**Office of Representative Corrine Brown Appropriations Form**

**Fiscal Year 2010**

**1. *ALL APPLICATIONS ARE DUE BY 5 PM ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2009*.**

APPLICATIONS RECEIVED AFTER THIS DATE MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.

**2. COMPLETED APPLICATIONS**

> IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS, PLEASE CONTACT MY LEGISLATIVE
> DIRECTOR, NICK MARTINELLI, AT 202-225-0123.

COMPLETED APPLICATIONS IN *WORD* FORMAT SHOULD BE SUBMITTED VIA E-MAIL
TO:

[**Nick.Martinelli@mail.house.gov**](mailto:Nick.Martinelli@mail.house.gov?subject=Appropriation Forms)

> YOU **MUST** ALSO PROVIDE A LETTER ON YOUR STATIONARY THAT CONTAINS
> YOUR PROJECTS IN PRIORITY ORDER. EACH PROJECT MUST INCLUDE A 1
> PARAGRAPH DESCRIPTION EXPLAINING THE PUPRPOSE OF THE REQUEST AND WHY
> IT IS A VALUABLE USE OF TAXPAYER FUNDS.

**PLEASE PROVIDE THE INFORMATION REQUESTED IN THE SPACE PROVIDED**

> *INCOMPLETE APPLICATIONS MAY NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR FUNDING.*

**Name of Submitting Institution/Entity**
(municipality/institution/organization):

**Project Title:**

**Amount requested for FY09: \$**

**Appropriations Bill:**

**Account within appropriations bill:**

**Primary Contact** (name, title, address, e-mail, phone, fax):

**Lobbying/Govt. Affairs Representative, if applicable** (name, title,
address, e-mail, phone, fax):

**Project Summary:**

(Please provide a narrative of *[no more than 500 words]{.underline}*
describing the project, including background, need, and use of funding).

**Total Project Cost: \$**

**Budget Breakdown/Timeline of Use of Funds:**

(Example: salary \$40,000; computer \$3,000; renovations \$10,000; etc.)

**Federal Appropriations Funding History for this Project** (if
applicable):

**Has the project been Authorized:**

(This information is necessary if you are submitting an Interior
request)

**Have you submitted this request to any other Members of Congress or
Senators? If so, which one(s)?**

**Have you applied for State funding as well?**

**Have you applied for competitive grants to fund this project? If so,
which one(s) and when? Were you successful?**

**Are State or local matching funds available if required? If so, how
much?**

(Many projects have a cost-sharing requirement which can range between
20-45 percent.)

**Priority \#** (ranked as compared to your other requests):

**Date submitted:**

**Additional relevant information you wish to provide:**

\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\--

THANK YOU FOR YOUR COOPERATION AND PATIENCE THROUGH THIS PROCESS. PLEASE
KNOW THAT WHILE THE APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS BEGINS EARLY IN THE YEAR,
MANY OF THE BILLS THAT FUND PROJECTS WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED BY CONGRESS
UNTIL THE END OF THE CALENDAR YEAR. THEREFORE, REQUEST(S) MAY NOT BE
APPROVED UNTIL AS LATE AS DECEMBER 2008.

\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\-\--