Earmarks requested by Juan Vargas
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 $34.62M match.
Representative Juan Vargas (Democrat, CA-52) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2023 $34.62M · 15
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Juan Vargas Rep. CA · $34.62M · 15
- Alex Padilla Sen. CA · $14.92M · 6
- Dianne Feinstein Sen. CA · $5.25M · 2
- Sara Jacobs Rep. CA · $4.84M · 2
- Darrell Issa Rep. CA · $3.75M · 1
- Scott H. Peters Rep. CA · $3.75M · 1
- Mike Levin Rep. CA · $3.75M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $11.50M · 4
- Department of Transportation $8.50M · 3
- Department of Agriculture $5.25M · 2
- Environmental Protection Agency $3.45M · 1
- Department of Education $2.33M · 2
- Department of Energy $2.00M · 1
- Department of Health and Human Services $1.59M · 2
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | San Ysidro Community Activity Center Enhancements City of San Diego · CA | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Brandt Road Bridge Replacement Project · CA | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA | $4.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | San Diego County Twin-Engine Firefighting Helicopter · CA | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Senator Dianne Feinstein CA, Representative Darrell Issa CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA, Representative Mike Levin CA, Representative Scott Peters CA, Representative Sara Jacobs CA | $3.75M $3.75M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Bayshore Bikeway: Barrio Logan · CA | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $3.50M $3.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | County of San Diego for a Smuggler's Gulch Dredging Project · CA | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA | $3.45M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Beach and Boat Launch at Harbor Park San Diego Unified Port District · CA | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Beyer Park Phase II Construction City of San Diego · CA | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Critical Mineral Analytical Training Center University of California Riverside · CA | Department of Energy · Energy Projects | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | San Diego County for Fire Fuel Management for Cohesive Pre-fire Strategy · CA | Department of Agriculture · State and Private Forestry - Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Senator Dianne Feinstein CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Light Up San Diego Streetlight Improvement Program - Logan Heights City of San Diego · CA | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | San Diego Community College District, San Diego, CA for student support services for DACA recipients · CA | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Regents of the University of California; University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA for summer math academies · CA | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA | $1.13M $1.13M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA for facilities and equipment · CA | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Alejandro Padilla CA, Representative Juan Vargas CA, Representative Sara Jacobs CA | $1.09M $1.09M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Zero Emission Bus Division Project – Planning Phase San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS) · CA | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | San Diego County, CA for outreach and recruitment of foster care families to support children · CA | Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families | Representative Juan Vargas CA | $500.0K $500.0K 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.