Earmarks requested by Mike Rounds
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 12 provisions worth $111.68M match.
Senator Mike Rounds (Republican, SD) · official site ↗
By year
- FY2024 $111.68M · 12
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Mike Rounds Sen. SD · $111.68M · 12
- John Thune Sen. SD · $67.41M · 3
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $68.48M · 5
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $33.03M · 2
- Department of Education $6.87M · 2
- Department of Health and Human Services $2.10M · 2
- Army Corps of Engineers $1.20M · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Black Hills Housing Trust Fund South Dakota Ellsworth Development Authority · SD | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $30.00M |
| 2024 | US 385 Improvements SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $26.75M |
| 2024 | Rapid City Airport (RAP) Passenger Terminal Expansion Rapid City Airport (RAP) · SD | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $20.00M |
| 2024 | SD 37 Improvements SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $10.66M |
| 2024 | SD 13 Reconstruction SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $10.07M |
| 2024 | University of South Dakota, SD, for biomedical computation education, including the purchase of equipment University of South Dakota, SD, for biomedical computation education, including the purchase of equipment · SD | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $6.50M |
| 2024 | Black Hills Housing Development Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. · SD | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $3.03M |
| 2024 | Western Water Cooperative Committee U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.20M |
| 2024 | University of South Dakota, SD, for facilities and equipment, including telehealth and information technology · SD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.10M |
| 2024 | BIA Route 3 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Avera McKennan, SD, for facilities and equipment, including information technology · SD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $997.0K |
| 2024 | Mount Marty College, SD, for the purchase of equipment Mount Marty College, SD, for the purchase of equipment · SD | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $370.0K |
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.