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BackgroundThe Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022 and its accompanying joint explanatory statement (JES) designated $9.1 billion for 4,963 projects at the request of Members of Congress. The act includes provisions that designate an amount of funds for a particular recipient, such as a nonprofit organization or local government, to use for a specific project. These provisions are called "Community Project Funding” in the House of Representatives" and “Congressionally Directed Spending" in the U.S. Senate. Eighteen federal agencies were appropriated funds for these provisions.We used prior work as a starting point for this data set (see data set published with GAO-22-105467) which provided the full list of provisions included as part of the fiscal year 2022 appropriations and the following data fields: agency, subunit, appropriations subcommittee of jurisdiction, account, budget account number, budget function, amount, location, and requestor information.  This data set includes an update on the status of the recorded obligations and outlays of these provisions as reported to us by agencies as of September 30, 2022 and the period of availability of funds for these provisions. An obligation is a definite commitment that creates a legal liability on the part of the federal government for the payment of goods and services ordered or received, or a legal duty on the part of the United States that could mature into a legal liability by virtue of actions on the part of the other party beyond the control of the United States. Payment may be made immediately or in the future. An outlay occurs upon the issuance of checks, disbursement of cash, or electronic transfer of funds made to liquidate a federal obligation. The period of availability is the time period during which the appropriated funds are available to the agency to incur new obligations for a provision. All data included in this data set was confirmed with the responsible agencies.See GAO-23-106318 for the report accompanying this spreadsheet, which also includes additional information about the objective, scope, and methodology used to produce this data set: https://www.gao.gov/products/gao-23-106318. Contacts:Chuck YoungManaging DirectorOffice of Public Affairs(202) 512-4800 youngc1@gao.gov  Allison Bawden DirectorNatural Resources and Environment(202) 512-3841 bawdena@gao.gov Heather Krause DirectorPhysical Infrastructure (202) 512-2834krauseh@gao.gov Worksheetsreadme: Description of the contents of this spreadsheet.results: Worksheet that displays descriptive information about the fiscal year 2022 provisions. This worksheet displays information on 4,963 provisions. For rows 8 through 4,970, each row represents information for a provision from the JES accompanying the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2022; our analysis of the law and JES; and recorded obligations and outlays as reported to us by the agencies as of September 30, 2022. Column DefinitionsAgency (Column A): Federal agency required to administer the provision, provided by the JES.Subunit (Column B): Subunit within federal agency required to administer the provision, if applicable, provided by JES and information from federal agencies.Appropriations Subcommittee of Jurisdiction (Column C):  The Appropriations subcommittee with jurisdiction over the agency designated these funds as provided by the JES.Account (Column D): Account, provided in the JES, through which funds are to be provided. Budget Account Number (Column E): A code assigned by the Office of Management and Budget to an account in the President’s budget.Budget Function (Column F): Descriptive category of budget account spending, based on the budget account number, which were included in the Budget Appendix volume of the President’s budget and published by the Office of Management and Budget.Project/Recipient (Column G): Description of project and/or recipient of funds for the provision, provided by the JES.Amount (Column H): Total funds designated for the provision in U.S. dollars, provided by the JES.Location (Column I): Location of recipient or project, provided by the JES.Requestor Information (Column J): Includes the requestor(s) of the provision.Period of Availability (Column K): The time period during which the appropriated funds are available to the agency to incur new obligations for a provision, as provided by the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023 and information from federal agencies.Amount Obligated (Column L): Total funds recorded as obligated as of September 30, 2022, according to agencies.Amount Outlayed (Column M): Total funds recorded as outlayed as of September 30, 2022, according to agencies.Note: This data was updated in March 2024 to correct an error in the Requester information for projects requested by Representative Mike Garcia, CA.

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