Congressional earmarks in TX
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 $51.61M match.
By year
- FY2023 $51.61M · 9
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Randy K. Weber, Sr. Rep. TX · $20.00M · 2
- Elizabeth Fletcher Rep. TX · $10.63M · 2
- Al Green Rep. TX · $10.15M · 2
- Dan Crenshaw Rep. TX · $7.50M · 1
- Henry Cuellar Rep. TX · $2.97M · 1
- Tony Gonzales Rep. TX · $375.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Homeland Security $51.61M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Galveston 59th Street Water Storage Tank City of Galveston · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Randy Weber TX | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Galveston Causeway Waterline Project City of Galveston · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Randy Weber TX | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Poor Farm Ditch Conveyance Improvements Harris County Flood Control District · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Elizabeth Fletcher TX | $9.89M $9.89M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Channel Conveyance Improvements to C147-00-00 Harris County Flood Control District · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Al Green TX | $9.89M $9.89M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lake Houston Dam Spillway Improvement Project City of Houston · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Daniel Crenshaw TX | $7.50M $7.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Duval County Emergency Operations Center Duval County · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - EOC | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $2.97M $2.97M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Auden Street Drainage Improvement City of Southside Place · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Elizabeth Fletcher TX | $741.5K $741.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hudspeth County Flood Mitigation Planning Project Hudspeth County · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $375.0K $375.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Stafford Emergency Operations Center Update City of Stafford · TX | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - EOC | Representative Al Green TX | $259.5K $259.5K 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.