Senator Murkowski Announces Extended Deadline for FY26 Appropriations Requests
Washington, DC – Today, U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) announced an extended deadline for appropriations requests from Alaskans for programmatic and Congressional Directed Spending for the Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26). The appropriations request portal on her website opened on January 3, 2025, and will now remain open until Friday, February 28, 2025, at 11:59 AKST.
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Murkowski is making the Appropriations Request Form for FY26 available on her website for interested Alaskans. The FY26 appropriations process includes opportunities to request both programmatic funding and Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS), which allows Alaskans to identify and receive federal assistance for their local and state-specific needs.
The CDS process accounts for no more than one percent of federal discretionary spending and does not increase overall spending levels. Without this process, many of the federal funds now headed for Alaska would go to other states based on decisions made by unelected bureaucrats in federal departments and agencies, rather than being negotiated and determined by publicly-elected representatives.
The annual appropriations process is lengthy, with uncertain timing, and there is no guarantee that CDS requests will be included in federal spending bills. Due to nuanced eligibility criteria and limited available funds, many requests will not move forward, and not all projects chosen to advance will ultimately receive funding.
The federal budget is currently funded through March 14, 2025, creating uncertainty for FY25 requests that have been included in the Senate’s FY25 appropriations bills. If you submitted a project for FY25 that has been included in one of the FY25 appropriations bills, we recommend you reapply for FY26. Prior submissions do not automatically carry over and must be resubmitted for consideration. This will ensure that your project will remain in consideration as Congress works to finalize the FY25 appropriations process and turns to FY26.
Submitted proposals will be considered by the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on a bipartisan basis through established criteria. To apply, you must be Alaskan and your project must be in Alaska. The deadline for requests is Friday, February 28, 2025, at 11:59 PM AKST.
