Congressional earmarks in OK
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 6 provisions worth $7.01M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- James Inhofe Sen. OK · $6.16M · 5
- Stephanie I. Bice Rep. OK · $3.85M · 2
- Tom Cole Rep. OK · $1.56M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $7.01M · 6
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Oklahoma State University - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma City, OK for an education program, including the purchase of equipment and information technology · OK | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Stephanie Bice OK | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Oklahoma State University Institute of Technology, OK, for technical education programming, including the purchase of equipment and technology · OK | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator James Inhofe OK | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma City, OK for a workforce development program · OK | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Stephanie Bice OK | $850.0K $850.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Mid-America Christian University, Oklahoma City, OK for a counseling center, which will provide clinical training, training for center staff, and the purchase of equipment · OK | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Tom Cole OK | $850.0K $850.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Mid-America Christian University , OK, for STEM education, including the purchase of equipment and technology · OK | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator James Inhofe OK, Representative Tom Cole OK | $714.0K $714.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Rose State College , OK, for STEM education, including the purchase of equipment and technology · OK | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator James Inhofe OK | $96.0K $96.0K 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.