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Submitted by United States Senator Bill Cassidy of Louisiana
WASHINGTON (Mar. 22, 2024) – U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) announced he secured $1,268,523,000.00 for Louisiana in the annual appropriations bills for fiscal year 2024—the most of any member in the Louisiana Congressional Delegation. Cassidy voted against a partial government shutdown. Throughout all 12 appropriations bills, there is $28 million for the Morganza to the Gulf Project, more than $12 million for water infrastructure, $5.5 million for mental health and substance abuse services, and $6 million for the Team Gleason Foundation for ALS health services.
“No matter where you live in Louisiana, these investments will make a difference in our communities,” said Dr. Cassidy. “This funding boosts our economy and strengthens our communities by improving roads and bridges, upgrading our electric grid, supporting our military, and more.”
See below for a full list of funding for Louisiana secured by Senator Cassidy:
Homeland Security
Funding Amount
Recipient
$2,300,000.00
Port of Morgan City for Emergency Operations Center Upgrades
Financial Services and General Government
Funding Amount
Recipient
$2,000,000.00
University of Louisiana at Lafayette (ULL) Biomedical Innovation Center
$1,875,000.00
University of Louisiana at Monroe Biomedical Innovation Lab
Transportation, Housing and Urban Development
Funding Amount
Recipient
$3,000,000.00
World War II Museum for facility upgrades
$5,000,000.00
Howell Village Community Transformation Project for the development of affordable housing in Baton Rouge
$4,000,000.00
City of Ruston for Utility Upgrades
$3,690,000.00
Feed the Second Line in New Orleans for the Get Lit, Stay Lit Project
$6,000,000.00
Lafayette Regional Airport for a Taxiway Realignment Project
$2,200,000.00
Acadia Parish Vie Terre Beau Bridge Project
$5,000,000.00
Route 167 Highway Improvements in Vermillion Parish
Commerce, Justice & Science
Funding Amount
Recipient
$3,500,000.00
Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, LA for Empowering North Louisiana Research Support for Domestic Semiconductor Technology and Workforce Development
$3,000,000.00
Coastal Protection and Restoration Authority (CPRA) for Coastal Louisiana Deployment and Hardening of Gauges and Data Collection Platforms
$400,000.00
Lower Mississippi River Physical Oceanographic Real-Time System Sensors
$2,400,00.00
City of New Orleans Office of Criminal Justice Coordination for Crime Lab Equipment
$250,000.00
Covenant House, New Orleans for an Enhanced Victim Services Transitional Program
$1,800,00.00
St. Landry Parish for Law Enforcement Technology and Equipment Upgrades
$340,000.00
Grant Parish Sheriff’s Office for Emergency Communications Equipment
Military Construction and Veterans Affairs
Funding Amount
Recipient
$7,000,000.00
Air Force Reserve at Barksdale Air Force Base for the 307 Bomb Wing Medical Facility Addition
Agriculture
Funding Amount
Recipient
$5,000,000.00
USDA/ARS for Sugar Cane Research Facilities in Houma, LA
$800,000.00
Town of Livingston for Renovations to the Livingston Parish Courthouse
$1,000,000.00
Precision and Digital Agriculture Technologies
$500,000.00
Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries for West Nile Virus
Interior and Environment
Funding Amount
Recipient
$3,000,000.00
City of Gretna, LA for Wastewater Upgrades
$5,000,000.00
Lafayette Consolidated Government for the North Lafayette Galvanized Water Line Replacement Project
$720,000.00
Town of Livingston for Drinking Water Storage and Distribution Systems Improvements
$2,778,000.00
Jefferson Davis Parish for Drinking Water Improvements
$520,000.00
West Sterlington Water Systems. Inc. for Drinking Water Improvements
Energy and Water
Funding Amount
Recipient
$28,000,000.00
Corps of Engineers, Mississippi River and Tributaries for Morganza to the Gulf
$9,000,000.00
Corps of Engineers, Construction for Calcasieu River and Pass
$500,000.00
Corps of Engineers, Investigations for the Houma Navigation Canal Deepening Project
$500,000.00
Corps of Engineers, Investigations for the J. Bennett Johnston Waterway Feasibility Study
$250,000.00
Corps of Engineers, Investigations for the Mississippi River Gulf Outlet
$4,000,000.00
Department of Energy to LSU for the Research Environment for the Advancement of Clean Hydrogen
Labor, Health and Human Services
Funding Amount
Recipient
$3,000,000.00
Louisiana State University and A&M College for facilities and equipment
$1,735,000.00
LSU Health Sciences Center for facilities and equipment, including information technology
$4,500,000.00
Volunteers of America Southeast Louisiana Inc. and Subsidiaries, LA, for facilities and equipment
$1,000,000.00
Mercy Family Center, LA, for mental health and support services, including case management and information technology
$6,000,000.00
Team Gleason Foundation, LA, for addressing the needs of individuals with ALS, including the purchase of equipment and assistive technology
$3,000,000.00
Center for the Innovative Training of Youth, Inc., LA, for a STEM program, including the purchase of equipment
$2,100,000.00
Southern University and A&M College for legal education, including the purchase of equipment and technology
$365,000.00
Southern University and A&M College for technology education, including the purchase of equipment and technology
Defense
Funding Amount
Recipient
$7,000,000.00
Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City – For defense research to improve B-52 capabilities
$10,000,000.00
Fort Johnson, Henrico – For additional civil engineering survey equipment
$30,000,000.00
Department of Defense, Shreveport – Technical Assistance Center
$12,500,000.00
Cyber Innovation Center, Bossier City – Global Strike Command Technology Transition and Innovation Center
$7,500,000.00
Biomedical Research Foundation, Barksdale Air Force Base, Bossier City – For the development of next generation satellite communication capabilities for the E-4B National Airborne Operations Center
$6,000,000.00
LSU, Baton Rouge – For research to anticipate threats to natural systems
$22,000,000.00
Biomedical Research Foundation, Shreveport – Innovative Projects for B-52 Modernization
$30,000,000.00
Conrad Shipyard, Morgan City – For the construction of new yard, building, additional repairs, berthing improvements, and a new messing vessel barge
$6,500,000.00
Stephenson Stellar Corporation, Shreveport – For development of advanced satellite capabilities.
$3,000,000.00
Stephenson Stellar Corporation, Shreveport – For the continuation of defense-in-depth spacecraft research
$10,000,000.00
Radiance Technologies, Shreveport & Ruston – For the development of advanced packaging technologies for hardware security
$585,000,000.00
Textron Systems, Slidell – Department of Defense (DoD) Procurement of four additional ship-to-shore connectors hovercraft
$5,000,000.00
Praeses, Shreveport – Development of new Air Force multi-domain command and control system in Louisiana
$2,000,000.00
Praeses, Shreveport – For research to improve the B-52 Agile Pod Capability
$4,500,000.00
Mezzo Technologies, Baton Rouge – Aluminum microtube heat exchanges
$10,000,000.00
Precision Pump & Valve, Lake Charles – For weather resistant materials research
$40,000,000.00
DoD – Peer-Reviewed ALS Research Program
$110,000,000.00
DoD – Peer-reviewed Prostate Cancer medical research
$150,000,000.00
DoD – Peer-reviewed Breast Cancer medical research
$24,200,000.00
National Civil Air Patrol Operations including for Louisiana Civil Air Patrol
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