Earmarks requested by Darren Soto
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 38 provisions worth $35.57M match.
Representative Darren Soto (Democrat, FL-09) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Darren Soto Rep. FL · $35.57M · 38
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $26.59M · 26
- Department of Education $1.90M · 3
- Department of Health and Human Services $1.85M · 2
- Department of Transportation $1.80M · 2
- Environmental Protection Agency $959.8K · 1
- Department of Commerce $900.0K · 1
- Department of Homeland Security $750.0K · 1
- Department of Agriculture $412.5K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Reuse Storage Pond Expansion City of St. Cloud · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Purchase of a two fire apparatus (Pierce custom pumper and quint fire apparatus) for the City of Haines City City of Haines City · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Michigan Avenue Safety Improvements Osceola County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.98M $1.98M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | The Haven on Vine City of Kissimmee · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.80M |
| 2024 | Stormwater Improvements & Flood Prevention in Historic Downtown City of St. Cloud · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.62M |
| 2023 | Hopkins Park and River Road Revitalization City of St. Cloud · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.05M $1.05M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Edgewood Pedestrian Safety and Redevelopment Initiative City of Edgewood · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Polk County, FL for behavioral health and mobile crisis services · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M $1000.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Berlinsky Community House City of Kissimmee · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Southeast Government Center City of Orlando · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Bus Pull-Outs and Safety Enhancements Central Florida Regional Transportation Authority · FL | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Hope Apartments-Motel Conversion Hope Partnership Inc. DBA Community Hope Center · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Orlando Lake Nona Poitras Park City of Orlando · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Reaves Road Force Main Replacement Project Toho Water Authority · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $960.0K |
| 2024 | City of Orlando for Ventura and Lake Roper Stormwater Improvement Project · FL | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $959.8K |
| 2023 | School District of Osceola County, FL for a youth entrepreneurship program, including support for student internships, a vehicle, and capital for student businesses · FL | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Darren Soto FL | $953.0K $953.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Deerwood Elementary School Sidewalk Project Osceola County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $944.2K $944.2K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | UCF Pathogen Surveillance Laboratory University of Central Florida, College of Medicine · FL | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Darren Soto FL | $900.0K |
| 2024 | Marigold Avenue Safety Improvements Osceola County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $850.0K |
| 2022 | Polk County Board of Commissioners, Bartow, FL for a behavioral health outreach mobile crisis team · FL | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) | Representative Darren Soto FL | $850.0K $850.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Polk County Children and Pedestrian Safety Project Polk County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $850.0K |
| 2024 | Whitted Neighborhood Water Main Connection Project Osceola County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $850.0K |
| 2022 | Lake Wales Street Resurfacing, ADA, and Street Tree Improvements · FL | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Darren Soto FL | $800.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City of Lake Wales 1st Street Streetscape City of Lake Wales · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Haines City Fire Department Services Haines City, Florida · FL | Department of Homeland Security · Emergency Operations Center | Representative Darren Soto FL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Southwest Lake Howard Pedestrian Enhancement City of Winter Haven · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hope Apartment Housing Hope Partnership · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Roadway Improvements of Daetwyler Drive and Judge Road for Multi-Use Paths and Street Widening City of Belle Isle · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $745.0K |
| 2024 | City of St. Cloud Downtown Water Main Replacement Project Toho Water Authority · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $697.0K |
| 2022 | Valencia College-Poinciana Campus Energy Independence project Valencia College · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Pathway to Housing Salvation Army, a Georgia Corporation · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K |
| 2024 | East Orange County Green PLACE Environmentally Sensitive Lands Acquisition Project Orange County · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K |
| 2022 | Winter Haven Dark Fiber Activation of Industrial Development Zone City of Winter Haven · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Realign SB JFB at Station Loop Road Greater Orlando Aviation Authority · FL | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K |
| 2023 | University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL for academic research on Puerto Rico · FL | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative Darren Soto FL | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | School District of Osceola, St. Cloud, FL for STEM education · FL | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Representative Darren Soto FL | $450.0K $450.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Fire Engine Replacement The City of Lake Alfred · FL | Department of Agriculture · Rural Housing Service | Representative Darren Soto FL | $412.5K |
| 2023 | 115 kW Floating Solar Project at Utilities and Customer Administration Building Orange County, FL · FL | Department of Energy · Energy Projects | Representative Darren Soto FL | $400.0K $0 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.