Congressional earmarks in MD
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 19 provisions worth $24.08M match.
By year
- FY2022 $24.08M · 19
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Benjamin Cardin Sen. MD · $10.89M · 6
- Chris Van Hollen Sen. MD · $8.08M · 9
- Steny H. Hoyer Rep. MD · $4.92M · 2
- Anthony Brown Rep. MD · $4.00M · 1
- C. A. Ruppersberger Rep. MD · $3.73M · 3
- John Sarbanes Rep. MD · $2.58M · 2
- David Trone Rep. MD · $1.65M · 3
- Jamie Raskin Rep. MD · $1.40M · 3
- Kweisi Mfume Rep. MD · $475.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Health and Human Services $24.08M · 19
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mary Harvin Transformation Center CDC, MD, for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | County of Prince George's Department of Health, Largo, MD, for a telehealth initiative, including purchase of equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Anthony Brown MD, Representative Steny Hoyer MD | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Choptank Community Health System, MD, for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $2.89M $2.89M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Baltimore, MD for facilities and equipment and a telehealth initiative · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $2.33M $2.33M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | University of Maryland, Baltimore School of Nursing, MD, for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Ashley Addiction Treatment Center, MD, to provide mental health services · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $1.15M $1.15M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lourie Center for Infants and Young Children, Inc., MD, to provide services to children experiencing trauma · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $970.0K $970.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Medstar Southern Maryland Hospital Center, Clinton, MD for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Steny Hoyer MD | $925.0K $925.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Sheppard Pratt, MD, to provide mental health care services · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $917.0K $917.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Harbor Hospital, Inc., Baltimore, MD for a telehealth initiative, including the purchase of equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD | $875.0K $875.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Frederick County Government, Frederick, MD for a behavioral health Crisis Stabilization Center · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD, Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative Jamie Raskin MD, Representative David Trone MD | $850.0K $850.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Ashley, Inc., Havre de Grace, MD for a substance use treatment program partnership to identify, implement, and broadly disseminate new forms of SUD treatment targeted to underserved populations · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative C. A. Ruppersberger MD | $525.0K $525.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Grassroots Crisis Intervention Center, Inc., MD, for behavioral health care services · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Washington County Health Department, Hagerstown, MD for behavioral health crisis treatment services · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Representative David Trone MD | $475.0K $475.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Baltimore City Health Department, Baltimore, MD for a mobile unit providing clinical SUD treatment and other services · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative Kweisi Mfume MD | $475.0K $475.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | EveryMind, Rockville, MD for telehealth · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative David Trone MD | $325.0K $325.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Greater Washington Jewish Coalition Against Domestic Abuse, Rockville, MD to provide mental health and other support services for domestic violence survivors and their families · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Senator Christopher Van Hollen MD, Representative Jamie Raskin MD | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Muslim Community Center, Inc., Silver Spring, MD for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Jamie Raskin MD, Representative John Sarbanes MD | $250.0K $250.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Gaudenzia, Inc., MD, for facilities and equipment · MD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Senator Benjamin Cardin MD | $83.0K $83.0K 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.