Congressional earmarks in MS
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 8 provisions worth $15.46M match.
By year
- FY2022 $15.46M · 8
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Cindy Hyde-Smith Sen. MS · $10.40M · 3
- Bennie G. Thompson Rep. MS · $5.06M · 5
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $15.46M · 8
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mississippi Flood mitigation Mississippi Watershed Operations · MS | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith MS | $8.40M $8.40M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | IT Montgomery Home Restoration BDT Housing Services Enterprise · MS | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Bennie Thompson MS | $2.25M $2.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation Facility Revitalization Fannie Lou Hamer Cancer Foundation · MS | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Bennie Thompson MS | $2.25M |
| 2022 | Mississippi Forestry Commission for Mississippi Cogongrass Control Program · MS | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith MS | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | U.S. Forest Service for A community-based master recreation plan and recreational improvements at Lake Okhissa, Homochitto NF · MS | Department of Agriculture · Construction Projects | Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith MS | $1.00M $53.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Mississippi Delta Disaster Relief Shelter Central Mississippi, Inc · MS | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Bennie Thompson MS | $300.0K |
| 2022 | Bolivar County Community Facility City of Rosedale · MS | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Bennie Thompson MS | $225.0K |
| 2022 | Cary Christian Center Facility Cary Christian Center · MS | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Bennie Thompson MS | $37.5K |
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.