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. 5 provisions worth $6.71M match.
By year
- FY2023 $6.71M · 5
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $4.46M · 4
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $3.91M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Commerce $6.71M · 5
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Blue Tech Initiative University of Rhode Island · RI | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $2.25M |
| 2023 | Habitat Restoration Strategies for Rhode Island Waters Save the Bay · RI | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $1.66M $1.66M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Aquaculture Resilience University of Rhode Island · RI | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $1.30M $1.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Quantum Information Science Research Initiative University of Rhode Island · RI | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator John Reed RI | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Cooperative Fisheries Research, Gear Development, and Gear Removal Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation · RI | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator John Reed RI | $500.0K $500.0K 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.