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. 9 provisions worth $26.60M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Martin Heinrich Sen. NM · $14.00M · 5
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $11.00M · 1
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $1.00M · 2
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $600.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of the Interior $26.60M · 9
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Navajo-Gallup Water Supply Project Bureau of Reclamation · NM | Department of the Interior · Water and Related Resources | Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $11.00M $11.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Eastern New Mexico Water Supply - Ute Reservoir Bureau of Reclamation · NM | Department of the Interior · Water and Related Resources | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $9.61M $9.61M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Rio Grande del Norte National Monument · NM | Department of the Interior · Land Acquisition | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) for Ethnographic Studies of L-Bar Ranch · NM | Department of the Interior · Operation of Indian Programs | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $665.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Taos County for Taos County Historic Courthouse · NM | Department of the Interior · Historic Preservation Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $600.0K |
| 2023 | InterTribal Buffalo Council for Mobile Buffalo Meat Processing Unit · NM | Department of the Interior · Operation of Indian Programs | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $575.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Town of Silver City for Waterworks Building in Silver City, NM, National Register of Historic Places, Rehabilitation and Revitalization, Save America's Treasures · NM | Department of the Interior · Historic Preservation Fund | Senator Ben Luján NM | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | City of Clovis for Lyceum Theater in Clovis, NM, National Register of Historic Places, Rehabilitation and Revitalization, Save America's Treasures · NM | Department of the Interior · Historic Preservation Fund | Senator Ben Luján NM | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Bureau of Land Management for Caja del Rio Remote Observation Equipment · NM | Department of the Interior · Management of Lands and Resources | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $150.0K |
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.