Congressional earmarks in TN
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 148 provisions worth $490.17M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann Rep. TN · $309.06M · 29
- Steve Cohen Rep. TN · $48.65M · 38
- Tim Burchett Rep. TN · $30.69M · 26
- John W. Rose Rep. TN · $30.27M · 17
- James Cooper Rep. TN · $22.77M · 13
- David Kustoff Rep. TN · $21.00M · 4
- Diana Harshbarger Rep. TN · $19.88M · 16
- Scott DesJarlais Rep. TN · $11.80M · 4
- H. Morgan Griffith Rep. VA · $1.05M · 2
- Mark R. Warner Sen. VA · $605.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $236.80M · 1
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $82.64M · 51
- Department of Transportation $73.20M · 21
- Department of Health and Human Services $30.63M · 25
- Environmental Protection Agency $24.18M · 11
- Department of Commerce $12.52M · 4
- Department of Agriculture $8.06M · 6
- Department of Education $6.94M · 7
Largest provisions (the 100 largest of 148)
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, TN U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · TN | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $236.80M |
| 2024 | Construction of I-69 Troy Bypass from South of SR-183 to South of SR-3 (US-51) TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative David Kustoff TN | $10.00M |
| 2024 | Highway US 127 TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative John Rose TN | $10.00M |
| 2024 | Alton Park Connector City of Chattanooga · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $6.40M |
| 2024 | Bomar Field Shelbyville Municipal Airport (SYI) · TN | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $6.00M |
| 2024 | Snow Removal Equipment (SRE) Building Design-Build Memphis International Airport (MEM) · TN | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative David Kustoff TN, Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $5.00M |
| 2024 | Cummings Highway Widening TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $5.00M |
| 2023 | City of Oak Ridge Water Treatment Plan Transmission Main · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Oak Ridge for Potable Water Storage Tank Rehabilitation · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $5.00M |
| 2023 | Walnut Street Bridge Repair and Restoration · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $5.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Widening construction of Highway 641 from Howard Road to Kentucky State Line TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative David Kustoff TN | $5.00M |
| 2024 | EPB Quantum Network Chattanooga Electric Power Board · TN | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $4.00M |
| 2023 | Memphis Cobblestone Landing Recreational Center City of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Fisk University John R. Lewis Center for Social Justice - Race Relations Building, Nashville, TN Fisk University · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Health Diagnostic Center Mountain People's Health Councils, Inc. · TN | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative John Rose TN | $3.75M |
| 2022 | The City of Oak Ridge for a water treatment plant project · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $3.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Broad Street Redesign TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $3.50M |
| 2024 | University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Quantum Center University of Tennessee at Chattanooga · TN | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $3.50M |
| 2023 | Porter Jr. High School – MLK Transition Academy Redevelopment Urban Renaissance Partners · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tennessee State University Harned Hall Biological Sciences Research Building Renovation Tennessee State University · TN | Department of Commerce · Construction | Representative James Cooper TN | $3.00M $2.97M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Donelson Station Regional Transportation Authority of Middle Tennessee · TN | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Representative John Rose TN | $3.00M |
| 2023 | Blount County Greenway · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Historic Melrose Redevelopment Project City of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | SR-449 Extension of Veterans Boulevard · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sevier County Emergency Operations Center Tennessee Emergency Management Agency · TN | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $3.00M |
| 2022 | Jefferson Street Multimodal Cap and Connector, Nashville, TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative James Cooper TN | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Westside Evolves Transformation Plan Chattanooga Housing Authority · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Overton Park/Memphis Zoo Parking Solution Initiative Overton Park Conservancy · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Tennessee Technological University, Cookeville, TN for the purchase of equipment · TN | Department of Education · Higher Education | Representative John Rose TN | $3.00M $3.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Anderson County Emergency Operations Center Anderson County Government · TN | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.94M |
| 2023 | City of Luttrell Wastewater Treatment Plant · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.52M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | East Tennessee Children’s Hospital, Knoxville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Road and safety improvements Middle Tennessee State University · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $2.50M |
| 2023 | Siskin Hospital for Physical Rehabilitation, Inc., Chattanooga, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Moves & Grooves Center for Art & Innovation, Antioch, TN Moves and Grooves, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Early Learning Childcare Center Construction Athens-McMinn Family YMCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.50M $2.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mobility Ecosystems TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.40M |
| 2024 | Rural Health Education and Screening Expansion University Health System (UHS) · TN | Department of Agriculture · Rural Community Facilities Program Account | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.33M |
| 2024 | Broad and Lytle St. Multimodal Access Project City of Murfreesboro · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $2.30M |
| 2023 | Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.20M $2.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Friendsville Downtown Sewer improvements City of Friendsville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.04M $2.04M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Healthcare Supply Chain Data Engineering Center Lincoln Memorial University · TN | Department of Commerce · NIST–STRS (Scientific and Technical Research and Services) | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.02M |
| 2022 | University Health System, Inc., Knoxville, TN for facilities · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Chattanooga-Hamilton County Hospital Authority d/b/a Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University Community Health Services, Inc., Nashville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Knob Creek Road Improvements · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $2.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Erlanger Health System, Chattanooga, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Regional One Health, Memphis, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | University Health System, Inc., Knoxville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative John Rose TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Operation Home for Heroes Project, Memphis, TN Alpha Omega Veterans Services, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $2.00M |
| 2024 | Strawberry Plains Affordable Housing Project Knoxville Habitat for Humanity · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Veterans' Permanent Supportive Housing Knoxville's Community Development Corporation · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Peyton Road Expansion City of Lebanon · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Jenny Boyd Keys of Hope Women's Program Building Expansion, Renovation and Preservation Young Women's Christian Association – Knoxville YWCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Peyton Road Widening City of Lebanon · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $2.00M |
| 2023 | Operation Stand Down Building Better Facility to Eliminate Veteran Homelessness, Nashville, TN Operation Stand Down Tennessee · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Memphis Home Repair Program Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Glen Hills Utility District for Water Infrastructure Project · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.75M |
| 2024 | Legends Park Expansion Project, Memphis, TN Urban Strategies, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.67M |
| 2022 | Smart City Testbed Expansion · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | City Of Maynardville Wastewater System Improvements · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | CARE Center Construction The Caring Place · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | SR-126 Widening · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | SR-35 Construction and Improvements · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | 2–1–1 system expansion United Way of Greater Chattanooga · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Campbell County for Water Infrastructure Project · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.39M |
| 2022 | City of Friendsville 2021 City Sidewalk Program City of Friendsville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.38M $1.38M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Hospitality Hub Studio Village The Hospitality Hub of Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.27M $1.27M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital/Room at the Inn Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University Health System (UHS) d/b/a University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $1.25M $1.25M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Promoting and Preserving Homeownership in Memphis United Housing, Inc · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.20M $1.20M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Soulsville Foundation, Memphis, TN for an afterschool music education program · TN | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.15M $1.15M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.08M $1.08M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Northside Square – The Revitalization of Northside High School Project, Memphis, TN The Works, Inc. · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Agape Child & Family Services, Memphis, TN for job training, career placement, and supportive services · TN | Department of Labor · Employment and Training Administration | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Regional One Health, Memphis, TN for purchase of equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Distance Learning Equipment Motlow State Community College · TN | Department of Agriculture · Distance Learning and Telemedicine Program | Representative Scott Desjarlais TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Greater Kingsport Family YMCA expansion Greater Kingsport Family YMCA · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) | Representative James Cooper TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sewer Improvements City of Maynardville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Tipton County Tennessee for Regional Utility Infrastructure Project · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative David Kustoff TN | $1.00M |
| 2023 | Main Street and Downtown Business District Improvements City of Watertown · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative John Rose TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | State Route 449 Extension TN · TN | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Castalia Heights Affordable Homeownership Opportunity Development Project, Memphis, TN Habitat for Humanity of Greater Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Old Gray Section 3 City of Johnson City, TN · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Hub Hall: Disrupting the Cycle of Chronic Homelessness in Youth Project, Memphis, TN Hospitality Hub · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Memphis Home Repair Program Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) Memphis · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | YMCA of Memphis and the Mid-South, Cordova, TN for educational programs before and after school · TN | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University Health System (UHS), d/b/a/ University of Tennessee Medical Center, Knoxville, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Drainage Improvements City of Maynardville · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Residential home construction for low-income families Socially Equal Energy Efficient Development · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Timothy Burchett TN | $1.00M |
| 2022 | Glen Hills Utility District for an updated drinking water infrastructure project in Greeneville · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $996.2K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Le Bonheur Children's Hospital, Memphis, TN for facilities and equipment · TN | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $970.0K $970.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Memphis Police Department Sentinel Surveillance Cameras Project Memphis Police Department · TN | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Memphis Police Department Officer Equipment Improvement Project Memphis Police Department · TN | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $963.0K |
| 2024 | Chattanooga Police Department Technology Efficiency Upgrades City of Chattanooga · TN | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $850.0K |
| 2024 | Overton Park Accessibility Improvements Project, Memphis TN Overton Park Conservancy · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Stephen Cohen TN | $850.0K |
| 2023 | Town of Tellico Plains Water Treatment Plant · TN | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Chuck Fleischmann TN | $800.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | American Baptist College Historic Building Improvements and Civil Rights Walking Tour Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative James Cooper TN | $796.8K $796.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Improvements to Cocke County Veterans Memorial Building WestCare Tennessee · TN | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Diana Harshbarger TN | $750.0K |
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.