Congressional earmarks in ME
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 $8.91M match.
By year
- FY2024 $8.91M · 9
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Susan M. Collins Sen. ME · $7.95M · 8
- Angus S. King, Jr. Sen. ME · $7.31M · 5
- Jared F. Golden Rep. ME · $1.93M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $8.91M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Public Safety Communications Equipment Upgrade Piscataquis County Emergency Management Agency · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $4.17M |
| 2024 | Public Safety Training Equipment York County · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $1.80M |
| 2024 | Police Department Equipment City of Belfast · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME, Representative Jared Golden ME | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Northern Maine Law Enforcement Equipment Modernization Project Maine State Police, Maine Department of Public Safety · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Jared Golden ME | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Police Department Equipment Portland Police Department · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME | $372.0K |
| 2024 | Patrol Boat Replacement Board of Harbor Commissioners for the Harbor of Portland · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $317.0K |
| 2024 | Jail Security Equipment Upgrades County of Oxford · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME | $174.0K |
| 2024 | Sexual Assault Expert Witness and Attorney Training Maine Coalition Against Sexual Assault · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME | $90.0K |
| 2024 | Police Department Equipment Houlton Police Department · ME | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Susan Collins ME, Senator Angus King ME | $57.0K |
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.