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: $2.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Department of Energy Hydrogen Infused Active Engine Emission Technology
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Tech University
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to expedite the development of Hydrogen Infused Active Energy Emission technology
Project Location: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $1.1 million
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: $15 million
Financial Certification Letter
Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Study
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Corps of Engineers – Lower Mississippi River Comprehensive Study
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to expedite the consideration of this study which will allow the Corps of Engineers to think about how it can manage the Lower Mississippi River while satisfying a broader, more diverse set of critical interests
Project Location: Lower Mississippi River Basin
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Subcommittee on Military Construction and VA Appropriations
Joint Operations Center Project, Fort Polk, LA
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Fort Polk
Project Purpose: This funding is needed to complete the construction of a Joint Operation Center at Fort Polk, LA
Project Location: Vernon Parish
Amount Requested: $61 million
Financial Certification Letter
Information System Facility Project, Fort Polk, LA
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Fort Polk
Project Purpose: This funding is needed to complete the construction of an Information System Facility at Fort Polk, LA
Project Location: Vernon Parish
Amount Requested: $35.36 million
Financial Certification Letter
Child Care Development Center, Fort Polk, LA
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Fort Polk
Project Purpose: This funding is needed to complete construction of a Child Care Development Center at Fort Polk, LA
Project Location: Vernon Parish
Amount Requested: $9 million
Financial Certification Letter
Child Care Development Center, Barksdale AFB
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Barksdale Air Force Base
Project Purpose: This funding is needed for the construction of a Child Development Center at Barksdale AFB
Project Location: Bossier Parish
Amount Requested: $15.6 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 – Agricultural 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: $35.1 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Coushatta Tribe Educational Facility
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Coushatta Tribe
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized to construct an educational facility for the Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana
Project Location: Town of Elton, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Evangeline Parish Telemedicine Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Acadiana Planning Commission
Project Purpose: This funding would expand telehealth services in Evangeline Parish, LA
Project Location: Evangeline Parish
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification: Letter
Town of Farmerville Teen Center and Facility Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Town of Farmerville
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the development of a Teen Center and other facility improvements in the Town of Farmerville, LA
Project Location: Town of Farmerville, LA
Amount Requested: $713,000
Financial Certification: Letter
West Nile Virus Wildlife 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
Northwestern State University Entrepreneurial Innovation Center
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Northwestern State University
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for the development of an Entrepreneurial Innovation Center
Project Location: Town of Natchitoches, LA
Amount Requested: $2.1 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Homeland Security
Louisiana Sheriff’s Emergency Operations Center
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Sheriff’s Task Force
Project Purpose: This funding would provide for the building of a Mobile Emergency Operations Center
Project Location: Ascension Parish
Amount Requested: $375,000
Financial Certification: Letter
West Monroe Stormwater Mitigation Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of West Monroe
Project Purpose: Funding for the West Monroe Stormwater Drainage Mitigation Project
Project Location: City of West Monroe
Amount Requested: $2.4 million
Financial Certification: Letter
New Orleans Emergency Operations Center Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: New Orleans Office of Emergency Preparedness
Project Purpose: This funding would be utilized for upgrades to the New Orleans Emergency Operations Center
Project Location: City of New Orleans
Amount Requested: $7.5 million
Financial Certification: Letter
Subcommittee on Transportation, HUD and Related Agencies
Sewerage and Water Board West Power Complex Control Center
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Sewerage and Water Board of New Orleans
Project Purpose: Funding for construction of the West Power Complex Control Center
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $10 million
Financial Certification Letter
St. Claude Avenue Bridge Rehabilitation Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Project Purpose: Funding to rehabilitate the St. Claude Avenue Bridge
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $10 million
Financial Certification Letter
Houma-Terrebonne Airport Fire Building Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Houma-Terrebonne Airport
Project Purpose: Funding for the construction of an Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighting Fire Station Building
Project Location: City of Houma, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Shreveport Transit Maintenance/Vehicle Charging Service Centery
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: SporTran
Project Purpose: Funding for the completion of a Maintenance and Vehicle Charging Service Center
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $4.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Southeast Louisiana Elderly Affordable Housing Acquisition and Preservation
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Providence Community Housing
Project Purpose: Funding to purchase and preserve affordable housing for the elderly
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $4 million
Financial Certification Letter
University of Louisiana Monroe ADA/Accessible Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: University of Louisiana Monroe
Project Purpose: Funding for ADA/Accessible Upgrades
Project Location: City of Monroe, LA
Amount Requested: $1 million
Financial Certification Letter
Ascension Parish Corridor and Roundabout Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Project Purpose: Funding for Ascension Parish Corridor and Roundabout improvements
Project Location: Ascension Parish, LA
Amount Requested: $2 million
Financial Certification Letter
Lake Charles Airport Electricity Generation and Storage System Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Lake Charles Regional Airport
Project Purpose: Funding for the development of an on-Airport electricity generation and storage system
Project Location: City of Lake Charles, LA
Amount Requested: $1.76 million
Financial Certification Letter
Natchitoches Park Community Development Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Natchitoches
Project Purpose: Planning, design, construction and renovations for Park Improvements
Project Location: City of Natchitoches, LA
Amount Requested: $300,000
Financial Certification Letter
Ruston Multimodal Freight Interchange Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Department of Transportation and Development
Project Purpose: Funding to complete the design of a new I-20 Interchange at the current Roughedge Road overpassThis 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: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $3.6 million
Financial Certification Letter
Second Harvest Lake Charles Food Bank Facility Expansion
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Second Harvest Food Bank of Greater New Orleans
Project Purpose: Funding for construction and buildout of a Food Bank Facility
Project Location: City of Lake Charles, LA
Amount Requested: $1.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Louisiana Tech Smart Transportation & Infrastructure Research
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Tech University
Project Purpose: Funding for Smart Transportation and Infrastructure Research
Project Location: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $6 million
Financial Certification Letter
Alexandria Water Main and Reservoir Improvement Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Alexandria
Project Purpose: Funding for critical enhancements and resiliency improvements to the City’s utility system’s water infrastructure
Project Location: City of Alexandria, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification Letter
New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: New Orleans Regional Transit Authority
Project Purpose: Funding for improvements to the New Orleans Union Passenger Terminal
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification Letter
New Orleans Roadway-Rail Crossing Safety Design Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of New Orleans
Project Purpose: Funding for Roadway-Rail Crossing Safety Design Improvements
Project Location: City of New Orleans
Amount Requested: $1.05 million
Financial Certification Letter
Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies
Tulane University Semiconductor Research Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Tulane University
Project Purpose: Funding for Clean Room Advanced Semiconductor Research Equipment Funding
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $2.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
National Center for Advanced Manufacturing Digital Technology Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: National Center for Advanced Manufacturing
Project Purpose: Funding for Digital Manufacturing Technology Upgrades
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $3.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
LSU Coastal Observation Instrumentation
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana State University
Project Purpose: Funding for Instrumentation to better monitor coast currents, waves and related weather phenomena
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $4 million
Financial Certification Letter
Baton Rouge Police Aerial Camera Technology Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Baton Rouge Police Department
Project Purpose: Funding for the replacement of end-of-life aerial camera technology
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification Letter
Safe Hopeful Health Crime Prevention Program
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Office of the Mayor-President, City of Baton Rouge
Project Purpose: Funding to support a Violent Crime Reduction Initiative centered on public safety, community engagement, and improved approaches to mental health
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $1.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Subcommittee on Labor, HHS, Education and Related Agencies
BRF Scanner Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Biomedical Research Foundation of NW Louisiana
Project Purpose: Funding for the Acquisition of PET/CT Scanner Equipment
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $3 million
Financial Certification Letter
Communities In Schools
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Communities In Schools Gulf South, Inc.
Project Purpose: Funding for After School and Mentoring Programs
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $1.4 million
Financial Certification Letter
Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University Renovations
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady University
Project Purpose: Funding to Renovate and Expand a Health Professions Building
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $1.95 million
Financial Certification Letter
Mobilized Aid and Disaster Relief for Emergencies
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: University of Louisiana Monroe
Project Purpose: Funding for a Mobile Pharmacy
Project Location: City of Monroe, LA
Amount Requested: $505,000
Financial Certification Letter
Cybersecurity Education Initiative at Grambling State University
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Grambling State University
Project Purpose: Funding for a Cybersecurity Education Program, including Technology and Equipment
Project Location: Town of Grambling, LA
Amount Requested: $2.5 million
Financial Certification Letter
New Orleans Health Department Mobile Mental Health Crisis Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: New Orleans Health Department
Project Purpose: Funding for Mental Health Care through Mobile Mental Health Crisis Responders
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification Letter
Ruston Building Futures: Addressing Chronic Poverty
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Ruston
Project Purpose: Funding for Services to Children and Families to help reduce Poverty
Project Location: City of Ruston, LA
Amount Requested: $750,000
Financial Certification Letter
STAR Academy Accelerated Learning Program
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Foundation for the Art and Science of Learning
Project Purpose: Funding for the Implementation of an Evidence-Based Interventions Program aimed specifically at addressing Learning Loss
Project Location: City of Laplace, LA
Amount Requested: $1 million
Financial Certification Letter
Louisiana Board of Regents STEM Education Curricula
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Louisiana Board of Regents
Project Purpose: Funding for Engineering and Computer Science Curriculum Development
Project Location: City of Baton Rouge, LA
Amount Requested: $2 million
Financial Certification Letter
LSU Health New Orleans Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: LSU Health New Orleans
Project Purpose: Funding for a Fields Emission Scanning Electron Microscope
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $630,000
Financial Certification Letter
LSU Shreveport Human Performance Lab Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: LSU Shreveport
Project Purpose: Funding for Equipment and Instrumentation to measure the impact of Heat Stress on First Responders
Project Location: City of Shreveport, LA
Amount Requested: $500,000
Financial Certification Letter
Xavier University Health Science Building
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Xavier University
Project Purpose: Funding for Facilities and Construction of a Health Sciences Building
Project Location: City of New Orleans, LA
Amount Requested: $2 million
Financial Certification Letter
LaSalle General Hospital Facilities and Equipment
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: LaSalle General Hospital
Project Purpose: Funding for Hospital Renovations and Expansion
Project Location: Town of Jena, LA
Amount Requested: $1.07 million
Financial Certification Letter
Subcommittee on Interior and Environment and Related Agencies
Gonzalez Wastewater Treatment Upgrades
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: City of Gonzalez
Project Purpose: Funding for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades
Project Location: City of Gonzalez, LA
Amount Requested: $1 million
Financial Certification Letter
Lafayette Sewer Improvements
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Lafayette Consolidated Government
Project Purpose: Funding for Sewer and Wastewater Improvements
Project Location: City of Lafayette, LA
Amount Requested: $5 million
Financial Certification Letter
Farmerville Water Metering Project
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Town of Farmerville
Project Purpose: Funding to Install Water Metering Technology
Project Location: Town of Farmerville, LA
Amount Requested: $560,000
Financial Certification Letter
Natchitoches Regional Medical System Potable Water
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Natchitoches Regional Medical Center
Project Purpose: Funding to Construct and Install a new Potable Water System
Project Location: City of Natchitoches, LA
Amount Requested: $1.12 million
Financial Certification Letter
Jackson Parish Hospital Potable Water
Member Name and State: Bill Cassidy, M.D. Louisiana
Recipient Name: Jackson Parish Hospital
Project Purpose: Funding to Construct and Install a Potable Water System
Project Location: Town of Jonesboro, LA
Amount Requested: $750,000
Financial Certification Letter