diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/SampleList.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/SampleList.java
index 1c3b07717d1..a18712f14b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/SampleList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/SampleList.java
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.util.*;
-import java.util.stream.Collectors;
-import org.apache.commons.lang.StringUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 import org.broadinstitute.hellbender.utils.bigquery.BigQueryUtils;
@@ -20,9 +18,9 @@ public class SampleList {
     private Map<Long, String> sampleIdMap = new HashMap<>();
     private Map<String, Long> sampleNameMap = new HashMap<>();
 
-    public SampleList(String sampleTableName, File sampleFile, boolean printDebugInformation) {
+    public SampleList(String sampleTableName, File sampleFile, String executionProjectId, boolean printDebugInformation) {
         if (sampleTableName != null) {
-            initializeMaps(new TableReference(sampleTableName, SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_FIELDS), printDebugInformation);
+            initializeMaps(new TableReference(sampleTableName, SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_FIELDS), executionProjectId, printDebugInformation);
         } else if (sampleFile != null) {
             initializeMaps(sampleFile);
         } else {
@@ -50,26 +48,8 @@ public Map<Long, String> getMap() {
         return sampleIdMap;
     }
 
-//    protected Map<String, Integer> getSampleNameMap(TableReference sampleTable, List<String> samples, boolean printDebugInformation) {
-//        Map<String, Integer> results = new HashMap<>();
-//        // create optional where clause
-//        String whereClause = "";
-//        if (samples != null && samples.size() > 0) {
-//            whereClause = " WHERE " + SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_NAME_FIELD_NAME + " in (\'" + StringUtils.join(samples, "\',\'") + "\') ";
-//        }
-//
-//        TableResult queryResults = querySampleTable(sampleTable.getFQTableName(), whereClause, printDebugInformation);
-//
-//        // Add our samples to our map:
-//        for (final FieldValueList row : queryResults.iterateAll()) {
-//            results.put(row.get(1).getStringValue(), (int) row.get(0).getLongValue());
-//        }
-//        return results;
-//    }
-
-
-    protected void initializeMaps(TableReference sampleTable, boolean printDebugInformation) {
-        TableResult queryResults = querySampleTable(sampleTable.getFQTableName(), "", printDebugInformation);
+    protected void initializeMaps(TableReference sampleTable, String executionProjectId, boolean printDebugInformation) {
+        TableResult queryResults = querySampleTable(sampleTable.getFQTableName(), "", executionProjectId, printDebugInformation);
 
         // Add our samples to our map:
         for (final FieldValueList row : queryResults.iterateAll()) {
@@ -95,15 +75,14 @@ protected void initializeMaps(File cohortSampleFile) {
         }
     }
 
-    private TableResult querySampleTable(String fqSampleTableName, String whereClause, boolean printDebugInformation) {
+    private TableResult querySampleTable(String fqSampleTableName, String whereClause, String executionProjectId, boolean printDebugInformation) {
         // Get the query string:
         final String sampleListQueryString =
                 "SELECT " + SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_ID_FIELD_NAME + ", " + SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_NAME_FIELD_NAME +
-                        " FROM `" + fqSampleTableName + "`" + whereClause;
+                " FROM `" + fqSampleTableName + "`" + whereClause;
 
-
-        // Execute the query:
-        final TableResult result = BigQueryUtils.executeQuery(sampleListQueryString);
+        // Execute the query:        
+        final TableResult result = BigQueryUtils.executeQuery(BigQueryUtils.getBigQueryEndPoint(executionProjectId) , sampleListQueryString, false);
 
         // Show our pretty results:
         if (printDebugInformation) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/ArrayExtractCohort.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/ArrayExtractCohort.java
index 8851c432315..2ea182cef93 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/ArrayExtractCohort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/ArrayExtractCohort.java
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ protected void onStartup() {
 
         vcfWriter = createVCFWriter(IOUtils.getPath(outputVcfPathString));
 
-        SampleList sampleIdMap = new SampleList(sampleTableName, cohortSampleFile, printDebugInformation);
+        SampleList sampleIdMap = new SampleList(sampleTableName, cohortSampleFile, readProjectID, printDebugInformation);
 //        Map<Integer, String> sampleIdMap;
         VCFHeader header = CommonCode.generateRawArrayVcfHeader(new HashSet<>(sampleIdMap.getSampleNames()), reference.getSequenceDictionary());
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/CreateImputedIngestFiles.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/CreateImputedIngestFiles.java
index 221e35626ef..6fd997b232c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/CreateImputedIngestFiles.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/arrays/CreateImputedIngestFiles.java
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public void onTraversalStart() {
         // Get sample name
         final VCFHeader inputVCFHeader = getHeaderForVariants();
         TableReference sampleTable = new TableReference(sampleListFQTablename, SchemaUtils.SAMPLE_FIELDS);
-        sampleNameMap = new SampleList(sampleListFQTablename, null, printDebugInformation);
+        sampleNameMap = new SampleList(sampleListFQTablename, null, null, printDebugInformation);
         tableToCreatorMap = new HashMap<>();
 
         Map<Integer, Set<String>> tableNumberToSampleList = new HashMap<>();
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/nextgen/ExtractCohort.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/nextgen/ExtractCohort.java
index a90362e374d..59583abd741 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/nextgen/ExtractCohort.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/tools/variantdb/nextgen/ExtractCohort.java
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class ExtractCohort extends ExtractTool {
     protected void onStartup() {
         super.onStartup();
 
-        SampleList sampleList = new SampleList(sampleTableName, sampleFileName, printDebugInformation);
+        SampleList sampleList = new SampleList(sampleTableName, sampleFileName, projectID, printDebugInformation);
         Set<String> sampleNames = new HashSet<>(sampleList.getSampleNames());
 
         VCFHeader header = CommonCode.generateVcfHeader(sampleNames, reference.getSequenceDictionary());
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
index c335bbf24db..845211290b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/broadinstitute/hellbender/utils/bigquery/BigQueryUtils.java
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ public static BigQuery getBigQueryEndPoint() {
         return BigQueryOptions.getDefaultInstance().getService();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * @param executionProjectId The google project that should be used to execute this query
+     *
+     * @return A {@link BigQuery} object that can be used to interact with a BigQuery data set.
+     */
+    public static BigQuery getBigQueryEndPoint(String executionProjectId) {
+        return (executionProjectId != null) ? BigQueryOptions.newBuilder().setProjectId(executionProjectId).build().getService() : getBigQueryEndPoint();
+    }
+
     /**
      * Executes the given {@code queryString} on the default instance of {@link BigQuery} as created by {@link #getBigQueryEndPoint()}.
      * Will block until results are returned.