COVINO SMITH & SIMON, INC. (FORMERLY SIMON AND COMPANY, INC.)

Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 appropriations process and Community Project Funding (CPF) requests

Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds, expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC), and protecting appropriations for key programs administered by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) including the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), HOME Investments Partnership Program, and Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) Program

Preserving the tax-exempt status of municipal bonds and expanding the Low-Income Housing Tax Credit (LIHTC)

Reinstatement of the Woods Cross Quiet Zone by the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA)

Tourism and economic development

Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA); Support for the reclassification of 911 telecommunications dispatchers as a protective service occupation under the Standard Occupational Classification System;

Maintaining federal investments for emergency management, resiliency activities, watershed management, and wildfire and hazard mitigation activities from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) U.S. Forest Service, Department of Interior (DOI) Bureau of Reclamation, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)

Local transportation projects

Support for federal water infrastructure investments from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

White House Memorandum M-13-25 and Executive Orders instructing federal agencies to pause disbursement or obligation of federal financial assistance