Subcommittee on Energy and Water Appropriations
Morganza to the Gulf Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – Morganza to the Gulf, LA
Project Purpose: This funding for Morganza to the Gulf would be utilized to elevate the connection between two key features of the Morganza system – Bayou Grant Caillou Floodgate and Houma Navigation Canal Lock Complex and to increase the level of flood protection across the Morganza to the Gulf system
Project Location: Terrebonne and Lafourche Parishes
Amount Requested: $28 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Calcasieu River and Pass Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – Calcasieu River and Pass
Project Purpose: This funding for Calcasieu River and Pass would be utilized to move forward with the construction of priority combined disposal facility sites and better align with O&M dredging activities
Project Location: Calcasieu Parish
Amount Requested: $9 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Department of Energy: Research Environment for the Advancement of Clean Hydrogen (REACH)
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana State University
Project Purpose: Funding for University Applied Hydrogen Research
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $4 million
Financial Certification: Letter
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Feasibility Study
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – J. Bennett Johnston Waterway
Project Purpose: This funding for the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway would be utilized to begin a feasibility study on deepening the waterway to 12 feet
Project Location: Red River Waterway
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO) Ecosystem Restoration
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – Mississippi River Gulf Outlet (MRGO)
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to advance the Preconstruction Engineering and Design Phase for the MRGO project
Project Location: St. Bernard Parish
Amount Requested: $250,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Houma Navigation Canal Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – Houma Navigation Canal
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to expedite the deepening of the Houma Navigation Canal
Project Location: Terrebonne Parish
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification: Letter
J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – J. Bennett Johnston Waterway
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for channel alignments to improve the safety and reliability of the navigation channel as well as provide for other levee protections and bank protection projects
Project Location: Red River Waterway
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies
USDA/ARS Sugarcane Research Facilities
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: USDA – Agriculture Research Service
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to complete construction of the USDA/ARS Sugarcane Research Facilities, Houma, LA
Project Location: City of Houma, LA
Amount Requested: $35.6 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Livingston Parish Courthouse Renovations
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Town of Livingston
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for renovations and re-purposing of the Livingston Parish Courthouse
Project Location: Town of Livingston, LA
Amount Requested: $800,000
Financial Certification: Letter
East Carroll Parish Public Safety Center
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: East Carroll Parish
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to complete a facility to assist local law enforcement officers and to provide a safe environment for community members gatherings
Project Location: East Carroll Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $4.5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Agricultural Conservation through Precision and Digital Agriculture Technologies
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana State University
Project Purpose: This funding would provide for the utilization of agriculture conservation practices via precision and digital agriculture technologies
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
West Nile Virus Conservation Research
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries
Project Purpose: Provide Funding for Wildlife Conservation Research
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government
Biomedical Research and Innovation Labs
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Biomedical Research and Innovation Park
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for lab equipment and building upgrades to facilitate the development of Business Incubators
Project Location: City of Monroe, LA
Amount Requested: $1.875 million
Financial Certification: Letter
University of Louisiana at Lafayette Bio-Medical Innovation Center
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the purchase of equipment and facility upgrades to enable the facility to attract start-up companies
Project Location: City of Lafayette, LA
Amount Requested: $2 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Interior and Environment and Related Agencies
Gretna Wastewater Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Gretna
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for wastewater infrastructure upgrades
Project Location: City of Gretna, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
City of West Monroe Stormwater Protection
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of West Monroe
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for stormwater improvements
Project Location: City of West Monroe, LA
Amount Requested: $1,280,000
Financial Certification: Letter
North Lafayette Galvanized Water Replacement Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Lafayette Consolidated Government
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to upgrade outmoded water replacement lines
Project Location: City of Lafayette, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Town of Livingston Safe Drinking Water Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Town of Livingston
Project Purpose: This funding will ensure that safe and health potable water remain available for the community
Project Location: Town of Livingston, LA
Amount Requested: $720,000
Financial Certification: Letter
West Sterlington Drinking Water Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: West Sterlington Water Systems, Inc.
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for drinking water improvements
Project Location: Town of Sterlington, LA
Amount Requested: $520,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Jefferson Davis Parish Drinking Water Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Jefferson Davis Parish Police Jury
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to increase drinking water and storage water capacity
Project Location: Jefferson Davis Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
St. Landry Parish Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: St. Landry Parish
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for parish-wide law enforcement equipment acquisition
Project Location: St. Landry Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $1.8 million
Financial Certification: Letter
City of New Orleans Crime Lab Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of New Orleans Criminal Justice Coordination Office
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for equipment to outfit the New Orleans Crime Lab
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $2.4 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Louisiana Tech Semiconductor Infrastructure and Technology Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Tech University
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for semiconductor technology equipment and infrastructure upgrades
Project Location: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $3.5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Grant Parish Emergency Communications Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for police radios and emergency communications equipment
Project Location: Grant Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $340,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Lower Mississippi River PORTS Sensors
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the installation of four new current meters along the Mississippi River Ship Channel
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $400,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Covenant House Enhanced Victim Services Transitional Program
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Covenant House New Orleans
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to expand services for survivors of human trafficking and sexual assault
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $250,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Coastal Louisiana Deployment and Hardening of Gauges and Data Collection Platforms
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to deploy and harden gauges/data along the east and west side of the Mississippi River
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD and Related Agencies
City of Ruston Utility Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Ruston
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for utility construction upgrades
Project Location: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $4.8 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Get Lit, Stay Lit Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Feed the Second Line
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for a collaborative green energy and solar workforce development project
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $3.690 million
Financial Certification: Letter
World War II Museum Facility Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: National World War II Museum
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for museum facility upgrades
Project Location: City of New Orleans
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
City of Gonzalez Streetscape Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Gonzalez
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for streetscape improvements for their new train station terminal
Project Location: City of Gonzalez, LA
Amount Requested: $1 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Howell Village Community Transformation Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Gulf Coast Housing Partnership, Inc.
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilize for the development of affordable housing
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Acadia Parish Vie Terre Beau Bridge Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Acadia Parish
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the replacement of a functionally-obsolete bridge
Project Location: Acadia Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $2.2 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Lafayette Regional Airport Taxiway Realignment
Member Name and Street: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Lafayette Regional Airport
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the realignment of a Taxiway
Project Location: City of Lafayette, LA
Amount Requested: $6 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Route 167 Highway Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Vermillion Parish Police Jury
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for critically needed highway safety improvements along Highway 167 in Vermillion Parish
Project Location: City of Abbeville, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Pine Bluff Road Improvement Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Ouachita Parish Police Jury
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for highway repairs on Pine Bluff Road
Project Location: Ouachita Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $3.5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Military Construction and VA Appropriations
Medical Facility Addition, Barksdale AFB
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Barksdale Air Force Base
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to construct a medical facility to accommodate the growing training mission at the base
Project Location: Bossier Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $7 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Port of Morgan City Emergency Operation Center Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Morgan City Harbor and Terminal District
Project Purpose: Funding for Emergency Operations Center storage and security enhancements
Project Location: St. Mary’s Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $2.3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
St. Bernard Parish Old Arabi Region Drainage Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: St. Bernard Parish
Project Purpose: Funding to provide improved drainage to the Old Arabi area in St. Bernard Parish
Project Location: St. Bernard Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $1.875 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Jefferson Parish Emergency Generators for Community Resiliency
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Jefferson Parish
Project Purpose: Funding for the installation of generators at emergency shelters and critical water treatment facilities
Project Location: Jefferson Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $4.580 million
Financial Certification: Letter
St. Bernard Parish Old Arabi Patricia Street Drainage Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: St. Bernard Parish
Project Purpose: Funding to improve drainage on Patricia Street in St. Bernard’s Parish
Project Location: St. Bernard Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $1.25 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS and Education and Related Agencies
LSU-Alexandria Health Education Complex
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana State University and A&M College
Project Purpose: Funding to construct a healthcare education facility
Project Location: City of Alexandria, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
LSU Health Science Center Public Health Surveillance Laboratory Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: LSU Health Sciences Center
Project Purpose: Funding for equipment and operational costs
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $1.735 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Expansion of the STEM Louisiana Initiative
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Center for the Innovative Training of Youth, Inc.
Project Purpose: Funding for the expansion of STEM education activities in Louisiana
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Team Gleason Foundation Equipment, Technology and ALS Services
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Team Gleason Foundation
Project Purpose: Funding for the purchase of equipment and ALS health services
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $6 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Southern University Law School Technology Innovation Initiative
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Southern University and A&M College
Project Purpose: Funding for curriculum development and for mentorship and training activities
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $365,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana Facilities and Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana Inc. and Subsidiaries
Project Purpose: Funding to renovate a residential substance use treatment facility
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $4.5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Mercy Family Center Community-Based Mental Health Services
Recipient Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Mercy Family Center
Project Purpose: Funding for mental health and other supportive services
Project Location: City of Metairie, LA
Amount Requested: $1 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Southern University Shreveport Off-Campus Instructional Site Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Southern University and A&M College
Project Purpose: Funding for curriculum, technology and equipment
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $2.1 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Odyssey House Louisiana Facilities and Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Odyssey House Louisiana, Inc.
Project Purpose: Funding for facilities renovations and equipment
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $2 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Northwestern State University Nursing and School of Allied Health Education Center Renovations
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Northwestern State University
Project Purpose: Funding for facilities renovations and equipment
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $2.25 million
Financial Certification: Letter