Congressional earmarks in ID
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 11 provisions worth $30.07M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Michael K. Simpson Rep. ID · $30.07M · 11
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $30.07M · 11
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Shoshone Bannock Tribal Fire Station Shoshone Bannock Tribe · ID | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $7.00M $7.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Fire Station Improvements The Shelley Firth Fire District · ID | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $4.30M |
| 2022 | US Sheep Experiment Station Infrastructure Improvements US Sheep Experiment Station · ID | Department of Agriculture · Buildings and Facilities | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $4.20M $290.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Rock Creek Conservation and Water Quality Enhancement City of Twin Falls · ID | Department of Agriculture · Natural Resource Conservation Service - Conservation Operations | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $4.00M |
| 2023 | Jerome Education and Training Center College of Southern Idaho · ID | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $3.30M |
| 2024 | ARS Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment, Kimberly, ID University of Idaho · ID | Department of Agriculture · Buildings and Facilities | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Public Facilities Improvements Butte County, ID · ID | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $1.85M |
| 2024 | Rock Creek Conservation City of Twin Falls, ID · ID | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Idaho Center for Agriculture, Food, and the Environment University of Idaho · ID | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $1.00M $5.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | McCammon Fire Station City of McCammon · ID | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $813.8K $813.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Custer County Court Annex Building Custer County Commissioners · ID | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Michael Simpson ID | $600.0K |
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.