Congressional earmarks in OK
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $18.03M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- James Inhofe Sen. OK · $10.83M · 5
- Frank D. Lucas Rep. OK · $7.26M · 4
- Tom Cole Rep. OK · $6.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $18.03M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hospital Facility Upgrades Comanche County Hospital Authority · OK | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Tom Cole OK | $6.00M |
| 2023 | Wheat, Peanut, and Other Field Crops Research Unit Facility Improvements Wheat, Peanut, and Other Field Crops Research Unit · OK | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator James Inhofe OK | $4.18M $305.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit Facilities Improvements USDA ARS - Hydraulic Engineering Research Unit · OK | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Frank Lucas OK | $3.25M $212.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Southern Plain Range Research Station (SPRRS) Facilities Improvements USDA-ARS, Southern Plains Range Research Station · OK | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Frank Lucas OK | $1.54M |
| 2023 | Grazinglands Research Laboratory ARS-Grazinglands Research Laboratory · OK | Department of Agriculture · Agricultural Research Service | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Frank Lucas OK | $1.26M $104.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | ARS Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center Greenhouse Renovation Project, El Reno, OK Oklahoma and Central Plains Agricultural Research Center · OK | Department of Agriculture · Buildings and Facilities | Representative Frank Lucas OK | $1.20M |
| 2022 | Biorepository Oklahoma Department of Agriculture · OK | Department of Agriculture · APHIS S&E | Senator James Inhofe OK | $594.0K $594.0K 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.