Congressional earmarks in TX
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 18 provisions worth $446.49M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. Rep. TX · $368.11M · 5
- Brian Babin Rep. TX · $33.45M · 2
- Sheila Jackson Lee Rep. TX · $26.31M · 2
- Wesley Hunt Rep. TX · $24.81M · 1
- Bruce Westerman Rep. AR · $6.00M · 1
- Dan Crenshaw Rep. TX · $5.42M · 2
- Vicente Gonzalez Rep. TX · $2.02M · 1
- Colin Allred Rep. TX · $2.00M · 1
- Veronica Escobar Rep. TX · $1.98M · 2
- Pete Sessions Rep. TX · $1.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $446.49M · 18
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Randy Weber TX | $167.40M $38.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sabine-Neches Waterway, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Randy Weber TX | $100.00M |
| 2023 | Freeport Harbor, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Randy Weber TX | $90.66M $34.96M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Houston Ship Channel, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Brian Babin TX | $29.75M |
| 2024 | Houston Ship Channel, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Wesley Hunt TX, Representative Sheila Jackson Lee TX | $24.81M |
| 2024 | Texas City Ship Channel, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Randy Weber TX | $9.55M |
| 2024 | Red River Below Denison Dam, LA, AR & TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX, LA, AR | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Bruce Westerman AR | $6.00M |
| 2024 | Cedar Bayou, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Brian Babin TX | $3.70M |
| 2023 | Texas Environmental Infrastructure Program, TX (Bear Branch Dam Modification) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Daniel Crenshaw TX | $3.60M $32.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Resacas at Brownsville, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Vicente Gonzalez TX | $2.02M |
| 2024 | White Rock Lake, Section 5140, Dallas, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Colin Allred TX | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Texas, Section 5138 (San Jacinto River Wastewater System) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Daniel Crenshaw TX | $1.82M |
| 2022 | Houston Ship Channel (DMMP), TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Sheila Jackson Lee TX | $1.50M $593.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Paso County, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Waco Lake, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Pete Sessions TX | $1.00M $274.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | El Paso County, Section 219, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $975.0K |
| 2023 | Beneficial Use of Dredged Material Pilot Program (Hickory Cove Marsh and Living Shoreline, TX) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Randy Weber TX | $500.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lower Rio Grande Valley Watershed Assessment, TX U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TX | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Representative Filemon Vela TX | $200.0K $154.1K 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.