Today, the Senate Appropriations Committee released guidance on earmarks, referred to as Congressionally Directed Spending. Senators may submit requests beginning in late May through July 8 at noon Eastern. Before Senators can make their submissions to the Appropriations Subcommittees, they will first need to create their own applications forms and processes for their constituents to make earmark requests to their own offices. Senators will set deadlines for constituent requests and then determine which of these requests will be submitted to appropriators for potential funding.
Each Appropriations Committee has its own guidance. The Labor-HHS-Education Appropriations Subcommittee’s internal guidance may be accessed here. A list of earmark requests submitted by Members of the House may be accessed here.