Congressional earmarks in UT
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 16 provisions worth $26.60M match.
By year
- FY2022 $26.60M · 16
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Blake D. Moore Rep. UT · $12.80M · 7
- Chris Stewart Rep. UT · $11.50M · 4
- Burgess Owens Rep. UT · $1.78M · 4
- John Curtis Rep. UT · $520.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $13.00M · 4
- Environmental Protection Agency $8.00M · 3
- Department of Education $2.83M · 4
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $1.73M · 3
- Department of Health and Human Services $520.0K · 1
- Department of Labor $515.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Ephraim Road Safety & Economic Development Project · UT | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $4.00M $466.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Town of Manila for a sewage system project · UT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Blake Moore UT | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Industrial Road Improvements · UT | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $3.00M $279.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Cache Valley Transit District - Bus Request and Tracking App Cache Valley Transit District · UT | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Blake Moore UT | $3.00M $2.79M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The City of Ephraim for a drinking water resiliency project · UT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Utah Military Installation Development Authority - 3-Gate Trail site acquisition and construction · UT | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Blake Moore UT | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The City of Centerville for the Green Steel Tank replacement project · UT | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Chris Stewart UT | $1.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Historic Main Street and Vernal Avenue Improvements Vernal City · UT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Blake Moore UT | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT to pilot a college access and degree completion initiative for young adults exiting the foster care system and the purchase of equipment · UT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Blake Moore UT | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT for social work fellowship program · UT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Utah State University, Logan, UT for academic, research, and career development program · UT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Blake Moore UT | $585.0K $585.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | San Juan County, Monticello, UT for cancer screening · UT | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative John Curtis UT | $520.0K $520.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Uintah Basin Technical College, Roosevelt, UT for electrical apprentice training program and the purchase of equipment · UT | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration (ETA) | Representative Blake Moore UT | $515.0K $515.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Salt Lake Community College, Salt Lake City, UT for a campus internship program · UT | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) - Human Rights Housing Project Housing Authority of Salt Lake City (HASLC) · UT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $328.9K $328.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Holladay Community Center Public Facility Salt Lake County · UT | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Burgess Owens UT | $200.0K $200.0K 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.