Congressional earmarks in AZ
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 27 provisions worth $29.22M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Kyrsten Sinema Sen. AZ · $22.72M · 19
- Mark Kelly Sen. AZ · $20.77M · 17
- Juan Ciscomani Rep. AZ · $3.13M · 3
- Ann Kirkpatrick Rep. AZ · $2.77M · 2
- Thomas O'halleran Rep. AZ · $2.13M · 2
- Thomas O'Halleran Rep. AZ · $2.00M · 1
- Raul Grijalva Rep. AZ · $1.06M · 3
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $1.00M · 1
- Raúl Grijalva Rep. AZ · $66.8K · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $29.22M · 27
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | City of Flagstaff for Flagstaff Watershed Protection Project · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Pinetop Wildland Fire Response Station Pinetop Fire District · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $3.27M |
| 2023 | Little Colorado Area Irrigation Efficiency and Conservation Project Foundation for Little Colorado Revitalization · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $2.07M |
| 2023 | Tubac Fire District Fire Station Tubac Fire District · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Multi-Purpose Community Building Town of Pima, AZ · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Juan Ciscomani AZ | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Coconino County for Regional Wildfire Prevention Projects Coconino County · AZ | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $2.00M |
| 2022 | Superior Entrepreneurship and Innovation Center Town of Superior · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Thomas O'Halleran AZ | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Mt Lemmon Fire District Fire Station Remodel and Expansion Mt. Lemmon Fire District · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Ann Kirkpatrick AZ | $1.67M |
| 2023 | U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center U.S. Arid Land Agricultural Research Center · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $1.48M |
| 2023 | Coconino County Tribal Nations Service Center Coconino County · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Thomas O'halleran AZ | $1.38M |
| 2022 | Cochise County Animal Shelter Cochise County · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Ann Kirkpatrick AZ | $1.10M $1.10M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Navajo Nation Animal Shelter Navajo Nation Division of Natural Resources · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Hospital Facilities Improvements Northern Cochise Community Hospital · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Representative Juan Ciscomani AZ | $859.0K |
| 2023 | Michaelson Building Incubator Workforce Development Project City of Globe · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Thomas O'halleran AZ | $750.0K |
| 2023 | Agricultural Research Service Facility Upgrades Agricultural Research Service - Tucson · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $698.0K $57.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Gila County for Gila County Wildfire Protection · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $609.0K $609.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter Santa Cruz County · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Raul Grijalva AZ | $500.0K |
| 2022 | U.S. Forest Service for All-weather surface on Forest Road 512, Tonto NF · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Construction Projects | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $472.0K $472.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Douglas Police Department Headquarters City of Douglas · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Raul Grijalva AZ | $455.0K |
| 2024 | Huachuca City Fire Protection Town of Huachuca City · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $336.0K |
| 2024 | Pleasant Valley Veterans Retreat Gila County · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $333.0K |
| 2024 | Drainage Mitigation and Design Project Town of Duncan, AZ · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ, Representative Juan Ciscomani AZ | $274.0K |
| 2022 | Rodeo Drive Improvements Town of Chino Valley · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $240.0K |
| 2024 | Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. Chiricahua Community Health Centers, Inc. · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Raul Grijalva AZ | $102.4K |
| 2024 | Colorado City Flood Control Project Town of Colorado City · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator Mark Kelly AZ, Senator Kyrsten Sinema AZ | $55.0K |
| 2022 | Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum for an Invasive Plant Treatment and Hazardous Fuels Reduction Project · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Representative Raúl Grijalva AZ | $50.0K $50.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Desert Valley Senior Center Desert Valley Senior Center · AZ | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Raúl Grijalva AZ | $16.8K |
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.