Congressional earmarks in OR
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 32 provisions worth $27.87M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ron Wyden Sen. OR · $27.31M · 30
- Jeff Merkley Sen. OR · $27.31M · 30
- Earl Blumenauer Rep. OR · $3.92M · 4
- Kurt Schrader Rep. OR · $3.20M · 2
- Val T. Hoyle Rep. OR · $2.68M · 4
- Lori Chavez-DeRemer Rep. OR · $2.30M · 2
- Andrea Salinas Rep. OR · $1.26M · 2
- Peter DeFazio Rep. OR · $231.0K · 1
- Peter Defazio Rep. OR · $176.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $27.87M · 32
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Lake County Public Safety Interoperable Radio and Microwave System Lake County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Tillamook County Public Safety Radio Communication System Tillamook County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Representative Kurt Schrader OR | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lincoln County Radio System Upgrade Lincoln County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Community Safety Plan Design and Programming City of Portland · OR | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Union County Public Safety Radio System Upgrade Union County Emergency Services · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Marion County Public Safety Alerting System Marion County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer OR | $1.80M |
| 2022 | Harney County Public Safety Communications Upgrade Harney County Emergency Management · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $1.54M $1.54M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Medford Radio System Upgrade City of Medford · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $1.44M $1.44M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Portland Police Bureau Body Worn Camera Pilot Program City of Portland · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $1.36M |
| 2022 | Marion County Public Safety Radio System Upgrade and Repairs Marion County - Finance Department · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Kurt Schrader OR | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Wheeler County Radio System Upgrade Wheeler County Office of Emergency Management · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $1.02M $1.02M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Police Department Body-Worn Camera/In-Car Video City of Eugene · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Val Hoyle OR | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Washington County Congregate Care Facilities Washington County · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Andrea Salinas OR | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Benton County Regional Public Safety Radio Infrastructure Benton County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Val Hoyle OR | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Medford Incident Command Center City of Medford · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $880.0K |
| 2022 | Lane County Sheriff's Office Body-Worn Cameras Lane County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $648.0K $648.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Grant County Public Safety Communications Grant County Emergency Management · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $606.0K $606.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Coos County Records Reduction and Accessibility Project Coos County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Val Hoyle OR | $552.0K |
| 2024 | Clackamas School Based Behavioral Health and Substance Abuse Juvenile Justice Prevention Program Clackamas County · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Lori Chavez-DeRemer OR | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Beaverton Behavioral Health Court City of Beaverton · OR | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Expanding Prosecution and Victim Services Capacity in Response to Gun Violence Multnomah County · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $360.0K |
| 2023 | Douglas County Communications Radio System Upgrade Douglas County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $355.0K $355.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | St. Helens Law Enforcement Technology City of St. Helens · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $340.0K $340.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Tigard Police Homelessness Community Service Officer City of Tigard, Oregon · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Andrea Salinas OR | $300.0K |
| 2023 | Douglas County Emergency Mobile Command Center Douglas County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR | $241.0K $241.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Coos County Emergency Radio Communications System Coos County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Peter DeFazio OR | $231.0K $231.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Public Safety Vehicle Procurement City of Eugene · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Police Department Comprehensive Training Package City of Springfield · OR | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Val Hoyle OR | $200.0K |
| 2022 | City of Portland Violence Prevention Outreach City of Portland · OR | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Representative Earl Blumenauer OR | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Radio Infrastructure Upgrade Baker County Sheriff's Office · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $190.0K $190.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lane County Public Safety Dispatch Center Equipment Upgrade Lane County · OR | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ronald Wyden OR, Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Representative Peter Defazio OR | $176.0K $176.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Community-Based Gun Violence Intervention Multnomah County District Attorney's Office · OR | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Jeff Merkley OR, Senator Ronald Wyden OR | $132.0K $132.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
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.