Congressional earmarks in NJ
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 7 provisions worth $64.02M match.
By year
- FY2023 $64.02M · 7
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $37.30M · 5
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $36.30M · 4
- Jefferson Van Drew Rep. NJ · $32.00M · 1
- Frank Pallone, Jr. Rep. NJ · $26.00M · 1
- Robert Casey Sen. PA · $715.0K · 1
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $715.0K · 1
- Mikie Sherrill Rep. NJ · $300.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $64.02M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Barnegat Inlet to Little Egg Inlet, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $32.00M $89.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Shrewsbury River, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $26.00M $6.56M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New York and New Jersey Harbor, NY & NJ (DMMP) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $3.00M $61.4K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New York and New Jersey Harbor Deepening and Channel Improvements Study, NY & NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M $73.8K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M $184.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | River Basin Commissions (Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions: Delaware River Basin Commission) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ, PA | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Robert Casey PA, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $715.0K $715.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Whippany River, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Mikie Sherrill NJ | $300.0K $0 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.