Earmarks requested by Ben Ray Luján
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 29 provisions worth $18.07M match.
Senator Ben Ray Luján (Democrat, NM) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Martin Heinrich Sen. NM · $12.09M · 16
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $10.59M · 19
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $7.48M · 10
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $2.19M · 3
- Melanie A. Stansbury Rep. NM · $1.91M · 3
- Gabe Vasquez Rep. NM · $800.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Justice $18.07M · 29
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Albuquerque Violence Intervention Program and Community Safety Department City of Albuquerque · NM | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $2.05M $2.05M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Alternative Pursuit Options and Highway Offender Safety Program New Mexico Department of Public Safety · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.55M |
| 2022 | Albuquerque Police Department Gunshot Detection System City of Albuquerque--Police Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $1.47M $1.47M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rio Arriba Law Enforcement Vehicles and Court Equipment Upgrades Rio Arriba County · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Luján NM | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Trauma Recovery Center - Services for Victims of Violent Crime City of Albuquerque, Family and Community Services · NM | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM, Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Supportive Services for Women, Maya's Place Albuquerque Crossroads for Women, Maya’s Place · NM | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Mobile Command Unit San Juan County Sheriff’s Office · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $963.0K |
| 2024 | CASA Program Crime Victim Trauma Intervention Project Chaves County CASA Program · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $963.0K |
| 2022 | Sandoval County Sheriff's Department Body-Worn Cameras Sandoval County Sheriff's Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Luján NM | $866.0K $866.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Communication Improvement Project New Mexico Department of Public Safety · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Gabriel Vasquez NM | $800.0K |
| 2024 | Edgewood Police Department Emergency Vehicle Fund Edgewood Police Department - NM · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $800.0K |
| 2022 | Carlsbad Police Department Mobile Command Center Equipment Upgrades City of Carlsbad · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $575.0K $575.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Santa Fe Forensic Laboratory DNA Analysis New Mexico Department of Public Safety · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $500.0K |
| 2023 | Project Lessen the Incidence of Grief, Harm and Trauma (LIGHT) City of Las Cruces · NM | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $485.0K $485.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Smart Camera Technology Project Albuquerque Police Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $480.0K $480.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Albuquerque Police Department Public Safety Echo Project City of Albuquerque--Police Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $435.0K $435.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion County of Bernalillo · NM | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $416.0K $416.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Forensic Laboratory Gas Chromatograph - Infrared Detector (GC-IRD) Instrument Project New Mexico Department of Public Safety · NM | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $411.0K $411.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Carlsbad First Responder Radio Communications Equipment City of Carlsbad · NM | Department of Justice · Byrne | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $400.0K $400.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Sandoval Sheriff’s Mobile Laptop Computers Sandoval County Sheriff's Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $379.0K $379.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office Rapid DNA Program Doña Ana County Sheriff's Office · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Luján NM | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion (LEAD) Program Santa Fe County · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $339.0K |
| 2023 | Virtual Reality Training Simulators Curry County · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $267.0K $267.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Sandoval County Behavioral Health Planning Grant Sandoval County · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $200.0K |
| 2024 | Police and Security Equipment New Mexico Highlands University Police Department · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $200.0K |
| 2024 | Law Enforcement Virtual Reality Use of Force Simulator San Juan County · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $90.0K |
| 2024 | 911 Software and Training Española/Rio Arriba E-911 Center · NM | Department of Justice · COPS Tech | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $40.0K |
| 2023 | Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives Relief Fund Missing and Murdered Diné Relatives · NM | Department of Justice · OJP-Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $25.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Recreational, Educational, and Cultural Activities for At-Risk Youth Metro Police Athletic League · NM | Department of Justice · OJP–Byrne | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $10.0K |
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.