2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

2023 Congressionally Directed Spending Requests

Below are the Congressionally Directed Spending requests that Senator Graham submitted to the Senate Appropriations Committee for consideration for Fiscal Year 2023. These projects are important for the continued growth of South Carolina. 

Energy & Water

 

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

$20,000,000

Initiate Preconstruction, Engineering, and Design Phase for Charleston Peninsula, South Carolina

City of Charleston

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

$1,500,000

Feasibility study for flood risk management

City of Charleston

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

$1,000,000

Initiate Preconstruction, Engineering, and Design Phase for Folly Beach, South Carolina

City of Folly Beach

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

$50,000,000

Harbor deepening

Mount Pleasant

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

$26,000,000

Water infrastructure expansion

Calhoun County

Agriculture

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

Aiken County

$413,000

Firefighting equipment

Aiken County

Kershaw County Family YMCA

$1,100,000

Child Care Center and Training Facility

Lugoff

Military Construction

Project Name

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

Aircraft Maintenance Hanger Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort 

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort 

$122,600,000

Constructs an aircraft maintenance hangar with applied instructional space, multi-story parking facility, operations support spaces, and a hanger shop annex to support the F-35 training squadron at MCAS Beaufort. 

Beaufort

Hazardous Cargo Pad, McEntire Joint National Guard Base

McEntire JNG Base

$9,000,000  

This pad will provide the 169th Fighter Wing a hazardous cargo pad, which they currently do not possess.

Columbia

Joint Base Charleston Fire and Rescue Station 

Joint Base Charleston

$30,000,000

A new Fire and Rescue Station at Joint Base Charleston is needed to centralize essential emergency dispatch services into a 911 dispatch center and maximize base and airfield fire protection.

Charleston 

Joint Base Charleston Flight Line Support Facility

Joint Base Charleston

$29,000,000

This project will construct a flight line support facility which will include administration and warehouse areas for Joint Base Charleston. This project will support the current C-17 fleet. 

Charleston

Reception Barracks Complex, Ph 1, Fort Jackson

Fort Jackson $21,000,000 The estimated cost to complete the project is higher than originally requested and the project will not be able to be completed without these additional funds.   Columbia

Recycling/Hazardous Waste Facility, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort

Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort $5,000,000 This project provides required adequate and efficiently configured facilities to support recycling across MCAS Beaufort and provides proper handling and storage of hazardous waste. Beaufort

USMC Unspecified Minor Construction 

MCAS Beaufort and MCRD Parris Island

$13,700,000

This request for $13.7 million will support unspecified minor construction at Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS) Beaufort as well as Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) Parris Island.  These projects include an F-35 Operational Support Facility and the Instrument Landing System project at MCAS Beaufort as well as Entry Control Facility improvements at MCRD Parris Island.  These projects are critical to ensuring that our military installations are secure and provide the force the logistical facilities they need to accomplish their mission.

Beaufort

Commerce, Justice and Science

 

Recipient Name  

Funding Request  

Project Purpose

Project Location

City of Cayce

$858,000

Police equipment upgrade

City of Cayce

City of Sumter

$510,000

Ballistic evidence system upgrade

City of Sumter

Enough is Enough

$960,000

Online exploitation prevention

Town of Mount Pleasant

Town of Lexington

$2,275,000

Police technology modernization

Town of Lexington

Homeland Security

 

Recipient Name                                   

Funding Request  

Project Purpose

Project Location   

City of Myrtle Beach

$6,154,000

Stormwater improvement project

Myrtle Beach, SC

South Carolina Emergency Management

$10,950,000

Facility upgrade and modernization

West Columbia, SC

Town of Mount Pleasant

$5,677,000

Drainage resilience 

Mount Pleasant, SC

Transportation, Housing and Urban Development

 

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

Beaufort-Jasper YMCA of the Lowcountry

$450,000

Facility improvement

Beaufort County, SC

Coastal Carolina University

$6,300,000

Pedestrian safety

Conway, SC

City of Clemson

$2,629,000

Public infrastructure improvements

Clemson, SC

City of Sumter

$1,444,000

Shot Pouch Greenway improvements

Sumter, SC

Hilton Head Regional Habitat for Humanity

$3,225,000

Increase affordable housing

Levy, SC

Jasper County

$33,000,000

Wastewater infrastructure

Jasper County, SC

Orangeburg County

$9,500,000

Senior resource facility

Orangeburg County, SC

REWA Renewable Water Resources

$6,300,000

Wastewater infrastructure sewer and pumping station upgrades

Greenville County, SC

South Carolina Department of Transportation

$5,000,000

Bridge reconstruction

Sumter, SC

South Carolina Department of Transportation

$22,000,000

Interchange extension

Horry County, SC

South Carolina Department of Transportation

$14,552,000

Road safety improvements

Laurens County, SC

South Carolina Department of Transportation

$10,000,000

Road safety improvements

Summerville, SC

South Carolina Department of Transportation

$8,348,000

Safety improvements

Orangeburg County, SC

Town of Mount Pleasant

$2,500,000

Dock safety improvements

Mount Pleasant, SC

Town of Kingstree

$4,600,000

Park infrastructure

Kingstree, SC

Town of Yemassee

$9,800,000

Wastewater infrastructure

Yemassee, SC

Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and Related Agencies

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

Carolina Youth Development Center

$361,000

Enhance security

North Charleston, SC

Clemson University

$8,000,000

Improve student health care delivery

Clemson, SC

Columbia International University

$915,000

Nursing education program and equipment 

Columbia, SC

Francis Marion University

$1,090,000

Equipment for science, health care, and engineering

Florence, SC

Genesis Health Care

$3,645,000

Improve the delivery of health care

Walterboro, SC

Limestone University

$700,000

Campus safety equipment

Gaffney, SC

Medical University of South Carolina

$10,334,000

Facilities and equipment to improve cancer care

Charleston, SC

Piedmont Technical College

$256,000

Improve student outcomes and increase graduation rates

Greenwood, SC

Restoration Project Foundation

$650,000

Develop and implement curriculum

Anderson, SC

Roper St. Francis Hospital

$8,520,000

Increase access to health care

Charleston, SC

Roper St. Francis Hospital

$6,475,000

Facilities and equipment to improve oncology care

Charleston, SC

Rural Health Services

$422,000

Facilities and equipment to improve health care access

Aiken, SC

Tri-County Technical College

$1,211,000

Automotive training center

Pendleton, SC

University of South Carolina Aiken

$830,000

Equipment for STEM program

Aiken, SC

University of South Carolina

$8,944,000

Facilities and equipment to enhance clinical diagnosis and care for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias

Columbia, SC

University of South Carolina

$3,067,000

Facilities and equipment to improve stroke research and care

Columbia, SC

University of South Carolina

$7,944,000

Facilities and equipment to create a shared biomedical research core

Columbia, SC

University of South Carolina Beaufort

$1,401,000

Facilities and equipment improvements to nursing simulation center

Beaufort, SC

University of South Carolina Lancaster

$110,000

Facilities and equipment to improve health care education

Lancaster, SC

University of South Carolina School of Law

$950,000

Rule of Law curriculum development

Columbia, SC

Interior, Environment and Related Agencies

Recipient Name

Funding Request

Project Purpose

Project Location

Aiken County

$10,000,000 Wastewater treatment plant expansion Aiken, SC

Anderson County

$10,000,000 Wastewater treatment plant expansion Anderson, SC

Chester County Wastewater Recovery

$10,000,000 Wastewater collection system Chester, SC

City of Aiken

$8,000,000 Water treatment system upgrade Aiken, SC

City of Beaufort

$800,000 Stormwater management  Beaufort, SC

City of Cayce

$3,000,000 Drainage infrastructure improvement Cayce, SC

City of Easley

$480,000 Stormwater revitalization  Easley, SC

City of Rock Hill

$20,000,000 Wastewater improvements Rock Hill, SC

Greenville Water

$20,000,000 Transmission main line upgrades Greenville, SC

MetroConnects

$9,000,000 Sewer system upgrades Greenville, SC

Oconee County

$650,000 Sanitary sewer infrastructure Oconee, SC

Pee Dee Regional Council of Governments

$423,000 Water plant improvements Cheraw, SC

Pickens Regional Joint Water System

$10,000,000 Water system for water treatment plant Pickens, SC