Congressional earmarks in SD
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 28 provisions worth $266.05M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- John Thune Sen. SD · $198.38M · 10
- Mike Rounds Sen. SD · $165.15M · 23
- Tina Smith Sen. MN · $12.69M · 1
- Amy Klobuchar Sen. MN · $12.69M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $173.65M · 10
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $41.94M · 4
- Environmental Protection Agency $23.60M · 1
- Department of the Interior $12.69M · 1
- Department of Education $6.87M · 2
- Department of Health and Human Services $4.19M · 3
- Army Corps of Engineers $3.11M · 7
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 |
| 2024 | Rapid City Airport (RAP) Passenger Terminal Expansion Rapid City Airport (RAP) · SD | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $20.00M |
| 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 | North Sioux City Northshore Drive Realignment Project · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $17.00M $1.92M 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 | SD 37 Improvements SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD, Senator John Thune SD | $10.66M |
| 2024 | SD 13 Reconstruction SD · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $10.07M |
| 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 |
| 2024 | University of South Dakota, SD, for biomedical computation education, including the purchase of equipment University of South Dakota, SD, for biomedical computation education, including the purchase of equipment · SD | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $6.50M |
| 2024 | Black Hills Housing Development Black Hills Area Habitat for Humanity, Inc. · SD | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $3.03M |
| 2022 | Avera Queen of Peace and City of Mitchell Workforce Housing Project Mitchell Area Development Corporation · SD | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $2.41M $2.41M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Avera McKennan dba Avera Behavioral Health, SD, for facilities and equipment · SD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $2.09M $2.09M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Western Water Cooperative Committee U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.20M |
| 2024 | University of South Dakota, SD, for facilities and equipment, including telehealth and information technology · SD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.10M |
| 2024 | BIA Route 3 Standing Rock Sioux Tribe · SD | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Avera McKennan, SD, for facilities and equipment, including information technology · SD | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $997.0K |
| 2023 | Watertown and Vicinity, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $850.0K $59.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Thunder Butte Flood Risk Resiliency, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $430.0K $19.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mount Marty College, SD, for the purchase of equipment Mount Marty College, SD, for the purchase of equipment · SD | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $370.0K |
| 2023 | Lower Moreau, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $230.0K $19.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Watertown Flood Risk Management Feasibility Study, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $200.0K $199.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Ring Thunder Road, Mellette County, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 14 | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $100.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | BIA Route 2 Near on the Tree, SD U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · SD | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 14 | Senator Marion Rounds SD | $100.0K $17.1K 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.