Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09) announced today that two Community Project Funding requests totaling over $700,000 for Indiana’s Ninth District have advanced through the House Appropriations Committee after previously passing the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Subcommittee.
She will work to secure community project funding for local public safety projects in Indiana's Ninth District.
Occurrences
Congresswoman Erin Houchin (IN-09) announced today that two Community Project Funding requests totaling over $700,000 for Indiana’s Ninth District have advanced through the House Appropriations Committee
Evidence
The official site’s latest-news item dated June 15, 2026 says the House passed the Fiscal Year 2027 Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, and that the bill includes more than $3.1 million in Community Project Funding requests Houchin submitted for communities across Indiana’s Ninth District.
Assessments
Houchin appears to have materially advanced the promise by submitting Community Project Funding requests that were included in a House-passed FY2027 appropriations bill for Indiana's 9th District. That shows concrete action toward securing funding, but the evidence does not show final enactment into law and does not clearly establish that the funded items were specifically local public safety projects. Under federal credit and timing rules, this supports partial rather than full delivery during her current term.