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. 4 provisions worth $8.32M match.
By year
- FY2023 $8.32M · 4
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $8.32M · 4
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $1.13M · 2
- David Cicilline Rep. RI · $825.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $8.32M · 4
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Pocasset River Watershed Flood Mitigation Project Rhode Island Association of Conservation Districts · RI | Department of Agriculture · Natural Resource Conservation Service - Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Warren-Police Station Town of Warren · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator John Reed RI | $2.20M |
| 2023 | Touisset Fire Protection Town of Warren · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI, Representative David Cicilline RI | $825.0K |
| 2023 | Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management for a tree planting program · RI | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $300.0K $300.0K 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.