Congressional earmarks in KY
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 41 provisions worth $61.96M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Andy Barr Rep. KY · $22.69M · 13
- Harold Rogers Rep. KY · $21.44M · 9
- Brett Guthrie Rep. KY · $10.39M · 11
- James Comer Rep. KY · $4.50M · 4
- John Yarmuth Rep. KY · $1.98M · 3
- Morgan McGarvey Rep. KY · $959.8K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Environmental Protection Agency $61.96M · 41
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service (GMWSS) WWTP1 Upgrade & Expansion · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Ashland for a Water Treatment Plant project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $4.00M |
| 2022 | Franklin County Fiscal Court for the Farmdale Sanitation District sewer system project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Garland Barr KY | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Letcher County Water and Sewer District Water System Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Southern Water and Sewer District for Water Treatment Plant and Intake Structure Improvement Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $3.00M |
| 2023 | Montgomery County Sanitation District Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Rowan County Fiscal Court for Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $3.00M |
| 2024 | City of Louisa for Wastewater Treatment Plant Replacement Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $2.75M |
| 2023 | City of Hazard Buckhorn Water Treatment Plant and Transmission Line Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Lawrenceburg Water System Improvements Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Bardstown - Bardstown Town Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Reactor & Clarifier Upgrade · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Scott County Fiscal Court for Sewer Facilities Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $1.75M |
| 2024 | Crittenden Livingston Counties Water District for Water Plant Capacity Expansion Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative James Comer KY | $1.75M |
| 2023 | Nicholas County Water District - Phase 13 Water System Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $1.55M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Springfield Water & Sewer Commission - Springfield City Barn Pump Station Replacement · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $1.40M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Hyden-Leslie County Water District for a water system improvement project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $1.39M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for a Neighborhood Drainage Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative John Yarmuth KY | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Manchester for a Water Storage Tank project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Ohio County Water District for Water Intake Line Rebuilding · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | City of Hodgenville for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrade and Wet Weather Storage · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Bourbon County Fiscal Court for Elevated Water Storage Tank Construction · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Lebanon Water Works Company Tank Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative James Comer KY | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Estill County Fiscal Court for Sanitary Sewer Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | City of Mount Sterling for Water and Treatment Plant Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | City of Hardinsburg for Water Treatment Plant Expansion and Distribution Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | City of Frankfort for Sewer Separation Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative James Comer KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Beech Grove Water Association for Water System Storage Tank Addition · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for Western Outfall Rehabilitation Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Morgan McGarvey KY | $959.8K |
| 2022 | Eastern Kentucky PRIDE, Inc. for a septic system project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Harold Rogers KY | $800.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Greensburg for Water Infrastructure Updates · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $800.0K |
| 2024 | Franklin County Fiscal Court for Interceptor Sewer System · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative James Comer KY | $750.0K |
| 2024 | City of Clay City for Potable Water Storage Facility Construction · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $750.0K |
| 2022 | The City of Lawrenceburg for a sanitary sewer overflow elimination and sewer extension project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Garland Barr KY | $750.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Caveland Environmental Authority for Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $750.0K |
| 2024 | City of Stanton for Water and Sewer Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $750.0K |
| 2023 | Daviess County Water District Waterline Upgrade · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $640.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Stanton Water Improvements Project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Garland Barr KY | $640.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for Odor Control Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative John Yarmuth KY | $500.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Louisville and Jefferson County Metropolitan Sewer District for California Community Odor Control Improvements · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative John Yarmuth KY | $480.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The City of Lancaster for a drinking water treatment plant project · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $400.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The City of Danville for the Spears Creek Pump Station upgrade · KY | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Brett Guthrie KY | $400.0K $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.