Congressional earmarks in AK
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 71 provisions worth $191.63M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Lisa Murkowski Sen. AK · $190.38M · 70
- Donald Young Rep. AK · $2.05M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Environmental Protection Agency $191.63M · 71
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Municipality of Anchorage for the Regional Landfill Leachate Treatment Facility · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $13.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Municipality of Skagway for Waste Water Treatment Plant Upgrade · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $10.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Fairbanks for Polaris Building and Site Remediation · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | State of Alaska for Inventory and Verification of ANCSA Contaminated Sites · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $7.00M $7.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Palmer for Wastewater Treatment System Upgrade · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $6.90M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Denali Commission for Barge Mobile Remediation System in Rural Alaska · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $6.72M |
| 2024 | Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility for Public Drinking Water Access · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.30M |
| 2022 | City of King Cove for Delta Creek Water Well Field Expansion and Water System Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Matanuska-Susitna Borough for South Talkeetna Water Line Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.10M |
| 2023 | City and Borough of Yakutat for Waterline Extension Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.08M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Bethel for Waterway Remediation · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.02M |
| 2024 | City of Whittier for Remediation of Contaminated Site · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.00M |
| 2023 | City of Valdez for Municipal Sewer Force Main Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Dillingham for Landfill Improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $4.72M |
| 2023 | Municipality of Anchorage for the Powder Reserve Access Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $4.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Pelican for Sewer and Solid Waste Improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $4.00M |
| 2024 | Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility for Anchorage Terraces Subdivision Fire Protection Well · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.75M |
| 2024 | City of Kake for Remediation of Contaminated Site · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.61M |
| 2022 | Kenai Peninsula Borough for Central Peninsula Landfill Leachate Volume Reduction Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.36M $3.36M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Kodiak for Wastewater Lift Station and Force Main Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.25M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Gustavus for Waste Management Improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.03M |
| 2024 | City of Angoon for Landfill and Waste Management Improvement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.00M |
| 2023 | City of Saint Paul for Aalax Solid Waste Facility · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of St. George for Potable Water and Sewer Line Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Craig for Water System Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.00M |
| 2022 | City of King Cove for Landfill Expansion · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Kenai for Digestor Blower Replacements at the Wastewater Treatment Plant · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.90M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City and Borough of Juneau for Municipal Composting Facility · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Wasilla for Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Digestor · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Municipality of Anchorage for the Holtan Hills Sewer Access Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City and Borough of Wrangell for Water Treatment Plant Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.50M |
| 2023 | City of Wasilla for Wastewater Treatment Plant Sludge Drying Beds · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.30M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City and Borough of Wrangell for Supply Connector to Treatment Plant · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.08M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | University of Alaska for Alaska PFAS Remediation Facility Feasibility Study · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Haines Borough for Water and Sewer Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.00M |
| 2023 | City of Seward for Sludge Removal for the Lowell Point and SMIC Sewage Treatment Lagoons · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough for Mountain Point Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.76M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility for Emergency Water Fill Stations · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.75M |
| 2024 | Ocean Conservancy for Marine Debris Backhaul Pilot Program in Rural Alaska · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.70M |
| 2023 | Petersburg Borough for Water Treatment Plant Clear Well Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Municipality of Anchorage for Ruane Road Culvert Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Nome Joint Utility System for Potable Water Distribution and Wastewater Collection Systems · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Denali Commission for Regional Solid Waste Management Planning · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Fairbanks for Wastewater Biosolids Treatment Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Native Village of Hooper Bay for Waste Collection and Landfill Improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Other (CDS) | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough for Water Distribution Main Improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.50M |
| 2022 | The City of Ketchikan for the Tongass Sewer force main rehabilitation project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Donald Young AK | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Ketchikan for Schoebner Culvert Rehabilitation · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Whittier for Well Field Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.23M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Klawock for Landfill Baling Facility · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.23M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tagiugmiullu Nunamiullu Housing Authority for Wastewater Replacement Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility for Fire Protection Well · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.20M |
| 2023 | Island Trails Network for Marine Debris Removal, Recycling, and Recovery · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Soldotna for Wastewater Biosolids Dewatering · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $960.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Wasilla for Wastewater Treatment Plant Suction Dredge · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $880.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Alaska Electric & Energy Cooperative for Kenai Borough Central Peninsula Landfill Gas-to-Energy Project · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $875.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The City and Borough of Juneau for Mendenhall Wastewater Treatment Plant improvements · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK, Representative Donald Young AK | $800.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Metlakatla Indian Community for Solid Waste Multi Use Portable Shredder · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $780.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Craig for Replacing Lift Stations in the Craig Wastewater Collection and Treatment System · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $760.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Seldovia for Lower Section of Raw Water Transmission Line Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $746.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Soldotna for Wastewater Biosolids Dewatering · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $680.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Kiana for Water and Sewer Upgrades · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $500.0K |
| 2023 | City of Seldovia for Lower Section of Raw Water Transmission Line Replacement · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $414.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Soldotna for Wastewater Biosolids Dewatering · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $320.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Anchorage Water and Wastewater Utility for Public Drinking Water Access · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $300.0K |
| 2023 | University of Alaska, Anchorage for Alaska Hazardous Waste Management Feasibility Study · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology - Research: National Priorities | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $300.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium for Tribal Capacity for Inventory and Verification of ANCSA Contaminated Lands · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $250.0K $250.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Alaska Native Village Corporation Association for Tribal Capacity for Inventory and Verification of ANCSA Contaminated Lands · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Other | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $250.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Chickaloon Village Traditional Council for Community Well in Chickaloon · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $250.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Native Village of Kotzebue for Cyanotoxin Analysis · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology - Research: National Priorities | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $140.0K $140.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Kodiak Area Native Association for Kodiak Region HABS Monitoring · AK | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology | Senator Lisa Murkowski AK | $50.0K $50.0K 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.