Support funding for school safety, law enforcement, the Everglades, and tribal partners through appropriations.

Mario Diaz-Balart · Florida · Republican

spending impact 3.00 specificity 1.00 extraction confidence 89%

Commitment kind: unknown. Promised action: not established. Promised outcome: not established. Deadline: unknown; not assumed expired.

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Occurrences

Díaz-Balart Delivers Critical Funding for School Safety, Law Enforcement, Everglades, and Tribal Partners in FL-26, While Cutting Waste, Fraud, and Abuse

A press release says Diaz-Balart delivered critical funding in FY2026 appropriations bills for school safety, law enforcement, the Everglades, and tribal partners.

Energy | Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
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Evidence

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The May 14, 2026 entry says Diaz-Balart 'Secures Nearly $25 Million to Support Law Enforcement, Public Safety, and Health Research for Southern Florida' after the House Appropriations Committee approved the FY27 Commerce, Justice, and Science bill, and the same page also lists May 11 funding for the Collier County Sheriff’s Office. The page tags the release with School Safety.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official House page showing committee-approved appropriations work tied to school safety and law-enforcement funding, with a concrete district funding item for a sheriff's office.

partial same_term A for effort

Press Releases | Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
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The Community Project Funding page says Diaz-Balart 'Delivers Critical Funding to Collier and Miami-Dade Counties' and lists FY26 recipients including the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, Everglades City, Collier County Sheriff’s Office, and Miami-Dade Sheriff’s Office. It also includes FY27 requests such as the Miccosukee Tribe Everglades Emergency Assistance Upgrades Project and other public-safety/law-enforcement projects.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official appropriations page documenting delivered funding for tribal partners, Everglades-related projects, and law enforcement/public safety, supporting the claim's main funding categories.

delivered same_term A for effort

CPF Requests | Congressman Mario Diaz-Balart
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Congress.gov lists H.R. 6938 as Public Law 119-74 as of 2026-01-23. The bill summary says it funds FY2026 appropriations for law enforcement, energy and water development, the Department of the Interior, EPA, Indian Health Service, and related agencies.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official congressional record confirms the FY2026 appropriations package covering law enforcement, Energy and Water, Interior/Environment, and Indian programs became law in Diaz-Balart's current House term.

delivered same_term A for effort

H.R.6938 - Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act, 2026
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The OJJDP/OJP FY2026 Byrne project list includes Diaz-Balart-requested Florida projects: $350,000 for the Miccosukee Tribe Police Department's patrol vehicle project, $2,004,000 for Hialeah Gardens police patrol vehicles, and $2,504,543 for the Collier County Sheriff's Office marked vehicle expansion.

Unverified model/legacy excerpt; not proof. AI summary (separate from source): Official Justice Department grant implementation list ties Diaz-Balart by name to FY2026 law-enforcement and tribal-partner funding from the appropriations process.

delivered same_term A for effort

Project List: OJP FY 2026 Invited to Apply - Byrne Discretionary Community Project Grants/Byrne Discretionary Grants Program
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Assessments

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

The promise was to support appropriations funding for school safety, law enforcement, the Everglades, and tribal partners. The evidence shows Diaz-Balart-backed FY2026 appropriations became law during his current House term and included law-enforcement, Interior/Environment, Energy and Water, and Indian-related funding. Official project lists and his appropriations pages tie him by name to funded district projects for sheriffs' offices, the Miccosukee Tribe, Everglades-related needs, and public safety. FY2027 committee activity further supports continued appropriations work, but the enacted FY2026 package is enough for delivery in the same term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.5 · confidence 93%

Public state: unverified As of unknown · legacy_unverified · . Original AI recommendation (not independently established): delivered. same_term A for effort

Official House materials show Diaz-Balart securing or delivering appropriations for the claimed areas: school safety/public safety and law enforcement funding, plus Everglades and tribal-partner projects in Collier and Miami-Dade counties. The evidence includes concrete FY26 funding recipients and committee-advanced FY27 appropriations work tied to those categories, which is sufficient to treat the promise as delivered in the current term.

provider codex_cli · model gpt-5.4-mini · confidence 95%