New Jersey A 4139: Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation for facilities expansion.

Bill Text

A4139 

ASSEMBLY, No. 4139 

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

222nd LEGISLATURE

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INTRODUCED FEBRUARY 19, 2026

Sponsored by:

Assemblywoman� CAROL A. MURPHY

District 7 (Burlington)

Co-Sponsored by:

Assemblyman Scharfenberger and Assemblywoman Donlon

SYNOPSIS

���� Makes supplemental appropriation of $15 million to 
DMVA for New Jersey Vietnam Veterans� Memorial Foundation for facilities 
expansion. 

CURRENT VERSION OF TEXT 

���� As introduced.

�� 

A 
Supplement to the annual appropriations act 
for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2026, P.L.2025, c.74.

���� Be It 
Enacted by the Senate and the General Assembly 
of the State of New Jersey:

���� 1.� In addition to the amounts 
appropriated under P.L.2025, c.74, the annual appropriations act for the fiscal 
year ending June 30, 2026, there is appropriated from the General Fund the 
following amount for the purpose specified:

67 DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AND 

VETERANS AFFAIRS

80 Special Government Services

83 Services to Veterans

3610 Veterans� Program Support

GRANTS-IN-AID

50-3610� Veterans� Outreach 
and Assistance .................. $15,000,000

���������������� Total 
Grants-in-Aid appropriation,��������������������������������������� 

������������������ Veterans� 
Program Support ........................... $15,000,000

Grants-in-Aid:

�������� 50��� New Jersey 
Vietnam Veterans� Memorial Foundation�� ($15,000,000)

���� 2.��� This act shall take 
effect immediately.

STATEMENT

���� This bill provides a 
supplemental appropriation of $15 million from the General Fund to the 
Department of Military and Veterans� Affairs for the New Jersey Vietnam 
Veterans� Memorial Foundation for the purpose of providing financial assistance 
to complete facilities expansion, consisting of an additional 11,850 square 
feet for the Vietnam Era Museum.� The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans� Memorial 
Foundation commemorates New Jersey service members who served in Vietnam and 
their families through storytelling that enhances public understanding of the 
Vietnam War Era. 

���� The Foundation serves over 
10,000 New Jersey students annually.� The expansion would help the Foundation 
obtain critical accreditation and recognition from national bodies and public 
audiences, acquire State-of-the-art equipment to care for museum artifacts, and 
deliver a premier educational experience that would attract volunteers, 
tourists, and revenues to the museum and the State.�