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. 10 provisions worth $19.51M match.
Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat, OR) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $19.51M · 10
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $19.51M · 10
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $19.51M · 10
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $19.51M · 10
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Coos Bay, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $10.53M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Columbia River Channel Improvements, OR & WA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $4.00M $3.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lost Creek Lake, OR (Cole Rivers Hatchery) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $2.00M $1.42M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | John Day Lock & Dam, OR & WA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $960.0K $478.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Umpqua River, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $702.0K $448.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Willamette River Environmental Dredging, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $374.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tillamook Bay and Bar, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $330.0K $187.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Coquille River, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $320.0K $29.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Applegate Lake, OR (Cole Rivers Hatchery) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $247.0K $82.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Skipanon Channel, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $50.0K $48.9K 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.