Congressional earmarks in DE
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 11 provisions worth $34.83M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Thomas Carper Sen. DE · $34.11M · 10
- Christopher A. Coons Sen. DE · $17.11M · 8
- Lisa Blunt Rochester Rep. DE · $1.72M · 2
- John Fetterman Sen. PA · $715.0K · 1
- Robert Casey Sen. PA · $715.0K · 1
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $715.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $34.83M · 11
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Delaware River, Philadelphia to the Sea, NJ, PA and DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE, NJ, PA | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $10.00M |
| 2022 | Delaware Coast, Rehoboth Beach to Dewey Beach, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $7.65M $5.28M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Intracoastal Waterway, Rehoboth Bay to Delaware Bay, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $7.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Delaware Coast, Cape Henlopen to Fenwick Island, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $4.00M $1.31M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Delaware Coast Protection, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.20M $1.14M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Cedar Creek, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.11M $65.2K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | New Castle, Section 219, DE (Little Mill Creek) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Sussex, Section 219, DE (Town of Dewey Beach) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Sussex, Section 219, DE (Oak Orchard) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | River Basin Commissions (Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions: Delaware River Basin Commission) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE, NJ, PA | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Robert Casey PA, Senator John Fetterman PA, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $715.0K |
| 2023 | Delaware Coast Protection, DE U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · DE | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $150.0K $3.7K 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.