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. 26 provisions worth $33.84M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $21.32M · 13
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $19.52M · 11
- Jefferson Van Drew Rep. NJ · $16.16M · 4
- Frank Pallone, Jr. Rep. NJ · $3.57M · 4
- Thomas H. Kean, Jr. Rep. NJ · $3.16M · 2
- Christopher H. Smith Rep. NJ · $2.21M · 3
- Donald Payne Rep. NJ · $1.52M · 2
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $1.11M · 1
- William Pascrell Rep. NJ · $637.2K · 1
- Andy Kim Rep. NJ · $637.2K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Homeland Security $33.84M · 26
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | North Wildwood Sea Wall City of North Wildwood · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $10.00M $10.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Lake Lenape Dam Flood Mitigation Atlantic County Improvement Authority · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Pre-Disaster Mitigation | Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $4.60M $4.60M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Scotch Plains Emergency Operations Center Township of Scotch Plains · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Thomas Kean NJ | $2.70M |
| 2023 | Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor Bulkhead Repairs Borough of Atlantic Highlands · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $2.11M $2.11M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Stafford Bulkhead Stafford Township · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—PDM | Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $1.34M |
| 2024 | Orange Centralized Emergency Service Center City of Orange Township · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Donald Payne NJ | $1.31M |
| 2024 | Monmouth County Emergency Operations Center Renovations Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Christopher Smith NJ | $1.24M |
| 2023 | Land Acquisition for Open Space Montgomery Township · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.21M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Shark River Living Shoreline – Phase II Neptune Township · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $1.15M |
| 2023 | Southern Middlesex County Flood Mitigation and Resilience Project County of Middlesex · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.11M $1.11M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Carteret OEM Building Renovation and Expansion Project Borough of Carteret · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Bay Head Flood Mitigation Project Borough of Bay Head · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—PDM | Representative Christopher Smith NJ | $815.3K |
| 2024 | Carteret OEM Building Renovation and Expansion Project Borough of Carteret · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $637.2K |
| 2024 | Clifton Emergency Operations Center City of Clifton · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Representative William Pascrell NJ | $637.2K |
| 2024 | Burlington County Emergency Operations Center County of Burlington · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Andy Kim NJ | $637.2K |
| 2024 | Installation of New Diesel Generators for Municipal Buildings in Raritan Township Township of Raritan · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Thomas Kean NJ | $459.0K |
| 2022 | Firemans Park Bulkhead Improvement Project Borough of Keyport · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Pre-Disaster Mitigation | Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $450.0K $450.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | McDonald Brook Channel and Benson Avenue Realignment Flood Control Project City of Passaic · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $380.0K |
| 2023 | South Plainfield Emergency Operations Center Modernization South Plainfield Police Department · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - EOC | Representative Frank Pallone NJ | $370.7K $370.7K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Green Hills Development Swale Improvements Township of Hillsborough · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Representative Tom Malinowski NJ | $320.5K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Hazard Mitigation Improvements in North Caldwell Borough of North Caldwell · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Pre-Disaster Mitigation | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $300.0K $300.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Jackson Avenue/Riverside Avenue Drainage Improvements County of Bergen · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance - PDM | Senator Cory Booker NJ | $250.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Atlantic City Airport Fire Department Emergency Operations Center Atlantic City International Airport Fire Department · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Jefferson Van Drew NJ | $225.0K |
| 2024 | Upgrade to Emergency Operations Centers – Clayton and West Deptford Gloucester County · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Senator Robert Menendez NJ | $225.0K |
| 2024 | Caldwell Emergency Operations Center Expansion Borough of Caldwell · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Federal Assistance—EOC | Representative Donald Payne NJ | $203.6K |
| 2022 | Beth Medrash Govoha Nonprofit Security Grant Beth Medrash Govoha of America · NJ | Department of Homeland Security · Nonprofit Security | Representative Christopher Smith NJ | $150.0K $150.0K 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.