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. 37 provisions worth $36.58M match.
By year
- FY2024 $36.58M · 37
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Tony Gonzales Rep. TX · $10.21M · 5
- August Pfluger Rep. TX · $4.00M · 3
- Colin Allred Rep. TX · $3.46M · 3
- Wesley Hunt Rep. TX · $2.59M · 3
- John R. Carter Rep. TX · $2.58M · 3
- Lloyd Doggett Rep. TX · $2.38M · 2
- Beth Van Duyne Rep. TX · $2.00M · 1
- Henry Cuellar Rep. TX · $1.93M · 2
- Vicente Gonzalez Rep. TX · $1.88M · 3
- Dan Crenshaw Rep. TX · $1.65M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $36.58M · 37
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Regional Public Safety Radio Communications Middle Rio Grande Development Council · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $4.50M |
| 2024 | Alamo Area Council of Governments (AACOG) Interoperable Communications Expansion Alamo Area Council of Governments · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $4.50M |
| 2024 | Mobile Command Post DFW Airport Department of Public Safety · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Beth Van Duyne TX, Representative Colin Allred TX | $2.00M |
| 2024 | San Angelo Police Communications Technology Upgrade City of San Angelo Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative August Pfluger TX | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Bell County Law Enforcement Equipment Modernization Plan Bell County · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative August Pfluger TX | $1.93M |
| 2024 | Montgomery County Active Shooter Defense Training Facility Montgomery County · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Daniel Crenshaw TX | $1.65M |
| 2024 | Bell County Diversion Center Bell County · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative John Carter TX | $1.60M |
| 2024 | Bulletproof Windshields for the Harris County Sheriff’s Office Harris County Sheriff’s Office · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Wesley Hunt TX | $1.49M |
| 2024 | Victim & Survivors of Violent Crime Trauma Recovery Program City of Austin · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Lloyd Doggett TX | $1.45M |
| 2024 | City of Amarillo Real-Time Regional Crime Center City of Amarillo · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Ronny Jackson TX | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Stab Resistant Vests for Harris County Sheriff’s Office Detention Officers Harris County Sheriff’s Office · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Wesley Hunt TX | $984.0K |
| 2024 | Mobile Bomb Squad Response Vehicles Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Colin Allred TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Operation Border Shield Cameron County Sheriff's Office · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vicente Gonzalez TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Police Cruiser Upgrades for Guadalupe County Law Enforcement Guadalupe County · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Crime Prevention and Violence Intervention City of Houston Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Sheila Jackson Lee TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Forensic Evidence Data System Improvement Houston Forensic Science Center · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Elizabeth Fletcher TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Town of Anthony Police Department Technology Augmentation Town of Anthony · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Veronica Escobar TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Starr County Juvenile Housing and Rehabilitation Center County of Starr · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Henry Cuellar TX | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Peer Support Programming for Opioid Use Disorder Recovery Travis County · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Lloyd Doggett TX | $932.0K |
| 2024 | Copperas Cove Mental Health Response Team Copperas Cove Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative John Carter TX | $748.0K |
| 2024 | Public Safety Communication Equipment Upgrades City of Harlingen · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vicente Gonzalez TX | $648.0K |
| 2024 | East Texas Law Enforcement Training Project Sam Houston State University · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Pete Sessions TX | $569.0K |
| 2024 | Dallas Police Department Investigation Software City of Dallas · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Colin Allred TX | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Fort Stockton Police Department Fleet Upgrades City of Fort Stockton · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $480.0K |
| 2024 | Sonora Police Department Fleet Updates Sonora Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $422.0K |
| 2024 | Pasadena Police Department Virtual Reality Training Pasadena Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Sylvia Garcia TX | $325.0K |
| 2024 | Far West Texas: Regional Efforts to Improve Interoperable Emergency Radio Equipment Rio Grande Council of Governments · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Tony Gonzales TX | $311.0K |
| 2024 | Brownsville Police Department Storage Project City of Brownsville Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vicente Gonzalez TX | $273.0K |
| 2024 | Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Greater Houston Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Greater Houston · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Troy Nehls TX | $250.0K |
| 2024 | Radio Communications Upgrade Karnes County Sheriff's Office · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Monica De La Cruz TX | $250.0K |
| 2024 | Randall County Sheriff's Office Rapid DNA System Randall County Sheriff's Office · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Ronny Jackson TX | $242.0K |
| 2024 | Leander City Equipment Modernization Leander Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative John Carter TX | $236.0K |
| 2024 | Technical Improvements at the DeSoto Regional Jail City of DeSoto · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Jasmine Crockett TX | $200.0K |
| 2024 | Child Advocates of Ft. Bend County, TX Programming Enhancements Child Advocates of Fort Bend · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Troy Nehls TX | $150.0K |
| 2024 | Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star Mentoring Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Wesley Hunt TX | $125.0K |
| 2024 | Llano Police Department Improvements City of Llano Police Department · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative August Pfluger TX | $74.0K |
| 2024 | Richland, Texas Police Modernization Project City of Richland · TX | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Jake Ellzey TX | $10.0K |
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.