Congressional earmarks in PR

Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 3 provisions worth $9.24M match.

Clear

By year

FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.

Requesting members

  • Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon Rep. PR · $9.24M · 3

A project with several requesters counts for each of them.

By agency

Largest provisions

FYProject and recipientAgencyRequested byAmount
2023Aerospace Research Institute University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus · PRDepartment of Commerce · ConstructionResident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon PR$7.50M
$7.42M obligated by 9/30/23
2023Center for Food Security and Sustainable Agriculture Institute for Sustainable Biotechnology at the Inter-American University of Puerto Rico · PRDepartment of Commerce · ConstructionResident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon PR$942.0K
$932.6K obligated by 9/30/23
2024Mangrove Restoration and Rehabilitation The Ocean Foundation · PRDepartment of Commerce · NOAA–CZM (Coastal Zone Management)Resident Commissioner Jenniffer Gonzalez-Colon PR$802.0K

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.