF table.
The report says the recommendation includes Community Project Funding requested by Members. Its disclosure table lists Energy and Water CPF items with a House Requestor(s) column. A text search of the official PDF found no match for "Higgins."
The FY27 Energy and Water CPF table lists Louisiana Army Corps items including St. Tammany Parish Flood Risk Management requested by Scalise and Morganza to the Gulf requested by Scalise.
Higgins's FY2026 CPF page listed Army Corps recipients for Houma Navigation Canal, Morganza to the Gulf, and South Central Coastal Louisiana Hurricane and Storm Damage Risk Reduction.
Assessments
Higgins made a specific FY27 federal appropriations pledge not to use his limited Community Project Funding requests to send additional Army Corps of Engineers dollars. The relevant FY27 Energy and Water House materials and CPF disclosure table show Army Corps CPF items for Louisiana requested by other members, not Higgins, and the official report search found no Higgins-requested Corps CPF item. Prior FY26 Corps requests show this was a concrete change from his earlier practice. Because the available FY27 House-stage evidence supports compliance during the same congressional term, the promise is best scored as delivered, though the record is strongest for House-reported CPF items rather than every possible submitted-but-not-included request.
The strongest evidence is Higgins’s own April 1, 2026 statement promising that for FY27 he will not use community funding projects to send additional dollars to the Army Corps. That clearly establishes the pledge, but it is not by itself proof of fulfillment. The committee process evidence shows FY27 requests were being posted, yet the record provided does not show his final FY27 Community Project Funding submissions or a definitive absence of any Army Corps request from his office. The FY2026 page is only background showing he had used such requests previously; it does not disprove the FY27 claim. Because the available evidence does not conclusively verify whether he ultimately refrained from submitting Army Corps FY27 community funding requests, the promise is best rated unresolved.