Congressional earmarks in VT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 9 provisions worth $34.69M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Patrick Leahy Sen. VT · $28.27M · 6
- Bernard Sanders Sen. VT · $11.09M · 4
- Peter Welch Sen. VT · $4.75M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Defense $34.69M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Readiness Center · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $16.90M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | National Guard Readiness Center Add/Alt: Unspecified Minor Construction Ethan Allen Firing Range · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Bernard Sanders VT, Senator Peter Welch VT | $4.75M |
| 2022 | Family Readiness Center: Unspecified Minor Construction · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT, Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $4.67M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Cantonment Area for Training: Planning and Design · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Civil Support Team Facility: Planning and Design · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $1.30M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Micro-Grid System: Planning and Design · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $1.17M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Cyber Operations Squadron Building: Planning and Design · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Air National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Gold Star Pavilion: Unspecified Minor Construction · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $900.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Castle Trail Bypass (All Season Road): Planning and Design · VT | Department of Defense · Military Construction, Army National Guard | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $500.0K $0 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.