Supporting Arkansas Priorities

Senator Boozman has recommended to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that the following Arkansas projects receive funding in Fiscal Year 2026

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Project Purpose: Provide necessary storm damage repairs and facility improvements at the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Project Location: Stuttgart, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $10,350,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Project Purpose: Provide new equipment and infrastructure for the Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center to perform modern competitive research
Project Location: Stuttgart, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,100,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Town of Etowah, Etowah Volunteer Fire Department
Project Purpose: To provide the Town of Etowah with funds to purchase a new firetruck
Project Location: Etowah, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $550,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: 6th Judicial District Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
Project Purpose: Establish the Arkansas Criminal Intelligence Network (ACIN), allowing real-time regional crime-sharing information and evidence analysis across Arkansas law enforcement agencies
Project Location: Pulaski County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,500,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas-Fayetteville
Project Purpose: To create a power packaging center of excellence by modernizing equipment at the University of Arkansas’s Power Group’s High-Density Electronics Center (HiDEC); HiDEC forms the back-end & electronics packaging capability of UofA’s core facilities in electronics and power
Project Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Jonesboro
Project Purpose: To provide technology and equipment to the city of Jonesboro’s Real Time Crime Center to address violent crime and promote public safety
Project Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,500,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
Project Purpose: For equipment to enhance the research capacity of the University of Little Rock and the economic development of the Arkansas technology sector
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences 
Project Purpose: Promote public safety at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences by providing security equipment upgrades
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $1,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Batesville Police Department 
Project Purpose: Provide public safety equipment and technology to the Batesville police department and its Real Time Crime Center
Project Location: Batesville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $575,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas State Police 
Project Purpose: This project will assist law enforcement in meeting the rising costs of digital forensic software, forensic hardware, and investigative tools to identify both victims and offenders of child sexual abuse online
Project Location:  Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $500,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Bald Knob Police Department 
Project Purpose: Provide public safety equipment and technology to the Bald Knob police department
Project Location: Bald Knob, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $325,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas at Little Rock 
Project Purpose: To serve the legal needs of Arkansas’s veterans through a full-service legal clinic at the W.H. Bowen School of Law
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: Reconfiguration of two I-57 interchanges in Cabot at Highway 5 and Highway 89 to address congestion as well as improve safety and resilience
Project Location: Lonoke County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $60,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name:  Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: Construction of the Springdale Northen Bypass
Project Location: Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $60,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: Construction of safety, operational, and congestion improvements on various segments of Highway 112
Project Location: Benton and Washington Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $60,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name:  Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: To enhance transportation connectivity on Interstate 40
Project Location: Lonoke and Pulaski Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $25,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: Provide improvements for the Highway 82 corridor
Project Location: Ashley, Chicot, Columbia, Lafayette and Miller Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $60,000,000
Certification Letter
 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Department of Transportation
Project Purpose: Construct portion of I-49 near Fort Smith, Arkansas
Project Location: Crawford and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $80,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Southeast Arkansas Economic Development District
Project Purpose: Construction of new rail track at the Yellow Bend Port, enabling Class I rail service connectivity
Project Location: Desha County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture
Project Purpose: Provide funds to create a state-of-the art Agriculture Center of Excellence in Food Science that will support research, outreach, and workforce development
Project Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $30,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Public Port of Fort Smith
Project Purpose: Increase the freight rail capacity at the Port of Fort Smith with the addition of 90,000,000 square feet of additional warehouse capacity
Project Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $8,100,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Fort Smith Regional Airport
Project Purpose: Funding to construct a storage facility for inclement weather equipment
Project Location:  Fort Smith, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $4,100,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: State of Arkansas
Project Purpose: Provide for the demolition, stabilization, remediation, and other improvements of the Army Navy Hospital
Project Location: Hot Springs, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas Pulaski Technical College
Project Purpose: Construct 45,500 square foot workforce training venue to support current and future industries within the Port of Little Rock Industrial Park
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $20,000,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Southern Arkansas University Tech
Project Purpose: Provide funds to construct the SAU Defense Center of Excellence, located within the Highland Industrial Park
Project Location: Camden, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
Certification Letter

 
Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: North Little Rock Main Street Viaduct Replacement
Project Purpose: Provide funding to replace a 100-year-old bridge to improve industrial and residential travel
Project Location: North Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $8,100,000 Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Provide resources to support a comprehensive program focused on improving outcomes for low-income women and infants
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $8,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Support a project to expand and upgrade Women’s Health Services, specifically Labor and Delivery capacity, at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Support renovations to provide medical care and mental health treatment for students and faculty
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Provide equipment to advance clinical care and medical education
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,000,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Support expansion of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences rural prenatal care program and increase campus transportation services
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,500,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Support renovations to establish the UAMS Barton Bridge to Translational Research, which will unite basic, translational and clinical research by centralizing staff and designating a space or staff to conduct research
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $4,500,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Project Purpose: Support necessary improvements to ensure compliance with federal and state environmental regulations
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas - Fayetteville
Project Purpose: Support the hiring and retaining of national security faculty personnel to enhance research-related degree programs beyond unclassified studies
Project Location: Fayetteville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $750,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Southern Arkansas University Tech
Project Purpose: Provide equipment for advancing scientific knowledge and technological capabilities through cutting-edge research and workforce development
Project Location: Camden, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas State University  
Project Purpose: Provide construction to address maternal and infant health workforce shortages and regional health disparities
Project Location: Jonesboro, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $9,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas - Fort Smith
Project Purpose: Provide construction and equipment to improve maternal and infant health outcomes
Project Location: Fort Smith, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $15,000,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Philander Smith University
Project Purpose: Provide improvements to educational facilities to advance health outcomes
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $7,000,000
Certification Letter


Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas State University - Newport
Project Purpose: Provide construction to help expand job opportunities for careers that support improving maternal and mental health outcomes
Project Location: Newport, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $7,700,000
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Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman – Arkansas
Recipient Name: University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton
Project Purpose: Support the construction of the UACCM Nursing and Science Center to address maternal health workforce shortages
Project Location: Morrilton, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $4,000,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Blytheville
Project Purpose: Wastewater collection system improvements
Project Location: Blytheville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Certification Letter

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Little Rock Water Reclamation Authority
Project Purpose: Wastewater infrastructure expansion within the Port of Little Rock
Project Location: Little Rock, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $10,000,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Conway
Project Purpose: Improve wastewater infrastructure
Project Location: Conway, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $4,774,900
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Helena-West Helena
Project Purpose: Water quality improvement
Project Location: Helena-West Helena, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $5,000,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Wynne Water Utilities
Project Purpose: Infrastructure and water treatment plant improvements
Project Location: Wynne, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,414,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Arkansas Game and Fish Commission
Project Purpose: Renovation of the wildlife management area for long term forest health and public access
Project Location: Conway and Pope Counties, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $7,500,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Hardy
Project Purpose: Rehabilitation of the municipal wastewater treatment facility center
Project Location: Hardy, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $1,072,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Wabbaseka
Project Purpose: To regionalize the City of Wabbaseka with the Grand Prairie Regionalization Distribution District
Project Location: Wabbaseka, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Bentonville
Project Purpose: To regionalize the Old Bella Vista and Oak Hills Suburban District within the City of Bentonville drinking water system
Project Location: Benton County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $800,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Leslie
Project Purpose: Water quality improvements
Project Location: Leslie, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $60,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Magnolia
Project Purpose: Drinking water quality improvements
Project Location: Magnolia, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,300,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Conway County Regional Water Distribution District
Project Purpose: Drinking water quality improvements
Project Location: Conway County, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,000,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Des Arc
Project Purpose: Wastewater infrastructure and treatment facility improvements
Project Location: Des Arc, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $868,688
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Keiser
Project Purpose: Drinking water quality improvements
Project Location: Keiser, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $400,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: City of Lewisville
Project Purpose: Sewer system improvements
Project Location: Lewisville, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $3,8400,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Cities of McNab and Fulton
Project Purpose: To address flooding impacting water quality within the cities of McNab and Fulton
Project Location: Cities of McNab and Fulton, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $2,849,000
Certification Letter 

Member Name & State: Senator John Boozman - Arkansas
Recipient Name: Springdale Water Utilities
Project Purpose: Establish wastewater infrastructure at a major proposed intersection
Project Location: Springdale, Arkansas
Amount Requested: $10,700,000
Certification Letter