Earmarks requested by Lauren Underwood
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 15 provisions worth $20.09M match.
Representative Lauren Underwood (Democrat, IL-14) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $20.09M · 15
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Lauren Underwood Rep. IL · $20.09M · 15
- Richard J. Durbin Sen. IL · $1.50M · 1
- Bill Foster Rep. IL · $500.0K · 1
- Tammy Duckworth Sen. IL · $353.4K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $5.92M · 2
- Environmental Protection Agency $4.30M · 2
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $3.75M · 2
- Department of Education $2.17M · 2
- Small Business Administration $1.90M · 3
- Department of Agriculture $975.0K · 1
- Department of Health and Human Services $950.0K · 2
- Department of Justice $121.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Kendall County Extension Environmental Impact Statement · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $4.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Relocation of the Batavia Interfaith Food Pantry and Clothes Closet City of Batavia · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Northern Moraine Wastewater Reclamation District for a Sanitary Sewer Extension Project · IL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $2.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Village of Oswego for Corrosion Studies · IL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $1.80M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL for microchip research and training, including equipment · IL | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Richard Durbin IL, Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Replace Perimeter Fencing - Phase 1, DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport (DKB), DeKalb, IL · IL | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $1.13M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge/Nippersink Creek Restoration Project Friends of Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge · IL | Department of Agriculture · Natural Resource Conservation Service - Conservation Operations | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $975.0K $974.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Huntley Shops on Main Village of Huntley, Huntley, IL · IL | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $974.8K $974.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hinckley Public Library Hinckley Public Library District · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, IL for afterschool programs · IL | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $666.4K $666.3K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | YWCA Metropolitan Chicago Childcare Network YWCA Metropolitan Chicago, Chicago, IL · IL | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $575.0K $575.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | VNA Health Care, Aurora, IL for facilities and equipment · IL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Lauren Underwood IL, Representative Bill Foster IL | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Aunt Martha’s Health and Wellness, Olympia Fields, IL for facilities and equipment · IL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $450.0K $450.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Joliet Junior College Entrepreneurial Development Center (EDC) Joliet Junior College, Joliet, IL · IL | Small Business Administration · Salaries and Expenses | Senator Tammy Duckworth IL, Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $353.4K $353.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Transparency Equipment Improvement Sandwich Police Department · IL | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Lauren Underwood IL | $121.0K $121.0K 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.