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 $4.20M match.
By year
- FY2024 $4.20M · 7
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $4.20M · 7
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $3.10M · 4
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Education $4.20M · 7
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Hudson County Community College (HCCC), NJ, for the Hudson Scholars Program Hudson County Community College (HCCC), NJ, for the Hudson Scholars Program · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Rowan University, NJ, for a regenerative food systems program, including the purchase of equipment Rowan University, NJ, for a regenerative food systems program, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Warren Community College, NJ, for a precision agriculture technology project Warren Community College, NJ, for a precision agriculture technology project · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $699.0K |
| 2024 | Sussex County Community College, NJ, for the Public Safety Training Academy, including the purchase of equipment Sussex County Community College, NJ, for the Public Safety Training Academy, including the purchase of equipment · NJ | Department of Education · Higher Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $546.0K |
| 2024 | Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May, NJ, for educational programming, curriculum development, and arts education Harriet Tubman Museum of Cape May, NJ, for educational programming, curriculum development, and arts education · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $421.0K |
| 2024 | Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc., NJ, for trauma-informed strategies to support LGBTQ+ youth Garden State Equality Education Fund, Inc., NJ, for trauma-informed strategies to support LGBTQ+ youth · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $400.0K |
| 2024 | Newark Mentoring Movement, NJ, for a school-based mentoring initiative Newark Mentoring Movement, NJ, for a school-based mentoring initiative · NJ | Department of Education · Innovation and Improvement | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $135.0K |
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.