Community Project Funding allows certain federal funds to be directed toward a state, locality, or eligible nonprofit serving a Congressional district through the Appropriations process.

This process allows taxpayer dollars to be reinvested in Texas's Fifth Congressional District and provides Members of Congress with input over spending on eligible projects, rather than deferring to bureaucrats in the Executive Branch to make these decisions.

Congressman Gooden has submitted the following projects on behalf of Texas's Fifth Congressional District: