Congresswoman Laurel Lee has submitted funding requests for important community projects in Florida’s 15th District to the House Committee on Appropriations. Under guidelines issued by the Committee, each Representative may request funding for a few select projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2027.
I will support federal funding for community projects in Florida’s 15th District through appropriations requests.
Occurrences
The FY26 appropriations package includes the following projects, each selected for its broad public benefit and long-term value to the community: ...
Members are required to post every Community Project Funding request online. Links to those public requests are available on their websites.
Evidence
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Congresswoman Laurel Lee has submitted funding requests for important community projects in Florida’s 15th District to the House Committee on Appropriations. Under guidelines issued by the Committee, each Representative may request funding for a few select projects in their community for Fiscal Year 2026.
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Members are required to post every Community Project Funding request online. Links to those public requests are available on their websites.
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Congresswoman Laurel Lee praised the passage of the Fiscal Year 2026 Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations bills through the House, which include targeted Community Project Funding priorities to strengthen public safety, protect access to clean drinking water, and advance medical research and workforce development across Florida’s 15th Congressional District.
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The table includes entries for Florida projects with requester 'Castor, Lee (FL)' and other FL-15-related items; the committee PDF documents included CPF items in House appropriations tables.
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The Congressional Record explanatory statement for H.R. 6938 lists Community Project Funding/Congressionally Directed Spending entries requested by Lee (FL), including $4,200,000 for Moffitt Cancer Center's CryoCure project in Tampa and $2,000,000 for the University of South Florida AI/Cyber Makerspace.
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Congress.gov shows H.R. 6938 passed the House on January 8, 2026, passed the Senate on January 15, 2026, and became Public Law No. 119-74 on January 23, 2026. The bill provides FY2026 appropriations for Commerce-Justice-Science, Energy and Water, and Interior-Environment accounts.
Assessments
Lee promised to support federal funding for FL-15 community projects through appropriations requests. The evidence shows she submitted FY2026 Community Project Funding requests, her requested items were included in House-passed appropriations legislation, and H.R. 6938 became Public Law 119-74 during her House term. Official congressional records tie Lee directly to specific funded projects, so the promised support through appropriations requests was delivered in the same term.
The promise was to support federal funding for community projects in Florida's 15th District through appropriations requests. The strongest evidence shows Laurel Lee did exactly that while in office: her official House website states she submitted FY2026 community project funding requests for FL-15 to the House Appropriations Committee, and House committee guidance confirms these posted requests are the formal Community Project Funding appropriations-request process. Additional evidence indicates House-passed FY2026 appropriations bills included targeted FL-15 community project funding priorities she touted. Because the promise was to support funding through making appropriations requests—not necessarily to secure final enactment of every request—the documented submission and advancement of those requests satisfies the commitment.