Congressional earmarks in TN
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 51 provisions worth $82.64M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Steve Cohen Rep. TN · $29.72M · 19
- Tim Burchett Rep. TN · $15.41M · 14
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann Rep. TN · $14.90M · 5
- James Cooper Rep. TN · $9.30M · 4
- John W. Rose Rep. TN · $5.75M · 4
- Scott DesJarlais Rep. TN · $4.80M · 2
- Diana Harshbarger Rep. TN · $2.75M · 3
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $82.64M · 51
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Alton Park Connector City of Chattanooga · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $6.40M |
| 2023 | Memphis Cobblestone Landing Recreational Center City of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Fisk University John R. Lewis Center for Social Justice - Race Relations Building, Nashville, TN Fisk University · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Porter Jr. High School – MLK Transition Academy Redevelopment Urban Renaissance Partners · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Historic Melrose Redevelopment Project City of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Westside Evolves Transformation Plan Chattanooga Housing Authority · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Overton Park/Memphis Zoo Parking Solution Initiative Overton Park Conservancy · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Road and safety improvements Middle Tennessee State University · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $2.50M |
| 2023 | Moves & Grooves Center for Art & Innovation, Antioch, TN Moves and Grooves, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Early Learning Childcare Center Construction Athens-McMinn Family YMCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Broad and Lytle St. Multimodal Access Project City of Murfreesboro · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $2.30M |
| 2022 | City of Friendsville Downtown Sewer improvements City of Friendsville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.04M $2.04M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Operation Home for Heroes Project, Memphis, TN Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Strawberry Plains Affordable Housing Project Knoxville Habitat for Humanity · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Veterans' Permanent Supportive Housing Knoxville's Community Development Corporation · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Peyton Road Expansion City of Lebanon · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Jenny Boyd Keys of Hope Women's Program Building Expansion, Renovation and Preservation Young Women's Christian Association – Knoxville YWCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Peyton Road Widening City of Lebanon · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Operation Stand Down Building Better Facility to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness, Nashville, TN Operation Stand Down Tennessee · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Memphis Home Repair Program Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Legends Park Expansion Project, Memphis, TN Urban Strategies, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.67M |
| 2023 | CARE Center Construction The Caring Place · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | 2–1–1 system expansion United Way of Greater Chattanooga · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.50M |
| 2022 | City of Friendsville 2021 City Sidewalk Program City of Friendsville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.38M $1.38M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hospitality Hub Studio Village The Hospitality Hub of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.27M $1.27M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital/Room at the Inn Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Promoting and Preserving Homeownership in Memphis United Housing, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.08M $1.08M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Northside Square – The Revitalization of Northside High School Project, Memphis, TN The Works, Inc. · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Greater Kingsport Family YMCA expansion Greater Kingsport Family YMCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Sewer Improvements City of Maynardville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Main Street and Downtown Business District Improvements City of Watertown · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Castalia Heights Affordable Homeownership Opportunity Development Project, Memphis, TN Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Old Gray Section 3 City of Johnson City, TN · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Hub Hall: Disrupting the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness in Youth Project, Memphis, TN Hospitality Hub · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Memphis Home Repair Program Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Drainage Improvements City of Maynardville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Residential home construction for low-income families Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Overton Park Accessibility Improvements Project, Memphis TN Overton Park Conservancy · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $850.0K |
| 2022 | American Baptist College Historic Building Improvements and Civil Rights Walking Tour Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $796.8K $796.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Improvements to Cocke County Veterans Memorial Building WestCare Tennessee · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $750.0K |
| 2024 | Facility Improvements Needed for James Ward Agriculture Center Tennessee State Fair Association · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $750.0K |
| 2023 | South City VI Memphis Housing Authority · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Senior Center Facility Upgrades Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Lonsdale Neighborhood Revitalization City of Knoxville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Workforce training center revitalization Maryville College · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Park infrastructure improvements City of Knoxville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) Mobile Meals Kitchen facility upgrades Knoxville-Knox County Community Action Committee (CAC) · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Workforce training facility improvements Knoxville Leadership Foundation · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Sadie B's Kitchen Hospitality Hub of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $450.0K $450.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Boys & Girls Club of the Hatchie River Region Building Renovation Project, Covington, TN Boys and Girls Club of the Hatchie River Region · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $202.0K |
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.