Congressional earmarks in AR
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 9 provisions worth $212.30M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Eric A. "Rick" Crawford Rep. AR · $107.30M · 2
- John Boozman Sen. AR · $102.00M · 6
- Steve Cohen Rep. TN · $3.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $212.30M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, Three Rivers, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Rick Crawford AR | $103.17M |
| 2022 | Bayou Meto Basin, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $24.00M $1.94M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Grand Prairie Region, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $20.00M |
| 2024 | Bayou Meto Basin, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $19.00M |
| 2023 | Bayou Meto Basin, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $14.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Grand Prairie Region, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $13.00M $12.98M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Grand Prairie Region, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Senator John Boozman AR | $12.00M $337.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System, AR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Rick Crawford AR | $4.13M |
| 2022 | Channel Improvement, AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO & TN (Tom Lee Park) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · AR, IL, KY, LA, MS, MO, & TN | Army Corps of Engineers · Mississippi River and Tributaries | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $0 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.