Earmarks in Tennessee
Every verified earmark we have for Tennessee, largest first. House items are Community Project Funding and Senate items are Congressionally Directed Spending. Each links to its official source.
FY2027
House 4Senate 04 earmarks · $25.24M
Installation Access Control Point Gate 2 Upgrade (Air Force)$17.6M
West Tennessee River Bank Stabilization (West Tennessee River Basin Authority)$3M
Emergency Services Facility (Macon County Government)$2.64M
Middle Ocoee First Responder Ramp (Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation)$2M
FY2026
House 71Senate 071 earmarks · $339.22M
Chickamauga Lock, Tennessee River, TN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers$213M
Tipton, Haywood and Fayette Counties, Section 219, TN; U.S. Army Corps of Engineers$9.5M
21st Century Waterfront Revitalization (City of Chattanooga)$7M
Electric Power Board quantum network$4.2M
University of Tennessee flexible neutron source$4.2M
Memphis International Airport terminal modernization and seismic program$4M
Middle Tennessee State University scientific and technical research project$4M
Trousdale, Macon and Sumner Counties, Section 219, TN (Macon County); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers$3.5M
Historic Clayborn Temple Restoration Project, Memphis TN (Shelby County, TN)$3.15M
Clayborn Temple restoration$3.1M
Historic Melrose redevelopment project$3M
University of Tennessee (UT) Chattanooga Translational Research Program (The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga)$3M
City of Oak Ridge for Water Infrastructure Project$3M
Trousdale, Macon and Sumner Counties, Section 219, TN (Trousdale County); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers$3M
Tennessee Wesleyan University Enhancement of STEM Education$2.5M
Swan Pond Nature Area (Roane County Government)$2.5M
Tennessee River Bank Stabilization (West Tennessee River Basin Authority)$2.5M
Quantum Cookeville/Crossville—Bridging Appalachia to the Future of Communication Networks (Tennessee Technological University)$2.1M
Athens Utilities Board for Water System Improvements$2M
Trousdale, Macon and Sumner Counties, Section 219, TN (Sumner County); U.S. Army Corps of Engineers$1.88M
Erlanger Pediatric Abuse and Advocacy Resource Center (Children’s Hospital at Erlanger)$1.5M
Relocation of the Cleveland Urban Area Transit System Depot (City of Cleveland)$1.5M
Transportation Infrastructure Project (Middle Tennessee State University)$1.5M
Rigsby Elementary School Upgrades (Bledsoe County)$1.5M
Erlanger Bledsoe Hospital Rural Housing Service Project$1.5M
FEMA Federal Assistance - EOC Bradley County Emergency Operations Center City of Cleveland$1.33M
Mason Temple renovation$1.2M
Historic Sterick Building Renovation and Restoration Project (Downtown Memphis Commission)$1.2M
Laboratory Equipment and Researcher Salaries in Nuclear Engineering at Tennessee Tech University (Tennessee Technological University)$1.13M
Sweetwater Hospital Outpatient Services Expansion (Sweetwater Hospital Association)$1.1M
Collins Chapel Connectional Hospital respite care center$1.08M
Maryville College: Undergraduate Mass Spectrometry Research Program$1.05M
Shelby County District Attorney’s Victim/Witness and Data Collection Services Program (Shelby County District Attorney General’s Office)$1.03M
Memphis Youth Violence Prevention Initiative (City of Memphis)$1.03M
Memphis Police Department Equipment and Software Upgrades Project$1.03M
Covenant Gardens Senior Apartments Construction Project (City of Memphis)$1M
City of Bartlett for Sewer Equalization Tank Installation$1M
Town of Arlington for Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion$1M
FEMA Federal Assistance - EOC City of Mt. Juliet Emergency Operations Center City of Mt. Juliet$1M
University of Tennessee at Martin (UTM) Campus Security Improvements$938K
Monroe Plaza and Extended Pedestrian Infrastructure Improvements Project (City of Memphis)$850K
Electrical Infrastructure Upgrades at Montgomery Plaza, Memphis, TN (Memphis Housing Authority)$850K
Youth and Families Facilities Renovations (City of Memphis)$850K
Park Avenue Campus Water and Sewer Line Replacement and Street Improvements (University of Memphis)$850K
City of Elizabethton for Water Main Extension$829K
Bloomingdale Utility District for Water Treatment Plant Improvements$800K
Cumberland County P-25 radio system update$750K
Workforce Trades Center Completion (Knoxville Leadership Foundation)$750K
Polk County Sheriff Patrol Vehicles for Rough Terrain (Polk County Sheriff’s Office)$750K
City of Selmer for Sewer System Upgrade$750K
Jackson Energy Authority for Water and Wastewater Extension Project$750K
Knoxville Utilities Board for Wastewater Treatment Plant$750K
Town of Mosheim for Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades$750K
City of Henderson for Water Main Replacement Project$750K
Johnson City Police Department cruiser and equipment upgrades$707K
Tennessee ICAC Child Exploitation Investigation Support Project (Knoxville Police Department)$675K
Fowlers Grove Road Safety Improvements (Cocke County)$650K
Macon Community Hospital System and Equipment Upgrades (Macon County General Hospital, Inc.)$491K
Safety Improvements for Joe Reed Road (Cocke County)$450K
Terminal Modernization and Seismic Project at Memphis International Airport (Memphis-Shelby County Airport Authority)$250K
Memphis Homeless Veterans Housing Facility Renovation (City of Memphis)$250K
Reimagining Southwest Tennessee Community College Facilities Renovations (Southwest Tennessee Community College)$250K
FEMA Federal Assistance - PDM Gibson County Emergency Generator Gibson County, Tennessee$117K
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