Congressional earmarks in WA
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 20 provisions worth $50.83M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Patty Murray Sen. WA · $41.85M · 13
- Maria Cantwell Sen. WA · $21.95M · 9
- Pramila Jayapal Rep. WA · $6.29M · 4
- Cathy McMorris Rodgers Rep. WA · $5.00M · 1
- Marilyn Strickland Rep. WA · $1.00M · 1
- Kurt Schrader Rep. OR · $892.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Commerce $50.83M · 20
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hot Cell Facility Construction Washington State University · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–Construction of Research Facilities | Senator Patty Murray WA | $7.64M |
| 2024 | Interdisciplinary Engineering Building Equipment University of Washington · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Patty Murray WA | $5.00M |
| 2023 | Upper Columbia United Tribes Salmon Reintroduction Project Upper Columbia United Tribes · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA, Representative Cathy McMorris Rodgers WA | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Advanced Nano & Quantum Systems University of Washington · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Representative Pramila Jayapal WA | $3.50M |
| 2023 | Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Northwest Straits Commission · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Patty Murray WA | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Northwest Straits Marine Conservation Initiative Northwest Straits Commission · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Patty Murray WA | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Molecular Analysis Facility Instrumentation University of Washington · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.80M |
| 2023 | Quantum Technologies Teaching and Testbed (QT3) University of Washington · WA | Department of Commerce · STRS | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Transmission Electron Microscope Washington State University · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.50M |
| 2024 | Milgard Engineering Labs Buildout University of Washington Tacoma · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.50M |
| 2024 | Advanced Technology Laboratory and Research Equipment Western Washington University · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.42M |
| 2024 | Acquisition of Laboratory Equipment The Evergreen State College · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Patty Murray WA | $2.13M |
| 2024 | West Coast Whale Conservation Plan NEPA Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · WA | Department of Commerce · NOAA–ORF (Operations, Research, and Facilities) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Integrated Science and Engineering Facility Gonzaga University · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA | $1.85M |
| 2023 | Equity and Ecosystem Health Through Water Column Observation Regents of the University of Washington · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Senator Maria Cantwell WA, Senator Patty Murray WA, Representative Pramila Jayapal WA | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Center for Urban Waters - Protecting Salmon from Toxic Chemicals University of Washington Tacoma · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Representative Marilyn Strickland WA | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Seattle Additive Manufacturing Lab & Community Experiential Learning Space Northeastern University Seattle · WA | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Pramila Jayapal WA | $963.0K |
| 2022 | Columbia River Pinniped Removal Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Representative Kurt Schrader OR | $892.0K $892.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Targeted Acoustic Startle Technology (TAST) at the Ballard Locks Oceans Initiative · WA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Representative Pramila Jayapal WA | $322.0K $322.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Protecting Southern Resident Killer Whales from the Acoustic and Physical Impacts of Large Commercial Vessels Maritime Blue · WA | Department of Commerce · NOAA–ORF (Operations, Research, and Facilities) | Senator Maria Cantwell WA | $300.0K |
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.