Earmarks requested by Darin LaHood
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 34 provisions worth $231.80M match.
Representative Darin LaHood (Republican, IL-16) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Darin LaHood Rep. IL · $214.07M · 26
- Richard J. Durbin Sen. IL · $174.15M · 5
- Tammy Duckworth Sen. IL · $174.06M · 4
- Blaine Luetkemeyer Rep. MO · $169.30M · 2
- Amy Klobuchar Sen. MN · $169.30M · 2
- Tammy Baldwin Sen. WI · $169.30M · 2
- Eric Sorensen Rep. IL · $120.85M · 2
- Tina Smith MN, Sam Graves Sen. MO · $120.00M · 1
- Nikki Budzinski Rep. IL · $120.00M · 1
- Cheri Bustos Rep. IL · $53.80M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $169.30M · 2
- Department of Transportation $28.00M · 11
- Department of Agriculture $13.32M · 5
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $6.70M · 5
- Department of Health and Human Services $4.70M · 3
- Department of Justice $4.49M · 4
- Environmental Protection Agency $2.96M · 2
- Department of Homeland Security $2.00M · 1
By state: MO $120.00M · IL $111.80M
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Upper Mississippi River—Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · MO, IA, MN, IL, WI | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Tammy Baldwin WI, Senator Tammy Duckworth IL, Senator Richard Durbin IL, Senator Amy Klobuchar MN, Senator Tina Smith MN, Sam Graves MO, Representative Darin Lahood IL, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer MO, Representative Eric Sorensen IL, Representative Nikki Budzinski IL | $120.00M |
| 2023 | Upper Mississippi River - Illinois WW System, IL, IA, MN, MO & WI U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · IL, MN, MO, WI | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Tina Smith MN, Senator Tammy Duckworth IL, Senator Amy Klobuchar MN, Senator Richard Durbin IL, Senator Roy Blunt MO, Senator Tammy Baldwin WI, Representative Samuel Graves MO, Representative Blaine Luetkemeyer MO, Representative Cheri Bustos IL, Representative Darin Lahood IL | $49.30M $36.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research Expansion National Center for Agricultural Utilization Research · IL | Department of Agriculture · Buildings and Facilities | Representative Cheri Bustos IL, Representative Darin LaHood IL | $4.50M $399.9K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Veterans Drive Extension Engineering · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $4.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Nofsinger Road Realignment · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Elmwood Rural Health and Wellness Center Elmwood Community Foundation · IL | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $3.75M |
| 2022 | Lincoln Avenue Reconstruction · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | W. College Avenue Rehabilitation · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Tammy Duckworth IL, Representative Darin Lahood IL | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Hospital Improvements Greater Joliet Area YMCA · IL | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $3.50M |
| 2023 | Western Road (CH 6) Realignment Marshall County · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Iron Bridge Road to MacArthur Boulevard Extension · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lee-Ogle Transportation System Land Acquisition and Facility Construction to Support Future Growth Lee County · IL | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.95M |
| 2023 | Downtown Streetscape Improvements Phase I Village of Downs · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.13M $2.13M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Methodist Health Services Corporation, Peoria, IL for facilities · IL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Hamilton Road—Bunn St. to Morrissey Drive Road Extension IL · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Regional Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) and Records Management System (RMS) City of Peoria · IL | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Prospect Road Reconstruction Project · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Western Illinois Emergency Operations Center The Board of Trustees, Western Illinois University · IL | Department of Homeland Security · Emergency Operations Center | Senator Richard Durbin IL, Representative Darin LaHood IL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Illinois State University, Mennonite College of Nursing, Normal, IL for facilities and equipment · IL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Richard Durbin IL, Representative Darin Lahood IL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Calhoun Street Bridge Reconstruction IL · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $1.80M |
| 2022 | The City of Rushville for drinking water system improvements · IL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $1.70M $1.70M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Multi-Purpose Community Building Village of Flanagan · IL | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Bloomington-Normal Water Reclamation District for Pump Station and Force Main Project · IL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Tammy Duckworth IL, Representative Darin Lahood IL | $1.26M |
| 2024 | Multi-Agency Law Enforcement/First Responders/Emergency Management Radio System Operability Upgrade Jo Daviess County Sheriff's Office · IL | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $1.06M |
| 2024 | Regional Police Training Center Technology Upgrades Winnebago County · IL | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Richard Durbin IL, Representative Darin Lahood IL, Representative Eric Sorensen IL | $847.0K |
| 2024 | Iowa Avenue Roadway Project IL · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $750.0K |
| 2022 | OSF St. Joseph Medical Center, Bloomington, IL for facilities and equipment · IL | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $700.0K $700.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Somerset Drive Multi-Use Path Village of Germantown Hills · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $670.0K $670.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Washington, IL, Police Evidence Storage City of Washington · IL | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $583.0K $583.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Eureka Downtown Streetscape Improvements City of Eureka · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Radnor Road Complete Streets Corridor Plan Phase I Engineering IL · IL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $500.0K |
| 2024 | US-20/IL-2 Planning and Environmental Linkage City of Rockford · IL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $400.0K |
| 2022 | Illinois College, Jacksonville, IL for creation of an online Master of Science in Nursing program and equipment · IL | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Darin LaHood IL | $330.0K $330.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Water Meter Installation Village of Orion, IL · IL | Department of Agriculture · Rural Water and Wastewater Disposal Grants | Representative Darin Lahood IL | $72.0K |
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.