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. 17 provisions worth $25.95M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $25.46M · 14
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $3.62M · 6
- David Cicilline Rep. RI · $2.83M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Agriculture $25.95M · 17
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 |
| 2022 | Pocasset River Flood Damage Reduction City of Cranston and Town of Johnston · RI | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $5.00M $2.95M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Public Safety Complex Town of New Shoreham · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator John Reed RI | $3.50M |
| 2023 | Town of Warren-Police Station Town of Warren · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Senator John Reed RI | $2.20M |
| 2024 | Pocasset River Watershed Flood Mitigation Project RI Association of Conservation Districts · RI | Department of Agriculture · Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $2.02M |
| 2022 | Holden Community Center City of Central Falls · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI, Representative David Cicilline RI | $2.00M |
| 2022 | Warren Fire and EMS Center Town of Warren · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Aquatic Diagnostics Laboratories Roger Williams University · RI | Department of Agriculture · Salaries and Expenses | Senator John Reed RI | $1.95M |
| 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 |
| 2022 | Esek Hopkins Reforestation Scituate Rhode Island Land Trust · RI | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator John Reed RI | $290.0K $290.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Modular Building Construction Cowden Street Collaborative dba Segue Institute · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $250.0K |
| 2024 | Richmond Radio Tower Town of Richmond · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator John Reed RI | $165.0K |
| 2022 | Cooperative Hub Fuerza Laboral · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $157.0K $157.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Richmond Police Station Renovations Town of Richmond · RI | Department of Agriculture · Community Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $150.0K $150.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Technical Assistance for Beginning Farmers African Alliance of Rhode Island · RI | Department of Agriculture · Conservation Operations | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $84.0K $84.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Senior Center Elevator Town of Richmond · RI | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Senator John Reed RI | $55.0K |
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.