Congressional earmarks in CO
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 $4.31M match.
By year
- FY2023 $4.31M · 5
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Michael F. Bennet Sen. CO · $2.54M · 3
- John W. Hickenlooper Sen. CO · $2.54M · 3
- Jason Crow Rep. CO · $2.46M · 3
- Ed Perlmutter Rep. CO · $549.4K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $4.31M · 5
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Fort Lewis College, CO, for a nursing workforce education degree program · CO | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $1.30M $1.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, CO for afterschool programs · CO | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Jason Crow CO | $1.21M $1.21M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO for a rural public health certificate program, including student project support · CO | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO, Representative Jason Crow CO | $783.6K $783.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Boys and Girls Club of Metro Denver, CO for afterschool and summer programming · CO | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Ed Perlmutter CO | $549.4K $549.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Center, Aurora, CO for an injury and violence prevention center, including scholarships · CO | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO, Representative Jason Crow CO | $460.6K $460.6K 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.