Earmarks requested by Jeff Merkley
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $51.64M match.
Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat, OR) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2022 $51.64M · 7
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $51.64M · 7
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $51.64M · 7
- Peter DeFazio Rep. OR · $6.89M · 1
- Kurt Schrader Rep. OR · $6.20M · 1
- Maria Cantwell Sen. WA · $1.20M · 1
- Patty Murray Sen. WA · $1.20M · 1
- Earl Blumenauer Rep. OR · $732.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $51.64M · 7
By state: WA $36.00M · OR $15.64M
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Columbia River Fish Mitigation, WA, OR, ID (CRFM) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WA, OR, & ID | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $34.80M $34.44M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Coos Bay, OR (Major Maintenance) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Peter DeFazio OR | $6.89M $6.82M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Willamette River at Willamette Falls, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Kurt Schrader OR | $6.20M $2.27M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Cole Rivers Hatchery, Lost Creek Lake, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.61M $1.58M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Dalles Tribal Village Development Plan, WA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WA | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Patty Murray WA, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.20M $69.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Willamette River Environmental Dredging, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $732.0K $329.2K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Cole Rivers Hatchery, Applegate Lake, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $207.0K $132.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
Enacted earmarks from GAO's Tracking the Funds data (FY2022-FY2024). FY2025 had none (a full-year continuing resolution); FY2026's are enacted but not yet in GAO's data. Amounts are what the law provided, not what was spent. Source: GAO, Tracking the Funds. Requesters are matched to today's members of Congress by name and state; former members show as GAO wrote them.