Earmarks requested by Don Bacon
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 25 provisions worth $72.34M match.
Representative Don Bacon (Republican, NE-02) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Don Bacon Rep. NE · $72.34M · 25
- Deb Fischer Sen. NE · $7.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $43.82M · 11
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $8.20M · 4
- Department of Energy $7.79M · 1
- Department of Justice $5.03M · 5
- Environmental Protection Agency $4.50M · 2
- Department of Education $2.00M · 1
- Department of Health and Human Services $1.00M · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Omaha Public Power District Grid Resiliency and Modernization Omaha Public Power District · NE | Department of Energy · Energy Projects | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $7.79M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Omaha Urban Core Burt Street Project NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $7.00M |
| 2024 | Federal Inspection Services Facility Eppley Airfield (OMA) · NE | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Senator Debra Fischer NE, Representative Donald Bacon NE | $7.00M |
| 2023 | Eppley Airfield (OMA) Terminal Modernization Program Phase 1 – Central Utility Plant Base Building · NE | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $5.00M $5.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | 84th Street Pedestrian and Bicycle Safety Improvements · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $5.00M $77.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Schram Road & 204 Street Paving Project NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $5.00M |
| 2024 | The North 24th Street Business Improvement District Light Project NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $4.17M |
| 2023 | Phase II of The North 24th Street Streetscape Improvements Project · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $4.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The Sarpy County Wastewater Agency for the Springfield Creek sewer project · NE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water SRF | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | The North 24th Street Streetscape Improvements City of Omaha · NE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Saunders County Emergency Radio Equipment Saunders County · NE | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.60M |
| 2024 | Neumeyer Farm Park & Complex: Phase 2 City of Bennington · NE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.10M |
| 2024 | Saddle Creek Pedestrian and Bikeway Overpass NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Blackstone Streetscape Improvements · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Burlington Avenue Extension and Bridge City of Ralston · NE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of Nebraska System, Lincoln, NE for a science, technology, engineering, and mathematics program · NE | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Platteview Road, 132nd Street Intersection Safety Improvements NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.44M |
| 2024 | Ashland Pedestrian Underpass of Railroad NE · NE | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.21M |
| 2023 | Myott Park Renovation and Expansion Habitat for Humanity of Omaha, Inc · NE | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.10M $1.10M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Father Flanagan’s Boys’ Home, Boys Town, NE for an at-risk youth program, including the purchase of equipment and information technology · NE | Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Douglas County Youth Legal Services and Violence Reduction Initiative Douglas County · NE | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency for Wastewater Lift Station Construction · NE | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Douglas County – The BRIDGE Family Resource Connector Network Douglas County · NE | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $830.0K |
| 2022 | Encompass Omaha: A Hospital-based Violence Intervention Program City of Omaha · NE | Department of Justice · Byrne | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $527.0K $527.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Strengthening Public Safety-Police Department Equipment and Technology Upgrades City of Papillion Police Department · NE | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Donald Bacon NE | $74.0K |
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.