Earmarks requested by Jeff Merkley
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 23 provisions worth $30.79M match.
Senator Jeff Merkley (Democrat, OR) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2024 $30.79M · 23
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $30.79M · 23
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $30.79M · 23
- Suzanne Bonamici Rep. OR · $8.30M · 5
- Val T. Hoyle Rep. OR · $4.00M · 1
- Earl Blumenauer Rep. OR · $2.10M · 3
- Andrea Salinas Rep. OR · $1.00M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $30.79M · 23
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Affordable Workforce Housing City of North Bend · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Val Hoyle OR | $4.00M |
| 2024 | Terminal 2 Redevelopment - Housing Innovation Campus Port of Portland · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $4.00M |
| 2024 | Chenowith Loop Affordable Housing Columbia Cascade Housing Corporation · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $3.00M |
| 2024 | Pathway 1000 Vancouver & Russell Residential Development Portland Community Reinvestment Initiatives Inc. · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Barbur Apartments City of Portland · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Southtown Community Land Trust Affordable Housing Corvallis Neighborhood Housing Services, Inc. (DBA DevNW) · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.56M |
| 2024 | Affordable Homeownership in Central Oregon Bend-Redmond Habitat for Humanity · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Sunrise Learning Center Portland Opportunities Industrialization Center · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Childcare Center Expansion Pendleton Children's Center · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Food Market and Senior Center Neighborhood House, Inc. · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Tualatin Hills Community Shelter Improvements, Emergency Operations, and Natural Hazard Mitigation Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $947.0K |
| 2024 | Community Solar for Low-Income Customers City of Forest Grove · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $900.0K |
| 2024 | Year-Round Shelter Project City of Hillsboro · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $850.0K |
| 2024 | National Center of Excellence for Paid Professional Mentoring – Portland, OR Friends of the Children · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $850.0K |
| 2024 | Ella Curran Food Bank Relocation and Construction Ella Curran Food Bank · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $775.0K |
| 2024 | Affordable Homeownership Project Williams & Russell CDC · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $750.0K |
| 2024 | Sutherlin Homeless Shelter City of Sutherlin · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $650.0K |
| 2024 | Dream Center Construction and Improvements African Youth & Community Organization · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Grand Ronde Resident and Recreation Center Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Andrea Salinas OR | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Tigard Emergency Heating and Cooling Center City of Tigard · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Andrea Salinas OR | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Portland Parks Light Pole Safety Project (Portland, OR) City of Portland · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Tillamook County Low-Barrier Navigation Center Community Action Resource Enterprises, Inc. · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Family Peace Center Family Justice Center of Washington County · OR | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Suzanne Bonamici OR | $500.0K |
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.