Congressional earmarks in DE
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 13 provisions worth $11.18M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Lisa Blunt Rochester Rep. DE · $8.88M · 8
- Christopher A. Coons Sen. DE · $8.36M · 6
- Thomas Carper Sen. DE · $6.01M · 6
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $11.18M · 13
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | City of Harrington for roadway and water access expansion City of Harrington · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $3.35M |
| 2024 | Town of Milton Public Works Facility Town of Milton · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $2.05M |
| 2024 | Make it Real for the Rosa Health Care Center The Rosa Health Center, Inc. · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | CHEER, Inc. administrative service facility CHEER Inc. · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.00M |
| 2022 | New Castle Agricultural Programming Building Delaware State Fair, Inc · DE | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $937.5K $937.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Farm Incubator Module Delaware Department of Agriculture & Del. State U · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE, Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $866.0K |
| 2024 | Nanticoke Indian Association community center The Nanticoke Indian Association Inc · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $600.0K |
| 2024 | Delaware Center for Horticulture to Expand Urban Tree Canopy Delaware Center for Horticulture · DE | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Loop Canal and Lake Bethany Erosion Mitigation Project Town of Bethany Beach · DE | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Richard Allen Historic School Repair Richard Allen Coalition · DE | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $100.0K |
| 2022 | Milton Theatre Capital Improvements Calliope Project Inc · DE | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Capital Improvements to Historic Milton Theatre Calliope Project Inc · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $100.0K |
| 2024 | Growing Hope in Milford Food Bank of Delaware, Inc. · DE | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester DE | $84.5K |
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.