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. 30 provisions worth $31.95M match.
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $19.48M · 18
- Martin Heinrich Sen. NM · $17.71M · 14
- Melanie A. Stansbury Rep. NM · $4.92M · 3
- Teresa Leger Fernandez Rep. NM · $4.06M · 4
- Gabe Vasquez Rep. NM · $1.92M · 2
- Ben Ray Luján Sen. NM · $200.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Environmental Protection Agency $31.95M · 30
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | East Pecos Mutual Domestic Water Consumer's Association for Connecting Additional Homes to Sewer Lines and Centralized Treatment · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Mountainair for Wastewater Treatment Facility Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $3.00M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Village of Maxwell for Wastewater Treatment Upgrades · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $1.90M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | El Valle de Los Ranchos Water & Sanitation District for a Sewer Main · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $1.86M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Santo Domingo Pueblo for a Wastewater Distribution System · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $1.50M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Village of Questa for Water Infrastructure Upgrades · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $1.45M |
| 2023 | City of Gallup for New Water Wells · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.30M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Town of Springer for Water Distribution System Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.26M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for Sewer Collection System · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $1.20M |
| 2023 | City of Las Vegas Sewer Rehabilitation Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.15M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Village of Ruidoso for Pinecliff Water and Sewer Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $1.00M |
| 2024 | City of Gallup for Water Line Replacements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $1.00M |
| 2024 | Village of Los Lunas for a Water Extension Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $959.8K |
| 2024 | Pueblo of Tesuque for Wastewater Treatment Plant Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $959.8K |
| 2024 | City of Bayard for Wastewater Systems Improvement Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Gabriel Vasquez NM | $959.8K |
| 2024 | City of Lovington for Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $959.8K |
| 2024 | City of Carlsbad for Double Eagle Waterline Replacement Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Gabriel Vasquez NM | $959.8K |
| 2024 | Albuquerque Bernalillo County Water Utility Authority for Aquifer Storage and Recovery Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Representative Melanie Stansbury NM | $959.8K |
| 2023 | Town of Edgewood for Water Quality Improvement Facility · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $900.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Rio Lucio Mutual Domestic Water Consumer Association for Water Line Replacement · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $850.0K |
| 2023 | City of Santa Rosa for Water System Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $800.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Village of Cimarron for Waterline Replacement · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $700.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Puerto de Luna Mutual Domestic Water Community/Co-op Association for Agua Negra Water Infrastructure · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $700.0K |
| 2023 | Santa Clara Pueblo for a Water Treatment and Wastewater Facility Design · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM, Representative Teresa Leger Fernandez NM | $640.0K $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Village of Chama for Water and Sewer Infrastructure · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM, Senator Ben Lujan NM | $600.0K |
| 2024 | City of Portales for Sewer System Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Martin Heinrich NM | $430.0K |
| 2024 | Lower Rio Grande Public Water Works Authority for South Valley Regional Water System Improvements Project · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $325.0K |
| 2024 | City of Santa Rosa for Water and Wastewater Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Drinking Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $300.0K |
| 2022 | Town of Silver City for Grant County Regional Water Project Update · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants - Drinking Water SRF | Senator Ben Luján NM | $200.0K $200.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | City of Portales for Drainage Improvements · NM | Environmental Protection Agency · State and Tribal Assistance Grants—Clean Water State Revolving Fund | Senator Ben Lujan NM | $120.0K |
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.