Congressional earmarks in LA
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 5 provisions worth $8.61M match.
By year
- FY2023 $8.61M · 5
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Bill Cassidy Sen. LA · $8.61M · 5
- Garret Graves Rep. LA · $4.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $8.61M · 5
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sugarcane Research Unit Improvements USDA-ARS Sugarcane Research Unit · LA | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator Bill Cassidy LA, Representative Garret Graves LA | $4.00M |
| 2023 | Coushatta Tribe Education Facility Coushatta Tribe · LA | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Bill Cassidy LA | $3.00M |
| 2023 | Town of Farmerville Teen Center and Facility Improvements Town of Farmerville · LA | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Bill Cassidy LA | $713.0K |
| 2023 | West Nile Virus Wildlife Conservation Research LA Department of Wildlife and Fisheries · LA | Department of Agriculture · Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service | Senator Bill Cassidy LA | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Expanding Telehealth Services, Evangeline Parish, LA Acadiana Planning Commission · LA | Department of Agriculture · Rural Utilities Service - Distance Learning, Telemedicine Program | Senator Bill Cassidy LA | $400.0K $400.0K 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.