Earmarks requested by John Thune
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 11 provisions worth $210.38M match.
Senator John Thune (Republican, SD) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- John Thune Sen. SD · $210.38M · 11
- Mike Rounds Sen. SD · $109.48M · 6
- Tina Smith Sen. MN · $24.69M · 2
- Amy Klobuchar Sen. MN · $24.69M · 2
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $125.58M · 6
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $36.50M · 2
- Department of the Interior $24.69M · 2
- Environmental Protection Agency $23.60M · 1
By state: SD $198.38M · IA $12.00M
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Improvements to I-90 Interchange in Brandon · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator John Thune SD | $32.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 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 |
| 2022 | I-29 85th Street Interchange · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator John Thune SD | $30.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | US 385 Improvements SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $26.75M |
| 2024 | Sioux Metro Growth Alliance for Wastewater Infrastructure Improvements · SD | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator John Thune SD | $23.60M |
| 2023 | Improvements in Sioux Falls near the Benson Road Interchange · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator John Thune SD, Senator Marion Rounds SD | $17.37M $17.37M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, IA, MN, SD Bureau of Reclamation · SD | Department of the Interior · Water and Related Resources | Senator Amy Klobuchar MN, Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator Tina Smith MN, Senator John Thune SD | $12.69M $12.69M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lewis and Clark Rural Water System, IA, MN, SD Bureau of Reclamation · IA, MN, SD | Department of the Interior · Water and Related Resources | Senator Amy Klobuchar MN, Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator Tina Smith MN, Senator John Thune SD | $12.00M |
| 2024 | SD 37 Improvements SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $10.66M |
| 2023 | Improvements on South Dakota Highway 34 · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator John Thune SD | $8.30M $8.30M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Workforce Training Facility Southeast Technical College · SD | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator John Thune SD | $6.50M |
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.