Congressional earmarks in VT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $8.44M match.
By year
- FY2022 $8.44M · 7
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Bernard Sanders Sen. VT · $4.88M · 5
- Patrick Leahy Sen. VT · $4.40M · 3
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Environmental Protection Agency $8.44M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | City of Vergennes for Wastewater Upgrade · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Town of Montgomery for Wastewater Infrastructure Construction Project · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $2.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Milton Mobile Home Community, Inc. for a Drinking Water and/or Clean Water Project for Mobile Home Community Water and Sewer Project · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Patrick Leahy VT, Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $841.0K $841.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Town of Bethel for a Drinking Water and/or Clean Water Project for Water and Stormwater Infrastructure Upgrade · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $600.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Village of Jeffersonville for Water System Upgrades · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Senator Patrick Leahy VT | $560.0K $560.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Addison County Community Trust for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Barre for City of Barre North End Wastewater Pump Station · VT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Bernard Sanders VT | $143.0K $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.