Congressional earmarks in TX
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 2 provisions worth $1.70M match.
By year
- FY2022 $1.70M · 2
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Sheila Jackson Lee Rep. TX · $1.50M · 1
- Filemon Vela Rep. TX · $200.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $1.70M · 2
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Houston Ship Channel (DMMP), TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Sheila Jackson Lee TX | $1.50M $593.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Representative Filemon Vela TX | $200.0K $154.1K 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.