WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Clay Higgins (R-LA) announced that two St. Mary Parish projects were among a total of 11 projects in Louisiana’s 3rd Congressional District that received funding in recent appropriations bills that passed the U.S. House of Representatives.
Of the 11 projects that received funding, $1 million was allocated from H.R. 5371 for workforce development efforts at the South Louisiana Community College Commercial Diving Center of Excellence in Morgan City. $1 million from H.R. 6938 will fund advance pre-construction, engineering, and design work for the South Central Coastal project, which will provide hurricane and storm damage protection for Iberia, St. Martin, and St. Mary parishes.
Higgins said these projects were included in two funding packages that passed the House: H.R. 5371, the Continuing Appropriations, Agriculture, Legislative Branch, Military Constructions and Veterans Affairs, and Extensions Act of 2026, which was signed into law on November 12, 2025, and H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development, and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act of 2026.
“My office works tirelessly each year to deliver on Louisiana priorities and pass fiscally responsible appropriations bills,” said Rep. Higgins. “From hard infrastructure projects to workforce and economic development endeavors, I will continue to ensure that our district’s needs are properly represented in the appropriations process.”
Other projects received funding from the bills are as follows.
H.R 5371:
• $2,000,000 for the expansion and modernization of the Ambulatory Surgery and Obstetrics Department for Abbeville General Hospital.
H.R. 6938:
• $5,000,000 for the University of Louisiana-Lafayette to construct a Semiconductor Technology Center for scientific research and manufacturing training.
• $1,912,500 for the Southwest Louisiana Living Shoreline, Habitat Restoration, and Public Access Initiative, which supports coastal resiliency efforts in Cameron Parish.
• $1,467,002 for the Vermilion Parish Sheriff’s office to upgrade its mobile and radio technologies.
• $1,650,000 for the Houma Navigation Canal to complete pre-construction, engineering, and design work.
• $131,500,000 to advance critical features of the Morganza to the Gulf system, which provides hurricane and flood protection for Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes.
• $750,000 for New Iberia to upgrade aging pump stations in the city’s wastewater department.
• $750,000 for Jeff Davis Parish to support construction of a new water treatment plant.
• $1,000,000 for Lafayette Consolidated Government to support the construction and replacement of water line equipment.
