Congressional earmarks in ME
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 $30.22M match.
By year
- FY2023 $30.22M · 6
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Angus S. King, Jr. Sen. ME · $30.22M · 6
- Susan M. Collins Sen. ME · $30.22M · 6
- Chellie Pingree Rep. ME · $12.33M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Commerce $30.22M · 6
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Innovation and Education Wing at Bigelow Laboratory Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences · ME | Department of Commerce · Construction | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME, Representative Chellie Pingree ME | $12.33M $12.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Construction of an Advanced-Manufacturing Materials Research Facility University of Maine System · ME | Department of Commerce · Construction | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $8.00M $7.92M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | PFAS Analytical Laboratory Equipment University of Maine System · ME | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Construction of a Coastal Research Deployment Facility University of New England · ME | Department of Commerce · Construction | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $3.50M $3.46M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Equipment for Lithium and Geological Research Maine Mineral and Gem Museum · ME | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $725.0K $725.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Support for Shellfish Research and Hatchery Activities Downeast Institute · ME | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $670.0K $669.9K 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.