**CONGRESSMAN ELIJAH E. CUMMINGS**

**2235 Rayburn House Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20515 (202) 225-4741**

**INSTRUCTIONS - Application for Fiscal Year 2010 Appropriations Project
Funding**

**DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: Friday, February 27 @ 5 pm**

This is the internal application for submitting member-sponsored
requests to the Office of Representative Elijah E. Cummings. Requests
should be submitted via email to the appropriate staff person (see page
2) and to Ms. Nikki Jones, Legislative Director by **5 pm on Friday,
February 27, 2009**. **If you are requesting funds for more than one
project, you must also provide a complete list of projects in order of
priority.**

A maximum of one project will be submitted to each House Appropriations
Subcommittee. Furthermore, there is usually a limit on the number of
requests that can be submitted to each Subcommittee. Therefore, not all
requests to Congressman Cummings are able to be submitted.

Please note that the Appropriations Committee has not yet finalized its
FY 2010 forms, so additional information about your request may be
required to conform to the Committee's application requirements. Also,
please be advised that the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
generally requires its own application form and, should that again be
the case; you will be sent a copy of that form to complete as soon as it
becomes available. 

The funding available for member-sponsored projects are limited, and
there is no guarantee that funding can be secured for a particular
project. In addition, while project funding may be recommended in the
House-passed version of an appropriations bill, only those projects
included in the final, enacted version of the bill will be funded.
Recipients of federal funding sponsored by Congressman Cummings are
asked to keep him and the appropriate staff member informed about the
status of their projects.

Funding for projects designated in the enacted appropriations bills is
administered by executive branch agencies as non-competitive grants or
contracts. Designated grant recipients must complete an application from
the relevant agency and are subject to that agency's oversight
requirements. For planning purposes, please be advised that any funding
designated through the FY 2010 bills may not be available until
mid-2010, and perhaps later, depending on when the bills pass and how
quickly the recipient completes the application requirements. Note that
federal law requires that an environmental assessment be performed for
any federally-funded project involving construction or renovation. In
addition, some agencies retain a percentage of the amount appropriated
for a project to cover administrative costs.

Questions should be directed to the appropriate staff member or to Ms.
Nikki Jones, Legislative Director.

[Staff Contact Information]{.underline}

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OFFICE OF Congressman Elijah Cummings

Application for FY 2010 Appropriations Project Funding

**Deadline: Friday, February 27, 2009 @ 5 pm**

**Instructions: ** To request federal funding through Congressman
Cumming's office, complete the below form and

submit it electronically no later than February 27, 2009.  Requestors
submitting requests to the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense
must provide a point of contact within the Department of Defense for
each project.  Submit applications via email to the appropriate staff
contact.

If you have any questions regarding these policies or the application,
please contact the appropriate staff contact at (202)225-4741.

**APPLICANT INFORMATION**

[Requesting Organization]{.underline}:      

[Name/Title of Contact]{.underline}:      

[Address, City, State, Zip:]{.underline}      

[Phone/Fax:]{.underline}      

[Industrial, Academic, Government Partner Organizations:]{.underline}
     

[Email:]{.underline}      

**PROJECT INFORMATION** (List all dollar amounts in thousands, with no
decimals (e.g., \"3,200\" not \"\$3.2M\")

[Project Name]{.underline}:       Priority:      

[FY10 President's Budget Amount (if applicable):]{.underline}      

[FY08 Appropriated Amount (if applicable):]{.underline}      

[FY09 Requested Amount:]{.underline}      

[Service Chief\'s UPL or URL (if applicable):]{.underline}      
Ranking:       Amount:      

**ITEMIZED BUDGET**

Please attach an itemized FY 2010 project budget, along with the total
project cost, all current funding sources and all planned funding
sources for all years, and the amounts provided by those sources, plus
any additional materials necessary to explain the project.

**OTHER MEMBER SUPPORT**

Please list any additional members of Congress (including both House and
Senate members) to whom this project request is being submitted.

**For those Submitting Requests to the Defense Appropriations
Subcommittee**

**2009 BUDGET LINE TITLE** [(from DoD Program Justification Materials:
M1, O1, P1, or R1)]{.underline}

**SERVICE**

Army

Army Reserve

Navy

Navy Reserve

Marine Corps

Marine Corps Reserve

Air Force

Air Force Reserve

Intelligence

Army Guard

Air National Guard

Defense-Wide

**ACCOUNT:** Provide only **[ONE]{.underline}** of the following:

Military Personnel, O&M Budget Activity #:       Sub-activity ID #:
     

Procurement P-1 Line:       Number:      

RDT&E R-1 Line Number:       PE#:      

Intel MIP/NIP:      

**DoD SUPPORTING PROGRAM MANAGER/AGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION**

Please provide the requested contact information for the DoD program
manager or agency contact for the activity for which funding is
requested.

[Agency]{.underline}:      

[Name/Title of Program Manager/Contact]{.underline}:      

[Phone/Fax:]{.underline}      

[Email:]{.underline}      

[Other DoD Advocate for project:]{.underline}      
[Office:]{.underline}      

[Phone/Fax:]{.underline}      

[Email:]{.underline}      

[DoD or Service Requirement (cite official requirements
documents):]{.underline}      

**DISTRICT DATA**

**For All Applicants**

**PRIOR FEDERAL FUNDING HISTORY**

If this project received appropriations funding in prior years through
Congressman Cumming's office or another member of Congress, please
indicate the amount, the federal agency funding source, and the fiscal
year(s) in which the funding was appropriated. Please also indicate
years in which funding for this project was requested.

**BRIEF SUMMARY**

Please provide a brief summary (i.e. 250 CHARACTERS) of the project
within the space provided.

**DETAILED SUMMARY**

Please provide a description of the activity for which funding is
requested within the space provided.

[**BILL LANGUAGE**]{.underline} (Optional - Provide a summary of Bill
and/or Report Language to add)