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Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

Congressionally Directed Spending – Fiscal Year 2023 

Listed below are the Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies projects Senator Blumenthal has submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee. The Senate Appropriations Committee selects the final projects from the projects submitted by all senators. Therefore, neither submission of an application nor Senator Blumenthal’s approved list of projects are guaranteed for final funding.

Projects are listed in alphabetical order. 

Bloomfield Police Department - Bloomfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $40,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the outfitting of a police training room for the Bloomfield Police Department.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Bloomfield Police Department - Bloomfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $112,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of the Bloomfield Police Department’s cruiser video cameras.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $3,500,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support radio system interoperability improvements in the City of Bridgeport.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Bridgeport - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $500,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the purchase of forensic technology for the Bridgeport Police Department.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of New London - New London, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,218,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of emergency communications equipment for the City of New London.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

City of Stamford - Stamford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the launch of a regional police academy in Stamford to train officers in southwest Connecticut.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Congregations Organized For A New Connecticut - Hamden, CT

  • Amount Requested: $67,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the firearm safety and gun violence reduction efforts by the Gun Safety Consortium in the New Haven area, including New Haven, Bridgeport, and Hamden.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Connecticut Center for Advanced Technology - East Hartford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $25,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would construct the new Connecticut Manufacturing and Technology Innovation Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

East Coast Shellfish Growers Association - Milford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would enable the NOAA lab in Milford, Connecticut, to maintain the broodstock, grow algal food, and preform the breeding work to deploy 100 selected lines of oysters at growout sites throughout New England.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Greenwave - New Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,390,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would launch the Connecticut Kelp Innovation Center, supporting robust aquaculture and reducing barriers to entry and scale.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

North Branford Police Department - North Branford, CT

  • Amount Requested: $750,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of North Branford’s public safety communications equipment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership - Bridgeport, CT

  • Amount Requested: $237,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the Regional Youth Adult Social Action Partnership’s work to reduce gun violence in Bridgeport.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Sea Research Foundation, Inc. d/b/a Mystic Aquarium - Mystic, CT

  • Amount Requested: $650,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would establish the Blue Economy Career Development Center to create a pipeline for underserved youth in eastern Connecticut.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Brookfield - Brookfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $5,900,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of the public safety communications dispatch radio system in the Town of Brookfield.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of East Windsor - East Windsor, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,941,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the replacement of East Windsor’s emergency radio equipment.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of New Fairfield - New Fairfield, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,100,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of New Fairfield’s public safety communication system.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Weston - Weston, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,500,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the procurement of a new public safety communication system for the Town of Weston.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Town of Winchester - Winchester, CT

  • Amount Requested: $850,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the upgrade of the Town of Winchester’s radios.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $4,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would accelerate efforts already underway at the University of Connecticut to advance the development of a comprehensive long-term risk management framework and expand the evaluation of mitigation methods of concrete affected by pyrrhotite.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of Connecticut - Storrs, CT

  • Amount Requested: $2,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would continue investments in the Ecological Modelling Institute.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of New Haven - West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,000,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support community-based gun violence prevention efforts at the University of New Haven.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

University of New Haven - West Haven, CT

  • Amount Requested: $1,700,000
  • Funding awarded for this project would initiate the Collaborative Institute for Marine Science and Coastal Resilience at Canal Dock.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Waterbury Police Department - Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $930,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the expansion of the Waterbury Police Department’s Real-Time Crime and Pandemic Center.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.

Waterbury Police Department - Waterbury, CT

  • Amount Requested: $141,000
  • Funding awarded for this project will support the Waterbury Police Department’s Summer Basketball and Youth Violence Prevention program to facilitate positive interactions between youth and law enforcement.
  • Click HERE to read the required certification letter.