Projects Requested for FY27
NOTE: The projects are listed alphabetically by recipient.
Recipient: Chambers County Sheriff's Office
Amount of request: $1,972,000.00
Request explanation: The Chambers County Sheriff's Office seeks federal funding to enhance emergency response, interoperable communications, and technological capabilities in Southeast Texas. The region's concentration of critical energy infrastructure and vulnerability to hurricanes, industrial accidents, and terrorist threats requires advanced, resilient safety systems. Equipment would be shared with neighboring agencies to strengthen regional coordination during large-scale emergencies.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: City of Beaumont
Amount of request: $1,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project will install cameras and advanced technology infrastructure to enhance public safety at City facilities and major investment areas.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: City of Beaumont
Amount of request: $10,170,000.00
Request explanation: This project will increase water capacity in the southeast area of the City to support additional industrial use and growth.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: La Porte Police Department
Amount of request: $500,000.00
Request explanation: This project will upgrade the La Porte Police Department Digital Forensics Lab, which serves as the regional hub for the Houston-Metro Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force. Funding will support critical forensic software, hardware, and secure data storage to identify offenders, rescue victims, and reduce case backlogs in online child exploitation investigations.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Lamar Institute of Technology
Amount of request: $2,481,671.90
Request explanation: This project will construct, renovate, and equip a workforce training center in rural Silsbee, TX, operated by Lamar Institute of Technology (LIT) in partnership with Silsbee ISD. The facility will expand training in high-demand fields such as utility line technology, automotive technology, and skilled trades, reducing barriers related to transportation and access for rural students and working adults.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Lamar State College Orange Lumberton
Amount of request: $4,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project will renovate and modernize space at Lamar State College-Orange's Lumberton facility to establish a healthcare training center for nursing and physical therapist assistant programs. The expansion addresses critical workforce shortages in the 36th Congressional District, where demand for registered nurses and allied health professionals continues to grow significantly.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Upper Jasper County Water Authority
Amount of request: $2,700,000.00
Request explanation: This project will replace approximately 25,000 linear feet of deteriorated cast-iron and asbestos-cement water lines along State Highway 63, a designated hurricane evacuation route in Upper Jasper County. The aging infrastructure repeatedly fails following roadway repairs, rendering sections of the evacuation corridor inoperable during emergencies. The EPA has already conducted a site visit and is beginning pre-engineering for the project.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Amount of request: $5,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project addresses an urgent threat to Texas rice production from the invasive rice delphacid and the hoja blanca virus it spreads. Funding will support research into pest and disease spread, crop damage mechanisms, and the development of practical, affordable management tools to reduce crop losses, lower production costs, and protect farmer livelihoods.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Amount of request: $5,000,000.00
Request explanation: This initiative will develop secure, resilient designs for next-generation air and space ports, including vertiports and spaceports, protected against cyber, kinetic, and environmental threats. A multidisciplinary research program will partner with industry, government, and academic stakeholders to build and transition defense-in-depth security technologies, with particular focus on supporting the aviation and space industry near NASA Johnson Space Center and the Houston Spaceport.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: The Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station
Amount of request: $5,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project will develop a robotic arm compatible with existing glovebox portals at NASA Johnson Space Center to modernize the handling of precious astromaterials from comets, asteroids, and future Mars missions. The proposed system will replace outdated 1960s manual glovebox techniques, improving cleanliness standards, sample integrity, and documentation, and providing a technology platform adaptable for use across industry, medicine, and national security.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston (UTMB)
Amount of request: $1,600,000.00
Request explanation: UTMB requests funding to expand its nationally recognized Aerospace Medicine Residency Program, which has trained nearly 70 physicians for civilian and military roles since 1993. Funding will support additional resident positions and the construction of a mock space capsule and simulation environment to deliver immersive, operational space medicine training in support of government, military, and commercial human spaceflight activities.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Amount of request: $20,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project funds construction of a replacement Devers 1st Lift Pump Station. The original station, built over 100 years ago, has reached end-of-life, with replacement parts no longer available and ongoing operational maintenance increasingly problematic.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Amount of request: $5,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project funds a feasibility study, authorized under WRDA 2022, to restore shallow-draft navigation along the Trinity River to the Port of Liberty, TX, while reducing flood risk to the City of Liberty and surrounding communities. The study will also evaluate opportunities to restore the degraded aquatic environment and beneficially reuse dredged material in the watershed.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Amount of request: $50,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project funds maintenance of the Houston Ship Channel to its authorized width and depth, ensuring safe and efficient vessel transit along one of the nation's most critical commercial waterways.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Amount of request: $3,000,000.00
Request explanation: This project funds a feasibility study to deepen the Houston Ship Channel and Galveston Bay area waterways—up to 60 feet for ship channels and 20 feet for barge lanes—following authorization under WRDA 2024. The improvements are critical to maintaining safety and supporting the energy industry, supply chain, and economic growth for the region and the nation.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Amount of request: $13,000,000.00
Request explanation: The Clear Creek Federal Flood Risk Management Project will reduce flood risk for Harris and Brazoria counties and 17 cities in the Clear Creek watershed through channel conveyance improvements and stormwater detention basins. The project, authorized under the Flood Control Act of 1968 and carried out in partnership with the Harris County Flood Control District, also includes riparian floodplain habitat restoration to enhance regional resilience.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Angelina County Airport
Amount of request: $3,763,156.05
Request explanation: To serve current business aviation better but also allow Angelina County and the City of Lufkin to bring in bigger companies that typically fly bigger jets. Also as a hub of Hurricane relief for the State we could more adequately serve the State of Texas in this critical role. There are only two designated hurricane relief locations in the state. Angelina County and the City of Lufkin are being very aggressive in bringing new and bigger business into our region. The best way that we can accomplish this is to have an airport facility that can accommodate the needs of these companies. Our Runway is to short for the safe operation of C130's were are used in Hurricane relief. For these transport planes to be used here at Angelina County Airport at this time they have to take off with a light load.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport
Amount of request: $2,000,000.00
Request explanation: The Houston Spaceport at Ellington Airport (EFD) Enterprise Shuttle Boulevard Extension Project will fund the planning, design, and construction of an extension of Enterprise Shuttle Boulevard to State Highway 3 in Houston, Texas. This project will create a critical transportation corridor connecting the Houston Spaceport with NASA’s Johnson Space Center and the regional freight network, including the Houston Ship Channel.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
Recipient: University of Houston Clear Lake
Amount of request: $7,000,000.00
Request explanation: To support the infrastructure needs of the Aerospace Engineering Bachelor of Science (AE) program. UHCL’s AE program is housed in the existing 121,000-square-foot STEM and Classroom Building, which features 13 faculty research labs, 15 teaching labs, a 100-seat tiered lecture hall, and an astronomy observation deck.
Signed Disclosure Letter: HERE
