Congressional earmarks in NM
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 10 provisions worth $5.86M match.
By year
- FY2023 $5.86M · 10
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $5.29M · 8
- Martin Heinrich Sen. NM · $3.18M · 7
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $2.00M · 1
- Melanie A. Stansbury Rep. NM · $1.50M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $5.86M · 10
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Collaborative for Higher Education Shared Services, Santa Fe, NM for a cybersecurity shared services program · NM | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The University of New Mexico, NM, for cybersecurity and data science education and workforce development activities, including the purchase of equipment · NM | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $1.50M $1.50M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Western New Mexico University, NM, for the wildland fire science program · NM | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Pojoaque Valley School District, NM, for technology upgrades, including purchase of equipment · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $400.0K $400.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | National Indian Youth Leadership Development Project, NM, for in-school and out-of-school youth development programming · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $361.0K $361.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | University of New Mexico, NM, for an educator career pathways program · NM | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Albuquerque Public Schools, NM, for STEM education and agricultural science magnet school pathway, including purchase of equipment · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $275.0K $275.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Mexico State University Glass Family Research, NM, for early childhood education, including purchase of equipment · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | May Center for Learning, NM, for professional development and coaching for reading specialists · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Children's Reading Alliance, NM, for school readiness, including early literacy training in home and child care settings · NM | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $120.0K $120.0K 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.