Congressional earmarks in UT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 10 provisions worth $13.68M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Chris Stewart Rep. UT · $5.58M · 4
- Burgess Owens Rep. UT · $4.91M · 4
- John Curtis Rep. UT · $3.20M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $13.68M · 10
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Salt Lake County Jail - Barriers for Suicide Prevention Salt Lake County · UT | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Provo Police Department Fleet Upgrades Provo Police Department · UT | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative John Curtis UT | $2.95M |
| 2024 | Southwest Utah Cooperative Law Enforcement Project Kane County Sheriff's Office · UT | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $2.27M |
| 2024 | Davis County, Utah Region COPs Equipment Davis County Sheriff's Office · UT | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Central Utah 2024 CJS Region Public Safety Project Sevier County Sheriff's Office · UT | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $1.04M |
| 2024 | Washington County Critical Incident Response Vehicles and Equipment Washington County · UT | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $775.0K |
| 2024 | Nephi City Police Training Facility Nephi City · UT | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $350.0K |
| 2023 | Utah Forensic Genetic Genealogy DNA Testing Initiative Utah Department of Public Safety, State Bureau of Investigation · UT | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Juab County Sheriff's Office Police Equipment and Technology Upgrades Juab County Sheriff's Office · UT | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $255.0K |
| 2024 | Project Right In Right Out (Project RIO) Salt Lake County · UT | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative John Curtis UT | $250.0K |
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.