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. 8 provisions worth $9.93M match.
By year
- FY2022 $9.93M · 8
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $9.44M · 5
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $2.49M · 4
- David Cicilline Rep. RI · $2.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $9.93M · 8
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction City of Cranston and Town of Johnston · RI | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $5.00M $2.95M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Holden Community Center City of Central Falls · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI, Representative David Cicilline RI | $2.00M |
| 2022 | Warren Fire and EMS Center Town of Warren · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $2.00M |
| 2022 | Esek Hopkins Reforestation Scituate Rhode Island Land Trust · RI | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $290.0K $290.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Modular Building Construction Cowden Street Collaborative dba Segue Institute · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $250.0K |
| 2022 | Cooperative Hub Fuerza Laboral · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $157.0K $157.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Richmond Police Station Renovations Town of Richmond · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $150.0K $150.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Technical Assistance for Beginning Farmers African Alliance of Rhode Island · RI | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $84.0K $84.0K 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.