Congressional earmarks in OR
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 23 provisions worth $45.44M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $44.98M · 22
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $44.98M · 22
- Peter DeFazio Rep. OR · $6.89M · 1
- Kurt Schrader Rep. OR · $6.20M · 1
- Earl Blumenauer Rep. OR · $732.0K · 1
- Maria Cantwell Sen. WA · $500.0K · 1
- Patty Murray Sen. WA · $500.0K · 1
- Peter Defazio Rep. OR · $460.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $45.44M · 23
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 |
| 2022 | Coos Bay, OR (Major Maintenance) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Peter DeFazio OR | $6.89M $6.82M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Willamette River at Willamette Falls, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Kurt Schrader OR | $6.20M $2.27M 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 |
| 2024 | Columbia and Lower Willamette Rivers below Vancouver, WA and Portland, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR, WA | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $4.00M |
| 2024 | Lost Creek Lake, Cole Rivers Hatchery, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.60M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Cole Rivers Hatchery, Lost Creek Lake, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.61M $1.58M 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 |
| 2024 | Willamette River Environmental Dredging, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $940.0K |
| 2024 | Tillamook Bay & Bar, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $748.0K |
| 2022 | Willamette River Environmental Dredging, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $732.0K $329.2K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Coos Bay, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $720.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | The Dalles Lock and Dam, WA & OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR, WA | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Patty Murray WA, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K |
| 2023 | City of Springfield, 42nd Street Levee, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 205 | Representative Peter Defazio OR | $460.0K $30.2K 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 |
| 2024 | Applegate Lake, Cole Rivers Hatchery, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $334.0K |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Cole Rivers Hatchery, Applegate Lake, OR U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · OR | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $207.0K $132.6K 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.