Congressional earmarks in CO
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 $19.93M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- John W. Hickenlooper Sen. CO · $11.30M · 24
- Michael F. Bennet Sen. CO · $11.08M · 23
- Joe Neguse Rep. CO · $3.81M · 4
- Jason Crow Rep. CO · $3.13M · 4
- Ed Perlmutter Rep. CO · $2.31M · 2
- Brittany Pettersen Rep. CO · $963.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $19.93M · 37
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Expanding Services to Domestic Violence Victims in Adams County Adams County Government · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Representative Jason Crow CO, Representative Joseph Neguse CO, Representative Ed Perlmutter CO | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Medication-Assisted Treatment Expansion City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $1.65M $1.65M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Regional Rural 911 Telecommunications and Data Program Expansion Combined Regional Communications Authority - Freco · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $1.60M $1.60M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Boulder County Sheriff Long Range Acoustical Device Siren System Boulder County Sheriff's Office, Office of Disaster Management · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Joseph Neguse CO | $1.08M $1.08M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Community Awareness Program Improvement Counterterrorism Education Learning Lab (CELL) · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $987.0K $987.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | TDMA Radio Interoperability Upgrades Jefferson County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator John Hickenlooper CO, Representative Brittany Pettersen CO | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Law Enforcement and HEART Homeless Coordination Project Douglas County · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator John Hickenlooper CO, Representative Jason Crow CO | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Colorado Rural Impact Programs County Sheriffs of Colorado · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $917.0K |
| 2023 | Community-Based Violence Intervention Program City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $799.0K $799.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | White Mesa Law Enforcement Service Expansion Ute Mountain Ute Tribe · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $784.0K $784.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Training and Technical Assistance to Combat Human Trafficking The Exodus Road · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $750.0K |
| 2023 | Denver Sheriff's Department Housing Navigation Program City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Access to Justice Initiatives for Rural Colorado Colorado Access to Justice Commission · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $627.0K $627.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Delta Dispatch System Upgrade Delta County · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lake County Community Justice Navigator Lake County Board of County Commissioners · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $495.0K $495.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | I-70 Mountain Corridor Public Safety and Trafficking Prevention Summit County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Joseph Neguse CO | $472.0K |
| 2022 | Denver Police Department Community Based Crime Reduction Program City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $420.0K $420.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Denver Youth Crisis Response Team Initiative City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $384.0K $384.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Breakthrough Program Expansion Breakthrough · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $353.0K |
| 2023 | Equipment for Rio Blanco County Law Enforcement Training Center Rio Blanco County · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Night Moves Youth Violence Prevention City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | In-Car and Body-Worn Cameras City of Rifle · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $317.0K $317.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Body-Worn Cameras for the Thornton Police Department City of Thornton · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Representative Ed Perlmutter CO | $310.0K $310.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Crisis Intervention Response Initiative City of Boulder · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $255.0K $255.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Jackson County Sheriff's Office Modernization Jackson County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Joseph Neguse CO | $254.0K |
| 2022 | Denver Police Department Outreach Case Coordinator Denver Police Department · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $244.0K $244.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Substance Use Navigator Program City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $187.0K $187.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Denver District Attorney's Office Human Trafficking Unit Project City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $178.0K $178.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Rapid DNA Instrument City of Thornton · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $171.0K $171.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Southwest Colorado Regional Response, Investigative, Search, Rescue, and Recovery Capabilities Enhancement La Plata County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Michael Bennet CO | $166.0K $166.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Thornton De-Escalation Training Simulator City of Thornton · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $125.0K $125.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Denver Community Foot Patrol Crime Prevention Initiative City and County of Denver · CO | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $122.0K $122.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Arapahoe County Sheriff K9 Unit Kennel Project Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Jason Crow CO | $108.0K |
| 2023 | Crime and Accident Scene Scanner City of Thornton · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $102.0K $102.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Pueblo Crime and Accident Scene Scanner City of Pueblo · CO | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $86.0K $86.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office – POST Board Certified Law Enforcement Academy Arapahoe County Sheriff's Office · CO | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Jason Crow CO | $59.0K |
| 2024 | Securing Southwest Colorado Police and Emergency Communications Montezuma County · CO | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Michael Bennet CO, Senator John Hickenlooper CO | $50.0K |
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.