Earmarks requested by Bonnie Watson Coleman
Projects Congress paid for by name in the annual spending laws: House Community Project Funding and Senate Congressionally Directed Spending, FY2022–FY2024. 35 provisions worth $38.44M match.
Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman (Democrat, NJ-12) · official site ↗
By year
FY2025: none (a full-year continuing resolution). FY2026: enacted, not yet in GAO's data.
Requesting members
- Bonnie Watson Coleman Rep. NJ · $38.44M · 35
- Cory A. Booker Sen. NJ · $12.31M · 9
- Robert Menendez Sen. NJ · $10.61M · 7
- Robert Casey Sen. PA · $715.0K · 1
A project with several requesters counts for each of them.
By agency
- Department of Housing and Urban Development $19.72M · 20
- Department of Transportation $12.68M · 6
- Department of Health and Human Services $2.05M · 4
- Department of Education $1.55M · 2
- Department of Homeland Security $1.11M · 1
- Army Corps of Engineers $715.0K · 1
- Department of Agriculture $625.0K · 1
Largest provisions
| FY | Project and recipient | Agency | Requested by | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Trenton Mercer Airport (TTN) Taxiway Project County of Mercer · NJ | Department of Transportation · Grants-in-Aid for Airports | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $4.12M |
| 2024 | Plainfield—Route 28 Improvements Project NJ · NJ | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $4.00M |
| 2023 | South Brunswick Signalized Intersection Improvements · NJ | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $2.60M $0 obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Van Veghten House Restoration Somerset County Historical Society · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $2.44M $2.44M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Assunpink Greenway Active Recreation Corridor City of Trenton · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $2.00M $2.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Princeton YMCA Renovation Somerset County Young Men's Christian Association Inc. · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.80M |
| 2022 | Dunhams Corner Road Township of East Brunswick · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.60M $1.60M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Montgomery Floodplain Restoration Project Township of Montgomery · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.50M |
| 2024 | Mt. Carmel Guild Rehabilitation Mount Carmel Guild of Trenton · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.25M |
| 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 |
| 2024 | Rebuilding of Ewing Senior & Community Center Township of Ewing · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.05M |
| 2023 | Big Brothers Big Sisters of Essex, Hudson & Union Counties, Newark, NJ for mentoring and student support · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary and Secondary Education | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Trenton Wharf Flood Resilience Park Project County of Mercer · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Franklin Township Youth Center Township of Franklin · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $1.00M $1.00M obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Route 522 Realignment Extension NJ · NJ | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $850.0K |
| 2023 | Henry J. Austin Health Center, Trenton, NJ for a mobile health unit and staffing · NJ | Department of Health and Human Services · Health Resources and Services Administration | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $813.6K $813.6K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Trenton Entrepreneur Accelerator Space Project City of Trenton · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $800.0K |
| 2023 | East Brunswick Public Library Building Infrastructure East Brunswick Township · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Coalport Neighborhood Revitalization Planning Kean University · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Wireworks City of Trenton · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Witherspoon Street Improvements Municipality of Princeton · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $750.0K $750.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | River Basin Commissions (Mid-Atlantic River Basin Commissions: Delaware River Basin Commission) U.S. Army Corps of Engineers · NJ, PA | Army Corps of Engineers · Investigations | Senator Robert Casey PA, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $715.0K $715.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | East Trenton Library Community Center Community Loan Fund of New Jersey, Inc. · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $700.0K |
| 2024 | Ryders Lane Bicycle and Pedestrian Extension NJ · NJ | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $680.0K |
| 2023 | The Children's Home Society of New Jersey, Trenton, NJ for employment training and related expenses for low income women to improve health and economic outcomes · NJ | Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $631.5K $631.5K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Mercer County for an Emerald Ash Borer Management and Ash Tree Restoration Project · NJ | Department of Agriculture · Forest Resource Information and Analysis | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $625.0K $625.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | United Way of Central Jersey, Milltown, NJ for the Summer STEAM Stars program · NJ | Department of Education · Elementary & Secondary Education | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $550.0K $547.1K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | The Center for Great Expectations, Somerset, NJ for mental health services and treatment · NJ | Department of Health and Human Services · Substance Use and Mental Health Services Administration | Senator Cory Booker NJ, Senator Robert Menendez NJ, Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Trenton Artwalk Project Artworks Trenton Inc · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $500.0K $500.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | Plainfield Avenue Corridor Improvement Project NJ · NJ | Department of Transportation · Highway Infrastructure Programs | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $433.0K |
| 2022 | South Brunswick Library Expansion South Brunswick Township · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $405.0K $405.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2023 | Manville Veterans Freedom Plaza Creation Borough of Manville · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $350.0K $350.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2024 | 500 Mountainview Terrace Bike Path Project Borough of Dunellen · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $218.5K |
| 2023 | United Way of Greater Union County, Elizabeth, NJ for addressing food insecurity, access to transportation and healthcare, and financial stability · NJ | Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Children and Families | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $100.0K $100.0K obligated by 9/30/23 |
| 2022 | Facility Construction and Rehabilitation Sister2Sister, Inc · NJ | Department of Housing and Urban Development · Community Development Fund | Representative Bonnie Watson Coleman NJ | $100.0K $100.0K 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.