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. 19 provisions worth $118.98M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $81.77M · 14
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $60.77M · 12
- Frank Pallone, Jr. Rep. NJ · $34.00M · 2
- Jefferson Van Drew Rep. NJ · $32.50M · 2
- Donald Norcross Rep. NJ · $2.00M · 1
- Mikie Sherrill Rep. NJ · $1.05M · 2
- Robert Casey Sen. PA · $715.0K · 1
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $715.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Army Corps of Engineers $118.98M · 19
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 |
| 2022 | Great Egg Harbor Inlet and Peck Beach (Ocean City), NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $17.00M $17.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Townsends Inlet to Cape May Inlet, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $15.50M $15.48M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Shoal Harbor and Compton Creek, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $8.00M $4.85M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Delaware Bay Coastline, Oakwood Beach, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $5.00M $2.96M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Lower Cape May Meadows and Cape May Point, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $4.00M |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Camden, Section 219, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Representative Donald Norcross NJ | $2.00M |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Barnegat Inlet, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $970.0K |
| 2024 | Jefferson, Section 219, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Mikie Sherrill NJ | $750.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Whippany River, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $700.0K |
| 2024 | New Jersey Shore Protection, Hereford to Cape May Inlet, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $500.0K |
| 2024 | Manasquan River, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Operation and Maintenance | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $445.0K |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Absecon Inlet, Atlantic City, NJ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ | Army Corps of Engineers · Construction/Section 111 | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $100.0K |
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.