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Congressionally Directed Spending Tracker
Track where your tax dollars go through Community Project Funding (House) and Congressionally Directed Spending (Senate) — the modern names for what used to be called earmarks.
New York City Gateway Tunnel Project
Everglades Restoration Water Control Infrastructure
Louisiana Coastal Erosion Prevention Program
Texas Border Community Infrastructure Improvements
Idaho National Laboratory Clean Energy Research
Puget Sound Environmental Restoration Program
South Carolina Military Installation Resilience
Hawaii Wildfire Prevention and Recovery Program
March Air Reserve Base Housing Modernization
Central Valley Water Reclamation Project
Oklahoma Tribal Healthcare Facility Expansion
Vermont Rural Broadband Expansion Initiative
Twin Cities Light Rail Green Line Extension
Fort Hood Military Family Housing Upgrade
Newark Lead Pipe Replacement Initiative
Great Lakes Water Quality Monitoring Network
South Carolina I-95 Corridor Improvement
West Virginia Flood Mitigation Infrastructure
Upstate New York Rural Healthcare Access Program
Broward County Stormwater Management System
Appalachian Regional Healthcare Center
Maine Lobster Industry Climate Adaptation Fund
New Haven Rail Yard Infrastructure Modernization
Madison Affordable Housing Development
Northwest Arkansas Regional Airport Expansion
North Dakota Agricultural Research Station
Toledo Waterfront Community Development Project
Olympic Peninsula Salmon Habitat Restoration
Fort Worth Regional Water Supply Project
San Bernardino Community College Workforce Center
Chesapeake Bay Oyster Reef Restoration
Antelope Valley Homeless Veteran Shelter
Alabama Rural School Technology Program
Montana Rural Fire Department Equipment Fund
Westchester County Youth Mental Health Program
Albany Flint River Greenway Trail Extension
Connecticut Community Gun Violence Prevention
No appropriations bills loaded. Bills with earmark provisions will appear here when available.
Earmarks were banned in 2011 and returned in 2021 as "Community Project Funding." Click to see the full timeline.
Earmarks (now called "Community Project Funding" or "Congressionally Directed Spending") are provisions in spending bills that direct funds to specific projects in members' districts.
After a decade-long ban (2011-2020), they returned in 2021 with new transparency requirements: all requests must be publicly posted, no for-profit entities can receive funds, and members must certify no personal financial interest.
Earmarks are limited to 1% of discretionary spending and must be approved through the regular appropriations process.
Earmark data sourced from House and Senate Appropriations Committee public disclosures. Appropriations bills from Congress.gov API. Updated periodically.