FY27 Appropriations and NDAA Submissions
Fiscal Year 2027 Appropriations Information
Senator Gillibrand’s office is currently accepting appropriations requests for fiscal year 2027 (FY27). The deadline to submit appropriations requests is 11:59PM EST on Sunday, March 22. Please contact appropriations@gillibrand.senate.gov with questions.
Senator Gillibrand is now accepting preliminary requests for New York-based projects for Fiscal Year 2026.
The annual Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) process is a component of the annual Congressional appropriations process which allows Senators to request that federal funds be set aside for specific projects, programs, or initiatives in their states. This is an opportunity for state, local, and tribal governments and nonprofit organizations to submit proposals to obtain funding for projects and initiatives that would benefit from a one-time allocation of federal funds. This is process is also sometimes called “Community Project Funding” or a CPF request.
There is no guarantee that the Senate Appropriations Committee will grant CDS requests in any given year. Similarly, accounts and eligibility requirements can change from one appropriations cycle to another, and the Senate Appropriations Committee has not yet published final guidance for FY27. To that end, the guidance linked below and throughout the form should be considered interim guidance based on previous CDS cycles. Requestors may be required to submit additional information to the Senator’s office at a later time, and the Senator’s staff will be in touch should changes to a proposal be necessary in light of subsequent guidance.
Before applying, please carefully review guidance on eligible funding accounts here.
Senator Gillibrand is accepting information about federal programmatic funding that benefits New York and our nation.
The vast majority of federal discretionary spending is programmatic funding. Programmatic funding includes most federal agency programs, including programs that award money to New York entities (e.g. state and local governments, non-profit organizations, and other entities) through funding formulas, competitive grant applications, or loans among other instruments. Programmatic requests are requests for Congress to use annual appropriations legislation to fund an authorized federal program at a specific level, or to include language in appropriations legislation directing a federal agency to implement a program or policy in a specific way.
By contrast, Congressionally Directed Spending (CDS) requests are proposals for a one-time allocation of federal funds to support a specific project, program, or initiative in New York.
Congressionally Directed Spending and Appropriations Questions
Please contact our nearest office or email appropriations@gillibrand.senate.gov with questions.
Albany Office: (518) 431-0120
Buffalo Office: (716) 854-9725
Long Island Office: (631) 249-2825
Lower Hudson Valley Office: (845) 875-4585
North Country Office: (315) 376-6118
New York City Office: (212) 688-6262
Rochester Office: (585) 263-6250
Syracuse Office: (315) 448-0470
Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act Information
Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act Information
Senator Gillibrand is accepting requests for Fiscal Year 2027 National Defense Authorization Act submissions that benefit New York, our servicemembers and their families, and the national security of the United States. Specific suggestions and details regarding policy and budgetary requests for the FY27 NDAA may be submitted though this website.
Please note that this page is not for appropriations submissions. Defense appropriations information should be submitted through the Programmatic Appropriations Form on this webpage.
About the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) authorizes appropriations for the Department of Defense and the National Nuclear Security Administration, but is not an appropriations bill. The NDAA also establishes defense policies, restrictions, and organizational changes to the Department of Defense.
The Senate and House Committees on Armed Services (SASC and HASC) are the committees of jurisdiction for the NDAA. More information on SASC and its subcommittees can be found at https://www.armed-services.senate.gov/subcommittees.
Senator Gillibrand is a member of the Emerging Threats & Capabilities, Strategic Forces, and Cybersecurity subcommittees. Submissions sent to our office may be related to any subcommittee of SASC.
Deadline and Contact
For Fiscal Year 2027 NDAA, forms must be submitted by 11:59 PM on March 6th, 2026. If you have not submitted a request in previous years, we recommend that you contact a member of Senator Gillibrand’s legislative staff well in advance of submitting your form. Please call Senator Gillibrand’s DC office at 202-224-4451 or e-mail ndaa_requests@gillibrand.senate.gov for any questions that you may have.