Congressional earmarks in VA
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $26.80M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Mark R. Warner Sen. VA · $23.80M · 5
- Tim Kaine Sen. VA · $18.00M · 4
- Elaine Luria Rep. VA · $10.50M · 1
- H. Morgan Griffith Rep. VA · $3.00M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Defense $26.80M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Intelligence Group Facility · VA | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Air Force Reserve | Senator Mark Warner VA, Senator Timothy Kaine VA, Representative Elaine Luria VA | $10.50M $10.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Aircraft Maintenance Hangar: Planning and Design · VA | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Mark Warner VA | $5.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Army Reserve Center: Planning and Design Richmond · VA | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army Reserve | Senator Timothy Kaine VA, Senator Mark Warner VA | $4.00M |
| 2023 | Child Development Center: Planning and Design · VA | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps | Senator Mark Warner VA, Senator Timothy Kaine VA | $2.30M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Research and Development of Next Generation Explosives and Propellants Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA · VA | Department of Defense · RDTE,DW | Representative H. Griffith VA | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Child Development Center: Planning and Design · VA | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Navy & Marine Corps | Senator Mark Warner VA, Senator Timothy Kaine VA | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Next Generation Explosives and Propellants VA Tech University, Blacksburg, VA · VA | Department of Defense · RDTE,DW | Representative H. Griffith VA | $1.00M $943.4K 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.