Congressional earmarks in RI
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 $3.81M match.
By year
- FY2023 $3.81M · 9
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Jack Reed Sen. RI · $2.49M · 5
- Sheldon Whitehouse Sen. RI · $2.41M · 6
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Labor $3.81M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, RI, for a job training initiative · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator John Reed RI | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | RI Office of the Postsecondary Commissioner, RI, for healthcare worker training programs, including equipment · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $790.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Clean the Bay, Inc. , RI, for a fresh start workforce training program · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $674.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | URI Research Foundation DBA Polaris MEP, RI, for a skills training program · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator John Reed RI, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $300.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | RI Marine Trades Association, RI, for workforce development training in marine trades · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $300.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Center for Southeast Asians, RI, for workforce training programs · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator John Reed RI | $250.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Rhode Island AFL-CIO, RI, for a climate jobs workforce training initiative · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $200.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | DownCity Design, RI, for skills training for youth · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator John Reed RI | $150.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Rhode Island Manufacturers Association, RI, for a manufacturing workforce training initiative · RI | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Senator Sheldon Whitehouse RI | $150.0K $0 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.