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. 8 provisions worth $13.05M match.
By year
- FY2022 $13.05M · 8
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Henry Cuellar Rep. TX · $7.21M · 3
- Veronica Escobar Rep. TX · $2.85M · 1
- Pete Sessions Rep. TX · $1.50M · 1
- Eddie Johnson Rep. TX · $630.0K · 1
- Tony Gonzales Rep. TX · $562.5K · 1
- Vicente Gonzalez Rep. TX · $304.5K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $13.05M · 8
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | El Faro Road Flood Mitigation Sullivan City · TX | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $3.54M |
| 2022 | Cotton Valley Broadband Expansion County of El Paso · TX | Department of Agriculture · ReConnect | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $2.85M |
| 2022 | Starr County Courthouse Rio Grande City · TX | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $2.39M |
| 2022 | Bremond Broadband Expansion Brazos Valley Council of Governments · TX | Department of Agriculture · ReConnect | Representative Pete Sessions TX | $1.50M |
| 2022 | La Joya Fire Station Town of La Joya · TX | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $1.27M |
| 2022 | Texas A&M University System for an Urban Forestry Project · TX | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Representative Eddie Johnson TX | $630.0K $630.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Medina County Senior Center Medina County Senior Center, Inc · TX | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $562.5K |
| 2022 | Brooks County VFW VFW Lopez Williams Post · TX | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Vicente Gonzalez TX | $304.5K |
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.