Earmarks requested by Vern Buchanan
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 33 provisions worth $57.16M match.
Representative Vern Buchanan (Republican, FL-16) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Vern Buchanan Rep. FL · $57.16M · 33
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $17.52M · 10
- Department of Transportation $10.30M · 4
- Department of Health and Human Services $10.20M · 6
- Environmental Protection Agency $9.33M · 4
- Department of Justice $3.96M · 6
- Army Corps of Engineers $3.00M · 1
- Department of Commerce $2.50M · 1
- Department of Homeland Security $350.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 51st Street West Expansion Project FL · FL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $3.50M |
| 2024 | Fort Hamer Bridge Improvement Project Manatee County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $3.00M |
| 2024 | Disabled/Veterans Workforce Training Resource Center Easterseals of Southwest Florida · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $3.00M |
| 2023 | Town of Longboat Key Wastewater Main Replacement · FL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Manatee Harbor, FL U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · FL | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $3.00M |
| 2024 | Public Road Improvements at Moffitt Oncology Care Center in Ruskin, Florida FL · FL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.90M |
| 2022 | Manatee County Palmetto Trails planning and design Manatee County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.90M $2.90M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lincoln Park Gateway Greenway in Palmetto, Florida FL · FL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.90M |
| 2022 | The City of Sarasota for a wetlands restoration project · FL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.58M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Estuary Habitat Restoration and Resilience Gulf Shellfish Institute · FL | Department of Commerce · Operations, Research and Facilities | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | 15th Street East at 57th Avenue East Roundabout Intersection Manatee County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Pace Center for Girls, Inc., Jacksonville, FL for facilities · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Easterseals of Southwest Florida, Sarasota, FL for facilities · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of South Florida, Sarasota, FL for facilities and equipment · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Bay Park Conservancy for an environmental restoration project · FL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Public Safety Operations Center (PSOC)/Forward Operating Base (FOB) City of Bradenton · FL | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.80M |
| 2024 | Hillsborough County for Septic-to-Sewer Conversion Project · FL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.75M |
| 2023 | All Star Children's Foundation, Sarasota, FL for a foster care program, including behavioral health services · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | All Star Children's Foundation, Sarasota, FL for child welfare and trauma services program and associated support services · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee facility improvements The Jewish Federation of Sarasota-Manatee · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.43M $1.43M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Centerstone, Bradenton, FL for facilities and equipment · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | The City Park Development and Revitalization Project City of Bradenton · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Legacy Trail Pedestrian Overpass Construction Sarasota County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Parrish, Florida Rails to Trails Project FL · FL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Sarasota County Legacy Trail planning design Sarasota County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $990.0K $990.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Lincoln Park Pedestrian Bridge Design and Construction Manatee County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $950.0K $950.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Foundation United Funding to Help Law Enforcement Reduce and Eliminate Human Trafficking The Foundation United · FL | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $800.0K $800.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Wimauma Community Center Design and Build Hillsborough County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Real Time Crime Center for City of Bradenton Police Department City of Bradenton · FL | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $750.0K |
| 2022 | Town of Longboat Key Flooding Mitigation Request Town of Longboat Key · FL | Department of Homeland Security · Pre-Disaster Mitigation | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Sarasota Police Department Equipment Upgrade City of Sarasota · FL | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Deploying New Automated Ballistic Identification Technology Manatee County's Sheriff Office · FL | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $185.0K |
| 2024 | Enhanced Safety and Security Measures for a Facility Helping At-Risk Teen Girls Pace Center for Girls, Inc. · FL | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Vernon Buchanan FL | $125.0K |
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.