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 $18.15M match.
By year
- FY2023 $18.15M · 10
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $14.90M · 8
- Martin Heinrich Sen. NM · $10.15M · 5
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $4.00M · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Transportation $18.15M · 10
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Spider Rock Road Improvement Project · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $4.00M $4.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | New Mexico Rail Runner Express Operations and Maintenance Facility Rio Metro Regional Transit District · NM | Department of Transportation · Transit Infrastructure Grants | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Albuquerque Rail Spur Trail · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Pueblo of Acoma - Haak'u Road · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $2.90M $2.90M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | I-40 Corridor · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | US 84 Full Depth Reclamation between Ft. Sumner and Santa Rosa · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | NM 128 from Jal to NM 31 · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | I-25 Comanche/Montgomery Interchanges · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Downtown Clovis Reconstruction Project · NM | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Safe Corridors and Reducing Motor Vehicle Dependency Western New Mexico University · NM | Department of Transportation · Transportation Planning, Research and Development | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $250.0K $250.0K 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.