Congressional earmarks in AL
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 22 provisions worth $147.52M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Richard Shelby Sen. AL · $91.87M · 17
- Katie Boyd Britt Sen. AL · $54.56M · 4
- Tommy Tuberville Sen. AL · $20.68M · 1
- Jerry Carl Rep. AL · $3.02M · 1
- Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. Rep. GA · $1.08M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $147.52M · 22
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mobile Harbor, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $32.00M $31.68M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint Rivers, GA, AL and FL (George W. Andrews Lock) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL, GA, FL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Katie Britt AL, Senator Thomas Tuberville AL | $20.68M |
| 2024 | Black Warrior and Tombigbee (BWT) Rivers, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Katie Britt AL | $12.12M |
| 2024 | Mobile Harbor, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Katie Britt AL | $11.25M |
| 2024 | Alabama River Lakes, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Katie Britt AL | $10.51M |
| 2022 | Alabama River Lakes, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $8.38M $8.29M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Black Warrior & Tombigbee Rivers (BWT), AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $7.25M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Dauphin Island Bay, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $7.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Alabama River Lakes, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $6.70M $6.44M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Bayou La Batre, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $4.97M $4.90M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Bon Secour River, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $4.49M $4.05M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Tennessee—Tombigbee Waterway (TTWW), AL and MS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL & MS | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $4.00M $3.94M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Black Warrior and Tombigbee (BWT) Rivers, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $3.20M $3.16M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Dauphin Island Bay, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL, Representative Jerry Carl AL | $3.02M $2.91M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Bayou Coden, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $3.00M $2.91M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers Deepening Study, AL & MS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $2.60M $414.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Walter F. George Lock and Dam, AL & GA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $2.25M $77.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Perdido Pass Channel, AL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $2.00M $1.97M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, FL, AL & GA (Lake Seminole) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL, GA, FL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Sanford Bishop GA | $1.08M |
| 2022 | Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway and Black Warrior and Tombigbee Rivers Deepening Study, AL and MS U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL & MS | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $400.0K $399.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Apalachicola, Chattahoochee, and Flint (ACF) Rivers, GA, AL and FL (George W. Andrews Lake, AL) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $356.0K $101.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Jim Woodruff Lock and Dam, FL, AL & GA (Lake Seminole) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AL | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Richard Shelby AL | $250.0K $95.5K 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.