I have requested the following Appropriations earmarks:
Anniston Army Depot Access Control Point
$53,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Armed Services Required Documents
Request Description: The project allows Anniston Army Depot (ANAD) with an efficient Main Gate and Entry Control Facilities (ECF). The main gate and entrance control facilities should include an Access Control Point (ACP), Commercial Vehicle Inspection Facility (CVIF), Visitor Control Center (VCC), and roadway infrastructure necessary to provide efficient incoming and outgoing flow from ANAD. The project will provide Anniston Army Depot with funding for necessary utility services and connections, fire protection, parking areas, information systems, signage, site improvements, and demolition of currently utilized facilities that are replaced as part of the project.
Jacksonville State University Center for Manufacturing Support Facility
$17,500,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The funding would allow JSU to consolidate these activities into a single state-of-the-art facility opening the current space to other uses. The 40,000 square foot facility would be purpose-built to reflect the manufacturing equipment and facilities of the future with modularity and adaptability in mind. The facility will include limited office and classroom space, robotics labs, clean rooms, and a wide range of advanced manufacturing systems which will allow center staff to simultaneously train students, conduct research, problem-solve for local businesses, and innovate in the use of additive manufacturing and robotics across industries.
Jacksonville State University Advanced Additive Manufacturing
$1,950,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This project focuses on strengthening post-processing and quality workflows that build directly on the Center for Manufacturing Support (CMS)’s existing facilities, equipment, and personnel expertise, ensuring rapid deployment and immediate benefit. Funds will be used to acquire post-processing, finishing, and quality-related equipment that supports additive manufacturing workflows. This capability-based approach allows the CMS to adapt specific equipment selections while remaining fully aligned with existing facilities, staff expertise, and mission priorities.
Auburn University Biomanufacturing Hub
$8,500,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: Funding for this initiative will help Auburn University establish a world-class teaching, training and biomanufacturing pilot-scale production facility. It will also foster public/private partnerships where researchers, students and private sector collaborators work together to strengthen and safeguard American health and biotechnology while revitalizing America’s science and technology workforce for biopharma/biomanufacturing in Auburn, Alabama, and the southeastern United States. Building off Auburn’s recent acquisition of what is now the Auburn University Clean Manufacturing Laboratory, funding will be used to transition what is already a state-of-the-art clean room facility to an operational level required to support Good Manufacturing Protocols (GMP) and to equip the facility for chemical and biological synthesis, biomanufacturing, packaging, etc.
Auburn University Space Innovation Workforce Development Center
$14,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The Space Innovation and Workforce Development Center at Auburn University directly addresses these gaps by establishing a pipeline of trained engineers while providing the rapid development capabilities essential to accelerate innovation. Auburn University has a long history of workforce development in space industries—with Auburn alumni having served as astronauts on Apollo and Space Shuttle missions and thousands of engineering graduates trained for employment in civilian, military, and commercial space organizations. This proposal would fund a Space Innovation and Workforce Development Center at Auburn University to build on Auburn’s historic role in U.S. space leadership and talent development in three key mission areas: Workforce Shortages, Rapid development and embedding industry collaboration.
Chambers County Rural Health Project
$2,500,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This project for continued operations of the OnMed Telehealth Care Station and health and wellness support services in conjunction with Auburn University Outreach and Public Services and Alabama Cooperative Extension. The requested appropriation will be utilized to fund three years of continued medical services through the OnMed Telehealth Care Station, health and wellness programming, and supplies. In addition, the funding will allow staffing to coordinate health services delivery as well as renovation of the existing facility to accommodate the Alabama Cooperative Extension Chambers County Office and other health related services.
Rainbow City Road Widening
$8,306,782.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The funding would widen Steele Station Road to 5-lanes between Hangar Road and Airport Road to provide a safer route for trucks coming to and leaving the industrial development. Also, to widen Lumley Road to 3 lanes from the industrial park north to Steele Stations Road. The widening of these roadways would provide left-turning lanes to prevent traffic from backing up on the roadways as well as provide safer movement for trucks and employees.
East Alabama Medical Center Cancer Center Expansion
$8,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding would help add approximately 30,500 square feet to the existing Spencer Cancer Center. The addition consists of two floors, approximately 15,250 square feet each. The first floor will incorporate two (2) clinical exam pods, with supporting areas. There will also be a PET/CT scanner with adjacent support areas as well as office space and mechanical space on the first floor. The second floor will provide a new larger infusion pharmacy, as well as five new clinical exam pods. Additionally, four (4) new infusion bays with adjacent nursing stations and supporting areas will be housed on the second-floor expansion, adding twenty-three (23) new infusion chairs to the Spencer Cancer Center.
Coosa River Bridge Rehabilitation
$6,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The funding project will rehabilitate the aging concrete structure that connects downtown Gadsden and East Gadsden along the Broad Street corridor. The proposed project will address these critical structural issues through the removal of damaged asphalt, repair of spalling and delamination, stabilization of cracks, and replacement of the deteriorated decking and street surface. In addition to structural repairs, the project will improve pedestrian accessibility, bringing the bridge into better compliance with modern accessibility standards and enhancing safety for foot traffic. Repairing and upgrading the Coosa River Memorial Bridge will preserve a vital historic asset, enhance public safety, improve accessibility, and ensure continued economic and transportation.
City of Auburn Real Time Crime Center
$1,500,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The real-time crime center (RTCC) will consolidate internal and external data sources into a single hub, allowing real time analysis, information sharing, and coordinated response management. Currently, systems include police vehicle location (AVL) and body worn camera location and streaming services. The project will allow for consolidation of the Auburn Police Department’s crime prevention systems into a centralized location to allow for stream-lined communication and information sharing to better serve the citizens of Auburn.
Anniston Water Tower
$6,209,500.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding request will support the construction of a new water tower that will expand the city’s water storage capacity and improve system pressure in areas targeted for growth. Funds will be used for the planning, engineering, and construction of the elevated water storage tank, as well as necessary site preparation, foundation work, piping connections to the existing distribution system, and related infrastructure improvements needed to serve high-demand commercial and residential development parcels.
Southside Police Station
$3,300,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The proposed facility will provide the space and infrastructure necessary to accommodate that growth while improving the department’s operational efficiency and ability to serve the community. Securing grant funding for this project will allow the City of Southside to invest in public safety infrastructure without placing an undue financial burden on local taxpayers. The population of the city of Southside continues to grow and develop, the Police Department must have the capacity to add additional personnel in the future. The city can ensure that it remains prepared to meet the safety needs of its residents for many years to come.
Cedar Bluff Wastewater Project
$2,933,160.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding request will rehabilitate and upgrade six critical wastewater lift stations to protect public health, prevent sanitary sewer overflows, and ensure reliable sewer service throughout the community. Several stations currently contain aging pumps, deteriorated piping, and outdated electrical and control systems that increase the risk of equipment failure and environmental contamination. These improvements will strengthen system reliability and reduce emergency failures, and safeguard Cedar Bluff's residents, waterways, and environment by ensuring wastewater is safely and efficiently conveyed to treatment facilities.
Highway 411 Bypass
$4,604,662.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: The funding would realign US Highway 411 on the north end of the city to connect directly to the existing bypass. The proposed alignment would provide a continuous bypass connection on the north end of the city, matching what already exists on the south end. Work includes roadway realignment, grading, drainage, base course, and paving. The project reduces congestion caused by turning vehicles blocking travel lanes and completes the functional purpose the bypass was originally designed to serve.
Talladega Law Enforcement Upgrades
$1,970,555.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding request will support critical equipment and technology upgrades for the Talladega Police Department (TPD). The investment will modernize essential public safety resources and ensure that officers serving this rural community have the tools necessary to respond safely and effectively to emergencies.
Coosa Valley Medical Center Upgrades
$2,750,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding will support the procurement and installation of advanced robotic-assisted surgical technology at Coosa Valley Medical Center (CVMC) in Sylacauga, Alabama, expanding access to minimally invasive surgical care for residents across rural east central Alabama. Currently, many patients in the region must travel significant distances to larger metropolitan hospitals to receive robotic surgical procedures. Rural communities face persistent disparities in access to minimally invasive surgery, and in Alabama’s rural areas nearly 61% of major urologic, thoracic, gynecologic, and colorectal surgeries are still performed using open techniques.1 Funding will support equipment procurement, installation, and clinical training necessary to establish a robotic surgical program that improves patient outcomes and expands access to modern surgical care for rural communities.
Interstate 20 Exchange Exit
$8,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding would help the Exchange Exit on US 431 along interstate 20 in Oxford, AL is a vital corridor to the district. Traffic volume has increased steadily over the last few years, and capacity is limited to the existing bridge. A substantial bridge widening or reconstruction would be helpful to address the capacity issue. This intersection is especially vital to the large retail development in the area, improving traffic flow and efficiency at the interchange. Oxford continues to grow and these intersection improvements will help support the growth of the city.
Clay County Hospital Imaging Equipment
$1,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding would help Clay County rural emergency hospital update their current outdated diagnostic imaging equipment with modern imaging equipment to adequately serve the rural community. The equipment required to be replaced is a CT machine, ultrasound machine, nuclear med machine, and C-arm. Without the updated equipment, elderly and rural patients will have to travel considerable distances to more urban hospitals resulting in higher expense for patients. Upgrading the diagnostic imaging equipment will help Clay County Rural Emergency Hospital meet the needs and serve the community to the best of its ability.
City of Lincoln Wastewater Treatment Plant
$4,000,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding request will support critical expansion and rehabilitation of the City’s sole Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). This project is essential to ensuring continued economic growth, public health protection, and regulatory compliance for our rapidly developing region. Over the past two decades, the facility has performed exceptionally well in supporting major industrial expansion by Honda, significant residential population increases, and continuous community and commercial development.
Sanitary Sewer System Improvements HWY 280
$5,200,000.00
Financial Disclosure Certification
Request Description: This funding requests will help with the next phase of a broader infrastructure initiative that will expand the sewer system currently being constructed. When completed, the combined investment will provide critical wastewater infrastructure needed to support future growth in this rapidly developing area of Lee County. This project will help develop a proposed new gravity sewer, lift station and force main to serve a portion of the U.S. Highway 280 corridor.
FY26 Appropriations earmarks can be found here.
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