Congressional earmarks in WV
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 17 provisions worth $71.90M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Shelley Moore Capito Sen. WV · $69.67M · 15
- Joe Manchin Sen. WV · $2.38M · 2
- Benjamin Cardin Sen. MD · $390.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $71.90M · 17
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Southern West Virginia Environmental Infrastructure, WV (Section 340) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $10.00M $48.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Southern West Virginia, Section 340, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $10.00M |
| 2023 | Central West Virginia Environmental Infrastructure, WV (Section 571) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $10.00M $5.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Northern West Virginia, Section 571, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $10.00M |
| 2024 | Kanawha River Locks and Dam, WV (Winfield Locks) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $8.00M |
| 2024 | Kanawha River Locks and Dam, WV (Marmet Service Bridge) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $7.20M |
| 2022 | Kanawha River Locks and Dams, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $6.90M $170.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Marrtown Sanitary Sewer Extension, Section 219, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $3.11M $822 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Kanawha River Streambank Stabilization, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 14 | Senator Joe Manchin WV | $1.84M $29.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Shepherdstown System Improvements, Section 571, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $1.67M $49.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Burnsville Lake, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $650.0K |
| 2024 | Bluestone Lake, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $600.0K |
| 2022 | Wheeling Elm Run Flash Flooding, Section 219, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV, Senator Joe Manchin WV | $546.0K $1.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Levisa and Tug Forks and Upper Cumberland River, VA, WV, & KY U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV, KY, VA | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Cumberland, MD & Ridgeley, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $390.0K $28.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Upper Guyandotte Feasibility Study, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $250.0K |
| 2023 | Upper Guyandotte Feasibility Study, WV U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · WV | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Shelley Capito WV | $250.0K $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.