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. 19 provisions worth $16.61M match.
By year
- FY2022 $16.61M · 19
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $16.51M · 18
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $16.51M · 18
- Peter DeFazio Rep. OR · $325.0K · 2
- Suzanne Bonamici Rep. OR · $93.5K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $16.61M · 19
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ochoco Irrigation District Watershed Projects Ochoco Irrigation District · OR | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $4.88M |
| 2022 | East Fork Irrigation Modernization East Fork Irrigation District · OR | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Wallowa Lake Dam Rehabilitation Project Wallowa Lake Irrigation District · OR | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.00M |
| 2022 | State of Oregon for Opal Creek Wilderness Economic Development Project · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Sustainable Northwest for Building Nursery and Recovery Infrastructure for Climate and Fire Resilient Oregon Forests · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $864.0K $864.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | McKay Irrigation Efficiency Project Deschutes River Conservancy · OR | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Oregon Department of Forestry for Oregon Statewide Fire Detection Cameras · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lomakatsi Restoration Project for Jacksonville Community Wildfire Protection Project · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Nature Conservancy for Equitable and Just Canopy Cover Greater Portland Area Project · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Long Tom Watershed Council for Willamette Valley Prescribed Fire Capacity · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Community Center in Response to Wildfire Recovery Detroit Lake Foundation · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Warm Springs Commissary Project Warm Springs Community Action Team · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $450.0K |
| 2022 | Willamalane Parks and Recreation District for a Fuels Reduction Project · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Peter DeFazio OR | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | McKenzie River Trust for a Floodplain Restoration Project · OR | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Peter DeFazio OR | $125.0K $125.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Oregon Food Bank Oregon Food Bank · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Banks Fire District EMS Equipment Banks Fire District #13 · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $93.5K $93.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Community Connection Food Bank Community Connection of Northeast Oregon · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $50.0K |
| 2022 | Fossil Library Friends of Fossil Library · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $50.0K |
| 2022 | Broadband Solar Trailers Sherman County Court · OR | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $50.0K $50.0K 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.