This study analyzed the 5,767 construction project work plans approved in 2025, totaling R$ 4.89 billion, and found that 1,796 of them, equivalent to R$ 1.49 billion, do not specify the location or identify what work will be done. Of the 480 lawmakers who allocated Pix amendments to public works projects during that period, 406 allocated funds to at least one plan lacking details. The survey also identified flaws in the federal government’s plan approval process, which is not standardized, does not require detailed information, and, in some cases, results in the removal of data provided by the beneficiaries.

Pix amendments—the common name for the special transfers created by Constitutional Amendment No. 105/2019—functioned until 2024 in a manner similar to federal government grants, with states and municipalities having broad discretion in the use of the funds. Following rulings by the Federal Supreme Court (STF) in ADIs 7688 and 7695 and in ADPF 854, Complementary Law No. 210/2024 began requiring beneficiaries to submit a detailed work plan, the approval of which by the federal government is a condition for the release of funds. In 2025, for the first time, the program began to rely on structured data regarding its implementation.