Congressional earmarks in DE
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 13 provisions worth $25.48M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Thomas Carper Sen. DE · $25.36M · 12
- Christopher A. Coons Sen. DE · $20.68M · 12
- Robert Casey Sen. PA · $1.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Environmental Protection Agency $25.48M · 13
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | City of Wilmington for Wastewater Collection System Separation · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $6.00M |
| 2022 | City of Wilmington for South Wilmington Sewer Infrastructure Expansion · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Thomas Carper DE | $4.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Wilmington for Sewer-Stormwater Separation · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $4.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Wilmington for Sewer Interceptor Rehabilitation · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $3.06M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Seaford for Wastewater Treatment Plant Headworks Replacement · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Dover for Water Quality Upgrades · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Seaford for Sewer Line Relocation · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $1.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Partnership for the Delaware Estuary, Inc. for The Mussels for Clean Water Hatchery · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Christopher Coons DE, Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Robert Casey PA | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Delaware Natural Resources and Environmental Control for Statewide Air Quality Study · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology - Research: National Priorities | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $440.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Center for PFAS Solutions for Mobile Filtration System for Training Water Operators · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology - Research: National priorities | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $260.0K |
| 2024 | Delaware Center for the Inland Bays for Water Infrastructure Upgrades · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $225.0K |
| 2024 | The University of Delaware for Study Addressing PFAS, Nitrates, and Emerging Pollutants Concerns · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology - Research: National priorities | Senator Christopher Coons DE | $120.0K |
| 2022 | Center for PFAS Solutions at STRIDE for Water Contamination Prevention in Delaware · DE | Environmental Protection Agency · Science and Technology | Senator Thomas Carper DE, Senator Christopher Coons DE | $80.0K $80.0K 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.