Congressional earmarks in MD
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 6 provisions worth $9.64M match.
By year
- FY2023 $9.64M · 6
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Chris Van Hollen Sen. MD · $9.64M · 6
- Benjamin Cardin Sen. MD · $9.64M · 6
- David Trone Rep. MD · $4.00M · 1
- C. A. Ruppersberger Rep. MD · $2.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Commerce $9.64M · 6
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Mount St. Mary's Expanding STEM Access, Innovation and Workforce Development in Rural Maryland Mount St. Mary's University · MD | Department of Commerce · Construction | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative David Trone MD | $4.00M $3.96M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Center for Equitable Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning Morgan State University · MD | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | STEM Diversity in Research Opportunities Collaboration Bowie State University · MD | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Morgan State University's PEARL Lab Student Research Enhancements Morgan State University · MD | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Oyster Research to Enhance Resiliency University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science · MD | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $960.0K $960.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Oyster Restoration in the St. Mary's River Shellfish Sanctuary St. Mary's River Watershed Association · MD | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $185.0K $185.0K 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.