Earmarks requested by Clay Higgins
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 8 provisions worth $31.50M match.
Representative Clay Higgins (Republican, LA-03) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $31.50M · 8
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Clay Higgins Rep. LA · $31.50M · 8
- Bill Cassidy Sen. LA · $24.00M · 3
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $20.20M · 3
- Environmental Protection Agency $7.00M · 2
- Department of Transportation $3.10M · 1
- Department of Health and Human Services $1.00M · 1
- Department of Commerce $200.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Southwest Coastal Louisiana Hurricane Protection, LA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · LA | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Bill Cassidy LA, Representative Clay Higgins LA | $10.00M $39.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Calcasieu River and Pass, LA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · LA | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Bill Cassidy LA, Representative Clay Higgins LA | $9.00M $5.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lafayette Consolidated Government Sewer Lift Station and Force Main—Downtown Lafayette and University Avenue Project · LA | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Bill Cassidy LA, Representative Clay Higgins LA | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | St. Landry Parish Airport (OPL) Safety Improvement Program · LA | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Clay Higgins LA | $3.10M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | West Calcasieu Cameron Hospital Water Booster Station (100,000 GPD Avg. Demand) Project · LA | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Clay Higgins LA | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Port of Iberia, LA U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · LA | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Representative Clay Higgins LA | $1.20M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | CHRISTUS Ochsner Health Southwestern Louisiana – St. Patrick Hospital, Lake Charles, LA for facilities · LA | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Clay Higgins LA | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Meteorological Stations Operations and Maintenance Port of Morgan City · LA | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Representative Clay Higgins LA | $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.