Congressional earmarks in RI
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 $2.54M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $2.54M · 10
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $50.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $2.54M · 10
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Little Narragansett Bay, CT & RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI, CT | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Project Condition Surveys, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $435.0K |
| 2024 | Great Salt Pond, Block Island, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $400.0K |
| 2024 | Block Island Harbor of Refuge, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $400.0K |
| 2024 | Rhode Island Coastline, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator John Reed RI | $300.0K |
| 2022 | Fox Point Hurricane Barrier, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $225.0K $164.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Woonsocket Local Protection Project, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator John Reed RI | $125.0K $68.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rose Larisa Park, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 103 | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $50.0K $28.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Silver Creek, Bristol, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 205 | Senator John Reed RI | $50.0K $7.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Watch Hill Lighthouse, RI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · RI | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 14 | Senator John Reed RI | $50.0K $45.5K 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.